Meet the Team 

​Miss Elliott - Class Teacher 

.Hello, my name is Miss Elliott and I have the privilege of teaching The Sensational Smarties in Year Six this year. I have worked at Wellgate for ten years and this is my 6th year teaching in Year 6.

​​1. Describe yourself in three words.  Determined, Caring and fair
2. What is your favourite children’s book to read? My favourite book to read as a child was Harry Potter. I love reading Holes to children in Year 6.
3. What do you enjoy about education? Why? I enjoy that every day is a new day. I love that everyday there is a new challenge and a new way to be successful . Even now I am still learning new things every day from colleagues and the children. I also enjoy seeing the children grow in confidence and become ready to take their next steps in their lives.
4. What is the hardest thing you have ever accomplished?  I walked Mount Snowdon which was a huge accomplishment for me and I was so proud that I didn’t give up and turn around (which I almost did when it got extremely steep).
5. What is your favourite ice cream flavour? Anything caramel or toffee
6. What is special about the place where you grew up? My friends and my family are there and it's filled with happy memories.

Mrs Smith - Teaching Assistant 
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Hello, I am Mrs Smith and I have loved being a teaching assistant at Wellgate for 25 years. I have three beautiful daughters Emma, Lucy (Mrs Haywood) and Beth and I also have a little cockapoo called Daisy. 

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​1. Describe yourself in three words: Friendly  Happy   Caring 
2. What are you most proud of?:  My family 
3. What is your favourite children’s book to read?:   Mrs Pepperpot was my favourite when I was younger 
4. What do you enjoy about education? Why?  I love helping  the children learn because the look on a child's face when they understand is priceless. 
5. What is the hardest thing you have ever accomplished?  Raising my three daughters because unfortunately they don’t come with instructions and sometimes you get things wrong.  
6. Who inspires you?  My dad inspired me he was my hero. 
7. Which city would you most like to live in?  This one is easy ST IVES ​

Mrs Alvarez - Teaching Assistant
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I have been a teaching assistant at Wellgate for 20 years, and have worked in every year group throughout school.  I am married to Fernando,  who is a doctor, and I have 1 daughter called Liz. I also have 5 dogs called Lily, Rosie, Tottie, Tilly and Darcey, who are very naughty.

​1. Describe yourself in three words. Caring, helpful, noisy
2. What are you most proud of?  My daughter – she’s great!
3. What is your favourite children’s book to read?  Meg and Mog books – I loved to draw the illustrations when I was little.
4. What do you enjoy about education? Why?  So many things. Working with Team Wellgate; all the children past and present that I have worked with; passing on my knowledge and experience and learning new things personally.
5. What do you enjoy learning? I am currently learning to drive. 
6. Do you speak any languages? Ein bisschen Deutsch und Spanish ​

Days to Remember ...

Monday – PE
Monday – New spellings to be given and spelling activity taken home
Thursday – Spelling activity given in and Spelling test
Friday – PE kits and swimming equipment 
Maths homework handed in and new homework given out
Reading records & reading books can be returned to class and changed throughout the week.

What do we learn about in Class 6KE?

Each day we will complete our Reading, Writing and Maths Lesson.
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During the Autumn Term, our class text will be Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick

Autumn Term - Mysterious Maya 

Science – Light and Electricity
History - The Maya Civilisation
Geography - Locating and naming the countries of The Maya civilisation in Central America
Art & Design – How artists create the appearance of light in art with a study around Claude Monet
Design Technology (DT) – Textiles and creating our own pencil case
Religious Education (RE) - Christianity
Computing –  Communication and Variables in games using Scratch  
​Music – Developing melodic phrases
Personal, Social, Health, Economic Education (PSHEE) - Health & Wellbeing and Relationships
French - Phonetics (Core Vocabulary, Regular and Irregular Verbs) and In school 

You can see our learning by visiting our YEAR 6 Blog.