Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

Shaun Tan Class - Year 6

Welcome to Shaun Tan Class.

Key information

Our class is named after Shaun Tan who is an Australian artist, writer and film maker.
Our class teacher is Miss James.
The class teaching assistant is Ms Francis.
PE day is on a Monday with Miss Jamie.

Key documents

Year 6 curriculum overview

Coffee morning booklets

coffee morning booklet autumn 2025.pdf

year 6 coffee morning booklet spring 2026.pdf

Useful websites to support learning - SATs

With SATs approaching in the spring of next year, it's great to give your child some extra support if you can. You may find some of the following links useful:

Maths and English Practise

IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual Year group. The Y6 page has links to practise both English and Maths skills. Pages are then split into skills of which has a practise question for the children to think about.

https://uk.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1187&adGroup=Key+Stage+2&gclid=CPPa8teS_8kCFQbnwgodgOIB6A

BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2. Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English. Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online. Some aspects require a subscription.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along.

http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/

A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes!

http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm

A revision site based upon the old Key Stage 2 Tests but still contains lots of useful information for both Maths and English.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/

A site with links to old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games. Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information.

http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/

A site with links to Maths and English revision materials, including worksheets to look at online or to print off and practise with.

http://sats.highamstjohns.com/

These are “old style” Key Stage 2 test papers but are still useful for practise, and in particular, creating discussion around questions and strategies to answer. View on screen or print off for free. Best used

http://www.emaths.co.uk/index.php/student-resources/past-papers/key-stage-2-ks2-sat-past-papers

Click on “For Kids” to access some fun games to practise speed of recall of times tables.

http://www.mad4maths.com/

This site has loads of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills.

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Loads of Maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts.

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

A range of English games and activities.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

Activities to reinforce and practise a range of spelling rules.

http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/spellings-menu.html

A range of activities and games to practise a range of spelling rules and patterns.

http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=2255

Year 6 in Action!

Rainbow Grammar

Maths

The children worked collaboratively to identify the errors in a completed arithmetic test, discussing the strategies they would need to use to correct answers.

English

Pupils explored the role of Women during World War II through the careful handling and examination of artefacts that Ms Garwood kindly brought in. She described how her aunt's role changed during the war: from a house wife and mother, to a significant role in the Women's Army.

Computing

The children worked collaboratively to crack secret codes when learning about Alan Turing's pioneering work in computer science: breaking the German Enigma code during World War II.