Bartons are holding two Open Afternoons for prospective parents to visit for Reception places in September 2025. These are Thursday 10th October and Tuesday 12th November both at 1.30pm - 2.30pm. Please make an appointment with the school office if you'd like to come.
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Cedar Class: Year 6
 
Here you will be able to find our Year 6 curriculum overview and our termly newsletters, as well as other important information and updates on our learning.
 
I have also included the 50 books to read in Year 6 list and I strongly recommend that the children have a go at trying some of these titles.
Reading - Booklist Year 6.pdf
Secondary School Open Evenings
 
The Autumn Term is a busy one for Year 6 parents as the application window for secondary school places opens at the start of September and closes at the end of October. 
 
We will list the dates here of open evenings at the local secondary schools as and when we get them. We would recommend parents take their child to look around at the schools to give you an idea of what each school can offer your child. 
 
You will find the link to West Sussex County Council's key dates for secondary school places webpage below. 
 
 
Tuesday 17th September 2024 - Felpham Community College open evening
Thursday 19th September 2024 - The Regis School open evening. 
Tuesday 24th September 2024 - Ormiston open evening
Thursday 26th September 2024 - St Phillip Howard open evening
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 - Chichester Free School open evening
Thursday 3rd October 2024 - Bishop Luffa open evening 
 
Key dates: 
Monday 2nd September 2024 - applications open for 2025 secondary places. 
Thursday 31st October 2024 - deadline for 2025 secondary place application. 
Monday 3rd March 2025 - Offer day - this is the day you will be informed of your child's offered place at secondary school if your application was completed by the deadline. 
West Sussex Key Dates for 2025 Secondary Places

Cedar Class - Year 6 Key information

PE

In the Autumn Term Year 6 PE days are Wednesdays and Fridays and children are expected to take part in all PE lessons. They should come to school in the correct PE kit on these days.  

Water Bottles

Please ensure that your child comes to school with a named water bottle every day.

Homework

Homework will be set via Seesaw on a Friday and unless specified, will be due in the following Thursday. In Year 6 we set one piece of Maths homework and one piece of English/GPS homework a week. Your child should upload their homework to Seesaw by the due date. It is essential for children to get into the habit of completing this regularly and on time in preparation for their transition to secondary school.

Children are also expected to complete one piece of topic homework per half term which they will choose from the homework grid below. This is in-line with our homework policy which states: 

"We believe that education is a life-long process.  A child’s education does not cease when they leave our school premises; learning at home is an essential part of good education.

Home Learning is any work or activity completed outside lesson time, either alone, with parents, or others. Home Learning makes an important contribution to progress at school. It is used to enhance and support the pupils’ learning within school and also to prepare them for secondary school.

At Bartons, we see the purpose of Home Learning as an opportunity to:

  •         develop an effective partnership between school and parents because children achieve more when teachers and parents work together,
  •         consolidate/reinforce skills and understanding, particularly in English and Maths,
  •         extend school learning,
  •         provide opportunities for parents and children to work together to enjoy learning experiences, develop confidence, independence and the self-discipline needed for personal study in preparation for secondary school and beyond."

Additionally, Children are expected to read either to an adult at home or to themselves for at least 15 minutes a day. If your child reads competently to themselves, ask them some questions about the book so that you can see if they have understood what they have read. Discussing different texts with your child will help them to develop their own love of reading. 

Logins for Seesaw, MyMaths and TTRockstars can be found inside your child's reading diary. 

Spelling:

We will be looking at rules around different spelling patterns each week.

Additionally, children should know how to spell all the KS2 common exception words. These can be found here:

Year 3/4 https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/54/08/76f1443d-9b6d-4030-be0d-25fcfef01438/SpellingWordList_Y3-4.pdf 

Year 5/6 https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/56/09/5a42eb6a-f57f-4dc4-a66e-bd4c5e27e4b7/SpellingWordList_Y5-6.pdf

You can test your children on these regularly by choosing a few words (up to 5) and asking them to say, cover, write, check their words. Any that they get wrong they can then practice over a few days before trying again.

Visit From The World's Tallest Basketball Player
 
On Wednesday 11th December, Bartons was very lucky to have a visit from the world's tallest basketball player - Paul Sturgess. He came to discuss how his differences have helped make him successful. He inspired the children in Year 6 to embrace the things that make them unique, a perfect message as they prepare for their transition to secondary school. 
 
The children took part in some basketball drills with Paul and thoroughly enjoyed his visit. 
Wellbeing Wednesday
 
Our wellbeing champions from KS2 ran some wellbeing workshops linked to anti-bullying week. It was fantastic to see the children so confident in presenting their information and activity to children across the whole school.
Bartons 10th Birthday
 
This half term we celebrated Bartons Primary School's 10th birthday. This was a really fun day and the children really enjoyed celebrating the day with some cake whilst completing some maths challenges and maths themed party games. 
Maths Week 2024 - The Crystal Maze
 
The second half of the autumn term always starts with one of our favourite weeks of the year - Maths Week.
 
This year we were really excited to use our whole school theme of The Crystal Maze to explore maths challenges linked to ancient civilizations. In year 6, we explored ancient fractions, properties of pyramids and ancient number systems. 
 
The children explored their maths learning with enthusiasm all week and it was brilliant to see them soe engaged with the activities. 
PGL Residential 2024
 
Last week Year 6 went on their annual residential to PGL in Osmington Bay. The children had a fantastic time taking part in a range of activities from archery, to abseiling, street-surfing to Jacob’s ladder. Throughout the week, the children demonstrated the full range of our Team Bartons skills and values. We were really impressed with their attitude towards all the activities, despite some rainy weather. They showed determination, resilience and independence. 
Maths Investigation Day
 
For this year's Maths investigation day we explored different mathematical concepts linked to the Olympics. In Year 6, we looked at the how to read, measure and present different types of data and how to calculate the mean average.
 
The children were really enthusiastic all day and it was great to see so many different Maths themed outfits.  
WWO - Save Fred
 
The children came back to school positive and ready for Year 6. During the first week, we developed our WWO skills by taking part in a range of activities including 'Save Fred'. 
 
The children demonstrated brilliant communication, both verbal and non-verbal and worked well in their pairs.