Year 6: Blog items
Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 4:31pm
This week Boundary Primary School celebrated Harvest Festival. Year 6 led the celebration assembly together with our special guest, Reverend Peter. We talked about being thankful for the food we eat, our good health and the life we live. The children and their families helped by donating food to Vincent House.Thank you to everyone for their support.
Date: 6th Oct 2025 @ 12:46pm
Today we held our first Spelling Bee of the year. Each house was represented by the best spellers from Year 2 - Year 6 and the children were tested on spellings they have been learning in Autumn 1. We are very proud of all the children for being their house representative and spelling some very tricky words in front of the whole school. The overall winners were Chepstow, who managed to spell 12/15 spellings across all 5 years groups.
Date: 2nd Oct 2025 @ 9:20am
In this week's Science lesson we learned all about refraction. The children were amazed by the illusions created by refraction. We learned that refraction distorts images and can even reverse them!
Date: 2nd Oct 2025 @ 9:14am
This week we have begun our new writing journey of news articles. We have looked at a WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) and pulled out the features of the genre. We then looked at a range of articles and text marked them with the features we discussed the day before. By the end of the unit we will have written an artcle about the excape of Harriet Tubman, which will link with our work on Black History Month.
Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 5:36pm
What are key stage 2 tests?
If you have a child in year 6, at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) they will take national curriculum assessments in:
- English grammar, punctuation and spelling
- English reading
- mathematics
Some people refer to these tests as SATs.
The tests help measure the attainment of pupils in relation to the standards set out in the national curriculum, and help teachers and parents identify where pupils may need additional support in a certain subject area. The test results are also used to report publicly on schools’ performance via the Department for Education’s (DfE) Compare School and College Performance service and to produce national and regional performance statistics.
Your child will sit the KS2 tests on scheduled dates set by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA). If your child is absent on a scheduled test day, they may be able to take any missed test up to 5 school days afterwards. Your child’s school must apply for a timetable variation and receive approval from STA to allow for this.
For the academic year 2025 to 2026, the KS2 tests are scheduled to take place from Monday 11 May to Thursday 14 May 2026:
| Date | Tests |
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| Monday 11 May | English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions |
| Monday 11 May | English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling |
| Tuesday 12 May | English reading |
| Wednesday 13 May | Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic |
| Wednesday 13 May | Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning |
| Thursday 14 May | Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning |
Are there any other assessments?
There are no tests for English writing or science at the end of KS2, but performance in these subjects will be reported as a teacher assessment judgement. Your child’s teachers will make this judgement based on your child’s overall work and performance in the subject. As with the tests, this will help to indicate if your child needs more support in the subject.
Teacher assessment judgements in English writing may be externally moderated by the school’s local authority. This is a collaborative process between the school and local authority moderator, to ensure that judgements are consistent with national standards.
If your child is working below the standards of the national curriculum in one or more subjects, they may be assessed under an alternative teacher assessment – either the:
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pre-key stage 2 standards, if they are engaged in subject-specific study
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engagement model, if they are not engaged in subject-specific study
Your child’s school will inform you if this is the case.
When will my child receive their results?
Schools can view KS2 test results online from Tuesday 7 July 2026.
Your child’s school will decide how they issue test results and teacher assessment judgements to pupils and parents, but you should receive them by the end of the summer term.
Your child’s school will also discuss your child’s overall performance at the end of KS2 with you before the summer holidays and give you the opportunity to raise any questions or concerns you may have about your child’s results.
Schools will review test papers and submit marking review applications if they believe the marking scheme has not been applied correctly. In the rare cases where revisions to results are necessary, they are made once the review process is complete at the end of the summer holidays.
The secondary school your child is moving to will also be able to access your child’s results. This helps them plan how best to support new pupils on entry.
Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 12:53pm
Today we were visited by local magistrates who told us all about their jobs and how they play integral roles in the court system. We then took part in a mock trial, which centred around a case of online bullying. Children were given roles to play and words to read out, these included prosecution, defence, judge, victim, court usher and witnesses. The children really got a feel for what goes on in a courtroom and some of us are even considering future careers!
Year 6 - The Slave Trade and Harriet Tubman
Date: 23rd Sep 2025 @ 12:31pm
As part of our work for Black History Month, we learned about the Atlantic slave trade and the life story of Harriet Tubman. Over the next couple of weeks we will be writing an autoboigraphy based on Harriet Tubman.
Date: 22nd Sep 2025 @ 4:23pm
To celebrate European Day of Languages, we held a special assembly. We learned more about the languages spoken in Europe and why it is important to have a special day to celebrate languages. We finished with the 'Boundary European Day of Languages Quiz' and learned how to say hello and goodbye in several European languages.
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 9:30am
In Science, we have been learning that light travels in a straight line. We completed an experiment to prove this by lining up cards with holes in.
