Posts From November 2025

Nov

🤟 Signing our Shine: Makaton Club at St Peter’s 🤟

Posted In Clubs & Enrichment, Lets Celebrate

Inclusive Communication, How Makaton Brings Us Together Every Wednesday lunchtime, our wonderful and hugely experienced Inclusion Lead and Assistant Headteacher, Mrs Jones, runs the Makaton Club—a fantastic opportunity open to all year groups. The club is ably supported by our Upper Key Stage Two Makaton Leaders, who help younger children learn and practise new signs […]

Nov

🌟 Resilient Coders: Starlings Shine in Scratch🖥️

Posted In Curriculum

Today, our Starlings class stepped into the exciting world of coding using Scratch to design their very own simple maths games. It was a real challenge, but the children showed incredible resilience, creativity, and problem-solving skills as they worked hard to make their sets of actions come to life. From debugging tricky sequences to celebrating […]

Nov

💖 Celebrating Kindness and Gratitude – Our New ‘Happymind’ Unit 🌈

Posted In Curriculum, Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Learning to Appreciate: Building Positive Mental Health at St Peter’s This week, our children have begun an exciting new myHappymind unit called “Appreciate”. This half term, we’ll be exploring what it means to notice and value the good things in life – from the kindness of friends to the beauty of the world around us. […]

Nov

🔢 Building Brilliant Number Sense at St Peter’s🧮

Posted In Curriculum

🧮 Love, Learn, Shine Through Maths – Our Mastering Number Journey 🔢 At St Peter’s CE Primary School, we believe every child deserves the best start in their mathematical journey. That’s why we’re proud to be part of the NCETM Mastering Number Programme – a national initiative designed to help children develop deep understanding and […]

Nov

🌈 Being a Good Neighbour: Compassion in Action🌈

Posted In Worship

🌟 Weekly Worship. What Makes a Good Neighbour? This week at St Peter’s, our worship has been centred around the value of compassion, with a special focus on what it means to be a good neighbour. Inspired by the story of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10:25–37, the children explored how kindness and care can cross boundaries and bring […]

Nov

🌍 Sparrows Class, Exploring Habitats: Where Do Animals Call Home?🌱

Posted In Curriculum

Love, Learn, Shine in Science! Today children in Sparrows (Year 2) embarked on an exciting investigation into why different animals live in different habitats. The adventure began with a mystery: four letters arrived, but we didn’t know who they were for! By reading the letters, exploring habitat descriptions, and checking the addresses, the children became […]

Nov

❄️ Cold Conditions, Warm Hearts: A Fantastic Football Evening ⚽

Posted In Clubs & Enrichment, Sports

Year 3 & 4 Footballers Show Determination and Teamwork at Rossett High! On Tuesday evening, children from Year 3 and 4 took part in an exciting football competition at Rossett High, organised by Sporting Influence and supported by Rossett High’s young leaders, who gained valuable experience in refereeing and running the event. Our children played […]

Nov

📚 Wrens’ Class First Library Adventure!

Posted In Clubs & Enrichment, Community, Curriculum

The Wrens class had a wonderful time on their very first visit to the Harrogate library. The children explored the shelves, discovered exciting books, and even played a fun character guessing game that had everyone thinking hard and laughing together. To make the visit extra special, the children created their own colourful bookmarks – perfect […]

Nov

🦉From Stories to Feathers: Owls Inspire Year Two Learning🦉

Posted In Uncategorised

🦉Sparrows Class Take Flight in Their Learning with Owl Visitors🦉 Sparrows Class at St Peter’s Primary School have truly embraced our vision of Love, Learn, Shine today as they explored the fascinating world of owls! In English, they have been reading The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, a story that inspires courage and […]

Nov

📚 From Story to Sharing: Year 5’s Magical Writing Journey📚

Posted In Curriculum

 My Pet Star Story Sparks Writing Creativity. Children in Year 5 Eagles and Ravens have truly embodied our school vision of Love, Learn, Shine through a magical writing project inspired by the beautiful book My Pet Star. Using the story as a springboard, the children planned, wrote, edited, illustrated, and published their very own imaginative stories. What made […]