Welcome to Year 6!

Puffin Class - Mrs Emery

Kingfisher Class - Mr Feeley

Osprey Class - Mrs Read/Mrs Manning

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW: For the latest Curriculum Termly Topic for Year 6, please see links at the bottom of this page.

For Subject Overviews, Year Group Overviews and Learning Organisers please visit our >> Curriculum page

In Term 1, Year 5 and 6 launched their History topic with a Victorian afternoon!
Kingfishers, Ospreys and Puffins visited each class to take part in a Victorian experience, that helped to set the scene for their upcoming topic. The children took part in chronological activities with Mrs Emery, where they needed to order the Victorian time line, order and discuss Victorian inventions and how they are used and look today and also handle Victorian toys. With the use of AI and Mrs Read, the children were able to ask Queen Victorian questions about her reign to gain more information about this era. The quiz style recording was a competitive hit! The children were very excited to also experience a Victorian lesson with the very strict (only when pretending to be a Victorian!) Mr Feeley! They were told about Victorian classroom punishments (the dunce cap) and took part in some Victorian arithmetic and singing! The children had a fantastic afternoon, getting into the swing of everything Victorian!

  

Year 5 and 6 had an inspiring morning at their very own Careers Fayre on 10th September. 

The children have been discussing about their future selves, and were able to talk to professionals about the amazing jobs they do. The children were able to learn so much from the people in their local area. Thank you so much to the wonderful people from SGS Sport, Avon and Somerset police, Herbs on the hill, GWR, Weston College, School Sports Teaching, The NHS, AI, Infinity Plumbing and cyber security who made this unforgettable day happen.  The children thoroughly enjoyed the morning and were very inspired. 

   

Y7 Secondary Transfer September 2026:

North Somerset School Admissions have shared details of the application process for September 2026 transfer to Secondary school (please see letter below).  This has been sent home with your child at the start of September.

Applications open 12th September 2025 and close at 11:59pm on the National Closing Date, 31st October 2025. Please ensure North Somerset receive your completed application before the closing date.

Any applications that are received before the closing date have a higher chance of being offered a place at their preference schools than those received late. Before you complete your application form, please read the Parents’ Guide, which will also be available by 12th September at:
https://n-somerset.gov.uk/my-services/schools-learning/school-admissions/apply-school-place

You can submit your application via the online application service which is available at: https://n-somerset.gov.uk/my-services/schools-learning/school-admissions/apply-school-place/submit-yourapplication-school-place

LEAVERS HOODIES 2025/2026:

Permission letters were sent home with Year 6 pupils at the start of term for leavers hoodies see copy below). NK Sports have provided the following link if you are unsure of sizing for your child.

They also have samples in store.

https://www.nkgroupuk.com/products/st-martins-school-leavers-hoody-2026

Please complete the form and return to the school office by Tuesday 16th September.

Y6 Clay Dragons: The children in Year 6 made their clay dragon eyes, in honour of our class book, Darwin’s Dragons. The children worked hard and thoroughly enjoyed the activity! They made some fantastic pieces.

  

Year 6 SAT's Week - 12th-15th May 2025 (see copy of letter below)

In May the Year 6 children will be taking KS2 SATs tests. To help prepare & support children with these, we will be using CGP SATs Busters books for homework. We've ordered these at a hugely discounted rate - the cost of the book bundle is £5.55 (RRP £15) payable via www.parentpay.com by 3rd February 2025.

Year 6 Educational Visit to Lifeskills Centre: The children have an upcoming visit to the Lifeskills Centre, Bristol on Tuesday 5th February 2025. This provides a fantastic opportunity for the children to experience real life scenarios and think about how they would cope in these situations. 

Year 6 Historical Guided Tour of Worle: A huge thank you to the incredibly knowledgeable Michael Gorely, who gave the Year 6s a historical guided tour of Worle on 3rd December. The children and adults found out so many interesting facts about Worle’s history. Michael was able to show the children the different styles of houses that feature in our town, alongside the meanings of some of the road names. He was also able to revisit previous learning by showing children some interesting WWII landmarks- particularly a road sign with a bullet hole through it!

Michael’s Knowledge was incredible and the children have learnt so much about the history of their local area!

    

Residential Camp at Mill on the Brue, Somerset 25th-29th November 2024 :
The children had a fabulous time away on their Year 6 Residential Camp at Mill On the Brue in November.  There were many activities on offer which they took part in, these included; walk the plank, leap of faith, assault course and the gladiator wall.

On Monday for their survival challenge, the children had to trade objects to make sure they had their survival items! To ensure they had water for their hot chocolate, they needed to visit the beautiful and majestic water fairy!

They enjoyed a Disco on their final evening before returning to school on the Friday. 

   

  

Explorer Dome visits St Martin's:  Year 6 had a fantastic time in the Explorer Dome at the end of Term 1. They experienced some amazing experiments and learnt so much about forces from the experts. They loved it!

   

 

WEBSITES FOR LEARNING AT ST. MARTIN'S

Just a reminder about some of the websites we use at school to help children learn that you can also access at home!

Times Tables Rock Stars: (pupils already have their own log in and password)

https://ttrockstars.com/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37
This website has links to lots of maths games that are both computer and tablet  

Espresso:

http://www.espresso.co.uk  

Username: student3749 Password: stmartins

Espresso online gives children access to useful resources to help them with their learning, covering a range of subjects.  A reminder of log in details has been sent home via email to parents.