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Year 6 Bikeability

Our Year 6 children loved their Bikeability week! They were joined by trained Bikeability instructors for two full days of learning how to ride a bike safely, firstly within the school grounds and then out onto the main roads. All…

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…

£136 Raised for Charity

We had a fantastic cake sale last week where children and their families baked cakes to raise money for school and MacMillan cancer care. The delicious cakes were quickly snapped up and we raised a whopping £136.20 for charity. Thanks…

New Catering Update

We are delighted to share that Mellors Catering Services are now providing our school meals at Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery. Mellors bring with them a wealth of experience and a passion for healthy, tasty food. Our new menus…

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…

The Adventures of Bradford Workshop

This week, our Year 5 pupils discovered their creative voices as authors at the Adventures of Bradford Workshop. Embracing the idea that in storytelling, anything is possible, the children developed their very own stories. Our pupils spent the day engaged…