SATS Practice

All throughout Year 6, we do plenty of practise of the end of KS2 SATS assessments. During their SATS, children will sit test papers for reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar and 3 maths papers (1 arithmetic and 2 reasoning papers). The scores the children achieve are then standardised linking to the number 100. 

Less than 100 means Working Towards Year 6

100-109 means working at Year 6 level (Known as age related)

110+ means working at greater depth.

Each test paper has its own standardised score and this varies year to year. 

Spring 1 Week 4 (WB 26/1/26)

Spring 1 Week 3 (WB 19/1/26)

Come and have a look at some of our fantastic eye sketches that we have been completing in our weekly art lessons with the ever-so-fabulous Mrs Maker! We certainly have some talented artists in Year 6! In dance this week, we have also been learning the ‘Lindy Hop’ which all children got stuck into and really enjoyed. Come and check out some of their moves!

Spring 1 Week 2 (WB 12/1/26)

What a treat we had a Monday when Lee English (who used to be a sports coach at Old Basford) came in to visit us. Lee is part of the Nottingham Hoods basketball team, and he bought two professional players with him. They started the day with a whole school assembly and then Year 6 had the pleasure of some coaching sessions with the Hoods players. Check out the photos below!

On Wednesday, Year 6 visited the Holocaust Memorial Centre to support our learning on World War Two. We started by entering 'The Journey'–an immersive exhibition about the life of a Jewish boy called Leo who was living in Nazi Germany at the outbreak of the Second World War. We followed his life learning about how him and his family would have been treated because they were Jewish. We also had the chance to look at artefacts from this time period and we listened to testimonials from survivors of the Holocaust. A powerful day which taught us many lessons. We were proud of Year 6 for their sensible behaviour and mature attitude when dealing with such a sensitive issue. 

 

Spring 1 Week 1 (WB 5/1/26)

We kicked off our brand-new topic of 'WORLD WAR TWO' this week with a WOW Day where we learnt about The Blitz and created artwork based on this, and we also learnt about rationing. Excitingly, the children got to make 'Carrot Cookies' using a wartime recipe. Sugar was rationed during the war so carrots were an excellent alternative used to sweeten food plus carrots were easily grown in people's gardens or allotments. 

Apart from our Wow Day, we have started learning about biographies in writing, we have been enjoying our new book 'Fritz and Kurt' in shared reading and in maths we have been learning about metric measures. We are all excited for our trip to the Holocaust Museum next week!

Autumn 2 Week 7 (WB 15/12/25)

This week, Year 6 have had a fantastically festive experience. We have also worked hard publishing our care guides of clockwork devices and created a double-page spread all about the heart and lungs. We also created clay figures of sketches we had drawn linking to our shared reading text Clockwork.

We thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas party playing rafts and POISONOUS SKITTLE! Then on the last day we enjoyed making Christmas cards, playing games and watching a festive film. Here's to the new Year and even more learning!

 

Autumn 2 Week 6 (WB 8/12/25)

This week, Year 6 led the Carol concert at annual concert at our local church. Some of the children took part in reading out key parts of the nativity and led Years 3,4 and 5 in singing traditional Christmas songs. In school, we have nearly finished the maths unit on fractions and in our writing are writing our own care guides for a clockwork device. In PE, we continued to create routines combining a range of leaps, jumps and rolls. 

 

Autumn 2 Week 5 (WB 1/12/25)

This week, Year 6 have been working hard adding and subtracting mixed number fractions. We have also been looking at and planning care guides for looking after a character from our shared reading text (Clockwork). In topic, we have looked at what makes a healthy lifestyle and in PE put our previous learning together of leaps and rolls to make a short routine.

 

Autumn 2 week 4 (WB 24/11/25)

This week, we really went into depth for our new topic in English. We are creating a care guide for a clockwork object so took inspiration from the giant Harry Potter chess pieces and our shared reading text Clockwork to act out parts of the stories. In maths, we have moved onto all things fractions will has proved a challenge! In PE we investigated the effect of exercise on heart rate and in our topic lessons we learnt more about the human body. 

 

Autumn 2 Week 3 (WB 17/11/25)

This week we had our second SATS practise and all of the children worked very hard. Results are on the up! We also expanded our learning about how the human body works. We've learnt about how the lungs work and also created some blood! In PE we learnt and practised different types of rolling.

 

Autumn 2 Week 2 (WB 10/11/25)

This week, Year 6 have shown their support for anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks on Monday and also completing some work around anti-bullying. This included sensible discussions around what to do in difficult situations and also designing their own odd socks. Later in the week, we did some work around how the circulatory system works and acted this out in small groups. On Friday we showed our support for CHILDREN IN NEED 201518! We got active, raised money and even enjoyed some cakes!