Tech She Can visit Y5
On the 29th September we had the charity Tech She Can visit our year 5 classrooms! Tech She Can focus on raising awareness of careers in technology. Our session this half term was all to do with sustainable transport! The…
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Year 6’s visit to Eden Camp
This week, Year 6 visited Eden Camp WWII museum. They were immersed in the life of children and adults during the world war, particularly around food rationing, the Blitz, evacuation, homes and air raid shelters. There were so many amazing…
Y5 – Financial Education
In Year 5 and 6, we have started a new topic on Financial Education. Miss Dixon and Mrs Doveston completed some training last year on the importance of teaching Financial Education to children, opening their eyes to different methods of…
Year 3 visit to Saltaire
Year 3 recently enjoyed a fun and exciting trip to Saltaire, supporting their geography learning on villages, towns, and cities. The children explored the historic village and learned about its unique history and layout. They also enjoyed a picnic lunch…
Year 1 trip to Eureka 2nd May 2025
To support our learning, Year 1 had a fantastic visit to Eureka, a science museum in Halifax. We explored the little world at Eureka, which had its own post office, bank, shop and electric car garage. We really enjoyed playing…
Award-winning poet Matt Goodfellow visits Beckfoot Allerton!
On Wednesday 7th May, award-winning poet, Matt Goodfellow visited our school! He inspired us with his creativity, determination and poems. Matt shared details about his life and how he became a poet, showing us that poetry can come anytime, and…
Thank you, The Linking Network!
As part of Year 6’s Intergenerational Linking Project with our local care home, we received a range of free books all about how we can make a positive difference within our community. Our school sentence supports us in becoming confident…
UK City of Culture – DRAW
In our assembly about Bradford becoming the UK City of Culture we heard about DRAW!, the nationwide drawing project supported by David Hockney. Each month in 2025, a different artist is inviting us all to create a drawing inspired by…
Assembly – Week 3
Our assembly this week focussed on kindness and how this can help to combat loneliness. Miss Blanchard read the story of ‘Mr Big’ by Ed Vere. Mr Big felt lonely because everyone was scared of him due to his size…
Family Feedback – December 2024
Our annual parent questionnaire shows that overall, families are really happy with our school: 97% of families say their children are happy 98% of families say their children do well at Beckfoot Allerton 98% of families say that their children…