Elm Class 2026-27

Welcome to the Elm Class pages where you can find out all about our Year 6 children and their learning journey. 

Elm Class 2025-26

Elm Class Newsletter Summer 2026

Elm Class Newsletter Spring 2026

Elm Class Newsletter Autumn 2025

Summer 2026

It has been a very busy and exciting term for our Year 6’s! We have had a fantastic few weeks and I can’t believe it I time to nearly say goodbye.

From archery tag and splashing into the lake on our residential, to bringing the stage to life in our fantastic production of The Sherwood Hoodies, the children have thrown themselves into every opportunity with enthusiasm and joy. We’ve raced to the finish line during Sports Day, walked around the village taking charge of our Geography fieldwork and we are now preparing ourselves for a very emotional farewell.

I am so proud of each and every one of the children for their efforts in the recent SATs assessments. They all worked incredibly hard, showed real determination, and achieved fantastic results - they should be immensely proud of themselves.

It’s safe to say we’ve truly made the most of our final term together. I feel so fortunate to have taught these wonderful children over the past year. I wish them all the very best as they head off on their next big adventure.

Spring 2026

Elm Class have had a brilliant and successful two terms; they have taken part in lots of great learning and important revision in preparation for their upcoming assessments in May.

We started the term with a video call with our Ugandan friends, who we wrote to at the beginning of the year. Elm Class were so excited to be able to see the children and it was a real pleasure to share the experience with them. Each class had prepared a song or dance along with some questions for each other and it was wonderful to see the children interacting. We were amazed that the weather in Uganda was around 30 degrees at the time as we were very cold, on a chilly morning here in Lympne! It was a magical experience, which we will be sure to repeat later on in the year.

The children have also been working hard with lots of practical learning this term. We have experimented with electricity in Science, using different components to build circuits. In collaborative groups, we tested bulb brightness and resistance within circuits. In DT, we used what we had learnt by designing and creating a steady hand game. In groups, the children used the theme of our class text ‘Greenwild’ to design their game before building the base and manipulating the wire into different shapes. They then placed the circuits inside and all were successful. They enjoyed playing their games and having a go at each other’s.

We have all been working hard on revision and retrieval in the lead up to our SATs assessments after the Easter break. I have been impressed with the children’s resilience and attitude towards learning and they all accessed the termly tests successfully. We will continue to revise these topics so that the children are really confident and comfortable when it comes to the May assessments. I am very proud of their achievements so far and I am looking forward to the end of May when we can dive into our Year 6 play and get excited for our class residential.

Autumn 2025

We have had a great start to Year 6 and have already taken part in some amazing day trips and experiences!

We kick-started the year with our Child of Hope day, where we raised over £300 for the charity in Uganda. Elm Class took on the responsibility of writing letters to the children and were thrilled to receive their own in return. We will be staying in touch with Lucy throughout the year, who is our contact out in Uganda, and hope to schedule another zoom call in with the children.

We were lucky enough to have a visit to Parliament, which was very informative. We had a thorough tour around the Houses of Parliament, which the children enjoyed, and then we had a fun workshop where the children played games and learnt about our local MP, Tony Vaughan.

Our Cathedral Day was also a success, filled with a range of activities within the Cathedral. The children had the chance to carve their initials on stone and be part of the choir! We then were involved in the Worship, along with other schools and the children represented us wonderfully. They carried our Lympne school banner with pride and read out their own thoughts to everyone in the service.

We have enjoyed our learning so far and the children have taken a real interest in our class texts: Cogheart and War Horse. They have worked hard to revise their grammar and punctuation, putting it into practice within their writing. They have produced some excellent formal letters to their chosen future work place; detailed non-chronological reports based on The Battle of Britain and some tense and exciting narratives based on our English text, Rose Blanche. I am looking forward to our new class text after Christmas, Percy Jackson, which will involve lots of interesting and extended writing opportunities.

Maths is popular this year and the children have taken on the challenge of long division well! We have been working on our fluency with our methods and have started our fractions topic this term. They have also been practising their bar models due to Decembar. The new Spelling Shed scheme has been a success and Elm Class have won Mr Buzzington a few times now! I will continue to encourage the children as much as possible to play both TTRockstars and Spelling Shed at home so that we can continue to be victorious!

Finally, the children have worked so hard to revise and learn new strategies this year. I am very proud of them in their most recent SATs assessments; they did brilliantly. They make me proud every day with their enthusiasm and engagement for learning and they really are excellent role models at Lympne School.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!