Welcome to Year 6!

We are delighted to welcome you and your child to an exciting, rewarding and memorable final year at St Ambrose.

Year 6 is a significant stage in your child's primary education as they prepare for the transition to secondary school. Throughout the year, we will help children develop independence, resilience and confidence while continuing to provide a broad, engaging and ambitious curriculum. We will also support them as they prepare for the Key Stage 2 SATs, ensuring they feel well prepared and able to achieve their very best.

Reading remains at the heart of everything we do, alongside developing strong writing, mathematics and problem-solving skills. We will also provide many opportunities for children to take on responsibility, grow in confidence and create lasting memories during their final year of primary school.

We will keep you informed through our class page, Facebook page, newsletters and school communication systems. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, concerns or information you would like to share.

Email: year6_amb@emmausmac.com

Working together helps us ensure every child can "do their best by following Jesus" each and every day.

Kind regards,

Mr Holman

ou play a vital role in your child's success, and we value the partnership between home and school. You can support your child by:

• Listening to them read regularly and discussing what they have read.
• Practising spellings, times tables and key arithmetic skills.
• Encouraging them to revise for SATs and complete homework to a high standard.
• Talking to them about their learning and celebrating their achievements.
• Promoting independence, organisation and resilience as they prepare for secondary school.
• Ensuring excellent attendance and punctuality so they don't miss valuable learning.

Our class saint is Maximilian Kolbe - he became a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II. We look to him to help us show dignity to other people, part of our Catholic Social Teaching.

'Let us remember that love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving. Without sacrifice there is no love.'

At St Ambrose, every day counts! Excellent attendance is especially important in Year 6 as children prepare for SATs and the transition to secondary school. Being in school every day helps children make the best progress, build confidence and enjoy every opportunity during their final year with us.

Our attendance target is 96% or above.

How Parents Can Help

• Make sure your child arrives at school on time every day.
• Book appointments outside school hours where possible.
• Take holidays during school holidays.
• Let the school know as soon as possible if your child is ill.

Every Day Matters. Every Lesson Counts. Every Child Achieves.

Reading and reading for pleasure are really important in Year 6.

Pupils are encouraged to read daily, for at least twenty minutes, and log their reading journey onto Boom Reader (logins are kept in homework books).  It will be useful for pupils to read to an adult a couple of times a week and for the adult to ask them questions about what they are reading - this will help to develop comprehension skills.

The book they are currently reading must be in their bag every day (whether from our class, school library or from home).

Throughout the year, we will also read lots of different books together and this will help inspire our writing!

Please click on the link below for free ebooks for your child. Login as a student.

Username: ambrose6
Password: ambrose6

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students

The Sacrament of Confirmation for our Year 6 pupils will take place at St Ambrose's Church on a date to be confirmed. Further details will be shared with families as soon as they are available. 

What are SATs?
Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) are designed to find out if children are on track to meet the expected standards in English and maths as set out by the government.

All papers children take for Key Stage 2 SATs are marked externally and the results are used to measure the school’s performance. Tests are set each year to the same specification, but because questions must be different, the difficulty of tests may vary slightly each year. For this reason, raw scores are converted into scaled scores to ensure accurate comparisons of pupil performance over time.

A scaled score of 100 or more means a child is working at the expected standard – termed ‘AS’, while a score below 100 indicates that a child hasn’t reached the government expected standard – termed ‘NS’. The maximum score possible is 120, and the minimum is 80. Results will be shared in your child's Annual Report to Parents.

To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores. However, this equates to different marks for each paper (maths; reading; grammar, punctuation and spelling) and can change each school year.

This year, SATs week will be Monday 10 May to Thursday 13 May 2027.

SATs aren't about passing or failing, but are used to reflect the level your child is working at. We don't see them as a one-off period in the school calendar but as a part of the overall teaching your child receives throughout their whole time at primary school. We aim to ensure your child is as prepared as they can be to minimise any stress they may feel about the assessments. 

How can you help your child?
It is important that homework is completed on time and returned to school on the correct day - it will be then reviewed in class.