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Newsletter No: 11 Friday, 4th December 2020
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It has been another exciting week at St Peter’s 2-8 with a tremendous amount going on in school. On Tuesday the Reception children performed their Christmas ‘Ho, Ho, Ho, what a show!’ and it certainly was a magical show! It was delightful listening to what the children have been learning in music this half term with Mrs Hayden and seeing the confidence and excitement the children had in performing to their virtual audience from around the world. The children recited poems, played chime bars and sang Christmas songs whilst wearing very festive Christmas jumpers. On Thursday morning it was Nursery’s turn to perform and they were amazing, singing many Christmas songs, playing sleigh bells to accompany the singing and dancing to their Christmas tunes. It was lovely to watch the children perform so confidently on stage thoroughly enjoying performing to their virtual audience. Well done to all of the children in Nursery and Reception. My thanks to all of the staff in Nursery and Reception who have worked tirelessly to support the children preparing to entertain us all. Huge thanks to Mrs Hayden our musical maestro who has taught the children all of the songs and sprinkled her musical festive fairy dust over proceedings. Thanks also to Barry Nacey for all his help and IT support setting up the virtual livestreaming of these events, our first at St Peter’s. My final thanks to the parents and grandparents who joined via Zoom as well as Planet eStream to be part of the virtual audience.
the performances. I can’t wait to watch these performances and I am sure you can’t either! On Thursday we have a Christmas activity day There will be Christmas crafts to make, Cookies to ice and games to play. Children can wear their festive Christmas jumpers on this day. Our chef Stuart Norwood with his team will be preparing a Christmas lunch on Thursday which will be delicious. Stuart has asked us to send you the most recent menus for you to see and Craig Robinson our catering manager has included a brownie recipe for you all to try at home. More details further in the newsletter. Paul Miles-Kingston, the Director of Music at St. Peter’s 2-18, and all of the music staff at St Peter’s 218 are preparing a St Peter’s 2-18 Christmas Service which has been recorded over the past few weeks. The Year 2 and Year 3 children were filmed this week singing three carols in the Chapel. One of our Governors, The Dean of York, Rev Dr Jonathan Frost, came into the Chapel this week to record a piece and the Headmaster, Jeremy Walker has recorded a reading. There will be a link on Friday to enable you to watch this recording at home. Thank you to everyone including Mrs Hayden for all their hard work to create what will be a brilliant service.
there are no school rules at St Peter’s 2-8 as we want our pupils to learn about and develop the school values within themselves, rather than impose a list of rules upon them. Instead, we teach pupils about and live by our seven school values. These values enable our pupils to make choices and consider how to act engendering tolerance, respect and celebrating difference and diversity within our school community and beyond. The values are displayed around school and each half term we focus on a value in assemblies and in PSHE. This half term our focus is on the school value of ‘Hope – We prepare for the future. We relish every opportunity that comes our way and we take time to reflect, dream and aspire’. Our celebration on a Friday allows the teachers to talk about a child or children in their class who have demonstrated the school values throughout the week and award a Value Champion Award to positively reinforce the importance of these values. When the children start at St Peter’s 2-8 they are introduced to the Learning Superheroes with their Learning Superpowers. The aim is to teach the children about the process of learning to encourage them to take ownership for their learning and to be engaged, motivated and confident learners. We believe that it is important that our children understand how to learn effectively and that they can talk about their learning and develop a ‘toolkit’ of specific strategies that support effective learning. We selected the superheroes as characters that the children could identify with to provide a visual reminder. We are now able to listen to children describing which learning super powers they will need and beginning to develop an understanding of how they can learn. Our children know that they can call on their learning superpowers and all be learning superheroes! All of the children at St Peter’s 2-8 use their ‘learning superpowers’ throughout the curriculum. We encourage the children to discuss and evaluate how they have approached a task. The children become unafraid of getting stuck, but rather begin to embrace a level of difficulty. They show imagination and creativity in their thought and are able to recognise and celebrate themselves and others as learners. To this end in our celebration assembly each class celebrates a learning superhero, a child or children who demonstrate the superpowers of one or more of our learning superheroes.
