Lyndsey Sunley

In this week’s assembly, we learnt about the Sikh celebration of Vaisahki. It takes place in April, and this is when New Year and Harvest is celebrated. We watched a video about how Sikhs prepare for and celebrate Vaisakhi, such…

As part of Y6’s Intergenerational Linking Project, they were visited by residents from Willow Bank Care Home. Following International Day of Happiness, they aimed to spread happiness to the residents by playing games, sharing stories and doing crafts together. The…

This week, we learned about the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr.  We now know that this translates into English as ‘the festival of the breaking of the fast’ because it is the celebration that follows Ramadan, the month of fasting. …

This week we are taking part in Neurodiversity Celebration Week.  We have learnt about how some people’s brains think differently and that some of these different ways of thinking have been given names.  We have looked at ADHD, autism, dyslexia,…

This afternoon, 7 children from year 3 and 4 represented Beckfoot Allerton in a local school cricket competition. Miss Hopps was very impressed with their teamwork and skills. They represented Beckfoot Allerton brilliantly! Finishing 2nd place out of the 4 teams…

This week’s assembly was all about ‘Ramadan’.

‘The Story Project’ which our school is taking part in has been mentioned in the T&A newspaper.  We use the story project to teach PSHE and good mental health through high quality picture books You can read about it here: 

On Friday, year 5 had the pleasure of taking part in a career conversation with a poet (Joseph Coelho). He talked about how he was inspired from a very young age to be a writer and how his passion for…

At Beckfoot Allerton, lots of our staff take part in extra studies to improve and refine their teaching and leadership practice.  We like to show the children that we never stop learning! Mrs Walsh has just completed her National Professional…