Posts From Curriculum Category

Nov

🔦 Spotlight on Learning: Our Shining Stars Board 🔦

Posted In Curriculum, Lets Celebrate

📚 From Art to Biography: Children’s Work That Truly Shines. 🖼️ We’re excited to share that our Shining Stars board, proudly displayed just outside the Headteacher’s office, has had a wonderful update and it’s looking fantastic, This special space is dedicated to celebrating the incredible work produced by our children each and every week. It’s […]

Oct

🌱 Green Gazette Goes Digital! 🌍

Posted In Community, Curriculum

🌱 Green Gazette Goes Digital! 🌍 Introducing Our Eco Newsletter – Now Powered by Canva We’re excited to launch Green Gazette, our refreshed climate education newsletter, now created using Canva! This new format follows the fantastic Canva training at today’s All Staff Conference and allows us to share eco-friendly tips, student projects, and sustainability updates […]

Oct

Inspired by History: Powerful Writing from Our Young Authors

Posted In Curriculum

Over the last few weeks children from Eagles and Ravens have been exploring the powerful themes in Beverley Naidoo’s Journey to Jo’burg, a story set during apartheid in South Africa. The book sparked thoughtful conversations and inspired children to learn more about Nelson Mandela—his life, his values, and his incredible journey towards justice and equality. […]

Oct

Soluble or Not? Year 5&6 Dive into Dissolving Discoveries!

Posted In Curriculum

Discovering dissolving  Year 5/6 conducted and experiment to explore dissolving. The aim of the experiment was to discover which materials were soluble or insoluble in water. Some children were surprised by their findings! We extended our learning further by discussing what happens when the solution becomes saturated and reaches its maximum solute amount.

Oct

Meet the Pet Plants: Climate Crew Brings Green Companions to Every Classroom

Posted In Curriculum, Events

Pet Plants arrive at St Peter’s  During their first meeting of the year, the Climate Crew planted and delivered a spider ‘pet’ plant for every class in school. There are many benefits to having plants in the classroom including: fresher air, improved wellbeing, connecting children to the environment, use as a lesson subject and they encourage responsibility. The spider plants will […]

Oct

Little Pumpkins, Big Smiles: at our Autumn Stay and Play

Posted In Community, Curriculum, Events

This afternoon our Early Years team welcomed families to a magical Autumn Stay and Play session filled with spooky fun, seasonal creativity, and joyful learning. The classroom was transformed into a cosy autumn wonderland, complete with pumpkins, cobwebs, and just the right amount of friendly frights! Children explored themed activity stations designed to spark curiosity […]

Oct

Piecing Together Our Vision: Love, Learn, Shine in Mosaic Magic!

Posted In Community, Curriculum

Back in June and July of last year children in Year Six designed three mosaics to showcase our school vision and then worked with the Artizan group from Harrogate to bring their designs to life.  Artizan International enables, empowers and supports people with disabilities to meet their full potential through therapeutic craft activities and social […]

Oct

Unearthing Creativity: Starlings Class Reimagines Cave Art with a Harrogate Twist

Posted In Curriculum

Starlings Class – Exploring Cave Art This week, Starlings class have been delving into the fascinating world of Cave Art. Through a combination of sketching, stencilling, rubbing, and printing, the children have developed their artistic skills to create their own modern cave-inspired masterpieces. Their artwork features animals that might be spotted around Harrogate—can you guess […]

Oct

Pet Plants arrive at St Peter’s 

Posted In Curriculum, Events

Pet Plants arrive at St Peter’s  Last Friday the Climate Crew had their first meeting where they planted and delivered a spider ‘pet’ plant for every class in school. There are many benefits to having plants in the classroom including: fresher air, improved wellbeing, connecting children to the environment, use as a lesson subject and […]

Oct

VR Bringing Curriculum to Life

Posted In Curriculum, Events

We were delighted to welcome former Headteacher and now educational Virtual Reality (VR) expert Justin Peoples into school today to lead a series of workshops for children in Key Stage Two. Justin wrote bespoke workshops for children in Starlings, Herons Ravens and Eagles based around two key Geography objectives of Understand and explain the difference […]