Cherry Class 

Mrs McQueen-Oliver is Cherry Class Teacher 

Miss Harvey is PPA cover (2 days per week)

Mrs Fennell is our Learning Support Worker.

Welcome to our Year 6 Journey!

This is an incredibly exciting and important year— our final chapter of primary school. It is a time for achieving great things, making lasting memories, and preparing children for a smooth transition into secondary school next September.

This Year at a Glance

Year 6 is all about developing independence, consolidating everything children have learned in primary school, and getting ready for new challenges.

Key highlights of our year include:

• Becoming Independent: We will help all children to grow into confident, resilient learners ready for secondary school life.
• SATs Success: We will work together on mastering English (reading, writing, grammar, and spelling) and Maths skills in preparation for end of Key Stage 2 assessments in May.
• Exciting Projects: We will explore fascinating topics in Science, History, and Geography, including the circulatory system and the history of evolution, the Tudors, Victorians and life during World War II. as well as learning about where our energy comes from and understanding and exploring the reasons for population changes across the world.
• Reading for Learning, Reading for Pleasure: we will explore a wide range of texts as part of our text-based literacy learning this year, including narrative poetry (The Highwayman), non-fiction (Survivors), history-based fiction (Treason and Street Child) as well picture books (The Man Who Walked Between the Towers). We will be encouraged to broaden our horizons and journey into places unknown through a full range of high quality texts hand-picked to encourage a inspire a lifelong love of reading!
• Memorable Experiences: Get ready for fun class trips, special responsibilities including Reading Buddies, Wellbeing Buddies, Eco Warriors and school ambassadors, as well as our end-of-year leavers' residential and stage performance!

How We Learn

Our classroom is a supportive environment where you are encouraged to ask questions, work with your classmates, and take ownership of your learning.

We use various resources in class and at home, including online tools such as Doodle learning apps to keep you challenged and help you remember key facts.

A Message for Parents & Carers

Your support at home is vital. Encouraging daily reading, practicing times tables, and helping with homework makes a huge difference.

We look forward to partnering with you to make your child's final primary school year a successful and memorable one. 

Let’s make Year 6 the best year yet!

Mrs McQueen-Oliver,

Class Teacher