One of the highlights of the week in the Celebration assembly on a Friday. The House Point trophy is I have also loved the Reception Advent calendar each awarded and music and Physical Education Awards are awarded to children by Miss Flockhart and Mrs day on our school Facebook account. Hayden. Also it provides an opportunity to present a Next week it will be the turn of Year 1 on Monday at value champion and learning superhero for each class. 1.30pm, Year 2 on Tuesday at 1.30pm and Year 3 on Best wishes for a restful weekend, At St Peter’s 2-8 we create a positive environment Wednesday at 1.30pm. These will be live streamed for learning by ensuring that our school values are at and the links will be sent to you on the morning of the heart of all we do in school. As you are aware Learning in different ways
In the Learning Zone
Learning from Experience
Rita Resilience
Reflective Rory
We want to learn
We are thoughtful learners
Ricki Resourceful
Reflect on learning
We are bold learners
Consider what to do next time
Try out different solutions
Be absorbed, engrossed and engaged in learning Be curious and ask questions Focus, concentrate and manage distractions Keep going, persevere make mistakes and bounce back
Revisit, refine, improve
Choose ways to do things
Reflect on the learning of others
Make links between learning
Celebrate your learning
Build on previous learning
Celebrate the learning of others
Explore, wonder, imagine, reason
Team work Collaborator Twins We are all part of a learning community Work successfully with others Contribute and listen Take on leadership roles Work alone Know when and where to seek help and advice
Notice Board learning superheroes value champions •Zachary W-Q (RA) •Sophia F (2H)
•Thomas B (RA) •Thomas H (2H)
•Elio M (RC)
•Miles W (2J)
•Hugh C (RC)
•James M (2J)
•Mason M (RC)
•Xi Z (3C)
•Manny G (1C)
•Jonah H (3C)
•Max P (1C)
•James R-P (3M)
•William D (1E)
•Christopher F (3S)
•Matilda N (1E) •Bertie L (3M) •Amara A (1J)
•Zac P (3S)
house points trophy
•Charlotte T (1J)
MUSICAL NOTES Musical notes – Wow, we’ve had another music packed week at 2-8! I couldn’t be prouder of our Year 2 and 3 Bubble choirs this week. They recorded our items for the Whole School Carol Service on Monday in the Chapel and sounded amazing. All their hard work most definitely paid off and I’m sure they will all look forward to watching the service with their family and friends when it is broadcast next Friday. Reception and Nursery were are first two year groups to perform their Christmas songs to their parents via Zoom this week, they were all fantastic! We would have really loved to have been able to invite our audiences into school properly but that obviously was not possible this year. The children loved spotting their parents on our big screen and it really felt like you were all in the room with us! I’m really looking forward to next week when it will be the turn of Year 1, 2 and 3. They have been rehearsing hard this week and the children are excited to share their plays with you next week! Mrs Hayden
PE award
Monk
•Austin H (RA) •Leo H (3M)
PE
Year 3 have worked very well in PE this week. In their Core PE lessons this half term, the children have been doing Gymnastics, with particular emphasis on the themes of balance and flight. It has been very impressive to watch the children use all the balance and flight skills they have acquired and developed over their previous gymnastics lessons and apply them to the apparatus used. Over the past three lessons, the children have worked in a carousel, spending the lesson either working on the beam, the ropes or the tables. When working on the beam, the children showed great focus and control to travel across it, using their arms to help them balance. The children also showed excellent creativity to think of a unique way they could travel across the beam. When working on the tables, the children were able to demonstrate various jumps learned in previous lessons e.g. tuck, pike and straddle at differing heights. Finally, when working on the ropes, the children
demonstrated excellent upper body strength and coordination when climbing the rope. All the children were also able to balance on the rope first by removing an arm from the rope and later challenging themselves to remove a leg. Excellent work! In their Games lessons, Year 3 have been playing Tag Rugby, a sport which many of the children have not experienced previously. They have been working primarily on their attacking and defensive skills through tag games as well as developing their ball handling and learning how to pass a rugby ball using the correct technique. All the children have shown an excellent understanding of the roles of attack and defence and have made huge improvement in their ball skills. This week, they have applied the teachings of their previous lessons into gameplay, through 4v4 mini matches. The children worked collaboratively with their teammates, resulting in some very close and exciting games, which was very pleasing to see. Well done Year 3!
