2024-2025
Year 5 Aspen: 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 1, Alder and Aspen Class, Year 5: English – Cosmic
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 Mrs Elliott and I am really happy to be a teacher at Holy Cross. I’ve been a teacher for many years now and have always worked in a Catholic school. Being a teacher was my dream from my teenage years and is still all I want to do. I love helping children to learn and grow in many ways and helping them to have their own dreams for their future.

At home, I have two children of my own and a gorgeous tabby cat called Lula. My children and I love to go out and about, exploring places, getting lots of fresh air and doing things like building dens and having picnics.

In school, I enjoy teaching all subjects but reading is one of my favourite things and sharing stories with my class is one of the best times of the day. I also love maths, which I continued studying at university.

I hope that I can inspire all the children in my class to love learning as much I as did when I was at school.

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