Year 6 - how much work are your dc doing?

[Dancergirl]

Dd told me there have been no Maths lessons since SATS and very little English.

They are rehearsing for the end of year show which is fair enough but I'm not sure what they're doing the rest of the time!

Teacher says they have finished the curriculum. There is already a big learning dip over the long summer holiday, is it unreasonable to expect some Maths lessons in the last few weeks of term so vital skills aren't forgotten?

DD has her last day on Friday but is doing normal lessons right now.

I think it rather depends on how you want to define lessons. At my school we accept all the hard work was done before the KS2 tests, so we tend towards carrying out "fun" project work (but also rehearsal for end of year performance). So for instances they have just been doing some work on the school fields but this incorporated orienteering which involves maths principles and then some practical work around measurement etc plus environmental work which also involved maths calculations and writing up reports.
It is also true that the latest schemes of work for primary are actually at a higher level of attainment than the scheme of work at secondary in year 7. There is a catch up process going on in schemes for secondary as I understand the situation.

You can always crack the whip during the holidays if you are worried! No chance to have fun things on the curriculum in your world op? What a shame.

Dd is still doing maths and english and seems to get plenty of homework. They are doing fun projects though. Her teacher went away on a course and the class went a bit Lord of the Flies with bullying etc. I imagine they will keep them doing some academic work for a bit to avoid them getting too demob happy.

Their currently on their residential and then it's sports day and end of year production! Probably not much more work hopefully

Social skills, language skills, making good memories. I'm sure it won't harm your DC
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bubbles that's not what I said. I'm all in favour of them doing fun stuff towards the end of term. But it's about balance. To have NO Maths lessons at all seems a bit extreme.

DS1 is doing some maths and english, but has also had a Y6 residential, sports day, and is rehearsing for the Y5/6 play. No homework though.

I suppose I remember the Headteacher at my school who encouraged us to keep working hard until the end of term then you can relax in the holidays. It's just stayed with me!

Maths lessons mightn't look like maths lessons iyswim. There might be more of a focus on problem solving, outdoor maths trails, probability (card games etc). Its also possible that they did extra Maths before SATS and now have reallocated time to Drama so that by the end of year time spent on all subjects will balance out. I don't teach in the UK so I'm unsure if that's a possibility.

Rehearsing the show could definitely be counted as English.

Our school is teaching them skills they might need when they get to secondary school. They have been looking at using bus timetables (quite a few have never had to look at one before), bikeability, social media safety (more in-depth than they have done before), looking at maps on routes to safely walk to the various different secondary schools etc

DD did her cycling proficiency last week, school trip and high school induction and this week, forest school next week and the end of year production the week after.
They are also doing sex education lessons next week.
They are doing all the fun stuff that they’ve not had time to do all year.

Oh and an extraordinary amount of rounders is being played but that's by all years not just year 6.

That's a great idea halfblind

I think you are upset there don’t appear to be formal lessons OP. Learning can take place in a variety of ways. It is not necessary to sit down formally every day. I think with Sats behind them, they do need to experience a broad curriculum. If you are worried about forgetting maths, you can, as I said, do workbooks in the holidays. I loved my Dc having more fun after all the work leading up to Sats. Mine were in a choir that went to the school’s prom at the Royal Albert Hall. They did an end of term concert and play. They did lots of sport and a residential. They learnt a lot.

That is fab halfblind

DS2's Year 6 teacher has apparently had enough of them and they don't deserve to be taught by him, so they are mostly doing worksheets and peer work.

I imagine they must've been very bold and badly behaved, then. Lots of busy work is no harm to teach some manners.

Today they have been learning to tie a tie which was really handy because I didn't have a clue!

year 6 at my school are not having lessons as such, but have been doing lots of projects that involve Maths and English and there are a lot of little work groups going on for various children o whatever subjects they need a bit of support on. There are also visits from secondary schools and play rehearsals going on, the children are doing worksheets in between their scenes.