Year 5
We are Willow Class and Olive Class.
WILLOW CLASS
Willow Class is taught by Miss Malleson.
Mrs Motton teaches Willow Class on a Thursday after break.
Miss Malleson's favourite animal is a cute and cheeky little cocker spaniel called Oscar (her parents' dog). Her favourite ice cream is pistachio and her hobbies are tennis and piano playing.
She has been teaching for 14 years and her favourite thing about teaching is seeing a child overcome a challenge - and she doesn't just mean a maths problem.
Our support staff are called Mrs Allen, Mrs Jessop, Mrs Page and Mrs Pryke.
The best word to describe them as a team is compassionate.
In Willow Class we really enjoy times when we work with our friends. If we can sneak a few minutes of free time and free choice to learn, love or laugh together you will find us in the playground running around (and often with a football).
Our class novel is currently a collection of Greek Myths. We are reading this because we were interested in them as we learnt about some of them last year.
OLIVE CLASS
Olive Class is taught by Mr Gale (and currently by Mrs Basiel).
Mr Gale's favourite animal is a Blue Whale (only seen on Attenborough, at present, unfortunately), his favourite ice cream is unknown, due to dairy intolerance, and his hobbies include playing chess, messing around in boats, climbing mountains, dressing up as soldiers for low budget national media entertainment, writing with fancy pens, collecting fancy books and dabbling as an amateur numismatist (yes, do google it).
He has been teaching for eight years and his favourite thing about schools is working with such fantastic young minds.
Our wonderful support staff member in Olive Class is Mrs Page, who gives whole class support, one to one guidance, hears daily readers and leads out of classroom interventions to support the children.
The best word to describe her is ‘utterly invaluable in every way, hopefully here for years to stay’!
In Olive Class we really enjoy making Mr Gale sing during story time. If we can sneak a few minutes of free time and free choice to learn, love or laugh together, you will find us involved with a whole class run, ending in a game of Temple Run, in which the teacher invariably plays the part of the proverbial boulder.
Our class novel is currently Lord Brocktree, written by Brian Jaques. We are reading this because it's important to remember that the spark of adventure is just around the corner, and we may find that we are braver than we think, and stronger than we seem.
The thing we love best about Sandford St Martin's is that everyone cares for each other, looks out for each other, and works together.