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Golden Jubilee Party

Fri 28 Sep 2018 Headteacher

Pupils, staff and governors celebrated the Golden Jubilee this afternoon with cakes, drinks and a special whole school 50th anniversary photograph on the Key Stage 2 playground. After school, PTA members served cakes and drinks for families as the beautiful Autumn sunshine was enjoyed by everyone.

Wheatcroft school opened fifty years ago on the 9th September 1968 with 146 pupils on roll. There were just five teachers and five classes and Miss Kathleen Nilson was the Headteacher. In September 2018, we have seven classes, 208 pupils with over thirty staff working at the school!

Thanks to our school caretaker Mr Hanson for climbing the ladders on to the school roof for the wonderful photographs!

The Jubilee day started with a wonderful double rainbow over the school which was photographed by Mrs Kirby.

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Y6 & Y4 Beach visits

Wed 26 Sep 2018 Headteacher

Year 6 and Year 4 have enjoyed two off site visits already this September with Year 6 undertaking science work in the rock pools of South Bay and Year 4 having a go at Beach craft work.

Our school Locality Driver means that we try to use the local area for curriculum visits as much as possible to enthuse the children's learning.

See photographs here and on the class pages

Girls Rugby team

Thu 20 Sep 2018 Headteacher

Our Year 5 and 6 girls rugby team played in their first inter-schools tournament of the year at Scarborough Rugby club.

Mrs England said that despite the very strong wind, the girls played very well winning two games and loosing one.

Congratulations to all the team for their great start.

Wheatcroft pupils at Scarborough FC

Mon 17 Sep 2018 Headteacher

On Saturday afternoon, Mr Collins took some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils to be ball boys and girls at the Scarborough football match. The children had to take penalties and lost 6-4 but were great ambassadors for the school - well done!

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New School Council Representatives

Tue 11 Sep 2018 Headteacher

Over the course of the first week, each Key Stage 1 and 2 class elect their own school council representatives. The school council meets every term with Miss Hartley and a governor to share ideas about how to make the school even better from playground equipment to extra- curricular clubs.

Congratulations to all the new representatives who had to prepare and present a short talk to help the class decide who would represent them best.

The new representatives are: Sonny, Isla, Jake, Nula, Izzy, Joshua, Libby, Alfie, Betsy, Charlie, Izzy, Maria, George and Izzy.

See photographs (somemore to follow!)

New House Captains

Tue 11 Sep 2018 Headteacher

During the first week of the new year, Year 6 pupils have elected the new house captains for the year ahead. Congratulations to Alex, Jayden, Lucas, Libby, Ellie, Mia, Saskia and Reuben.

At Wheatcroft, we have four houses: Seaview (blue), Cornelian (red), Holbeck (yellow) and Deepdale (green). House points are awarded for achievement in all areas of school life. Every week, the House Points trophy is given to the team with the most points from all KS1 and KS2 classes.

In assemblies this week, we have been thinking about teamwork and how important it is to help the school be a happy place where everyone can work together.

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New Term - new classes

Thu 06 Sep 2018 Headteacher

We have enjoyed a very positive start to the term in all seven classes. Well done to the children on how well they have settled in to their new classes, new teachers and new routines.

Attendance is 98.2% after just three days so nearly perfect - well done to all the families!

See class photographs and do check out the class pages for more information about the year ahead. Bluebells (EYFS class) have got photographs on their class page on the website.

Don't forget that the Class meeting with teachers for parents/carers of KS1 and KS2 pupils is at 3.15pm on Monday 10th September.