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Oct

🐚 Spirals in Nature: Kingfishers’ Artistic Discoveries

Posted In Curriculum

✏️ Creativity Unfolds in Kingfishers’ Spiral Art Project Kingfishers Class have been exploring how spirals can be found throughout the natural world in their art lessons this week. Using shells as their inspiration, the children developed their observational drawing skills while discovering a range of exciting techniques with soft pencils. First, the children experimented with […]

Oct

🍂 Striding Into Autumn: Our First Walk to School Day of 2026-2027 🚶‍♀️

Posted In Lets Celebrate

🚶‍♀️🌳 Walking Together Across the Stray There was a wonderful atmosphere at St Peter’s CE Primary School as we celebrated our first Walk to School Day of the 2026-27 academic year. We know how fortunate we are that so many of our families can enjoy a walk across the beautiful Stray on their journey to […]

Oct

🐻 Story Sacks Return for Another Year of Reading Adventures

Posted In Community, General News, Lets Celebrate

📚 From Story Sacks to School Library Shelves ✨ Love, Learn, Shine Through Reading Together Reading is at the heart of life at St Peter’s, and we are delighted to see another group of families beginning their Story Sack adventures as we share them with our new Reception children. Our Story Sacks have been a […]

Oct

🌟 Following in the Footsteps of Greatness How Simone Biles and Jesse Owens Inspired Exceptional Writing

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From Talk to Text: Year 5 and 6 Writers Shine There has been a real buzz about writing across Year 5 and 6 this term as children have immersed themselves in a range of exciting literacy opportunities. Drawing inspiration from remarkable athletes such as Simone Biles and Jesse Owens, children have explored biographical writing, diary […]

Oct

🌳 Step Into Success: Walk to School Days Are Here! 👟

Posted In Events

🚲Two Feet, Two Wheels, Four Paws… Let’s Go!  👟 This week we are excited to launch our Walk to School Days for 2026-27, with the first event taking place on Friday 16th October 2026. We would love to see as many families as possible joining us as we begin our six special days of active […]

Oct

🏛️ Roman Reporters Bring History to Life

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🎥 Year 4 Become Roman News Reporters! Year 4 had a fantastic time using their class tablets to become Roman News Reporters in History. Working collaboratively, the children created their own video news reports, sharing the changes that took place in Britain following the Roman invasion. The children demonstrated excellent historical knowledge whilst developing their […]

Oct

🎨 Sparrows Create Masterpieces with Nature

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🍂 Love, Learn, Shine Through Nature Art Today, Sparrows Class became nature artists as they explored how natural objects can be arranged to create different compositions. The children ventured outdoors to collect a variety of natural materials, including leaves, twigs, stones and conkers, while thinking carefully about how to respect and care for the world […]

Oct

Football & Netball Sporting Shine 🏐⚽

Posted In Clubs & Enrichment, Lets Celebrate

Children from St Peter’s have once again demonstrated what it means to Love, Learn and Shine through their outstanding efforts at recent sporting events. Six Year 5 and 6 girls represented the school at a netball tournament held at Rossett High School, competing against three other schools. The team performed brilliantly, winning one match and […]

Oct

🌟 Children Shine as St Peter’s Becomes School of the Week

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🎙️ Love, Learn, Shine… and Broadcast! St Peter’s on Your Harrogate Radio We were delighted to welcome Ricky from Your Harrogate Radio into school this week as we prepare to be featured as School of the Week next week. Ricky spent time recording with children from across the school, and we could not have been […]

Oct

From Hospital to School: Sparrows Bring History to Life!

Posted In Curriculum, Events

🕰️🌟 Love, Learn, Shine: Sparrows Become Historians for the Day The Sparrows were so lucky to share their shine with Eagles Class and Mrs Henderson at the end of last week as they celebrated the end of their History unit, From Hospital to School: The Story of Our Building. The children proudly showcased the amazing […]