Eynesbury Church of England
Primary School
End of Year Expectations for Year 6
Dear Parent/Carer,
This booklet provides information on the end of year expectations for children in our school. The National Curriculum outlines these expectations as being the minimum requirements your child must meet by the end of this academic year.
All the objectives are worked on several times throughout the year. Any extra support you can provide in helping your children to achieve these is greatly valued.
At the end of the year, in the school report, your child will be assessed at how well they have met these expectations. The terminology used for assessment is:
Below, Emerging, Developing, Secure and Mastery.
Children assessed at Secure and Mastery will have met all age related expectations.
If you have any queries regarding the content of this booklet or want support in knowing how best to help your child please talk to your child’s teacher.
Reading
We expect children to be able to do all of
these things by the end of Year 6.
Word Reading:
Can use the words and word parts read to understand and think
about what new words mean and sound like.
Comprehension:
Is becoming familiar with a wide range of books from our own literary
heritage and also books from other cultures and traditions.
Can check understanding of books read through discussion and explore
the meaning of words.
Can ask questions about what has been read to further improve
understanding
Show understanding of what has been read by drawing inferences
from within the text and justifying them with evidence.
Can predict what may happen in a story from details given and
suggested in the text.
Is able to identify key details and ideas in texts by summarising a
given number of paragraphs that have been read.
Can show how language, structure and presentation all contribute
to meaning in texts read.
Know authors use particular language which will have impact on the
reader.
Can distinguish between statements of fact and opinion.
Can retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction.
Participates in discussions about books read, or those that have been
read to me by listening to others' ideas and at times challenging views
courteously if they differ from my own.
Is able to justify views.
Can present or debate on topics that have been read about, using
notes if necessary.
Writing
We expect children to be able to do all these things by the end of Year 6.
Spelling:
Use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words.
Spell some words with 'silent' letters [for example, knight, psalm, solemn].
Continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused.
Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically
Use a thesaurus.
Handwriting
Choose which shape of a letter to use when given choices and decide whether or not to join specific letters.
Choose the writing implement that is best suited for a task.
Composition:
Identify the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own.
Describe settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action in narratives.
Use organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader [for example, headings, bullet points, underlining].
Ensure the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing. Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors.
Develop initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary.
Consider how authors have developed characters and settings in what pupils have read, listened to or seen performed in narratives.
Select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning.
Precise longer passages.
Assess the effectiveness of their own and others' writing.
Propose changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning.
Ensure correct subject and verb agreement when using singular and plural, distinguishing between the language of speech and writing and choosing the appropriate register.
Perform their own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume, and movement so that meaning is clear.
Vocabulary Grammar Punctuation
Recognise vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms.
Use passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence.
Understand layout devices [for example, headings, sub-headings, columns, bullets, or tables, to structure text].
Use a colon to introduce a list.
Punctuate bullet points consistently.
Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity.
Understand how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].
Link ideas across paragraphs using a wider range of cohesive devices: repetition of a word or phrase, grammatical connections [for example, the use of adverbials such as on the other hand, in contrast, or as a consequence], and ellipsis.
Use semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses.
Maths
We expect children to be able to do all these things by the end of Year 6.
Multiply and divide numbers with up to three decimal places by 10, 100, and 1000
Use long division to divide numbers up to four digits by a two-digit number
Use simple formulae expressed in words
Generate and describe linear number sequences
Use simple ratio to compare quantities
Write a fraction in its lowest terms by cancelling common factors
Know percentage and decimal equivalents for fractions with a denominator of 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators
Multiply pairs of fractions in simple cases
Find percentages of quantities
Solve missing angle problems involving triangles, quadrilaterals, angles at a point and angles on a straight line
Calculate the volume of cubes and cuboids and Know that volume is measured in cubes
Use coordinates in all four quadrants
Calculate and interpret the mean as an average of a set of discrete data
Know the rough equivalence between miles and kilometres
Know that vertically opposite angles are equal
Know that the area of a triangle = base × height ÷ 2
Know that the area of a parallelogram = base × height
Know the names of parts of a circle
Know that the diameter of a circle is twice the radius