Welcome to Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School. .
Askham Bryan- We were so lucky thta our Year 5/6 pupils had the chance to go on a 2 night residentital to Askham Bryan. They took part in a range of activities from air rifle shooting to den building to seeing if they were strong enough to pull a tractor! Thank you to all the staff at Askham Bryan for making the event so memorable.
As part of sports week, the whole school had the opportunity to use the climbing wall. Lots of fears were overcome and the children throughout school had a great time.
Thank you to everyone who came to support us at our 2024-25 sports day.
Colour Run- A great time was had by all at this years colour run. A huge amount of money was raised which will be put towards our savings for a school library bus.
VE Day Celebration- As part of the VE Day celebration, we created our own in house museum with specially curated items. Thank you to allour families who let us use precious items to create the museum. Classes also sampled WW2 classic meals (spam anyone) and had a go at cooking with rations. We ended the day with a whole school war time sing along.
KS1 Victorian Day- The children in Years 1 and 2 have been learning all about the Victorians and to consolidate their learning they spent the day as Victorian school children. The classic games went down a treat but the thought of the cane was not as popular!
Year 1/2 York Castle Museum Visit-
Year 3/4 Magna Visit
Harlow Carr Eco Committee Visit
Year 6 London and Houses of Parliament Visit
World Book Day 2025
EYFS Fire Engine visit
NSPCC Number Day
Young Voices 2025
Children in Years 1 and 2 had a wonderful time at Harlow Carr investigating different materials to make bird feeders and exploring the grounds
Chestnut & Willow Roman day trip
KS1 Balance Bike workshop
With Road cyclist Phil Bateman. Throughout the 1980s phil was one of the most successful cyclists in Great Britain. His competitive career culminated in selection for the 1988 Olympic Games where he took part in the 100km Team Time Trial along with Harry Lodge, Ben Luckwell and David Spencer. They finished in 20th position.
After his racing career, Bateman went into teaching and also became a cycling coach and established Pro-Ride Coaching to give children access to racing as a sport, with thousands of youngsters taking part in courses.
Christmas 2024
Roald Dahl Day
Year 4 STEM Event - Snaith High School
Cherry Class Tri Golf - Staynor Hall Academy
Robinwood
Key Stage 1 Police Visit
Thank you to the local police for visiting our key stage 1 children. The children enjoyed listening to a talk about how the police help us and particularly enjoyed being able to look inside a real police van!
Thank you to everyone who supported our first colour run. We had a wonderful afternoon and raised lots of money. Thanks also to the PTA for suggesting such a great idea and running the refreshment stall.
Macmillan Cake Sale
We raised a fantastic £342 at the Macmillan cake sale. Thank you to everyone for supporting!
Roald Dahl Day
Year 4 STEM Event
A group of children enjoyed a morning at Snaith High School taking part in workshops in maths and science.
Willow Class Ledston Trip
Elm and Cherry Castle Museum Trip
Elm and Cherry Victorian Day
The children had a lovely day dressing up as Victorians. They enjoyed Victorian themed activities, baking, playground games, parlour games and learning Victorian handwriting.
VR Workshop
Red Nose Day Talent Show
Chicks in Early Years
We have welcomed 10 chicks into Acorn and Pine Class!
World Book Day
Number Day
Year 4 and 5 had a wonderful time at Boggle Hole looking for fossils and marine life.
Year 4 Instrumental Tuition
Our Year 4 children in Willow and Sycamore class are having weekly music lessons with the North Yorkshire music service , learning how to play the flute, clarinet or trumpet. They are enjoying learning to play with others and develop their skills when reading rhythms and written music.
Music demonstration assembly
We were delighted to watch an assembly carried out by the music service in North Yorkshire, in which a variety of musical instruments were played. The children had the opportunity to listen to the different instruments, find out how they were played and which orchestral group they belonged to. If your child is interested in learning a musical instrument from September please get in touch.
VR Space Workshop
Key Stage 2 were able to take part in a VR Space workshop during which the children were able to travel to space and visit some of the planets in our solar system. Using the headsets we were able to understand if life is possible on these planets.
Judo workshop
The whole school were given the opportunity to join in with a judo workshop. They were given judo outfits and were taught a number of different beginner judo moves to practise on their friends.
