The Peterite 2018-2019

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NEWS, EV ENTS & AC T I V I T I ES

City of York Independent/ State School Partnership (ISSP) York’s Independent/State School Partnership continues to thrive and is hugely popular – and a beacon for other schools wishing to set up similar models. The partnership offers opportunities for secondary school-aged pupils of York outside the normal school curriculum. Staff and students from St Peter’s were heavily involved yet again this year in the plethora of events.

ISSP MASTERCLASSES St Peter’s hosted the annual York ISSP Masterclasses once again this year. 160 pupils from across York came along to study a programme of Masterclasses in Art, Music, Zines, Science and IT.

ISSP GCSE LATIN Caron Downes (Head of Classics) continues to teach the everpopular ISSP Latin course to pupils from schools across York. This superb venture sees ISSP offer Latin GCSE to pupils whose schools do not deliver the subject themselves. Third Form pupils are selected from the eight state schools in the ISSP to take part in the two-year course, during which they learn five years’ worth of Latin in just two years, achieving a GCSE qualification at the end of the fourth year.

ISSP DEBATE CLUB Our very own Head of Debating, Laura-Louise Pearson, set up this hugely popular club this year, which saw an abundance of pupils from across York heading to St Peter’s every week to join in with debates and to work with staff and students from York University.

ISSP GCSE ASTRONOMY GCSE Astronomy has grown in popularity yet again and we have classes running at both Bootham and St Peter’s. Thanks again to all staff (especially the three members of St Peter’s staff) who give up their time to take these classes every week.

THE MATHS EXCELLENCE CLUB Continues to run at York University. It was lovely to see pupils from the Third Form at St Peter’s involved in these classes yet again.

ISSP ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ This annual event, held here at St Peter’s School, is aimed to attract students who had no previous link to ISSP courses and who might not have put themselves forward without encouragement. Teachers from a range of schools (including a number of St Peter’s Staff) gave mini lectures on breakthrough events such as the discovery of fire through to the invention of numbers. The students then discussed these on their tables and were set various challenges and questions. The sound of the students deep in discussion and the sight of them engaged with each other was a wonderfully satisfying experience for all involved.

ISSP SUMMER SCHOOL This is now so popular that ISSP have had to add new classes and have opened the door to years 12-13. Again this year saw a number of St Peter’s staff (already one week into their summer holidays) taking on this one-week intensive course, offering an array of classes from Science to Classics and beyond. Thank you to all staff involved at St Peter’s in making this such a successful year of ISSP involvement at St Peter’s. ISSP York grows from strength to strength each year and is valuable in offering these great opportunities for our students, to not only develop their knowledge outside of the classroom but also in inspiring and enthusing them with the love of learning. We look forward to whatever next year may bring! Mrs Ella Mallard

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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

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