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I hope you all had a fabulous bank holiday weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The history of a ceremony such as this was fascinating, and I wish both the King and Queen an extremely successful reign. Last Friday the Reception children drew excellent portraits of King Charles III and I have included a few of the portraits below.

This week 2J visited Edward the Confessor, as part of their work for Musical Connections. Musical Connections run participatory music sessions and projects for older, isolated, and vulnerable people in care and community settings across York. It has been hugely rewarding to witness the impact these visits from Year 2 have had on the residents over the past three weeks. They really have benefitted from some social interaction with a younger generation who were full of fun, smiles, lively conversation and enthusiastic singing. Well done to all of 2J, you really impressed Mrs Hayden and Miss Jeffrey. My thanks to all of Year 2 for representing St Peter’s so well with this community project.

We held our final class assemblies of the term this week. Over the past few weeks, I have been extremely impressed with Year 3, Year 2 and Year 1 who have performed brilliantly in their class assemblies. On Thursday morning Reception had their turn to shine in front of parents, grandparents, siblings and friends. All of the children delivered their lines with such confidence in front of a large audience. One class described the life cycle of a butterfly, another provided instructions of how to create a fruit salad, interspersed with several very funny jokes. The final class described parts of a plant explaining how they grow and what they need to grow most effectively. The assemblies involved parent volunteers who made fruit salad, answered very tough questions and were taught how to draw plants. Finally, all three classes sang two songs beautifully as a fitting finale to a wonderful assembly. A huge well done to all of the children, teachers and teaching assistants for preparing the children, it was such a fabulous start to a Thursday morning.

Miss Jeffrey who teaches in Year 2 will be leaving us at the end of the summer term. We have been fortunate to have had six years with Miss Jeffrey who has taught across Year 1 and Year 2 since she joined us in 2017. She leaves us to pursue a career overseas where she has been successful in her application to become a teacher at Deira International School in Dubai. This is an exciting opportunity, and I am sure Miss Jeffrey will be a huge success in her new role in September. We have been actively recruiting teaching staff to replace both Miss Jeffrey and Miss Murray and we are holding interviews on Tuesday next week and the following Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Obviously, I will report to the school community when I have further updates.

On Monday we have a whole school photograph planned for St Peter’s 2-8. These photographs are taken every three years and record the children who attended the school at this point in time. All children are invited to attend, and we anticipate the photograph will be taken at 9.45am (approx.) on the cricket pitch to the left of pikes path. As it can take a while to place all children into position could I please ask that children arrive promptly on Monday morning as they will be leaving their classes for the photograph shortly after morning registration.

Next week is Mental Health Awareness Week, the theme this year is anxiety. Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.

Friday 12th May 2023

DIARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING

15th May 2023

School Council

Year 1 Lexia

Year 1 Ball Skills

Year 2 & 3 European Culture

Year 2 Cricket*

Year 2 Cookery

Year 3IT

Year 3 Football*

Year 1 Football*

Year 2 STEM

Year 2 Tag Rugby

Year 3 Swimming

Year 3 Tennis*

Year 2 & 3 Dance Club*

Year 1 Construction

Year 1 Yoga* (TBC)

Year 1 Cricket*

Year 2 & 3 Choir

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health problems we can face. In a recent study, a quarter of adults said they felt so anxious that it stopped them from doing the things they want to do some or all of the time. Six in ten adults feel this way, at least some of the time. On a positive note, anxiety can be made easier to manage.

Focusing on anxiety for this year's Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people's awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem.

On Sunday I am looking forward to coming into school to join the Friends of St Peter’s 2-8, who are hosting a welcome event for the Reception cohort 2023/24. This will be held in the Dining Hall and on the outside playgrounds. We are expecting in the region of 100 parents/ children, and I look forward to welcoming those who are able to join us.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Year 1 Board Games

Year 1 Let’s get Moving

Year 2 Tennis*

Year 2 Art

Year 3 Athletics

Year 3 Environment

Year 1 Wellbeing Outdoors

Year 1 Street Dance*

Year 2 Football*

Year 2 Bat & Ball Skills

Year 3 Board Games

Year 2 & 3 Film

Year 3 Cricket*

Music Award

House Point Trophy

• Tatiana (RC)

• Zoe (RP)

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