HeronOur red house, Heron, is named after Francis Heron, an eighteenth century benefactor who left money in his will to help the children in the Parishes of Humbleton, Fitling and Flinton. The Heron Trust’s priority was to continue to support children living in the parish of Humbleton and surrounding villages of Flinton and Fitling, with grants when starting school, higher education or university. The Heron trust has provided a lot of support to Sproatley Endowed C of E Academy, most recently helping to fund our “Heron Room”, a nurture space to aid with the provision of health and wellbeing support.
Read about The Heron Room’s developments here.
House captain Ruby: My name is Ruby and I am the heron house captain. I like being captain because I feel that I can lead my house to get lots of house points. I enjoy watching the little ones look up to me as their Heron leader. I also enjoy setting up the hall for worship. It’s a great responsibility. And on friday worships I like sitting at the front as I’m proud to be Heron house captain!
Vice captain Georgia: My name is Georgia – I’m the vice captain for Heron the red team. I enjoy being a vice captain because I help people and they can look up to me. I like to help the Heron house captain and take some responsibility to help other people. Also I like to be vice captain to make people smile and if you want to be heard I will be there for you. If you need any advice I will try to give you it.
Our green house, Biggs, is named after The Bridgett Biggs Trust. Bridgett Biggs was the daughter of George Bewe (d. 1680), rector of Sproatley. She left the reversion of an estate in Sheffield, Penistone, and Ecclesfield for education in Sproatley by her will of 1733 or 1734. The Bridgett Biggs charity has grown throughout history and in more modern times, the trust has continued to support the school. They also helped fund the development of our nurture space, The Heron Room.
More information about the history of Sproatley and Bridgett Biggs can be found here.
House Captain – Mark I enjoy being house captain because I can set the best example and be a role model for others to look up to. I also enjoy helping the younger ones and setting up worship.
Vice Captain – Eva My name is Eva and I am the vice captain of Biggs. I like sitting at the front of Friday worship and setting an example. I like that people look up to me as an example of how to be a good role model.
Our yellow house, Swithins, is named after the links with our local church – St Swithins. The church plays an integral part in our school life, with children regularly visiting the church as part of whole school services and classes visiting the church to complete activities during their learning.
You can find out more information about St Swithins church here.
House captain Milo: I like being house captain because you have to set a good example for behaviour and be very sensible and I get to set up the hall for worship. Another thing that I like is that on Friday assemblies I get to sit at the front representing Swithins.
Vice captain Mila: My name is Mila and I am the vice captain for Swithins and I enjoy being the vice captain because I like setting an example to the other children in Sproatley school. I like sitting at the front on Friday assemblies. I like to help swithins to get house points and I like helping the younger children. I also like that everyone looks up to me like a role model. I like setting the standards.
Our blue house, Constable, is named after the listed building located near the school, Burton Constable Hall. Burton Constable Hall is a large Elizabethan country house and is a Grade 1 listed building, meaning it is a “building of exceptional interest”. It is set in a park designed by Capability Brown with an area of 300 acres and it has been the home of the Constable family for over 400 years. The hall and park are owned by the Burton Constable Foundation, a registered charity.
You can visit the Burton Constable Hall website by clicking here.
House captain – Sophie Hi, I’m Sophie and I like being house captain because I am a good role model and because I help people sit nicely and stay quiet. I am happy because I have responsibilities. I will make sure you are not sad. If you are sad I will make you laugh or smile. I am always smiling and I will try to make you happy. I also like it because you can sit at the front on Friday worship.
Vice captain – Emilia Hello I am Emilia and my job as a vice captain is to help people. I also make sure they are not talking when they are not meant to be. If you need advice I will give you some advice and I will make sure you are happy. If you need to tell me something I will be happy to listen.
