Wellgate School used to be just an infant school for 30 years. Then 3 years ago it became primary school. At Wellgate school there are 375 children, 15 teachers, 15 support staff, 14 dinner ladies and a caretaker. There is a total of 14 classes plus a nursery. The year groups are from reception up to year 6. There are quite a lot of different subjects taught inc. maths, literacy, science, music, R.E, history geography, I.C.T and P.E. In the school there are 2 halls, a computer suite with 16 computers, library, medical room and a staff room. There is also lots of apparatus like horses, ladders, balance beams and mats and all kinds of different equipment for outside P.E. The caretaker has spent a lot of time and effort to make our school grounds look nice and the pupils all have their favourite areas, i.e. quiet area, infant play area, seated area, hard court for ball games and the field for summer games.
Our Headteacher
Our headteacher is called Diane Heritage. She has been the head for nearly 3 years.
We interviewed Mrs Heritage and these are the replies we received.
1. Are you married? Yes, to Russell.
2. Have you any children? I have 2 children, Ben is 14 years old and is good at cricket,
Jessica is 8 years old and good at art.
3. How long have you been teaching? I have been teaching for 19 years.
4. Did you always want to teach when you were small? Yes, I used to play school with
my dolls and write sums on a board and take the register.
5. Do you like teaching? Yes, it's the best job in the world.
6. Do you enjoy being at Wellgate School? I love it here.
7. What do you like best about the school? The children and the adults.
8. What do you like worst about the school? The fact that the school is judged on
SAT results and our school does a lot more than SATS.
9. How would you improve the school? No more SATS, a bigger nursery, more teachers,
more support staff, before and after schools clubs.
10. Do you enjoy assemblies? Yes because I think they can be a good influence on
everyone and it is a good chance for me to see everybody.
11. Do you think there is anything more important than education? Yes, people who
love you, but education helps you get to where you want to be.
12. If you were stranded on a desert island, what 2 things would you like to have with
you? My family and a radio.
What pupils think about our school
I like the teachers being friendly and jokey. I like maths because we learn interesting
things. I don't like the noise in the dinner hall.
I like to learn about English and I like writing. I like the playground because it is
easy to find friends. I don't like waking up early to go to school.
I like learning about living things in science. My teacher is interesting so it makes
the lesson more interesting. I don't like it if the lesson is boring.
I like the fact that we can drink water in class. I like P.E because we get to do great
activities. I like my teacher Miss Black she is friendly and cool. I don't think there
is anything I dislike about school.
I like to play out at playtime. I also like P.E and my teacher. There is nothing I don't
like at school.
The thing I like best about school is golden time. Miss Donaldson, my teacher is
excellent. I like everything about school.
I like my teacher Miss Morrey because she lets us do nice things. I like play time
because I have lots of friends. There is nothing I don't like about school.
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