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Friday 24th November 2023 DIARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING 27th November 2023 School Council
MON DAY
Year 1 Cricket* Year 1 Animals & The Environment
Year 2 IT Year 2 & 3 Football* Year 3 Cookery
Year 1 Lets Get Moving
TUE S DAY WE DN E S DAY THURS DAY
Year 2 STEM Year 2 Cricket* Year 3 Swimming (cancelled) Year 3 Tennis* (cancelled) Year 2 & 3 Dance Club*
Year 1 Football Skills* Year 1 Yoga* Year 2 & 3 Choir
Year 1 Board Games Year 1 Ball Skills Year 2 Tennis 2 Art Yeat 2 & 3 European Cultures
Year 3 Hockey Year 3 STEM
Year 1 Lexia
FRI DAY
Teaching children about downstairs (the limbic On Thursday evening, their emotions and how system – feelings brain) Year 2 and Year 3 dance to manage them is a key with different characters club performed at the element of the Early inhabiting each part and Theatre Royal as part of Years Foundation Stage serving different the Everybody Dance (EYFS) Personal Social functions. When we Festival. They worked and Emotional experience an intense hard each Tuesday Development (PSED) emotion, the feelings evening in their dance strand of the curriculum characters take over and club to put together a and one of the key make more noise than fantastic dance, and it elements of the Health the thinking characters. was wonderful to see and Wellbeing aspect of We are then reacting them perform the Personal, Social and emotionally, and this is collaboratively with such Health Education (PSHE) when we ‘flip our lid’, passion and enthusiasm. curriculum for years 1-3. become dysregulated, As well as performing It’s so important that feel out of control and their own piece, they children can begin to are unable to apply our joined with children recognise their rational thinking brain. from across the locality emotions, name these Dr Harrison stresses the for a fantastic finale and begin to learn and importance of accepting dance. The children employ a range of that we all ‘flip our lids’ should feel very proud of strategies to manage sometimes and in themselves. We hope emotions. Research children this occurs more you enjoy the photos of demonstrates that this often than in adults as the event included in enables them to engage their brain is still being this newsletter. in and persist with built. This is a very dance piece which learning and cope with visual, simple and fun brought a tear to our the emotions of facing way for children to learn eyes and enjoyed joining challenge, as well as about their emotional in with the final big navigating healthy brain. finale dance which relationships and social involved children from situations. Of course, it’s schools across the important for children region. The performed and adults to recognise with such passion and that it is normal and enthusiasm and were an indeed healthy to absolute credit to the experience a range of school. emotions, including This week, I attended anger and sadness. the Friends of St Peter’s Despite these not always 2-8 meeting. FoSP does a being enjoyable, they wonderful job of serve a purpose for You can read more about supporting the school in developing empathy, this here and this first terms of resources, resilience and assessing article has some providing events for the risk. excellent links to a children and parents and A great place to start is variety of tools and fund raising for our to teach your child about strategies that you might school charity. There is a their brain and try at home. Wednesday page each week in the encourage them to Wisdom | Raising Newsletter with become ‘Emotion Emotion Scientists | information about Scientists’ and develop Tooled Up Education upcoming events so their emotional literacy. How to Teach your Kids please do feel free to When children about the Brain: Laying come along and get understand what is Strong Foundations for involved with the happening in their brain Emotional Intelligence - Friends. when they experience The Child Psychology The children have had a emotions, it can be a Service very busy week powerful piece of On Wednesday evening, rehearsing for their knowledge that helps Mrs Coyle, Mrs Christmas performances them to pause and Podlesjski, Mrs Morrison and are getting respond and feel a little and Mrs Alexander extremely excited to be more in control. Dan delivered an interactive performing to their Siegel’s book, ‘The maths and phonics families in the coming Whole Brain Child’, evening for Reception weeks. inspired Dr Hazel parents. I know how We hope you all have a Harrison’s work on The much the parents who lovely, restful weekend. Brain House. This book attended enjoyed being helps teach children pupils for the evening, With best wishes, about the workings of learning phonics and their brainmaths as their children conceptualised as the do. Many thanks to the brain having an upstairs staff for putting on the (the neo cortex evening. thinking brain) and the
Newsletter No: 10
Year 1 Street Dance* Year 2 & 3 Lioness Football* Year 2 & 3 Running Club Year 2 & 3 Board Games Year 3 Cricket*
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UPDATE on Proposed sports pitches and improved parking at St Peter’s School This project is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve our existing sports facilities and provide even better opportunity for pupils to participate in sports and reach their potential on state-of-the-art facilities. The new parking area will also help to ease current parking issues at drop-off and pick-up times. Following planning submission last year, we have worked closely with City of York Council and other statutory consultees and have now submitted a pack of information which is available on the Council’s planning portal. You can still submit or re-submit your views to the Council by emailing planning.comments@york.gov.uk and quoting 22/02288/ FUL alongside your views. You can also find the planning application on the Council’s planning portal here and searching 22/02288/FUL.