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…

This week it was February’s Confident Community Contributors assembly.  We celebrated children playing rugby, football and horse riding.  Plus we had a pupil in reception who had been showing our value of ‘responsibility’ by helping to bake for his grandad. …

Year 5 had the most amazing trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park last week.  We saw lots of amazing animals, including their newest arrival – the baby rhino.  We also had an education lesson where we could show off our learning…

Today, Year 6 were visited by the Bradford District Action Team, in line with this week’s Safer Internet Day. Danny explored the safe and dangerous ways to use the internet and explained what to do if you feel unsafe or…

This week’s assembly was all about one of our school rules ‘be respectful’.  We watched the Pixar Short ‘for the birds’ (For the Birds – Pixar Animated Short Film (youtube.com))and talked about how the little birds were disrespectful to the…

Mrs Walsh led our January Confident Community Contributors assembly.  Part of our school sentence is that we want every pupil to be a confident community contributor and we know that this can be shown in lots of different ways.  Some…

We are delighted to now be a ‘My Happy Mind’ school where every class learns about good mental health.  In assembly we were introduced to Team HAP, a character that represents our brain.  H stands for hippocampus; the part of…

Year 2 have been enjoying their DT lessons with Mrs Hepp.  They have designed and made fabulous bird boxes to complement their science learning on habitats.  The children have used various tools safely to create strong, sturdy structures.  I am…

Miss Bland led our assembly all about forgiveness.  We discussed the meaning of forgiveness.  We shared our thoughts regarding what it means to ask for forgiveness and also what it means to forgive.  Then we reflected on how it makes…

Beckfoot Allerton has a sentence of how it wants to be remembered: Beckfoot Allerton ensured that all pupils gained powerful knowledge, behaved brilliantly and became confident community contributors. As adults, we like to model our values and mission to our pupils. …