Welcome to the P6 class page!

We are excited about getting to know you all and we are here to help you in whatever way we can, and we hope everyone enjoys their year and learns plenty along the way. This page will give you a flavour of what we’ll be getting up to in P6. 

There are two P6 classes in the 25/26 year. The P6 teachers are Mrs Esler (teaching P6BE) and Miss Milligan (teaching Miss Marcus' class P6BM). Our classroom assistants this year are Mrs Calderwood, Mr Martin and Mrs Wilson in P6BE and Miss C McMullan, Miss N McMullan and Miss C Wilson in P6BM.

What should your child bring with them to school? 

• Pencils
• Rubber
• Sharpener
• 30cm ruler
• Pritt stick
• Biro pens for marking (blue, black, red or green) - no gel pens please
• A 12 pack of colouring pencils
• Healthy break and a packed lunch
• PE kit consisting of a tee-shirt, shorts, pair of trainers and jogging bottoms/leggings - this remains in school.

What will your child be doing this year?

Term 1: The start of this term will focus on the children getting to know their new teachers; and the teachers getting to know their new children, allowing them to settle into their new P6 classroom environment. During this term our World Around Us topic is ‘Unsinkable’, which is centred around learning all about the Titanic. We will look at the history of the Titanic, the process of building the famous ship and the on-board crew and passengers, and its fateful maiden voyage. In ICT we will learn how to use simple spreadsheets, and create Titanic animations. After-school clubs will begin again and your child will have the opportunity to choose a club that they are interested in to attend. Your child will also have the chance to go swimming this term at Seven Towers Leisure Centre. In December, we will be getting into the festive spirit by taking part in the annual Carol Service.

Term 2: We start this term off with a bang with our annual trip to the Pantomime in the Grand Opera House. This year the Panto will be Pinocchio. Our new World Around Us theme for this term is ‘Lighten Up’. Within this topic, we will look at how light travels to enable us to see, explore the fact that colours are a result of light reflecting off an object and look at Isaac Newton and his experiments about light and colour. We will also be creating electrical circuits and learning about the invention of the lightbulb. In ICT we will learn how to use the Coding program ‘Scratch’. This year there will be a School Production just before the Easter break, giving us something brilliant and exciting to look forward to.

Term 3: In the final term, our World Around Us topic will be ‘Raiders of the Lost Tomb’. We will learn all about Ancient Egypt as we study Gods and Goddesses, mummification, Tutankhamun and Pharaohs of Egypt. We will have the opportunity to look at hieroglyphics and discover what all the symbols mean and even write our names using hieroglyphics! We link ICT with our theme as we create Stop-Start animations on the iPads. We also have several exciting events to look forward to this term - the end of year disco, Sports’ Day and the Summer Fair.

We have so much to look forward to this year and we hope that everyone has lots of fun along the way! We look forward to getting to know you and your child better over the year. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any worries, questions or concerns. 

Please take time to look through the P6 Parent Helpsheets. These documents detail the Numeracy and Literacy that your child will cover in P6. Please use these to support your child with their learning at home.

Thank you,

Mrs Esler & Miss Milligan