PE cont.
NURSERY
Both of our little elves have delivered Christmas to the Acorns and Conkers this week! We have been so busy getting into the festive spirit!
Nursery cont.
these can all be seen on Evidence Me and School social media platforms. Day one started with a very funny joke performed by two very cheeky snowmen!
We have also been busy in the Winter Workshop, pretending to be elves helping get ready for Christmas. Lots of presents have been wrapped including gift tags and labels. The children have also been making and writing Christmas cards and writing letters to There was a buzz of excitement to open Santa. advent calendars on Tuesday morning This week Reception performed their and we all hope you enjoyed your Christmas show. All of the children did ‘Alternative Advent Calendar’ from an amazing job and it was lovely to see Reception! The children have been them all in their Christmas jumpers. performing short videos for you to see There will be more on this next week! every day leading up to Christmas,
RECEPTION
Christmas has officially begun in Reception! On Monday morning, the children were amazed to find an upside down Christmas tree in RA! Full of awe and a lot of questions, the children decided that some Christmas fairies have been rather mischievous with the decorations! The children began to think of possible solutions for how to fix the Christmas tree and were left wondering what else these fairies might get up to!
RECEPTION cont.
YEAR 1
Christmas has arrived in Year 1 and we have had a wonderful week! We have been busy little elves in provision. We have been 'elfing' ourselves, drawing 'elf' portraits, building snowflakes in construction, writing letters to Father Christmas, following step-by-step instructions to draw different Christmas scenes, building Christmas patterns and of course lots of Christmas
maths challenges! We had the best time in forest schools on Tuesday afternoon, toasting marshmallows and squishing them between chocolate biscuits! We learnt about fire safety, kneeling safely by the fire and using protective gloves. We have even had some little visitors to Year 1- watch out for those cheeky elves. I wonder what they will do next? Have a super weekend everyone!
YEAR 1 cont.
2H It’s finally December! In 2H that only means one thing… SPROUTS! As anyone who has been in 2H will tell you ‘Nobody likes a well done sprout, but everyone LOVES a Well Done Sprout!’ We have started earning these tasty treats straightaway and we all agree that they are yummy… We have got the fire lit (on the smartboard), the Christmas lights and tree and we are certainly in a festive mood. Our sewing Christmas decoration project is well under way and we have even squeezed in time to make Christingles. At the end of last week we finished recording our 2H version of The Nutcracker story, which we acted out in groups, using our own puppets on Puppet Pals. Using the app has helped us with our dramatic skills but also taught us a lot about collaborative learning. Watch our finished project by scanning the QR code below- we think that you can tell how well we know this lovely story now. We have almost finished writing and illustrating our own versions of the story, which we will bring home for grown-ups to read at Christmas. Rehearsals are going well for the Christmas play of The Nutcracker and we are singing the songs as we work in the classroom. Full steam ahead for a busy and exciting last week of term, before the Christmas holidays- phew!
Christmas spirit continues to fill the air in 2J this week; we started the week making Christingles for the carol concert in the school chapel. The children also decorated their own baubles, filled with a Christmas wish which they then hung on the library Christmas tree. We wrote Christmas cards to each other with one kind message inside to spread the Christmas joy. It has been a lovely wintry atmosphere in the classroom with our mini-Christmas tree, twinkly lights, Christmas songs on in the background and a crackling fire (on the big screen!). Rehearsals continue to be in full swing and we eagerly await our performance next week. In maths, we have been revising number through Christmas maths activities. The children have independently been selecting resources to help with their working out and using their reflective skills to apply different strategies. We have also been looking at using speech marks in our writing and how to
punctuate sentences correctly when using them. In art, we are persevering with our Firebird sewing and they are looking beautiful.
