Year 6VH The Huskies 2025 - 2026

I am looking forward to sharing this journey through your last year in primary school with you. It will be an exciting and emotional one, I am sure.

                                                           School day starts:

It is vital that the children are in school on time every day. The pedestrian gate is 
unlocked at 8.40am and locked at 8.50am when the school day starts. Children arriving after 
this time need to enter school via the School Office and must be dropped off at the blue buzzer 
gate by an adult.
Our lessons start promptly at 8.50am so children arriving after this time often miss 
instructions and demonstrations from the teacher. 

                                      End of day

At the end of the school day, the pedestrian gate will be opened again at 3.20pm and locked at 3.35pm. Children need to 
be collected, no later than 3.30pm. Parents/carers arriving after this time will need to collect 
children from the blue buzzer gate.  
If you know that you will be late collecting your child, please phone ahead to let us know, 
otherwise all children need to be collected by 3.30pm promptly. 

Reedley Primary School Rules:

      Is it kind?    Is it safe?     Is it my best?

Our PE day is on Wednesday afternoons.

Please ensure your child has their P.E pumps and kit in school. Trainers can be worn if PE sessions are outside. PE kits will be kept in school and sent home for washing at the end of each half term. If your child has earrings, they should be removed for PE days. Staff in school are not permitted to do this.

Swimming starts week beginning 8th September 2025.

They will all need:

GIRLS

• A one-piece swimming costume
• A swimming hat
• Towel
• Dressing gown
• Flip flops/crocs

BOYS

• Swimming trunks or shorts
• Towel
• Dressing gown
• Flip flops/crocs

The children all have individual changing cubicles and will have a shower before and after going in the pool.

We expect all children to wear full school uniform every day.

Boys - Black or grey trousers, white polo shirt and a navy blue sweatshirt

Girls – Black or Grey dress or skirt, white polo shirt, blue checked dress,  navy blue sweatshirt or cardigan. Girls can wear leggings or trousers.

Shoes - This includes plain black school shoes/boots with a sensible heel, not trainers and no logos. If children have a problem with their usual school shoes, they wear their black school pumps whilst in school.

Names - Please ensure that all items of clothing are named – then they be returned to your child if the items become lost.

Jewellery - Jewellery is not allowed in school expect for a small pair of stud earrings and a watch. For PE lessons, the earrings must be covered over with plasters (provided by the parent) or removed. For swimming lessons earrings must be removed. The children must be able to remove them themselves. Please keep all other jewellery at home at all times for safety purposes. If it has to be taken from a child, it could get lost in school.

Headscarves – girls can choose to wear a headscarf if they wish to. These should be plain black, blue or white and should have no decorations, and must not be fastened by pins. Ideally they should not be longer than shoulder length. These must be removed for PE.

Homework will be sent home on a Thursday and will be expected back in school by the following Tuesday. Children are not expected to spend more than 10 minutes on each task. We will be sending home Maths homework, English homework and talk homework.

Additional tasks to support learning are available too, should your child want to spend a little longer learning at home. This will be available via Times Table Rockstars, Maths Whizz Spag.com, Purple mash.

All children are expected to read to an adult as often as possible but at least once a week. Please date and sign the reading diary when your child has read at home. This is imperative if we are to help our children build their reading comprehension and reading stamina in general.

Reading books and diaries should be available in school every day so that we can also hear your child read.

Handwriting

In school we use the following handwriting formations. It would be really helpful if you ask your child to help you do some writing at home. Maybe they can write the shopping list or a list of jobs that you need to do in town.

Water Bottles

Children are to bring a reusable water bottle ( no glass bottles ) to use each day, to help keep them hydrated. Please make sure these are only filled with water and are clearly labelled with your child’s name. These can be refilled with water throughout the day if needed. Water bottles can also be purchased from Mrs Iqbal in the school office.

Statutory Assessments (SATs)

Key stage 2 tests

The statutory key stage 2 tests are timetabled from Monday 11th May to Thursday 13th May 2026 We will be holding a meeting about the SATs in school to further inform parents/carers.  

In the meantime, if your child finds a particular area of maths or English tricky, they could complete some extra reading or work around this area as well as their homework.

To keep up to date with what we have been doing in school, why not follow us on our school Twitter page:                                                                                                        @ReedleyPrimary 

CONCERNS

If you have any concerns or questions at any time, I am happy to chat to you. You can catch me on the playground at the end of the day or you can book an appointment or telephone call with me.

Call Mrs Iqbal on 01282 693688 if you require an appointment. 

Mrs Bell will be continuing with the timetables awards this year. The children that have achieved the award, will be announced during assembly on Friday.

Do you know your timetables in this order?   Can you do them in 3 minutes?

Below are some practise sheets for you to get yourself prepared.

• Bronze Certificate – 2, 5, and 10 times tables
• Silver Certificate – 3, 4, 6, and 11 times tables
• Gold Certificate – 7, 8, 9, and 12 times tables
• Amethyst Certificate – All tables mixed
• Emerald Certificate – 100 question challenge in three minutes!
• Hackmanite - 144 division and multiplication questions 
• Panite - 140 questions designed to extend multiplication and division facts beyond 12x12

Finally, we hope your child will enjoy their time in Year six. I am sure we will have a fantastic year working together.There are some very exciting topics and trips planned and we look forward to seeing and sharing their progress during the year. Thank you for your continued support.