Welcome to Year 6

Year 6 team are really looking forward to working with you and your child this year. 

We have lots of exciting learning opportunities planned. 

The staff that will be supporting your child in their learning journey this year are:

Class Teachers: 

Miss L Clarke (6A)

Miss C Clarke (6B)

Mrs S McKnight (6C)

Mrs S Hughes (6C)

Teaching Assistants: 

Mrs K Neville

Mrs S Hussain

Cover Staff:

Ms Ashfield

Ms Farley

Ms Melia

PE Days

6A - Thursday and Friday

6B - Tuesday and Wednesday

6C - Monday and Friday

Please make sure your child has their PE kit in school at the beginning of every half term and these will then be sent home again at the end of every half term. The PE dress policy can be found on the school website. 

Contact Information

Should you need to contact a member of the Year 4, please use Class Dojo. If you do not have access to this, please speak to your child's class teacher. 

Yew Tree Primary School

Birchfield Way

Yew Tree Estate

Walsall

West Midlands

WS5 4DX

Tel: 01922 626926

Email: enquiries@yewtree.sandwell.sch.uk 

Topic Three!

Gallery Rebels

Colours collide, melting together on the canvas: an impression of light, a rage of red, a lobster perched on a telephone. Come and find out about the bizarre and eccentric minds of the gallery rebels. Art can be an act of rebellion. Can you change the world with a paintbrush, a thought, or an idea? Dream the dream, or show us your nightmares. What do you see? Watches melting? Wheels spinning? A shark in a box? Can you express yourself without words? Well, a picture paints a thousand of them. Try your hand at a Damien Hirst sculpture, exploring the weird and wonderful to create a curious treasure for the next generation. Take up your arms and fight for the cause. Paintbrushes and sketchbooks at the ready. Let’s make art.

Topic Two!

Maafa

This project teaches children about Africa past and present, with a particular focus on Benin. It traces the development of the slave trade and explores Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, the causes and consequences of the European colonisation of Africa and the worldwide communities that make up the African diaspora.

Trailblazers, Barrier Breakers

This project teaches children about significant black artists and their work, and provides opportunities to analyse and create artwork inspired by them.

Topic One!

Frozen kingdom

Welcome to the planet’s coldest lands. Vast wilds and hostile territories; incredibly beautiful, yet often deadly. Take shelter from the elements or fall prey to icy winds and the deepest chill. Trek bravely and valiantly across treacherous terrain to the ends of the Earth, treading deep in snow or being pulled by a team of mighty sled dogs. Be alert, for magnificent mammals roam these lands, sometimes hungry or fresh for a fight. Perhaps a hungry polar bear or an Arctic fox is hunting rodents, as swift as the wind. Research facts and figures of climate, temperature, habitats and ecosystems, and compose evocative poems about the Northern Lights. Become part of an Antarctic rescue team, braving the elements to rescue terrified passengers from a ship struck by a deadly iceberg that hides deep beneath the Southern Ocean. Wrap up well and settle by the fire. I’m just going outside and may be some time.

Inuit

This project teaches children about the Inuit way of life, including some of their cultural and artistic traditions

Spellings List

Educational Websites