The Peterite 2018-2019

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I N T RODUC T ION

Meet the Head Master Mr Walker joined St Peter’s School as Head Master in January 2019. In this special interview, Mr Walker talks about his career to date and his vision for St Peter’s in conversation with the Heads of School, Ben and Hope. What inspired your choice of career? (Hope)

From the Head Master Welcome to the 2018/9 edition of The Peterite and I am sorry that it has taken so long to produce, being delayed by the need to manoeuvre the school through the challenges of COVID. I have enjoyed looking back on that time, and my first year at St Peter’s, a great deal. Recalling the triumph at Rosslyn Park, the creativity of pupils in art exhibitions such as Imagine 19 and school productions including Beauty and the Beast as well as the outstanding exam results that year served to reinforce all I knew when I moved to York. St Peter’s holds academic achievement, skills, interests and values as equal priorities, giving pupils tremendous amounts of challenge and fun, while preparing them to make a positive impact on their world. I hope you enjoy reminiscing as much as I have. I am indebted to all those who have written contributions for this year’s magazine and the team who have worked so assiduously on its publication.

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I had a number of options before settling on teaching. My father served in the Gurkhas and one of my ambitions was to follow in his footsteps. However, the Gurkhas were being reduced in numbers and at the time there seemed to be fewer opportunities in the military. Farming was a thought, and I was a lambing shepherd for several years in holidays and spent six months as a jackaroo on a sheep farm in the Falkland Islands. I also dabbled with the thought of going into the law and considered the world of business. Ultimately though I had a great time at a similar school to St Peter’s and so I decided to become a teacher and have never regretted that choice. What school have you most enjoyed working at (and why is it St Peter’s)? (Ben) The school I have most enjoyed working at is genuinely St Peter’s. I love the atmosphere of the place and it is the pupils and my colleagues who make it so great, in terms of the buzz and appetite for getting involved. I don’t think any other school matches our setting with 50 acres of beautiful grounds and then you walk out of the gates and five minutes later you’re in what I think is the best city in the entire country in which to live - York. I also enjoy having all the age groups in one school from 2 to 18 and that St Peter’s is a co-ed school. What is your vision for St Peter’s? (Hope) My vision for St Peter’s is to make it the best version of itself it can be. I wanted to come to St Peter’s because it is such a fantastic school. It has the best combination I have seen of strong academics with the most amazingly busy co-curricular programme, which is so important in a good education. A good vision starts with having real clarity about the nature, purpose and identity of the school, and then it’s about furthering that and identifying where development is needed. When I first arrived, I met with all the staff and tutor groups from Fifth to Upper Sixth and asked them what makes St Peter’s great, what


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Girls’ Swimming

2min
page 202

Beverley 10k

2min
pages 198-199

Football

2min
pages 196-197

St Peter’s School Boat Club

12min
pages 190-195

Rounders

3min
pages 188-189

Cricket

17min
pages 180-187

Boys’ Hockey

9min
pages 162-165

Rugby

25min
pages 171-179

English

5min
pages 144-145

Netball

11min
pages 166-170

Boys’ Tennis

3min
pages 156-157

Creative Writing

15min
pages 146-151

Girls’ Tennis

6min
pages 153-155

Music

10min
pages 136-143

Shakespeare Schools’ Festival

1min
pages 120-121

Science Quizzes

1min
page 105

Drama

7min
pages 107-119

Science Christmas Lecture

2min
page 104

Sixth Form Speaks

1min
pages 98-99

Science Lectures

3min
pages 102-103

Stargazing Live

1min
page 100

Lectures

4min
pages 95-97

Religious Studies and Philosophy

4min
pages 86-88

Exploration Week

2min
pages 92-94

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

3min
pages 89-91

Modern Foreign Languages

8min
pages 82-85

Debating and Public Speaking

3min
pages 79-81

Maths Trust Challenges

2min
pages 76-77

Business and Economics

1min
page 75

Art Exhibitions

4min
pages 72-74

House Challenge

1min
page 71

ISSP

2min
page 69

National Schools’ Challenge

1min
page 70

South Africa Netball & Hockey Tour

4min
pages 60-63

Geography Field Trip to Arran

4min
pages 56-59

London Politics Trip

1min
page 52

Ski Trip

2min
pages 53-55

Spanish Trip to Salamanca

4min
pages 50-51

Washington Trip

2min
pages 48-49

Cambodia

5min
pages 44-47

Art Trips

3min
pages 41-43

The Rise

3min
pages 38-39

The Manor

4min
pages 36-37

Temple

4min
pages 32-33

The Grove

3min
pages 34-35

Queen’s

3min
pages 28-29

School

4min
pages 30-31

Linton

6min
pages 26-27

Hope

4min
pages 24-25

VALETE

10min
pages 14-16

Dronfield

4min
pages 22-23

SALVETE

3min
pages 17-18

Clifton

4min
pages 20-21

COMMEMORATION

15min
pages 6-11

TRIBUTE - CAMRON MILLER

7min
pages 12-13

INTRODUCTION

8min
pages 4-5
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