2J
Last week the children collaboratively used Puppet Pals on the iPads to retell the story of the Nutcracker. We have combined all of the scenes together to retell the whole story which you can watch by scanning the QR Code here. We hope you enjoy it! I hope you have a lovely weekend, get lots of rest ready for our big performance next week!
This week we have been putting the final touches to our Christmas performance. We have been busily rehearsing our moves and expression and had a lot of fun putting on our costumes for a dress rehearsal. We can’t wait to perform for our families next Wednesday! On Monday, our choir went over to the Chapel to record their singing for the whole school service. The children sang beautifully and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Thank you Mrs Hayden for organising. We excitedly started our Advent calendars this week which led to us to discuss what this time of year means to us and all of things that we have to be grateful for. In our lessons with Mr Hardy we made our own Kindness Advent calendars and recognised the importance of giving to others in the form of words and actions, rather than gifts. In Maths we have been working on tricky word problems and showcased our knowledge of different methods of working when tackling our Christmas themed work! We particularly enjoyed
YEAR 3
working out multiplication and division sums to crack the code and reveal the answer to the Christmas jokes. What beats its chest and swings from Christmas cake to Christmas cake? TARZIPAN! We are extremely excited for next week. Christmas Play, Christmas Activity day and our Christmas dinner are just some of the things we are most looking forward to!
St Peter’s Chocolate Brownie recipe
Ingredients:
Equipment:
225g butter- cut into small squares 450g caster sugar 140g dark chocolate drops/ callets 5 eggs- beaten 110g plain flour 55g cocoa powder Drop of vanilla essence
Measuring scales 1 medium size bowl Measuring jug Wooden spoon Whisk 20cm x 30cm lined baking tray Parchment paper Makes 8-10 portions
Method
Pre-heat oven to 170 degrees.
Melt the chocolate drops with the butter, sugar and vanilla essence until all melted. Leave to cool.
Add the beaten eggs and then gently fold in the flour and cocoa powder and give it a good mix.
Bake for about 20 minutes until just set.
York Christmas Charity Donation Ideas Yorwaste Reuse Santa Appeal
The Salvation Army, York Christmas Appeal The Salvation Army has launched their ‘Christmas is not cancelled’ appeal. They are asking, if you are able to support them, that you donate a toy or make a financial gift. You can donate new and unwrapped gifts suitable for children and teenagers. They can be dropped off any time from now until Sunday 13 December 2020 at the following locations:
Yorwaste is a council led initiative that needs all your unwanted toys, games and books. They are working with “No Wrong Door” which provides support to young people who are within or on the edge of the care system. It replaces traditional council-run young peoples' homes which combine residential care with fostering. They will distribute to York and North Yorkshire’s young people who are most in need – given as part of a Christmas family bag. This will include gift wrap, tape and other items and information to help make Christmas a little easier. Drop off points in York are: Hazel Court Household Waste Recycling Centre, YO10 3DS Towthorpe / Strensall Household Waste Recycling Centre, YO32 9ST
Tesco Tadcaster Road, Askham Bar Tesco Clifton Moor, Stirling Road Barclays Bank, Haxby Barclays Bank, Easingwold Herbert Todd & Son, Monks Cross Drive Herbert Todd & Son, York Road, Acomb
If you would like to fundraise for this year’s designated school charity from the comfort of your own armchair, then please read on!
I do NOT have the Easyfundraising App:Download the Easyfundraising App from your usual App Store (it’s free) Open the App You will be asked to Create an Account or Login. Please click Create an Account In the Cause window, type Friends of St Peter’s 2-8 - York and click Support This Cause Now click Create Account (use email address – pink box) Type in your details and a memorable password Click Create my Account You should now have been transferred to the Easyfundraising Home Page Choose the icon you wish to use (you will be transferred to that website/app) Shop and Check Out as normal Donations will be automatically subtracted and linked to your Account at Easyfundraising Refer & Earn Once you have set up your account, you will notice a Refer & Earn button at the bottom of the page. If you click this, you can forward the link to a friend/relative to raise money for Friends of St Peter’s 2-8 – York and we will receive an extra “raise £5 and receive £5 on us” Easyfundraising incentive! I ALREADY have the App, but want to change the Cause Enter the App Click My Account My Account Settings Click Change My Cause Type “Friends of St Peters 2-8 - York” into the Search bar Change to this cause Login again to refresh the settings Shop as before EVERYONE ALWAYS REMEMBER TO DO YOUR ONLINE SHOPPING VIA THE EASYFUNDRAISING APP Enjoy Shopping!
