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Year 6 · Writing

Make a recommendation follow clearly from the evidence and its limits.

Choose a game

Take your time, try a game and collect stars.

Activities to try together away from the screen

Take it beyond the game

Use one example in a real piece of reading, writing or discussion.

  1. Choose a useful message or short task, and plan what you want a reader to understand.
  2. Try an original example on paper and reread it for meaning and accuracy.
  3. Agree on one useful improvement and try the example again.

Helping your child with sentences & stories

The Year 6 focus

Year 6 composition develops a clear relationship between evidence, interpretation and a recommendation. Argument architect offers prepared outlines in which later steps depend on information gathered earlier. Connectives and references help establish the intended sequence. Real arguments can use different structures, so the game’s order belongs to these specific examples rather than being a compulsory formula for every balanced discussion.

Work through an example

In the route outline, comparing congestion follows the trial, and the recommendation uses that comparison. Explain why a conclusion presented before the observations would need careful framing to avoid pretending it was already established. After playing, write an original recommendation that includes evidence and one relevant limitation, then ask whether a reader can distinguish the finding from the judgement.

Use the skill beyond the screen

The supplied cards make one planned sequence visible. Real composition also requires choosing ideas, finding words, considering the reader and revising a draft. After playing, plan a new example aloud, write a short version and ask someone else to explain what they understood. Use that response to improve a link, add a missing detail or remove something that distracts from the purpose.

Curriculum connection

Reading and writing use the shared Years 5–6 programme of study. These Year 6 practice choices provide one possible progression; schools can sequence the shared content differently. This collection offers selected practice rather than the complete programme. Read the official English programme of study.

Questions families ask

What does the game check?

It checks a prepared arrangement of ideas. Original composition still needs planning, writing and feedback from a reader.

Is this a separate statutory Year 6 programme?

The National Curriculum groups reading and writing in Years 5 and 6. These Year 6 examples provide a practice progression within that shared programme; schools can sequence the content differently. Spoken-language requirements apply across Years 1–6.