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2024 - 2025

Year 1 Term 1






It is a real pleasure teaching at Holy Cross Primary school where I have been for quite a few years! I really enjoy teaching Year 1 and love making the classroom as exciting as possible for all children to learn in. As well as teaching in Elm, I am also Early Reading and Phonics lead. This is something I have a real passion for and I am dedicated to ensuring that all children learn to read and share my passion for it.

Outside of school, I enjoy working out and spending lots of quality time with my family and friends. I also love going on holiday, I like to always have a holiday planned!


I am Mrs Burton and I am thrilled to be working at Holy Cross in Hazel Class this year. I’ve been teaching and working in education for nearly 20 years and it is my passion to help children to grow and learn.

I live with my husband, my little boy and my two precious Siamese cats who are called Melody and Aya. Melody is nearly 14 years old and likes to carry cuddly toys around my house! Spending time with my family is very important to me; I have lots of nephews and nieces who I adore.

Music is my absolute favourite thing in life. I love to play the piano, flute, saxophone, clarinet, oboe and recorders and you can sometimes find me in the orchestra pit at The Wyvern Theatre playing for shows. I look forward to sharing my love of music with the children here! Watch out for me singing a lot…

At school, I particularly enjoy teaching English, music, French, history and geography. I hope to make learning fun for the children I teach. Working together with my class, I just know we are going to have a fantastic year!