Kirk Ella St Andrew’s Community Primary School is part of a region that has had many famous influential people in Hull. At the school, we believe it important to instil a sense of belonging and pride and this is enhanced by having Houses for the children to be part of.

• The school quiz – In the summer to consolidate the years of learning in a fun and engaging way.
• Sports Day
• The Spelling Bee – To help consolidate the previous year’s spellings and to learn new ones for the coming year

We also give out House points as a reward in class and these are collated every week and transferred into points to go towards their House score. We announce the results each week in the celebration assembly on Friday. The team with the most points at the end of the year win the house cup and earn a reward.

The teams are Wilberforce, Ferens, Johnson and Marvell.

RED– William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming an independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire.

BLUE – Thomas Ferens was a British politician, a philanthropist, and an industrialist. He was the Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East for 13 years. Ferens spoke to further the cause of Women’s Rights. He supported women’s suffrage at home.

YELLOW – Amy Johnson, from Kingston-upon Hull, was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s.

GREEN – Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons. Marvell was educated at Hull grammar school and Trinity College, Cambridge, taking a B.A. in 1639.