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Feb

Year 5&6 Poetry

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In Eagles and Ravens, children have been writing poetry based on a wonderful book called ‘The Lost Spells’. The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris. The children wrote their own acrostic poem, about an animal or […]

Feb

Eco Council Launch New Award

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Following suggestions from the children in our Eco Group we are pleased to have launched a new weekly award. The Golden Light Switch award is presented each week to the class who have earned the most eco points throughout the week. Points can be earned every day by switching off the lights and smartboard when […]

Jan

Planetarium Visit

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Children in KS1 had the most exciting afternoon of learning this week when Ben from Wonderdome Planetarium came to visit us with his mobile planetarium to enrich our science learning about space. We were awestruck by the incredible presentation that Ben gave and we learnt so much about the size of space, the planets in […]

Dec

Sustainability Newsletter

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St Peter’s Sustainable Newsletter   Autumn Term 2 2024  Dear families,  At St Peter’s we encourage our children and families to be sustainable. The National Association for Environmental Education (NAEE) say there is growing evidence that attitudes towards the world and other people form at an early age. Additionally, it doesn’t stop there – learning about […]

Dec

Christmas Worship

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It was a pleasure to take the whole school to St Peter’s Church this morning for our whole school worship to celebrate Christmas. The children lead a lovely act of worship with readings songs and prayer. Thank you to Rvd Garrow and the St Peter’s Church team for such a warm welcome and to all […]

Dec

Drama Group Share their Shine at Harrogate Theatre  

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As a culmination of their drama club work this term children from across Key Stage Two performed in the studio theatre at Harrogate theatre this week. Throughout this term the children have been developing their acting knowledge and skills in their after-school club and working towards performing ‘Adventure in Oz’. The children visited the theatre […]

Dec

Sharing Our Nativity Shine

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Children from Early Years and Key Stage One have been sharing their nativity shine this week through several performances of their nativity called ‘Simple Nativity’. ‘Simply Nativity’ follows the traditional story of Mary and Joseph from being told they will have a baby by the angel Gabriel all the way to Bethlehem from Nazareth with […]

Dec

Advent Concert

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Both our Early Years / KS1 and KS2 choirs treated us to a wonderful advent concert this week. After the success of this event last year we moved across to St Paul’s Church to ensure there was enough room for all families wishing to attend to sit in comfort. The children sang a range of […]

Nov

Virtual Lesson with Jeffrey Boakye

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Children in Herons Ravens and Eagles enjoyed the opportunity to meet author and broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye today. Jeffrey is an award winning author with eight books published to date including Kofi and the secret radio station. Jeffrey spoke about his Kofi series of fiction books, including Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer and Kofi and […]

Nov

Falconer Visit

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Every half term, children in Key Stage One start reading a new book in their English lessons. This half term, the children in Sparrows and Finches class will be using ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ as their focus book and will ultimately be writing an owl fact file at the end of […]