Hillside Class 2025 - 2026
Mr Otto
Welcome to Hillside Class!
My name is Mr Otto, and I am the full-time class teacher in Hillside. After six years of teaching in London and five years in Leeds, I relocated to Macclesfield and was fortunate to discover this wonderful school. I feel very lucky to be part of such a friendly team in such a beautiful setting.
In our classroom, I like to create a calm and focused environment, while also finding plenty of opportunities to get everyone moving—whether it’s to support learning, boost concentration, or contribute to the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. I enjoy being active and adventurous myself, so our White Hall adventure days and residential trips are always real highlights of the year.
Our Year 5/6 class is also supported by Mrs Price, Miss Scarlett, Mrs Turner, Mrs Stevenson and Mrs Kershaw.
Hillside pupils all have very important jobs that impact the rest of our School Family. Their jobs are:
- School Council Reps
- HEART Ambassadors
- Birthday Ambassadors
- Quote of the Week Ambassadors
- Librarians
- Eco Ambassadors
- Fitness Ambassadors
- Music Ambassadors
- Tech Ambassadors
- Guinea Pig Ambassadors
We enjoy the responsibility that comes with being some of the eldest in the school and try our best to always demonstrate the school's HEART values at all times.
READING FOR PLEASURE
At Kettleshulme we LOVE reading. Our library is a very special place in our school and we always ensure that it is well stocked with lots of new releases and old favourites.
Our Key Stage 2 Challange helps to encourage reading at Kett and you can find out more about this under our 'Reading' tab on the Learning page.
We would like to share with you one of our favourite resources. Whether you are an avid reader who is looking for more inspiration or a more reluctant reader who simply hasn't found the book/author/series for you yet - you will love these reading lists.
They feature a huge range of tantalising texts to hook you in. Texts ranging from classics to new releases, mysteries to sci-fi. There is something for everyone. Take a look!
Alternatively, you might have found an author whom you adore but have now read all of their books and don't know what to read next!
#bookmatch will suggest other books which you might like as they are similar to books written by your favourite author:
If you are doing any preparation for Y6 SATs at home then the BBC Bitesize website is very useful:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Enjoy and you're welcome!