Summer Term Headlines 

• Reading books and red reading records are to be in school everyday please.
• PE kits are to be in school everyday. Our PE lessons this half term are on Tuesday and Friday, however these may change on occasions.
• Water bottles to be brought into school everyday, they will all be sent home on Fridays.
• As you know our British weather is very unpredictable, so please always send your child to school with a raincoat as well as sun cream and a hat during hot weather. 
• Fruit or vegetables can be brought in to be eaten for snack at morning playtime. 

Key Dates

Tues 22nd April -Year 6 Parents meeting for SATs/Wales residential
Tues 22nd April -Orienteering starts for Year 5 and 6
Mon 28th April- Cross Country team at Arrowe Park Years 4,5,6 (after school)
Wed 30th April -Swimming Gala team at Europa Pools Years 5 and 6 (after school)
W/C Mon 12th May- Year 6 SATs test week
Wed 21st May Y6- Emotional well-being programme on transition to secondary school (1st of 5 sessions)
Thurs 22nd May- Dynamos cricket at Birkenhead Park (Year 5 and 6 team)
Thurs 22nd May -Break up for Half Term

HALF TERM

Mon 2nd June- Children return to school
Wed 18th June- Class Photos from 9am
Thurs 19th June- School Disco
W/c Mon 23rd June -Diversity week
Mon 23rd June- KS 2 Sports Day (1.30pm -Village Green for parents to watch ) reserve day 30/6/25
Tues 24th June- KS 1 Sports Day (1.30pm -Village Green for parents to watch ) reserve day 1/7/25
Wed 25th – Fri 27th June -Year 6 Wales Residential
Wed 2nd July -Induction Day for Y6 children going to Wirral Secondary Schools
Thurs 3rd July- Neston High School Induction Day
Thurs 10th July- Musical Evening from 6:30pm
Fri 11th July -Reports to Parents
Tues 15th July -Y6 Leavers’ Assembly for Parents – 9.15am
Fri 18th July -Year 6 Final Assembly in Church – 9.15am
Fri 18th July- Final Day of School Year

Daily Essentials

Times Tables and Mental Maths -  Please practise your times tables and other mental maths skills using a preferred method.

Square and Cube Numbers - A big part of Year 6 is being able to recall Square and Cube numbers up to 12 quickly and accurately. See how many you can learn by practising some each day.  (For Example: 2² = 2x2 = 4      5³ = 5 x 5 x5 = 125)

Reading - Please read your school reading book every day. Should you finish it you could create a book review to tell other children about the book. 

We encourage children to read for pleasure every day. Please see below in the documents section for a list of recommended texts for Year 6. 

Spelling - Please learn your school spellings which you will be tested on in school. Below there is a document including the Year 5 and 6 National Curriculum words. Each day you could choose a few these words and make a poster, acrostic poem or other mnemonic device to help you to remember the spellings. Try to choose what you would consider the trickier words from the list.  

Recommended Y6 reading list

https://www.thorntonhough.wirral.sch.uk/wirral/primary/thorntonhough/arenas/websitecontent/web/cpt2023-recommended-reads-year-6-poster_20230906144704590.pdf

Y5/6 Key word list

https://www.thorntonhough.wirral.sch.uk/wirral/primary/thorntonhough/arenas/websitecontent/web/year5and6spellingwords.pdf

Recommended Y6 reading list

https://www.thorntonhough.wirral.sch.uk/wirral/primary/thorntonhough/arenas/websitecontent/web/cpt2023-recommended-reads-year-6-poster_20230906144704590.pdf

Y5/6 Key word list

https://www.thorntonhough.wirral.sch.uk/wirral/primary/thorntonhough/arenas/websitecontent/web/year5and6spellingwords.pdf

We had a fantastic time on our trip to Tattenhall.  We learned so much about WW2 through lots of fun, practical activities.  We had the opportunity to:

• Fly our own gliders into Europe,
• Carry pupils and teachers on home made stretchers,
• Launch the V1 rocket after establishing the amount of fuel needed for the perfect flight,
• Experience the cramped space of an Anderson shelter.

We really enjoyed working with a real scientist to look at different cells through a microscope and mixing liquids to make solutions.