Welcome to Starbeck Primary Academy

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Include, Inspire and Achieve

Challenge

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Include, Inspire and Achieve

Inspiration

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Include, Inspire and Achieve

Self-belief

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Include, Inspire and Achieve

Resilience

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Welcome to the new Starbeck Primary Academy website!

Welcome from our Headteacher

Our vision and values

Meet our leadership team

As part of National Road Safety week, Road Safety Talks by Lauren Doherty visited with Nick Hancock from Your Harrogate Radio to share Lauren’s story. Afterwards, Nick did an interview with Pupils about road safety which will be aired during his Breakfast Show on Thursday pic.twitter.com/H1fnjYMFz4— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) November 20, 2024

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Our Key Stage 2 classes are loving being back at Whitewoods Wellbeing in Pateley Bridge. Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed their visit, linking to their science and ecology learning, whilst also developing their knowledge of the great outdoors and forest school skills. pic.twitter.com/NDCz82zYTn— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) November 17, 2024

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Children and staff took time today for the national 2 minute silence of remembrance & we held special assemblies on this theme. Our head pupils along with Mr DCM and Mrs Willans represented the school at the cenotaph service yesterday, with the children reading their own poems. pic.twitter.com/ZLxHnJapHr— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) November 11, 2024

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We are really pleased to have achieved our Level 4 School Gardening Award. Big thanks to Mrs Kitwood and the gardening club, Starbeck in Bloom for their help and also the rest of our team for their contributions 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/MQzeW0ADOi— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) November 8, 2024

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Year 3 have been busy learning about bread from around the world, as part of their Harvest week. They also got to knead dough, cook and eat bread today. pic.twitter.com/yn29ByZQpX— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) October 17, 2024

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We’re blessed with wonderful green spaces at Starbeck Primary and what better way to spend an early October late afternoon than on our own golf course ⛳️ Our golf club were excited to try out their skills on our 4 hole 🕳️ course, using drivers and putters 🏌️‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/kcivKxRTJM— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) October 7, 2024

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Our wonderful Year 3 children have been learning all about stone circles during their Stone Age topic this week. They have really enjoyed recreating models of Stonehenge using clay. pic.twitter.com/3WAFa1Csi3— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) October 4, 2024

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Congratulations to Starbeck in Bloom on their Gold Award! Starbeck Primary, especially our Gardening Club led by Mrs Kitwood, were delighted to help with the process. Judges noted the children’s enthusiasm when visiting our allotment. We look forward to helping again next year. pic.twitter.com/BAke1BqV8g— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 30, 2024

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Following our democratic process of elections, our new head pupils and school council have been chosen. Well done to all the children who put themselves forward for council & the Year 6 candidates who excelled themselves with their speeches and effort in the lead up to the voting pic.twitter.com/rWtG2YO5Ln— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 29, 2024

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Linking English, from their Traditional Tales unit, with Science, Year 2 children have been recognising and naming different materials to build a house for the 3 Little Pigs using a material of their choice.They discussed what worked well and ways they could improve their models pic.twitter.com/ZMJZ2Vw7ET— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 25, 2024

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Lots of busy scientists in Year 4 - learning all about and testing the effects of different liquids on teeth 🦷 ☕️🧋 Great learning behaviours shown by all the children. pic.twitter.com/uK4qSFi588— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 23, 2024

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Our gardening club have been busy harvesting produce that was grown in our allotment this year. We grew potatoes, beetroot, leeks, onions and tomatoes. All the produce was taken straight to our cook in the canteen to be put to good use in the coming days. pic.twitter.com/hZSvzuZOCW— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 19, 2024

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Year 4 and 5 children had a great session after school on Wednesday, learning the basics of holding and passing the ball today at our new Tag Rugby club. There are still a couple of places left if anyone else wishes to join! pic.twitter.com/NeAP9NQfha— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 13, 2024

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Year 3 and 4 enjoyed their first golf club session, where they learned how to hold and use the clubs. They practised driving and putting skills through fun games. We look forward to seeing how they develop over the coming weeks ⛳️ 🏌️‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/d6Ho8qWYsn— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 11, 2024

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We’ve had a great first week back and the children have settled back into school routines and expectations really well. Our new Reception starters have loved exploring our fab indoor and outdoor areas and are already making new friends. What a wonderful bunch they are! pic.twitter.com/yvOkQGz51W— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) September 8, 2024

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A big thank you to Jodie and her team for treating our Year 6 leavers to a special farewell lunch today. The children really appreciated all the effort and loved the food. 😀🎉 pic.twitter.com/EEkdOKRfkE— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) July 18, 2024

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Congratulations to our theatre club members for their wonderful performance of ‘The Tempest’ at Harrogate Theatre 🎭 The youngest members are only 7yrs old but showed amazing confidence and style. The audience loved it 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/l50MXNI27O— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) July 10, 2024

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Last week we supported Starbeck in Bloom & welcomed the judges for Yorkshire in Bloom to school. We spoke to them about developments to our school allotment to encourage wildlife. We filled the planters around school with plants donated by North Yorkshire Horticultural Nursery pic.twitter.com/xAdmZXPomL— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) July 9, 2024

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A huge thank you to all the volunteers from Community Fit - Harrogate for their hard work in painting fences and our playground shelter. We are very grateful and they look great. Thanks also to Mr Connolly for organising this for us 👍 pic.twitter.com/I80tOpHpe1— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) July 4, 2024

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Our children have been very busy creating some beautiful artwork for Starbeck In Bloom’s 2024 campaign. A great team effort from our team tonight displaying the fantastic flowers and minibeasts outside Starbeck Library. We hope you enjoy the display when walking to school 🌺 🦋 pic.twitter.com/7bwcJtRJPn— Starbeck Primary Academy (@StarbeckPrimary) June 28, 2024

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