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Last Saturday the Reception children completely amazed me during their swimming lessons. The improvement in their ability was astonishing given that in September many of the children were reluctant to even enter the swimming pool. Most were now able to swim across the pool without the use of buoyancy aids. It is remarkable to see how much progress they have made and huge thanks to Mr Maycock, Miss Flockhart and our sports graduates who teach and support the children. Today we held a thanksgiving service in the Chapel for our parents and carers. This was an opportunity to say thank you to all those who look after us and for each one of us to reflect on what we should be thankful for. My huge thanks to Rev Jones for leading the service, Mrs Hayden who prepared all of our singing including our amazing choir, and Mrs Clarke with the Year 3 readers. Following the service each family were presented with a small bouquet of flowers to say thank you for all they do for us.
08.45 2H Class Assembly 09.20 1C Class Assembly Reception Drama (Group 2) Year 1 Story Club (Group 2) Year 2 Engineers (Group 2) Year 2 Multisports Year 2 Cricket* Year 3 Film Year 3 Football* 08.45 2P Class Assembly 09.20 2J Class Assembly Reception Film Club Year 1 Football*
Year 2 Multisports Year 2 STEM (Group 2) Year 3 Language Year 3 Swimming Year 3 Tennis* 08.45 1A Class Assembly 09.20 3S Class Assembly Reception Story Time (Group 2) Year 1 Creative (Group 2) Year 1 Cricket* Years 2 & 3 Choir
THURSDAY
Next week we are looking forward to more class assemblies; please do remember to pop into the dining room for refreshments either before or after your child’s class assembly, between 9 and 9.15.
08.45 3C Class Assembly 09.20 3M Class Assembly Year 1 Sign Language Year 1 Tennis* Year 2 Art (Group 2) Year 2 Multisports
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a lovely Mothering Sunday, and let’s hope the sunshine continues into next week.
Year 3 Netball Year 3 STEM
FRIDAY
This morning we were extremely fortunate to be joined by one of our parents, Mr Carrotte, who gave a fabulous assembly to the children about his recent month long expedition to the Antarctic over Christmas. The children were completely captivated as Mr Carrotte explained how he formed an expedition team along with
DIARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING 28th MARCH 2022
WEDS
On Monday and Tuesday evening we held our virtual parents consultation meetings. These provide an opportunity to discuss
On Wednesday the whole school 218, dressed in blue and yellow in support of the people of Ukraine, raising over £2,000. This is a wonderful achievement and all money raised will be donated to the Red Cross working in Ukraine. Thank you all for supporting this and for the items many of you have donated which will be sent via the Red Cross to Ukraine.
seven others in celebration of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions. During the trip they skied, climbed and conducted scientific experiments, taking samples of snow which have been sent off to universities including Manchester and Durham for analysis to see if plastic is being blown in the wind as well as polluting the sea. They also carried out experiments to see how fast the snow melts as this affects sea levels and the climate. We discovered how much equipment was needed for an expedition which included, warm clothing, food, skis, sledge, tent, sleeping bag, climbing harness, helmet, goggles, solar panel to charge phones and batteries and a small satellite dish that was used to communicate with people. Members of the team were tied together with ropes as they moved across the snow so that if any of them should fall into a crevice other members of the team would be able to rescue them and pull them to safety. Although very sunny through the day, the winds in the Antarctic are incredibly strong and would often blow so hard that they would flatten the tents so the people inside had to hold the canvas off their faces. To enable him to keep his children close by during the expedition, Mrs Argo had made wonderful peg dolls of each of them. Mr Carrotte explained how they joined him on each and every adventure having an amazing time. My thanks to Mr Carrotte for this wonderful assembly and please do keep us updated on news of the rogue juvenile emperor penguin you spotted while out there! Apparently emperor penguins are not supposed to be in that part of Antarctic so this one has clearly wandered off course but is thankfully managing to survive.
TUESDAY
Last Friday evening the St Peter’s Friends Committee hosted a Curry and Quiz event at school. This was extremely well attended and my thanks to all those who came along for creating such an enjoyable evening. I would particularly like to thanks Mrs Todd and her fabulous team for their organisation and planning, and also our chef Stuart for such a delicious meal. The event raised over £800 for the school charity and the Friends of St Peter’s 2-8.
your child’s progress and to get a glimpse into the world of your children at school. Next term we will hold our first parents’ forum, which will offer you an opportunity to provide any feedback that you feel would enhance the experience of your child in school. I hope to see many of you there and look forward to hearing your thoughts.
MONDAY
It has been another busy week at St Peter’s 2-8. This week we held the first of our class assemblies with 1E and Reception delivering the most fabulous assemblies to parents and children in their year group. 1E presented their learning journey based around their theme, The Magic Faraway Tree. The children also sang ‘When I Grow Up’ from Matilda, beautifully. It was clear to see how much they enjoyed performing to an audience. Huge congratulations to all of the children, Miss Evans, Mrs Stanley and Mrs Hayden who had prepared the children so well. Following on from 1E the Reception children entertained us with their journey through the term, highlighting the areas they had explored, including Pirates (musical adventure), Holi (colour paint party), Scientists (making crystals), Chinese New Year, Teachers (phonics teaching), Chefs (making, tossing and tasting pancakes, they even held a pancake tossing competition amongst the parents which was ably won by Kalan’s mum), Wellbeing Champions (providing spa treatments, yoga, parent pamper session) and Engine Drivers, (following their pop-up classroom to the National Railway Museum). I’m sure you will agree it’s certainly been a diverse and varied term of learning for the children. They all had so much fun performing for the parents and particularly enjoyed the parent interaction. Huge thanks to Mrs Coyle, Mrs Morrison, Mrs Johnson, Mrs Walker, Miss Evans, Mrs Walker, Mrs Franey and Mrs Hayden who had prepared the children so brilliantly to perform such an entertaining assembly.
Newsletter No: 23 Friday, 25th March 2022
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