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Nov

🌟 Sharing Stories Across Our School Family

Posted In Curriculum, Events, Lets Celebrate

🗣️❤️ Love, Learn, Shine Through Storytelling This week in Year 5/6, our children have been busy writing imaginative mini tales. To spark their creativity, they selected a character, setting, object and problem completely at random, then challenged themselves to weave these elements into original and engaging stories. The writing journey involved much more than simply […]

Nov

🎤☁️ Young Meteorologists in Year 2 🌦️🏡

Posted In Curriculum

Today, Sparrows Class continued their Geography learning about Harrogate by exploring the local weather and discovering how weather forecasts help us understand and prepare for the world around us. The children carefully examined a weather forecast and discussed the different types of information it provides, including temperature, rainfall, wind speed and cloud cover. They then […]

Nov

🥽🌍 Virtual Reality Brings Learning to Life at St Peter’s!

Posted In Curriculum, Events

🔍🌋 Exploring Habitats, Volcanoes and More Through Virtual Reality Children across St Peter’s enjoyed an exciting and immersive learning experience as we welcomed Justin from EduPeopleVR into school for a series of curriculum-linked virtual reality workshops. Using specialist VR technology, children were transported to different environments around the world, bringing their learning to life in […]

Nov

🙏 Pause, Reflect, Shine: Spiritual Spaces Across Our School

Posted In Clubs & Enrichment, Curriculum

💭 Little Corners, Big Thoughts: Reflection Areas in Action At St Peter’s, we want every child to have opportunities throughout the day to pause, reflect and think deeply about themselves, others and the world around them. As part of our commitment to developing spirituality across the school, each classroom includes dedicated reflection and prayer spaces […]

Nov

🎆 Sparking Learning Through Bonfire Night in Wrens

Posted In Curriculum

🍂 Fireworks, Fun and Fantastic Learning This week, the children in Wrens enjoyed a range of exciting Bonfire Night and fireworks-themed activities, combining creativity, early reading, outdoor learning and important safety messages. The children learned all about how to stay safe around fireworks and bonfires, discussing why safety rules are important and sharing their own […]

Nov

🌿 Shaping Words in the Outdoors

Posted In Curriculum

🔤 Letters from Nature: Creative Typography in Year 5/6 Year 5/6 have been exploring typography in art and design through a hands-on and creative project using natural materials. Heron’s Class ventured outdoors to collect sticks and other natural resources before carefully arranging them to form both upper and lower-case letters. The children then transferred their […]

Nov

🛡️ Helping Children Stay Safe Online: November’s Family Safety Update

Posted In Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Helping Children Stay Safe Online At St Peter’s, we know that technology offers wonderful opportunities for children to learn, connect and explore. Alongside these benefits, it is important that families stay informed about the latest online safety risks and the tools available to help keep children safe. Our November Online Safety Newsletter highlights several key […]

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

Posted In Community, General News

🕸️ 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

Posted In Curriculum

🎨 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 […]