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…
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…
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…
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…
The school council organised and ran a bake sale to raise money for the charity Place2Be. This charity raises money to support children’s mental health. We took part in an assembly where we learnt different strategies we can use to…
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…
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…
Today, Miss Blanchard talked about the Sikh festival of ‘Guru Nanak Gurpurab’ which is the birthday celebration of the founder of Sikhism – Guru Nanak. The celebration took place over the weekend. First, we learnt about how Guru Nanak Dev…
Nursery had their first stay and play of the year for our families this week. This stay and play was the launch of the 50 Things to do before you’re five. Our families were given information about the programme and…
On Monday, it was this month’s ‘Confident Community Contributors’ assembly. We found out what our pupils have been up to out of school. We celebrated children who had been making fantastic progress in swimming, gymnastics, working hard and being kind…