Our Whittle Team
Our Senior Leadership Team
No member of staff is paid over £100,000 at this school
Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Metcalfe BEd (Hons) QTS NPQH Cambridge University
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs Jackie Haughin BA (Hons) PGCE NPQH Edge Hill University
Key Stage 2 Leader: Mrs Tracey Holmes BA (Hons) UCLAN PGCE
Key Stage 1 Leader: Mrs Rebecca Ruffley BA (Hons) PGCE Liverpool
Our Teaching Teams
Definitions:
QTS means Qualified Teacher Status
HLTA means Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Nursery and Reception Class: Early Years Leader-Miss Molly Grecic BA (Hons) QTS Leeds Trinity University
Miss Kate Buchanan BA (Hons) QTS Edgehill University
Mrs Emma Boden BA (Hons) QTS Edge Hill University
Year 1 Team Mr Neil Moysey BSC Cumbria University PGCE Cumbria QTS
Mrs Claire Fleming BA (Hons) QTS MMU
Year 2 Team: Mrs Rebecca Ruffley BA (Hons) PGCE Liverpool QTS
Mr Dan Porter HLTS studying part-time BA Primary Education with QTS Edgehill University
Mrs Katie Davies
Year 3 Team: Miss Alice Dowson BSC (Hons) Liverpool University PGCE Leeds Beckett University QTS
Mrs Julie McGreavy HLTA
Mrs Patricia Sumner
Year 4 Team: Mr Lewis Brennan BA (Hons) QTS
Mrs Julie McGreavy HLTA
Mrs patricia Sumner
Year 5 Team: Mrs Jackie Haughin BA (Hons) PGCE NPQH Edge Hill University
Miss Jennifer Bertwistle BA Primary Education with QTS Lancaster University
Year 6 Team: Mrs Tracey Holmes Edge Hill University BA (Hons) PGCE Edge Hill University QTS
Mr Michael Cummins BA (Hons) QTS Lancaster University
SENCO: Mrs Lindsey Bidder BA (Hons) QTS Lancaster University (and Pod teacher)
Our Teaching Assistants
Mrs Adele Ball NNEB
Mrs Katie Davies
Mrs Amy Farrow
Ms Sam Killick
Mr Dan Porter HLTA Studying part-time BA Primary Education with QTS Edgehill University
Miss Rosie Mansfield BA (Hons) QTS Edge Hill University
Mrs Julie McGreavy HLTA
Mrs Leanne Saumtally
Mrs Patricia Sumner
Our Pre-School Team
Pre-school Lead: Miss Molly Grecic BA (Hons) QTS Leeds Trinity University,
Pre-school Teacher: Mrs Emma Boden BA (Hons) QTS Edgehill University
Mrs Emma Sanderson L3 Early Years Educator
Our welfare team
Mrs J Bertwistle, Mr M Cummins, Mrs A Farrow, Ms S Killick, Miss R Mansfield, Mrs J McGreavy, Mrs L Saumtally, Mrs T Sumner
Our Office Team
Office Assistant: Mrs Gillian Chamberlain
Bursar: Mrs Janet Hanrahan
Our Extended Services Team
Mrs A Ball (Manager), Mr C Cummins, Mrs A Farrow, Miss K Fillingham, Miss R Mansfield, Miss J Shacklady, Mrs P Sumner, Ms S Killick, Mr D Porter, Mrs C Fleming
Site Supervisor: Mr G Eccleston
The Gallery
Mrs Ball
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Reception Teaching Assistant Hairy McLairy from Donaldson’s Dairy Pretty Woman Cheese and Tomato Pizza Hippos have pink milk |
Miss Bertwistle
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Year 2 Teaching Team The Hungry Caterpillar The Lion King Steak with blue cheese sauce A snail can sleep for 3 years at a time! |
Mrs Bidder
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Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Coordinator The Island Luca Couscous Salad The pirate Anne Bonny dressed in men’s clothes to make fighting easier. |
Miss Boden
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EYFS Teacher The Twits Matilda Pancakes! Sea Otters hold hands while sleeping so that they don’t drift apart. |
Mr Brennan
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Year 4 Teacher Of Mice and Men The Green Mile Sunday Roast Golf is the only sport to be played on the moon |
Mrs Chamberlain
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School Secretary Alice in Wonderland Prince of Egypt Chilli & Jacket Potato The left lung is smaller than the right one to make room for the heart. |
Mr M Cummins
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Year 6 Teaching Team The 13th Valley. J M Del Vecchio Once Upon A Time in America Sunday Lamb Roast Lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun! |
Miss Dillon
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Year 3 Teacher The Great Gatsby Aladdin Toy Story Chicken skewers with salt and pepper chips Only 5% of the ocean has been explored – the rest is uncovered & unseen by humans. |
