News

Mar

⚽ From the Pitch to the Page: Harrogate Town Brings Reading to Life ⚽

Posted In Community, General News

Harrogate Town Community Team Celebrate Reading at St Peter’s Today our school was buzzing with excitement as we welcomed Justin from the Harrogate Town Community Team, who led special reading sessions for all of our children following yesterday’s World Book Day celebrations. The visit brought together two powerful passions in children’s lives – books and […]

Mar

✨ Ten Tiny Tales, Big Imaginations: Our World Book Day 2026

Posted In Curriculum, Events

📖 World Book Day 2026 – A Celebration of Stories, Kindness and Creativity📖 World Book Day 2026 at St Peter’s CE Primary School was a joyful celebration of everything we love about reading. Our children embraced a day full of imagination, creativity, and shared experiences as we celebrated the magic of books together. From dazzling […]

Mar

🌎 Sparrows Become Continent Explorers

Posted In Curriculum

Sparrows Explore the Continents Over the past two weeks, our amazing Sparrows have been working incredibly hard to learn more about our world, with a special focus on the seven continents and five oceans. Their enthusiasm has been wonderful to see, and they have truly shown what it means to Love, Learn, Shine. Today, the […]

Mar

🔢 Little Mathematicians Shine with Doubling Activities!

Posted In Curriculum

🌼 Doubling in Early Years: Learning Through Play, Indoors and Out Our Early Years children have been busy exploring doubling this week through rich indoor and outdoor continuous provision. The environment has been carefully set up so children can practise skills, apply new knowledge, and make connections across a range of playful experiences — truly […]

Mar

💬 Confident Communicators: Oracy in Action

Posted In Curriculum, General News

Ravens Class Lead the Way with Confident Communication This week, our Ravens Class children have been developing their oracy skills through a rich set of Talk Tactics: instigate, build on, challenge, probe, clarify, and summarise. These strategies helped the children think deeply about what they wanted to say and how they expressed it. Discussions were […]

Mar

🌊 Wonderful Wrens Dive Into Ocean Adventures 💙

Posted In Curriculum

🌟 Wrens Make a Splash With Their Ocean Learning! Our Early Years Wrens children have been fully immersed in a magical Ocean theme this half term, exploring how to Love, Learn and Shine as they discover more about life under the sea and how we can care for our precious oceans. A highlight has been […]

Mar

🎭 Living Our Learning: Wrens Act Out Palm Sunday

Posted In Curriculum

🌿 Wrens Bring Palm Sunday to Life Through Role Play Following last week’s joyful introduction to Palm Sunday, Wrens class have taken their learning even further by stepping into the story themselves. Using the handmade palm leaves they created, the children worked together to act out Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem — discovering how performing a […]

Mar

🛡️ Online Safety Monthly Update – March Round‑Up🛡️

Posted In Notices, Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Supporting Our Families With Online Safety As part of our ongoing commitment to helping families support their children as they grow into confident and responsible digital citizens, we are sharing this month’s Online Safety Newsletter (March 2026). Below is a clear and friendly summary of every item included—perfect if you’d like a quick overview before […]

Feb

🗺️ From Field to Fork: Starlings Map Their Food Miles

Posted In Curriculum

🌍 Starlings Discover the Journey of Their Food Starlings Class have had an exciting week diving deeper into our geography topic on Sustainable Living. The children were fascinated to uncover the hidden journeys behind their everyday foods and to learn how the distance our food travels can impact the climate. Using the atlases, the children […]

Feb

🌱 One Story at a Time: Launching Our Climate Education Reading Spine

Posted In Clubs & Enrichment, Curriculum

Spring Book Bags Delivered Today! At lunchtime today, our wonderful child‑led Climate Crew visited every classroom to deliver the spring book from our brand‑new Climate Education Reading Spine. Each class received their story in a distinctive green drawstring bag, along with a simple laminated guide explaining how the bag is used and when the next […]