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Newsletter No: 18 Friday 9th February 2024 DIARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING

MON DAY

This week has been key aspects. As the Internet Matters and 19th February 2024 Children’s Mental adults, we need to set the UK Safer Internet Health Week with the the limits and Center also provides Year 1 & 2 Fascinating Facts tagline being ‘Your boundaries for our some useful guides and Voice Matters’ and on children. At school, we resources (Get Year 1 Cricket* Tuesday it was also do this through our children's tech Set Up Safer Internet Day. As filtering and Safe with new guides | Year 2 & 3 Football* we are all aware, the monitoring systems Internet Matters digital lives of our and processes and at Parents and Carers Year 3 Virtual Reality children and their home you can do this UK Safer Internet mental health and using parental Centre). The Digi Duck wellbeing are controls, ensuring stories are also a great inextricably linked, healthy screen habits way to teach your Year 1 Lets Get Moving and this becomes ever and having time child about online more so as they grow constraints in place. safety (Digiduck Stories Year 1 Wellbeing older. In assembly on The second aspect is | Childnet).

Monday, I talked to the empowering our Year 2 STEM children about the UN children to interact It has been a busy Year 2 & 3 French convention on the with technology in week celebrating rights of a child and positive, safe and Chinese New Year and Year 3 Swimming the importance of healthy ways as there finishing off today with their voice being are many benefits of our traditional Pancake Year 3 Tennis* heard, but also the technology and the Race ahead of Shrove importance of listening online world. At St Tuesday.

Year 2 & 3 Dance Club* to and respecting the Peter’s 2-8, technology voices of others, even is a valuable tool for A big thank you to the if they disagree with learning. This week, children for a someone else’s views. for example, Year 3 wonderful half term of The skill of being able collaboratively learning highlights and to discuss, debate, designed and created golden moments and Year 1 Football Skills* agree and disagree content to produce to the staff who work with empathy and iMovie's about Turkey tirelessly to ensure the Year 1 Yoga* respect resonates, as part of their theme. best educational particularly with the In our staff meeting experience for your Year 2 & 3 Choir online world that your last week, we were children. Thank you children will become a able to try out our new also for your continued part of in the years to VR headsets which support in making St come. In the online provide some Peter’s 2-8 a unique space, people often incredible tools for and special learning School Council feel able to express transporting us into community. Thanks to more extreme views immersive worlds and those of you who Year 1 Board Games that they may not do experiences, inspiring attended Head Master's face to face and often learning and curiosity. questions which took Year 1 Outdoor Games this can lead to harm. However, we know place last Saturday and We see this with our that the online world on Tuesday of this Year 2 Tennis* older children, for also accelerates harm week. Your input, Year 2 Art example negative and poses risks for views and support for hurtful comments children. It’s never the school are very Year 2 & 3 European Cultures made in response to a been more important much valued by the social media post. This for educators and whole leadership Year 3 Netball may seem far away for parents to understand team. the children at 2-8 but what we can do to Year 3 Cookery it’s important that we keep our children safe. It only remains for me teach children now to There are many to wish you all a Year 3 Sewing develop a strong set of sources of advice that fabulous half term, values that we as you might be and I look forward to adults model to them, interested in welcoming the children Year 1 Lexia founded on mutual accessing. For back on Monday 19 respect and kindness example, Childnet February and hearing Year 1 Street Dance* for themselves and the (Help & advice | about their half term others around them, Childnet) have escapades and Year 2 Quiz which in turn will valuable guides on adventures! support healthy digital keeping under-fives Year 2 & 3 Lioness Football* habits. safe online and using With best wishes, Year 2 & 3 Running Club Online safety is an parental controls as extremely important well as advice on Year 2 & 3 Cricket* aspect of safeguarding talking to children and comprises of two about online safety.

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Musical Notes: What a busy half term we have had in our music lessons and music clubs. Year 2 and 3 have been putting the finishing touches to the Young Voices songs as well as working on music related to their topics. It has been lovely to hear that some Year 2 children are going to the Minster in half term for the Peter and the Wolf concert, they really have enjoyed our listening work this term and are looking forward to using some of Prokofiev's ideas in their own compositions after half term. Year 1 became composers this week, creating a shimmering soundscape for their Tell me a Dragon story. The children were able to think carefully about how to play quietly and were ably led by their class conductors to make sure the music didn't get too loud. The children took their inspiration from Hans Zimmer's Earth. Reception have been experimenting with percussion instruments this term and have worked really hard on their assembly songs ready for their grown ups to hear after half term. Nursery had a special visit from George in 1A on Monday, George showed the children his Chinese lion costume and danced for us, thank you George for sharing so much information with us!

This term Year 3 have started ukulele club, they have only had four session but can already play 3 pieces and 2 different chords, a fantastic effort! We are very much looking forward to the Whole School Concert at York Minster on Monday 26th February. The choir will be singing and a few of our Year 3 instrumentalists will also be playing. Tickets are free and available here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-peters-school-whole-foundation-concert-tickets795968121077?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utmmedium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

The concert starts at 6pm and will be finished by 7.15pm, all our families are very welcome to attend.

We had a visit from the 13-18 brass group this afternoon. The children enjoyed a concert of different pieces from a variety of genres. The favourite piece was the Wallace and Gromit theme tune!

Thank you to Mr Brewer, it's always lovely to hear live music, especially when played by our older students.

MEDICAL INFORMATION Nuts We would like to emphasise that we endeavour to be a nut-free school. This is vitally important as we have pupils in the school for whom a nut allergy is a life-threatening condition and are endangered by inhaling, absorbing through skin or ingesting nuts.

It is vitally important that no foods with nuts are brought on to the school premises.

In our continuing efforts to be a nut-free school we are also aware that some non-food products can include nut extracts, such as sprays, creams, lotions and hair and skin products.

For more information on allergies, please visit Allergy UK | National Charity or Anaphylaxis UK | Supporting people with serious allergies | Ana p hylaxis UK Measles Measles - NHS (www.nhs.uk) While we have not seen any cases of Measles, we have included this due to the recent increase in media attention surrounding it. · ·

GPs are responsible for catching up on any new/missed vaccinations Vulnerable children/pregnant staff: any exposure to measles or german measles should be reported to their GP or antenatal carer for investigation.

Whooping Cough (pertussis) Whooping cough - NHS (www.nhs.uk) · ·

May return to work/school 48 hours after commencing antibiotic treatment or 21 days from the onset of illness with no antibiotic treatment.

Vulnerable children/pregnant staff: There is no specific guidance as the carrier should no longer be infective after treatment. As a rule, the NHS does suggest that pregnant women get the pertussis vaccination.

Seasonal Influenza Flu - NHS (www.nhs.uk) · ·

Recommended to return to work/school as soon as feeling better.

Vulnerable children/pregnant staff: There is no guidance for pregnant staff, however vulnerable children may be offered additional immunisations.

Child flu vaccine - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Slapped cheek (fifth disease)

Slapped cheek syndrome - NHS (www.nhs.uk) · ·

Once rash has developed there is no recommendation from keeping off work/school Vulnerable children/pregnant staff: For pregnant staff exposed before 20 weeks, to inform GP or antenatal carer for investigation.

If you have any questions or would like further information, please feel free to contact us at medicalcentre@stpetersyork.org.uk or give us a call at 01904527417.