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Pontefract Wildcats Donate Brand New Kit to Local School
Carleton Park Junior & Infant School have kindly been donated a brand new Nike football kit from local girls football club, Pontefract Wildcats. The kit which proudly showcases the school crest and the Wildcats logo will be worn for all football fixtures at the school moving forwards, including the internal PAT games which links in…
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Pontefract Academies Trust Phenomenal Fundraising Week
All eight schools who are part of Pontefract Academies Trust have had a busy few days packed full of fundraising activities to raise money for both The Prince of Wales Hospice based in Pontefract and Motor Neurone Disease (MNDA). The six primary schools including Carleton Park Junior and Infant School, De Lacy Pontefract Primary School,…
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Castleford Tigers Player Inspires Local Children with Wellbeing Session
Professional Super League player and Castleford Tigers player, Pete Mata’utia, held a mindset and wellbeing talk and workshop with pupils from Orchard Head Junior, Infant and Nursery School this week. The session for the school, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, gave Pete the chance to pass on his knowledge and experience of growing up in…
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Local 12 Year Old Selected to Represent Great Britain In Upcoming World Championships
Ryan Bradley, from Pontefract has been successfully selected to represent Great Britain along with his partnership at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Geneva in June. The 2021 Acrobatic Gymnastic World Championships is the 27th edition of the acrobatic gymnastics competition. It was originally scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland from May 29 to May…
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The Larks Hill Little Library is Launched to Inspire the Local Community to Love Books
A group of Year 6 pupils at Larks Hill Junior & Infant School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, who are avid book worms, have worked together with their teacher to create a unique book offering for their local community in Pontefract. The ten children, who formed a book club back in September have been meeting…
