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• When Wheatcroft Went Green!

  Wed 15 Nov 2023

  Pupils and staff turned out in a sea of green clothing and accessories on Friday, October 27 to celebrate International Dwarfism Awareness Day.

   

  October is International Dwarfism Awareness month and we were delifgted to support one of our pupils, Alexa, in her quest to raise awareness of dwarfism.

   

  Alexa prepared a fantastic presentation that she delivered to the whole school, with the help of her younger brother George, who has dwarfism.

   

  The whole school loved learning about the challenges and successes of those around the world with dwarfism and loved celebrating this event with Alexa and her family.

   

  At Wheatcroft we are proud of our differences and love to celebrate what makes us special, so we are delighted to help Alexa raise awareness today by wearing green. Alexa's assembly was excellent and we are very proud of her initiative and compassionate nature.

   

  Link: https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/scarborough-primary-school-dress-green-to-celebrate-international-dwarfism-awareness-day-4390866

  

• Harvest & Fundraising at Wheatcroft!

  Wed 15 Nov 2023

  We were delighted to welcome pupils' parents, family and friends to our recent  Harvest Festival Events.

   

  Guests were treated to musical performances from the school's Singing Squad and each of our seven classes - from EYFS Bluebells (in their first school performance) to Year 6.

   

  Whilst enjoying the wonderful entertainment family and friends were able to visit the 'Harvest Cafe' which was supporting the Macmillan Coffee Morning fundraising appeal to buy a warm drink and a tasty treat from the items generously baked or bought and donated. Everyone had a wonderful time and a brilliant £330.10 was raised for Macmillan Cancer Support - beating last year's total.

   

  Pupils had also been very kindly donating food items for the harvest festival appeal and we were delighted to receive a very generous selection of tinned foods, pasta, rice, sauce, cereals and personal care items from SKW Construction to add to the amazing amount already donated. Ruth Fairchild of the Scarborough Community Fridge food waste project and community group was over the moon to receive such a wonderful selection of items and said that the donations will really help members of the Scarborough community.

   

  Link: https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/scarborough-primary-school-celebrates-harvest-festival-and-raises-money-for-macmillan-4395458

  

• Wheatcroft Welcomes Britain's Tallest Man!

  Wed 15 Nov 2023

  Paul "Tiny" Sturgess is a former Harlem Globetrotter and is Britain’s tallest man, wearing size 19 shoes. He joined us at Wheatcroft to run basketball skills workshops for all the classes and to talk about his life and career. The children listened intently in assembly and 4 volunteers joined Paul to learn some tricks and form the famous Globetrotters circle! It was great to see all the children practising the skills across the day and we have high hopes for the school basketball team!