Welcome to the Year 6 Onyx class page!

Onyx class is taught by Mr Hill and supported by Mrs Hawthorne. Mrs Middleton will be teaching the class on Wednesday.

PE days are Thursday and Friday - please come to school dressed in your school PE kit. On Thursday afternoon, we will be doing Orienteering (Outdoor Adventurous Activities) and on Friday afternoon we will be doing Rounders.

Reading: 5 times a week is the minimum school requirement. This needs to be recorded in your Learning Logs and signed by a parent or carer ready to be collected every morning. You should be completing one quiz a week on accelerated reader too - this can be completed at home or in school.

Homework: Homework is set on a Friday and handed in the following Friday. In Year 6, the expectation is that you complete 1 x Maths and 1 x English pieces every week, as well as 1 x Science every two weeks. This is all set on our online homework platform, Atom Learning. Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS) will also be set each week. 

We are starting Cycle 4 of our learning - Creating a Better World

For our learning, we will be using lots captivating stories in English such as 'Alma' and 'The Piano'. This will be accompanied by interesting topics such as Crime and Punishment (History), and Evolution and Inheritance (Science).