Welcome to Year 5/ 6.
March 2026
A very warm welcome to Year 6. All posts, updates and information will be shared via out Class Dojo page. If you have any questions, queries or concerns please either speak to me at the end of the day or fire over a quick message and I will try my best to accommodate (most!) requests!
Thank you very much,
Mr Moreton and the year 6 team
ENGLISH AND MATHS- LENT 2 AND PENTECOST
Below is a rough plan for the remainder of the year for our English and Maths work, subject to change based on what the children need:
SATS INFORMATION
The KS2 SATs are national curriculum tests for year 6 pupils in England that assess their knowledge in English (reading, grammar, punctuation, and spelling) and maths. All year 6 pupils in England sit the SATs, and they take place each May, usually in the second week. This year they will follow the following schedule:
| Monday 11th May | Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper Spelling Test (20 unseen words) |
| Tuesday 12th May | Reading Paper |
| Wednesday 13th May | Maths Arithmetic Paper Maths Reasoning Paper 1 |
| Thursday 14th May | Maths Reasoning Paper 2 |
The following information is taken from ‘primary.lbq.org’
KS2 SATs GPS or SPAG Paper 2026: Format, marks and timing
Taken on the Monday 11th May 2026, Year 6 pupils will sit two papers for GPS.
- Paper 1: questions mainly focused on grammar and punctuation, but spelling is still taken into account. The test lasts for 45 minutes and is worth a total of 50 marks.
- Paper 2: an aural spelling test. Spellings are read out by the teacher and pupils note them down. Each spelling is worth 1 mark and there are 20 spellings.
What’s in the Year 6 SATs Reading Test?
Year 6 children have one hour to sit the reading paper, where they are assessed on their responses to three texts.
It’s worth a total of 50 marks.
It will always have at least one non-fiction text, and at least one fiction text.
The third text is usually the toughest in terms of vocabulary, length and has the trickiest questions.
Pupils will answer a set of questions about each text. The questions will test them on their skills and knowledge in: retrieval, inference, vocabulary, summarising, author choice, prediction, comparison and contrasting.
KS2 SATs Maths Test: Structure, Marks and Timings
There are three parts to the maths test, testing children on content from across KS2:
- Paper 1: arithmetic (30 minutes, 40 marks, usually sat on the Wednesday of SATs week)
- Paper 2: reasoning (40 minutes, 35 marks, usually also sat on the Wednesday)
- Paper 3: reasoning (40 minutes, 35 marks, usually sat on Thursday – the last test of the week!)
This means that there are 110 marks available in total to be gained from all of the maths SATs papers.
Interestingly, between 52 and 63% of content on past maths papers have been from years 3, 4 and 5 content domains.
SATS Breakfast Club
As per usual, we will be running a breakfast club for all children in year 6 on SATS week. Children will be able to come into school earlier and have a breakfast provided which we find helps to settle the children down and make sure they are equipped and ready for the day.
TOPICS FOR PENTECOST
Science- Earth and Space (Pentecost 1) and KS2 Science Review (Pentecost 2)
Geography- Amazon (Pentecost 1)
History- Islamic Golden Age (Pentecost 2)
Art- Sculptures (Pentecost 1)
Design and Technology- Electrical Doodlers (Pentecost 2)
