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Oct

🌟 Half Term Story Challenge

Posted In Community, Curriculum, Events, Share Our Shine

📚 Let Your Imagination Shine: Enter Our Writing Competition! 🚀 500 Words of Wonder: A Creative Writing Adventure Awaits Half term is the perfect opportunity for children to let their imaginations run wild and get creative with their writing. Following the excitement of watching the BBC 500 Words live lesson in school, many children left […]

Oct

👻 Friends of St Peter’s Bring Halloween Magic to School

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🕸️ Dancing, Delights and Halloween Frights at Our FOSP Disco The school hall was transformed into a wonderfully spooky celebration as the Friends of St Peter’s School (FOSP) hosted another fantastic Halloween Disco to round off the half-term. Children arrived in an array of creative costumes, from witches and superheroes to skeletons and storybook characters, […]

Oct

🌊 Spiralling into Creativity in Kingfishers

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🎨 Shell-ebrating Art in Year 1! The children in Kingfishers have been exploring spirals as part of their art learning this half term. Drawing on the careful observation skills they developed while studying shells, the children created their final pieces using vibrant oil pastels on black paper. The striking contrast allowed their colourful spiral designs […]

Oct

🎃 Pumpkin Perfection and a Spooktacular Feast 👻

Posted In Events, General News, Lets Celebrate

👻 Creativity Shines at Our Halloween Pumpkin Competition The creativity on display at our annual Pumpkin Decorating Competition was simply fantastic! We were amazed by the thoughtful, imaginative and wonderfully creative entries that filled our school. From spooky designs to fun and colourful creations, every pumpkin reflected the effort, enthusiasm and personality of the children […]

Oct

🌟 Reaching for the Sky with Bessie Coleman

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✈️ Inspired by Extraordinary Lives: Children’s Bessie Coleman Writing Our children have been exploring inspiring figures from the book Young, Gifted and Black, discovering the remarkable achievements of people who have helped shape history and break down barriers. As part of this learning, children chose to write about Bessie Coleman, the pioneering American aviator who […]

Oct

🎨 Autumn Artists at Work in Sparrows Class

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🌿 Creating an Autumn Floor Masterpiece The children in Sparrows Class have been busy developing their artistic skills through a beautiful autumn-themed art project. Inspired by the colours, textures and patterns of the season, they explored a range of techniques before creating their very own Autumn Floor artwork. Throughout the unit, the children carefully observed […]

Oct

🎃 Pumpkins, Potions and Slime: A Spooktacular Week in Reception 🎃

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🕷️ Learning Through Play: Our EYFS Spooky-Themed Adventures This week, our EYFS children have been fully immersed in a wonderfully spooky week of learning and exploration! From hollowing out pumpkins and mixing magical potions to investigating spiders, creating playdough pumpkins and getting wonderfully messy with slime, every activity was carefully planned to support children’s development […]

Oct

🎡 Kingfishers Class Welcomes Everyone 💙

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Celebrating Kindness, Creativity and Inclusion The children in Kingfishers Class, taught by Mrs Pywell and Miss Ward, have been exploring some important themes this term through a wonderful range of creative activities that celebrate kindness, inclusion and caring for our world. At the centre of their beautiful display is a giant Ferris wheel featuring every […]

Oct

🛠️✨Owls Take Flight with Pneumatic Power 🛠️✨

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🛠️✨ Creative Engineers in Year 3 The children in Year 3 Owls, taught by Miss Wilson, have been busy developing their engineering skills through an exciting Design and Technology project. As part of their learning, the children designed and created their own pneumatic systems, discovering how compressed air can be used to produce movement. They […]

Oct

🏗️🎶 Young Architects Take on the Stockeld Park Challenge

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This afternoon, the Year 5 and 6 children in Ravens, Eagles and Herons were lucky enough to welcome a very special visitor. David, Jamie’s grandad and a professional architect, came into school to support the children with an exciting design competition. The children have been invited by Stockeld Park to create ideas for a brand-new […]