Expectations for Year 6

Writing in Year 6 at St Charles’

• Use subordinate clauses to write complex sentences.
• Use passive voice where appropriate.
• Use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely (e.g. The fact that it was raining meant the end of sports day).
• Use a sentence structure and layout matched to requirements of text type.
• Use semi-colon, colon or dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses.
• Use colon to introduce a list and semi colon within a list.
• Use correct punctuation of bullet points.
• Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity.
• Use full range of punctuation matched to requirements of text type.
• Use wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs.
• Use paragraphs to signal change in time, scene, action, mood or person.
• Write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed.

Reading in Year 6 at St Charles’ 

• Refer to text to support opinions and predictions.
• Give a view about choice of vocabulary, structure, etc.
• Distinguish between fact and opinion.
• Appreciate how a set of sentences has been arranged to create maximum effect.
• Recognise:
  • complex sentences with more than one subordinate clause
  • phrases which add detail to sentences
• Explain how a writer has used sentences to create particular effects.
• Skim and scan to aide note-taking.

Mathematics in Year 6 at St Charles’ 

• Use negative numbers in context and calculate intervals across zero.
• Compare and order numbers up to 10,000,000.
• Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers.
• Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy.
• Identify the value of each digit to 3 decimal places.
• Use knowledge of order of operations to carry out calculations involving four operations.
• Multiply:
  • 4-digit by 2-digit
• Divide:
  • 4-digit by 2-digit
• Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers.
• Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in the simplest form.
• Divide proper fractions by whole numbers.
• Calculate % of whole number.