Onyx Class 2024 - 2025

Miss Norris

Year 6 Teacher
Deputy Headteacher
Key Stage 2 Lead
English and Curriculum Lead

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A very warm welcome to the Onyx class page!

We have lots of exciting learning ahead of us this year! Year six is not only the last year for our children to enjoy their time here at Little Leigh, but also very important in preparing them for their journey onwards and upwards to high school. The Year 6 children hold many different roles of responsibility and leadership, as the oldest children in the school. Our aim is that they leave us as responsible citizens, confident individuals and successful learners. I am sure they are going to do a wonderful job in being excellent role models for our younger children.

In addition to myself, we will be joined every morning by Mr Richards. Mrs Tomlinson will be taking the class on a Thursday. Our PE sessions are on a Tuesday and Thursday so don't forget to come to school in your pe kit on that day!

If you have any questions or queries please don't hesitate to contact me. Please keep checking Twitter and Facebook to follow our learning!

Miss Norris

Spring Term

As Writers...

This half term we will be using the text 'Shackleton's Journey' by William Grill to inspire our writing. This book is a unique visual re-telling of Ernest Shackleton's landmark expedition crossing the Antarctic from one pole to the other. This story will lead to range of writing outcomes, whilst building up to a recount of a significant event.

As Readers...

In our shared reading lessons we will explore the text 'Survivors' which includes a range of real-life stories about extreme survival. This will complement our English text nicely and will also help us to develop our word reading and comprehension skills. This text is rich with vocabulary and will help us develop strategies to be proficient and confident readers as well as supporting us to develop our subject knowledge.

As Historians...

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In our History lessons, we will be looking at Crime and Punishment. We will be answering the key enquiry question: 'How has crime and punishment changed over time?' In this unit, we will explore how and why Crime and Punishment has changed over time. We will utilise a variety of sources of evidence to develop knowledge and understanding of different time periods. Within this, we will look at some small case studies in more depth to understand triggers for change, including the Bloody Code of 1815, the founding of the first police force, transportation of prisoners and the activism of the suffragettes. We will finish the unit by creating a final outcome in our discovery books.

As Artists...

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In our Art lessons this half term, we will be exploring artists who explore their identity within their art. We will explore how artists use various aspects of their identity, creating imagery which explores many different aspects within one image by using layers and juxtaposition. We will find out about how the artists construct their work, before working physically in drawing and in collage to make our own layered and constructed portrait.

As Scientists...

Our focus for this half term is 'Electricity.' This unit will cover the following:

associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.
compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches
use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.

As Mathematicians....

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This half term the mathematical concepts Year 6 will be covering, will be:

Fractions, decimals and percentages
Ratio
Converting units of measure

Click on the links below to practise at home:

BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

I See Maths - https://www.iseemaths.com

Maths Playground - https://www.mathplayground.com/grade_6_games.html

Topmarks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/11-14-years/number

NRICH - Maths at home - https://nrich.maths.org/14580

Whole Class Reading

Each week the children take part both whole class reading sessions with the class teacher. We will work together in this session to read extracts of text and develop our deduction and inference skills through specific and targeted questions. As well as this, it is important that you are regularly reading with your child and we advise that you read 10-15 minutes per day with them. Whilst listening to your child, try to ask them questions about events that have happened so far, characters thoughts and motives and to make accurate predictions based on the text.

P.E. Lessons

This half term, our P.E. sessions will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure that your child comes to school in their PE kit on those days.

During the winter months, it is advisable that children bring with them warmer clothes for their outdoor sessions.

Please ensure that all P.E. clothing is labelled clearly to avoid any confusion!

Homework

Homework will be set every Friday to be completed by the following Wednesday. Each week the children will have a piece of Maths and English homework to complete to consolidate learning and to prepare them for the SATs tests in May. Please ensure homework is completed on time and returned to school in time for marking.

If you have any issues regarding the homework set then please don't hesitate to contact me and I will do my best to resolve the issue.