Year 6 2026 - 2027

Mr Grierson

Welcome to Year 6's class page!

READY, RESPECTFUL, SAFE

Love Learning, Love Life, Always Aiming High

Staff

The Staff in Year 6 are Mr Grierson (Class Teacher), Mrs Deakin (HLTA/Learning Mentor) and Mrs West (Teaching Assistant).

To contact Mr Grierson, please email year6@elton.cheshire.sch.uk

Welcome to Year 6 and your final year here at Elton Primary!

I hope that you have all had an enjoyable summer break - I look forward to hearing all about what you have done over the summer holidays. As you are aware, this is the start of your final year in Elton Primary, so I hope you are all feeling refreshed and recharged, and ready to work hard. We have many interesting topics to cover this term, such as 'Light' in science, 'Wars over time' in history, 'Street art' in art and 'Dynamics and pitch' in music, along with cricket and netball in PE - I'm really excited to get started on them with you! There will be a huge focus on developing, securing and applying skills you have learnt previously, especially in English and Maths, to ensure you can work to the best of your ability.

Adults

We will be supported by different adults in class this year. Mrs West will be our TA in class every morning and most afternoons. She will be assisting me, and will be giving help and guidance to those children in class who require additional support. Mrs Deakin will be covering in class on Wednesday afternoons, where she will be teaching RE and music.

Uniform and Water Bottles

Correct uniform should be worn at all times please. This is a school jumper/cardigan, or one in a similar colour, a white polo neck top, grey skirt, shorts or trousers and black shoes (not trainers). With the exception of one pair of stud earings, no jewellery, nail polish, nails or make-up should be worn to school by children. All children should have a water bottle in school with them, which should be taken home and cleaned daily. Please ensure all uniform and water bottles are named.

PE

This term we will have our two lessons of PE on Friday, with Mr Wynne taking you for Netball in the morning, and myself taking you for Cricket in the afternoon. The correct PE kit must be worn: this is a white top, white or black shorts and trainers or pumps. Jogging bottoms or leggings can be brought in for colder weather, but please try to make sure they are black, navy or grey. Football strips are not to be worn for PE lessons. I would recommend bringing your PE kit in at the start of the week (in case you forget it), then taking it home to be washed on the Friday afternoon - this would also help in case PE needs to move around, or we have additional lessons scheduled in.

Homework, Spellings and Reading

Your Learning Log and maths homework will be given out on a Friday and are to be returned the following Wednesday. It is very important that you complete your homework, as it provides you with an extra opportunity to practise skills we have covered in class and also identify any areas for development we may have. To help with times table proficiency, you might also be set a small activity to complete on TT Rocks. Occasionally, we may give out a piece of homework that lasts for a longer period of time, such as a mini-project, but you will be told about this at the time.

We are continuing to try and develop a love of reading this year. Reading books should be changed frequently and your reading record and reading book should be brought in everyday so that we can keep track of the books you are reading; a wide selection of books of all genres is available in the KS2 library. Reading records will be checked on a Monday and a Thursday and I expect to see that you have read at least three times a week- it is very important that you read as much as possible.

Finally, spellings for the entire half-term will be glued into Learning Logs during the first week of term and I expect you to be practising these independently, week by week.