Summer Term 2025

We can’t wait to truly make the most of Year 6’s final term here at St Michael and St Martin. The diary is jam-packed with exciting opportunities and memorable moments to look forward to—including local trips, our much-anticipated residential in Kent, the end-of-year production, and a variety of special leavers’ events. It promises to be a term full of celebration, achievement and lasting memories.

English:

After completing the KS2 SATs in Reading and SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar), Year 6 pupils will apply their learning by focusing on writing across a range of genres. They will draw on a variety of stimuli, including high-quality shared reading texts, visual and written prompts, and lived experiences such as school trips. This will enable pupils to develop fluent, coherent and purposeful writing, encouraging children to write for different audiences and purposes while refining their grammar, vocabulary and authorial voice.

Maths:

In the summer term, pupils will take part in themed mathematical projects designed to consolidate and apply their learning. These projects revisit key skills and curriculum content from both Year 6 and across Key Stage 2, helping to identify and address any remaining gaps before the transition to secondary school. In line with the aims of the National Curriculum, the projects place a strong emphasis on applying maths in real-life contexts, encouraging problem-solving, reasoning and fluency. Where appropriate, the projects also include cross-curricular links—such as design and technology and geography—while offering opportunities to explore enterprise and financial literacy. The children also have a trip to The Bank of England Museum to look forward to. 

RE: Branch 5: To the Ends of the Earth 

​‘Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’ (Mt 28:19).
In this branch, pupils will study the events that flowed from the Resurrection and Ascension to the coming of the Holy Spirit and the work of the apostles and early Church. They will also learn about the Catholic Church today as the apostolic Church and how its liturgy and structures flow from the early Church.

Branch 6: Dialogue and Encounter 

A Sacramental People: This unit invites further consideration of the presence of God in the world today. It declares that the world is a sacramental, a sacred, holy place and that as people living in this world we can know God in our everyday lives.

Sources of Revelation: Catholics believe that God is present and active in the world. This means that it is possible to learn about, to know, God during our lifetime. Dei Verbum, the Vatican II Constitution, says that ‘God Speaks’ to us in four ways – that there are four sources of revelation: Creation, Scripture, the Traditions of the Church and human experience. 

Science:

Year 6 pupils will explore a range of scientific topics across physics, biology, and sustainability. They will investigate the properties of light, including how it travels and how we see, and explore biological topics such as the circulatory system, the impact of diet, drugs and lifestyle on the human body, as well as variation, adaptation, and fossils. In addition, pupils will examine the effects of light pollution as part of a wider focus on sustainability. Throughout these units, children will continue to develop their ‘working scientifically’ skills—planning enquiries, recording and presenting data, and drawing conclusions. The curriculum is enriched through learning about influential scientists linked to each unit, in line with the National Curriculum's aim to foster curiosity, scientific knowledge, and understanding of how science impacts the world around us.

Wider Curriculum:

In Geography, pupils will develop their geographical skills through a focus on map reading, fieldwork, and data presentation. They will learn how to use compasses, interpret four- and six-figure grid references, and understand symbols and keys using Ordnance Survey maps to deepen their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.

Year 6 will take part in an exciting cross-curricular stop-motion animation project that combines Art, Design & Technology, and Computing. Inspired by five well-known paintings—The Washerwomen, Coming from the Mill, Sunday on La Grande Jatte, The Card Players, and Children at Play on the Beach—pupils will begin by exploring these artworks and using mixed media to create imaginative backgrounds. They will then plan and storyboard their screenplays, develop 3D characters using Spectrum Clay, and design and build props and sets. Using digital devices and animation software, children will film their own stop-motion animations, add voice-overs and sound effects, and finally evaluate and showcase their finished films.

 

Secondary Transfer Information 2022-23