2024-2025
Year 5 Alder: 2024-2025
Term 1, Alder and Aspen Class, Year 5: Virtual author visit - Katherine Rundell Earlier in the term, year 5 children enjoyed an engaging virtual visit from best-selling author Katherine Rundell. She spoke about her new book, Impossible Creatures, and shared with the children what motivates and inspires her when writing. She advised any budding authors to begin by asking a ‘What if?’ question that could then be answered throughout the book and suggested that a good way to engage readers was by using the five senses when describing settings and scenes. As she came towards the end of her visit, she left the children with the thought that: A good writer has curiosity and wants to learn about the world.
Term 2, Alder Class, Year 5: Design Technology - Cooking	Term 2, Alder Class, Year 5: Computing - Nets
Term 2, Alder Class, Year 5: History - Benin	Term 2, Alder Class, Year 5: Science	Term 1, Alder and Aspen Class, Year 5: English – Cosmic	Term 2, Alder Class, Year 5: Clockwork
Term 1, Alder and Aspen Class, Year 5: Art - 3D sculptures	Term 1, Year 5: Science Day!	Term 1, Alder and Aspen Class, Year 5: Day out at our local art and museum	Term 1, Alder and Aspen Class, Year 5: Geography – Eastern Europe

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I am one of the longest serving teachers at Holy Cross having taught here for more than twenty years, and both my children passed through the school. In that time, I have seen the school change and develop in all sorts of ways, and even move site from our previous location on Upham Road. But throughout these years, the school’s core values and sense of community have remained constant and I am proud to be a member of the Holy Cross family. I am always delighted when I meet previous pupils and their families around the town.

Outside of school, I play guitar in a number of local bands and am a member of the Wessex Male Voice Choir. I also enjoy a variety of sports such as mountain biking, skiing and playing football with other members of Holy Cross staff. I also enjoy travelling both at home and abroad.


I consider myself lucky to be teaching at Holy Cross Catholic Primary School since 2019. This was a time that was tough on everyone due to the pandemic and I was blessed to be at Holy Cross Primary School to help during these challenging times. I qualified as a teacher in 2013 and worked in several schools before I decided to go to Goa, India for a while, where I also taught for about 3.5 years. Working at Holy Cross makes it extra special for me because my son also went to this school and I have made so many friends along the way. I work with an amazing team! It has also been such an honour to meet and work with so many lovely children and their families.

When I am not teaching, I work as a SENDCo assistant. I thoroughly enjoy working in this role with our lovely children and their families. I am passionate about ensuring all children receive the provision they need in order to be successful in school and reach their full potential.

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