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Welcome

to class Y6AC

Miss Cochrane

Meet your teacher

Hi, I’m Miss Cochrane and I’m going to be your teacher next year. I hope you are ready for the jam-packed year ahead! I can’t wait for all of the amazing memories that we are going to make and all of the new things that we will learn and discover together in our Y6 team. This will be my 10th year at Aston Hall, where I’ve taught in Y4, Y5 and Y6. I’ve got to admit, UKS2 is where I love to be especially the trips, residentials and the KS2 production!

In school, I am the Maths leader and it’s got to be one of my favourite subjects to teach- I especially love tackling really tricky problems that get your brain thinking. I also love the history topics we learn about in UKS2 – especially our World War 2 topic!

I grew up in a village in the North East called Marske By The Sea, but I’ve lived in Sheffield for the past 12 years after I came here for university and never left! In my spare time, I love going to the Peak District and also regularly visit the Lake District, where I love to take on the challenge of climbing mountains there- I’m sure I’ll share lots of stories about this in September.

Meet your Teaching Assistants

Mrs Wall

I’m Mrs Wall and I have worked at Aston Hall in various roles but am now a Teaching Assistant, often in Y5 and Y6. I am a qualified primary teacher and taught for 12 years – mostly in year 6. Working with children is really rewarding and seeing them make progress, and grow as people, is why I love my job. It’s really important to develop trusting relationships with our older children as they prepare for the next steps in their education and become confident young people. I enjoy spending some of my time working with children who need some extra support with their Social and Emotional Mental Health too. Away from work, I had my own cake business for 4 years before my son started school, making birthday cakes and supplying a local play town. I enjoy gardening and run the outdoor club at school during the warmer months and sometimes a crafty things club in the winter such as macramé or cross stitch. I am very much looking forward to working with you as you move into UKS2!

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.

Areas of Learning

UKS2 have an exciting first term planned with plenty of new learning experiences! In Maths, we will begin the year by focusing on place value, ensuring that children are secure in their knowledge of numbers up to 1,000,000, 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. In our English lessons, we will explore themes such as friendship, loss, kindness and courage through our novel study book, ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ by Michelle Magorian, where two main characters overcome adversities together during the height of World War II. The book will provide us with the opportunity to have quality discussions and deepen our understanding of the impact of World War II on our country. This will feed into our many writing opportunities, developing our use of style, viewpoint, language and punctuation. Our English topic links to our first term’s history unit on World War II. During this, we will find out more about key figures during the war (such as Winston Churchill), key events that took place and countries involved, as well as the impact on our local area. In Geography, we will begin the year learning about European
cities. As part of this topic, we will be finding out more about capital cities in Europe, emigration, immigration and migration and why people choose to move. The work of Vincent Van Gogh will be the inspiration for our art unit this term and through this, we will be exploring how he uses colour to depict mood. We will develop our drawing skills practising texture, tone and using graded pencils to create our final piece.

Class Information

Our classroom will be located in the new building (in my current classroom), alongside Y6AC next door. On a morning, you will come in through our classroom door and at the end of the day, we’ll dismiss from the new build library door. Please ensure your PE kit is in school every day and that you have suitable PE kit for outdoor PE and colder weather later in the term.There’ll be more information about our PE days, homework and school visits in September.

Class News

History in Y5/6

Our Year 5/6 classes have made a brilliant start to their World War II history topic this term. They kicked things off by making their

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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

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Y6 Residentials

Aston Hall’s Year 6 residential trip to Cave Dale and Ulley was an unforgettable adventure filled with challenge, teamwork, and fun! The children showed incredible

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