Posts From October 2024

Oct 26th

Half Term Writing

Posted In Curriculum

As we begin the half term break it is a great time to put our writing knowledge and skills into action in an entry to the 500 Words Competition. The competition aims to encourage children to write a story they would love to read in 500 Words or less and 50 finalists will be invited […]

Oct 26th

Spaces to ‘Just Be’.

Posted In Notices

We were delighted to welcome Michael and John from Playscheme to school this week along with photographer Damien Bramley to help us showcase the fantastic project achievements from the last three years. It has been a pleasure working with the Playscheme team to transform our dedicated Early Years outdoor space, main playground as well as […]

Oct 26th

Young Geographers

Posted In Curriculum

Over the past fortnight, Owls and Starlings have been Young Geographers who have finished their unit of work by carrying out fieldwork in our local area. Fieldwork needs to start with a good enquiry question. We decided to link it to our recent History Unit: ‘Local Victorian Harrogate’ by asking the following: Looking at the […]

Oct 26th

Your Harrogate Awards

Posted In Community

Really privileged to accompany two wonderful colleagues to the Your Harrogate Local Hero Awards last night. Our wonderful and much loved St Peter’s Assistant Headteacher and SENDCO Alice Jones was a finalist in the teacher of the year category and our fantastic highly respected CEO of Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust (YCST) Jane Goodwin was representing […]

Oct 23rd

Wrap Around Care Receives Glowing Ofsted Report

Posted In Community

We are delighted that our wrap around care provision run by local company Funclubs Ltd has had an incredibly positive report following its Ofsted inspection earlier this month. Funclubs Ltd was founded 21 years ago with St Peter’s School being its first provision. Over the last two decades it has grown now providing wrap around […]

Oct 22nd

Sharing Our Shine with NCTEM

Posted In Curriculum

We were delighted to welcome Dr Debbie Morgan CBE (Director of Primary at NCTEM) and Helen Jones (Assistant Director of Primary at NCTEM) from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) to St Peter’s this week. They visited as part of St Peter’s contribution at a national level to the development of resources […]

Oct 9th

Geography Studies

Posted In Curriculum

Key Stage 2 Geography. How has Harrogate changed over time? Children in Herons class have been comparing historical and modern maps of Harrogate – looking at how the town has grown and changed since the Victorian times. We noticed that Bilton and Starbeck were once separate villages but now are joined to Harrogate town. We […]

Oct 3rd

Harvest Festival

Posted In Community, Worship

Collective Worship It was a pleasure to see St Peter’s Church so full of children and families this week to help celebrate Harvest Festival. The children led a wonderful collective worship with readings, songs and prayers to help us give thanks for another harvest time. The children helped us reflect on and give thanks for […]

Oct 2nd

Nest Renovation

Posted In Community, Curriculum

We are all celebrating the completion of our newly renovated nurture room space. Nurture and pastoral care are at the heart of the school’s approach. ‘Pupils in Year 6 help to look after pupils in Nest. This is the school’s quiet space where pupils can go if they have any worries or concerns. The school […]

Oct 2nd

Your Harrogate Award Nominations

Posted In Community

Your Harrogate Award Nomination We are thrilled that our Trust (YCST) and one of our much-valued colleagues feature in the Your Harrogate Local Hero Awards shortlist! Congratulations to our very own Mrs Jones who has made it to the final three in the ‘Teacher of the Year’ category. We were delighted to welcome Esmee from […]

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