Our School Family 2-8

The House System is at the heart of life at St Peter’s School. Each year, Houses across the school from Reception to Sixth Form engage in friendly Inter-House challenges, teaching the children the values of trust, endurance and humility. Our Houses create a welcoming, caring and inclusive community in which we can all feel valued and grow in confidence, and where lifelong friendships are established.

The House System is at the heart of our pastoral care provision at St Peter’s 2-8, encouraging the children to take responsibility and creating a sense of community between year groups. When entering Reception, each child is placed in a House, named after a gateway to the City of York: Walmgate, Micklegate or Monk. House Captains Well done to this year’s House Captains, who are elected on a termly basis. In the autumn term, the Houses were led by Una (Micklegate), Henry (Walmgate) and Torben (Monk), followed by Jess (Micklegate), Magnus (Walmgate) and Issy (Monk) in the spring term. Our summer term House Captains were Poppy (Micklegate), Daniel (Walmgate) and Benji (Monk) House Points Trophy House points are awarded in lessons for hard work, with the winning house for each week being declared in assembly by Mr Hardy. There are also termly awards for house achievements and weekly awards for individual pupils including the PE Award, Music Award, Value Champions Award and Learning Superheroes Award. This year, Walmgate won the House Points Trophy eleven times, Micklegate won the House Points Trophy nine times and Monk won the House Points Trophy seven times. Monk also won the House Year Trophy. Congratulations to all our pupils who have been awarded House points throughout the year.

House Competitions House spirit is at its best in Inter-House competitions, which foster friendly competition and community. We enjoyed several Inter-House competitions this year, from sport to music. In December, we had a wonderful House Singing competition which was won in fine style by Monk. To celebrate the occasion, we also performed our traditional end of term whole school rendition of ‘Clifton Does the Twelve Days of Christmas’. In March, Years 2 and 3 participated in this year’s Inter-House Netball Competition. The children thoroughly enjoyed cheering on their house mates and participating in the Netball matches. It was fantastic to see the children’s abilities in the sport and their progression throughout the term. It was also clear to see they had an understanding of the game and enjoyed working with one another. A massive well done to all the children in Year 3 and 2! Finally, we hosted our inaugural Virtual Sports Day on Wednesday 1 July, organised by Miss Flockhart. The children wore the colours of their Houses and participated in a number of physical challenges including sprints, welly throw, standing long jumps and keepy-uppies. Every child’s achievements contributed towards the House total and Walmgate were the eventual winners of the Marks Shield. Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to the parents for supporting your children at home. It was wonderful to see the children participating with such energy and enthusiasm.