Mr Eccleston
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School Caretaker A New Earth The Shift Curry If the sun was made out of bananas, it would still be as hot |
Mrs Farrow
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SEND Teaching Assistant Dream A Little Dream Mamma Mia Indian Chicken Tikka You have more bones in your body as a baby than an adult |
Miss Fillingham
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Year 3 Teaching Team | ||
Mrs Fleming
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Year 1 Teaching Team Autobiographies Greatest Showman Curry People say ‘bless you’ because when you sneeze your heart stops for a millisecond |
Miss Grecic
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Reception Teacher and Early Years Leader Old Bear (Children’s book) Notting Hill/When Harry Met Sally – gorgeous films Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate … It rains diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn |
Mrs Hanrahan
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School Bursar Little Women Cheaper By The Dozen Chocolate Snails can sleep up to 3 years |
Mrs Haughin
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Deputy Headteacher & Year 5 Teacher Anything by Lynda La Plante Pretty Woman Lamb Roast Dinner Liverpool used to play in blue and Everton played in red |
Mrs Holmes
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Year 6 Teacher & Key Stage 2 Leader Sashenka (Historical Fiction) Grease Roast chicken dinner Volcanoes were erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed the Earth |
Miss Killick
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SEND Teaching Assistant The Stars Are Tennis Balls Avengers’ End Game Mushroom Stroganoff It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. |
Miss Mansfield
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SEND & Reception Teaching Assistant Percy the Park Keeper Brother Bear Gyros A group of rabbits is called a fluffle. |
Mrs McGreavy
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Year 4 Teaching Assistant The Da Vinci Code Pretty Woman Pasta There are 206 bones in the human body |
Mrs Metcalfe
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Head Teacher Pride and Prejudice A Room With A View Curry We stop growing after our teenage years, but ears and noses continue to grow |
Mr Moysey
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Year 1 Teacher Seven Years in Tibet The Hunt for Red October Pizza The collected noun for ladybirds is loveliness |
Mr Porter
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Year 5 Teaching Team The Girl On The Train The Lion King Hash Browns The tallest mountain is under the sea |
Mrs Ruffley
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Year 2 Teacher and KS 1 Leader To Kill a Mockingbird The Shawshank Redemption Full English Breakfast The word facetious has all of the vowels included and in alphabetical order |
Mrs Sanderson
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Pre-school Teaching Team Pride & Prejudice Notting Hill Lasagne A white horse is actually grey |
Mrs Saumtally
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SEND Support Assistant Dirty Dancing Chinese A group of butterflies is a kaleidoscope |
Mrs Shacklady
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Reception and Nursery Teaching Assistant Harry Potter Step Up Roast Dinner Penguins can swim up to 22 mph |
Mrs Steele
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Pre-school Teaching Team The Secret Garden Snow White Pizza A baby shark is called a pup |
Mrs Sumner
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SEND Teaching Assistant Secret Garden True Romance Sushi Bees sleep for 8 hours a day |
Cara
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School Welfare Assistant Harry Potter The Holiday Roast dinner The oldest cat ever on record was 38 years old |
Celia
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School Cook Black Beauty Bridget Jones Curry People can swim with dolphins |