Old Peterites Online 'In Conversation with Harry Gration'. Meet with our Old Peterite President 2020, Dr Harry Gration MBE DL (Queen's 1969). Join the Head Master, Jeremy Walker who will host ‘In Conversation with Harry Gration’, a live broadcast on Tuesday 8 December at 7.00pm. Another first for our OP history books, this will be a wonderful opportunity to hear more from Harry about his career, recent retirement from the BBC, and his hopes for the Old Peterite Club.
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Meatballs in tomato sauce With cut spaghetti Quorn meatballs in tomato sauce Green beans
Clifton Prep and Nursery School Week 1
Homemade sandwiches and boxed salads Apple flapjack with toffee sauce Fresh fruit
Panini Day Homemade Ham & cheese or cheese & tomato Paninis Leaf salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and carrot sticks Homemade sandwiches and boxed salads Date rice crispy squares Fresh fruit
Mild creamy butter chicken and spinach curry
Baked fish goujons
Steamed rice and Chapatti bread
Oven chips, peas or beans
Cheese stuffed jackets
Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings
Homemade sandwiches and boxed salads Lemon drizzle cake Fresh fruit
Homemade sandwiches and boxed salads Fruit jelly Fresh fruit
Cottage pie with mashed potato topping Garden vegetable Pie Steamed carrots, leeks Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Homemade sandwiches and boxed salads Chocolate brownie Fresh fruit
Minerals make healthy skin, strong bones and teeth Fibre helps the body digest food, it is found in vegetables, whole grains and fruit Protein is found in meat, milk, fish and beans. It helps build our muscles A banana is 75% water and will float if you put it in a bowl of water!
St Peter’s School 2-8
Chicken and vegetable pie with pastry lid, carrots and peas, new potatoes
Pork or vegetarian sausages with
Chilli con carne with rice and nachos
Lentil and vegetable bake
Mashed potato, carrots and onion gravy
Quorn & vegetable chilli with rice & nachos
Apple flapjack with toffee sauce Fresh fruit Yoghurt
Date rice crispy squares Fresh fruit Yoghurt
Jam and coconut sponge Fresh fruit Yoghurt
Week 2 Penne pasta with a tomato basil sauce Garlic bread slices Grated Cheese Broccoli Lemon drizzle cake Fresh fruit Yoghurt
Baked Breaded Fish with oven chips, peas and beans Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Fruit jelly Fresh fruit Yoghurt
Not all oranges are orange! A banana is not a fruit but a herb! There are 7000 different types of apples Strawberries have around 200 seeds on the outside of their skin A banana is 75% water and will float if you put it in a bowl of water!
Penne pasta with bolognaise sauce and garlic bread Sweetcorn
St Peter’s School 2-8
PIZZA DAY Homemade Ham and Cheese pizza Homemade Cheese & tomato pizza
Penne pasta with tomato & basil sauce
Fresh leaf salad with tomatoes, cucumber and carrot sticks
Apple flapjack with toffee sauce Fresh Fruit Yoghurt
Fruit salad Fresh Fruit Yoghurt
Roast turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli and gravy Vegetable Casserole
Jam and coconut sponge Fresh Fruit Yoghurt pots Yoghurt
Week 3 Homemade Sausage Rolls Homemade Cheese & onion pasty Mashed potato & beans Home Baked Sultana cookie Yoghurt pots Fresh Fruit Yoghurt
Fish finger butty, Oven chips and garden peas Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Chocolate mousse Fresh Fruit Yoghurt pots Yoghurt
Not all oranges are orange! A banana is not a fruit but a herb! There are 7000 different types of apples Strawberries have around 200 seeds on the outside of their skin A banana is 75% water and will float if you put it in a bowl of water!