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 9:15am
In today's lesson we looked at the key question, 'How did the Maya become so successful?' We looked at a range of evidence and sources to determine what the Maya learned to do over timethat made them able to thrive and survive in their environment. We spent time looking through key vocabulary to enable us to fully understand our learning. Together we decided that the Maya were successful over time because they:
- Solved problems
- Used resources available to make tools
- They had a hierarchal system to ensure everyone played a key role in the tribe's survival
Date: 11th Sep 2025 @ 4:42pm
Year 6 had a great PE session today. Our unit this half term is fitness and in today's lesson we focussed on endurance. We completed six different tasks including tests of speed, balance coordination and agility.
Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 6:43pm
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Thank to School Supplier, Boundary have received a set of acoustic guitars. Children across school will benefit from these instruments!
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In this picture are six of our children who attend guitar lessons through school with a peripetetic teacher. The children work hard every week with Mr Stone to learn a wide range of songs and chords.
Year 6 - Goals and Aspirations
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 7:02pm
In today’s lesson, we discussed our goals. We completed our leaves for Boundary’s tree of goals and then talked about how we could achieve these. We completed a ‘goal’ mountain where we looked at the goal, challenges that may stop us from achieving the goal and who can help us. We finished by discussing the importance of having high aspirations.
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 6:39pm
Year 6 have made a great start to their French unit this half term, which focuses on Grammar. We bagan by exploring the gender of French nouns and using the correct indefinate article. We used bilingual dictionaries to find the correct translation and gender of the nouns.
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 4:32pm
We have begun our firness unit in Year 6. Today we took part in a circuit training session, which included squats, plank, running and step-ups. Next week we will begin looking at specific activities and timing ourselves doing them. Over the half term we will continue to time ourselves and see if we can increase the amount of activity we do or if we can faster at certain activties.
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 4:30pm
Today we began our Science unit of Light by recapping all the work the children did in Year 3. This included discussing sources of light and which were natural and which were artificial. We also talked in groups about what we could remember about reflection and shadows.
Date: 7th Sep 2025 @ 12:00pm
During our meet the teacher session this week, we shared information about the Year 6 SATs.
Please find further information below:
Dear Parents/ Carers,
I’m writing to share some key information about the Year 6 SATs (Statutory Attainment Tests) for 2026.
SATs Dates for 2026
- The Year 6 SATs will take place from Monday, 11th May to Thursday, 14th May 2026.
- These tests are a statutory part of your child’s education in England, assessing progress in reading, maths, and grammar, punctuation and spelling.
How You Can Support Your Child Now
- Continue to support learning at home: Encourage your child to read regularly, practise maths, and complete their homework.
- Attendance is crucial: Please do not book any holidays (holidays are NOT authorised during school time) or appointments during the SATs week (11–14 May 2026). Full attendance ensures your child can take all the tests.
- Healthy routines: Make sure your child gets plenty of rest and eats a healthy breakfast each day so they are able to focus in school.
Next Steps
- If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, please contact your child’s class teacher
- We will be holding a meeting later in the school year for all Year 6 parents and carers.
Thank you for your continued support in helping your child prepare for this important stage in their learning.
Kind regards,
Mrs NC Bunday
Deputy Headteacher
Boundary Primary School
Date: 4th Sep 2025 @ 12:33pm
Year 6 have begun the year with a tirp to one of Mrs. Hamilton's favourite places - the library. The have all picked new books and looking forward to a year of reading!
Year 6 - Games morning and picnic in the park
Date: 17th Jul 2025 @ 7:44am
The weather was kind today and we were able to enjoy our annual trip to Stanley Park. Lots more memories made for our wonderful Year 6!
Date: 17th Jul 2025 @ 7:36am
Pur Year 6 children had a great time at their leavers' disco last night. We hope you enjoy the photos!
Date: 25th Jun 2025 @ 3:57pm
Years 5 and 6 had a great hour talking to the Coastguard volunteers. We learned how to stay safe around water and how to look for dangers. We also learned that in an emergency on the beach or in the sea, you should never put yourself in danger and always call 999.
Date: 25th Jun 2025 @ 3:56pm
We had a great session today with Josie from Glow Sports. We were split into 4 teams and played a variety of games: basketball, football, hockey and dodgeball. The lights went down and the place lit up!! We've never done sports in the dark before - what a treat!
Date: 24th Jun 2025 @ 1:23pm
As part of our DT journey, we have spent some time looking at careers related to textiles. We watched videos of a fashion designer, wedding dress designer and a tailor. Perhaps one day, one of us will use the skills we have learned in DT to support our career.
Date: 20th Jun 2025 @ 1:48pm
Today Year 5 took over the school! 4 children from Rowan and Hawthorn came across to teach our classes for the morning. They taught Math, PSHE and a gave the children a spelling test. We were all very impressed with out new teachers.
