Welcome
to class Y4HS

Mr Steeple
Meet your teachers
My name is Mr Steeple and I have been working within Wickersley Partnership Trust for 6 years and this will be my fourth year at Aston Hall. We are a pure Y4 class and our classroom will be in the main school building on the KS2 corridor. We will be sharing a cloakroom with Y5LD. I am very excited to begin our learning and I cannot wait to welcome you all back after the holidays. I love to create fun and engaging lessons for my students. When I am not at school, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I also love playing football and play for a team on Saturdays. I watch all sorts of sports but I love football and watch it whenever I can!
Meet your Teaching Assistants

Mrs Clifton
Hi, I’m Mrs Clifton. I have been working at school for the past 13 years, before that I was a parent volunteer which I started as my youngest child joined Foundation stage. I love my job and I believe I am the luckiest person in school. I will be working with all classes and pupils within KS2 on a weekly basis helping assist with learning and covering teachers. Watching pupils grow in confidence and size during their journey in school is a privilege.

Mrs Gray
Hi my name is Mrs Gray. I have loved my last 2 years working in
KS1. I am really looking forward to moving into LkS2 and following
the children on their journey through school.

Mrs Stickland
Hi, I’m Mrs Stickland. I’ve been a Teaching Assistant at Aston Hall for 10 years and was a volunteer here for 2 years before that. I have always worked within the childcare and social work industry and trained as a Nursery Nurse when I left school. I love being a part of primary school life and I have a passion to support all children to achieve their best potential in all areas and believe this is gained by helping them to feel safe and happy. Over the years, I have had the amazing opportunity to experience all year groups in school by supporting and assisting the teachers by carrying out various roles. My personal life is just as hectic with a 17 year old son, who used to be a pupil here at Aston Hall. I also have a crazy Border Terrier called Poppy who makes us laugh every day. Some of you will have also seen me around at the local Scout Group in Swallownest. I am the Secretary on the Board of Trustees and am very much involved with all sections; Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. I feel very proud to be able to give back to the community by ensuring children gain the most experiences they can and I work closely with some amazing Section Leaders.

Miss Jarvis
Hello everyone! My name is Miss Jarvis, and I’m so excited to be your teaching assistant this year. I’ve really enjoyed my first year at Aston Hall-It’s been a wonderful place to learn and grow, and I’m thrilled to continue being part of the team. I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you and supporting you in your learning journey. We’ll work together to make this fun, positive and a successful year. A little bit about me- I absolutely love Dachshunds! I have two sausage dogs and I’m always happy to chat about them! I also have a son who attended Aston Hall and has now moved to comprehensive school, so I know just how special this place is from both a parent and staff perspective. I can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll achieve this year!
Areas of Learning
Geography: We will be starting with a study of the peak district. It’s such a beautiful rural area on our doorsteps. We will be planning a visit over the next term to the on of the national trust areas of the peaks to explore further.
French: We will be delivering some fun and practical French sessions this year, through which children will be given the opportunity to further develop their language skills, whilst also revising some key vocabulary from previous years.
Y3/4 will learn new vocabulary for numbers / colours and classroom objects through which they will begin to be introduced to some more complex language structures, e.g. asking questions and the future tense.
Maths: We have started this year by focusing on place value, ensuring that children are secure in their knowledge of numbers up to 1000, including negative numbers and rounding skills. Following this, we will be moving on to securing the children’s knowledge of calculation, beginning with methods for the four operations and the application of these to problem solving contexts. There will also be a big focus on times tables throughout the year to ensure the children learn them up to 12X12.
English Novel Study: Our English lessons are always delivered through high-quality, engaging texts, and this term, we are studying Stig of the dump. We will be getting into character and writing diary entries from the perspective of Barney, a young boy who meets Stig, producing persuasive pieces, and getting creative with our own narratives. Exciting books open the door to wonderful worlds and also to the past in this case, and we can’t wait to explore this novel further with your children, giving them a real insight into what it was like to be a child experiencing wonderful and crazy adventures.
Science: In science, we will be learning about Living Things, including both animals and humans.
Through this unit, Y4 will study life cycles and classifying animals, and will learn about the animal babies and parts of the human body.
Religion and ethics We will be learning about the importance of belonging, exploring different religion and ethics from around the world. We will investigate the key features of Hinduism and Christianity.
History: This term we are stepping back in time to study the Anglo Saxons with a particular focus on the impact on the settlements in the UK. We will look at the structure of the armies and clothing. With looking into how the Anglo Saxons influenced the world today. There are fantastic links between with Art and design technology along with the history lessons, we hope that children will have a thorough insight and understanding of the impact the Saxons had on people of the UK.
Music: Our LKS2 music lessons are taught every Tuesday by our specialist WPT music teacher, Mrs Gibbons. The children have already enjoyed sessions involving performing through singing, and they will continue to develop their knowledge of music through both voice and musical instruments.
Jigsaw PSHE: We will begin with our ‘Being Me in My World’ unit, where will consider our own and others’ feelings and making the community to which we belong a better place. Then we will move to our second unit ‘Celebrating Difference’ where we will learn to embrace and accept people’s uniqueness. We will also learn about healthy friendships and problem solving for bullying behaviours
Class Information
Our Class Dojo page will be updated regularly with messages, dojo points and photo updates. Homework and
spellings will be given on Fridays each week and will need to be handed in the following Tuesday. Once our PE days have been confirmed, we will let you know when these are; we will have one indoor and one outdoor slot. Please ensure your PE kit is in school (hung on your peg) every day. Enjoy the summer holidays and we will see you in September
Class News

KS2 School of Pop
Last week, Aston Hall’s KS2 students took to the stage and wowed audiences with their incredible end of year production, ‘School of Pop’ – and

Children’s Capital of Culture Festival of Sport
This week, Y5 and Y4 children who hadn’t yet represented our school in a sporting event had the fantastic opportunity to take part in the

Y4 WTKA World Championships
We are incredibly proud to share that one of our students from Y4, Sienna, has been selected to represent Sheffield Dragons Martial Arts at the

KS2 Children’s Science Museum Trip
Recently, KS2 went on a trip to The Children’s Science Museum in Eureka, Halifax. The children learnt all about different areas of science, and took