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What a busy term this has been. The children have learned an astonishing amount through their thematic curriculum. This was demonstrated in the class assemblies this this week, where each class presented their learning journeys to their parents and carers. The children spoke confidently to explain aspects of their learning and on occasion read their written work which was brilliant. They had the opportunity to display their artwork and explain difficult concepts such as photosynthesis, the makeup of greenhouse gases and the importance of looking after our planet. Mrs Hayden had prepared songs for each class to sing and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Year 1 sang ‘When I Grown Up’ from Matilda, or when photomontages of
the children’s learning at school were played! They can’t get away with telling you they have done nothing at school all day any more! My thanks to all staff for producing and directing the assemblies, They were fabulous!
On Monday this week the Year 1 children received a package from the National Trust, who very kindly provided us with trees to plant. I know that the Year 1 children hope that one day the trees will be enchanted, just like in The Magic Faraway Tree. The Friends of St Peter’s 2-8 met this week to finalise dates for many events next term. There will be nearly new uniform sales, a Bag2School charity event, the Summer charity ball and Clif-fest. Thank you to Laura Todd and the team of parents who help to organise these events. Mrs Smith has started running and organising
our playgroup on Thursday mornings in termtime. Many parents are attending with their children– please spread the word as all are welcome. Throughout the term I have coached the U18 boys at St Peter’s in hockey. It has been lovely to coach children who attended St Peter’s 2-8 when they were younger. They have all grown into wonderful human beings and it has been a delight to watch them grow and flourish throughout their time at school. Last night I was invited to play against them for the Pandas, a group of Old Peterites. It was a lovely occasion and this time the Pandas had a famous victory; their first in 21 years! I am extremely sore today after my first game in over six years! The children here at 2-8 have
Newsletter No: 24 Friday, 25th March 2022
so much to look forward to as they progress through the school. As I reflect on the term, I am astonished to think of all the learning that has taken place and as we break up for Easter, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the inspirational teachers, teaching assistants and staff from across the school as well as our support staff for their incredible work for the children. The children at St Peter’s 2-8 are truly fortunate to have such talented members of staff looking after them. At the end of the Summer term Helen Hopwood will be leaving St Peter's 2-8. Helen has been the Head of Learning support for two years and has done a wonderful job in this role. Obviously we will say farewell in the Summer, however, the Head of Learning support is already advertised on our website. Today we celebrated Mrs Morrison's last day before leaving for her maternity leave. I know the whole school community wishes her the
very best wishes over the coming months. I know she will be popping in from time to time to visit us all. Mrs Podlejski will be covering Mrs Morrison whilst she is away on maternity leave. My thanks also to the governors for their continued support of the school'. Wishing you a restful and enjoyable Easter break. See you on 25th April for the Summer Term! Best wishes,
Notice Board house points trophy this week
house points trophy this term
• Kalan (RC)
• All of 2H
• George (RJ)
• Dhruv (2J)
• Yusuf (RM)
• All of 2P
• Lydia (1A)
• Noah (3C)
• Léonard (1C)
• Barnaby (3M)
• Nate (1E)
PE award • Beatrix (1A) • Lily (3C)
• Arabella (3S)
Music • Olivia (2H)
• Matilda (2H)
WALMGATE
MICKLEGATE
value champions
learning superheroes • Heidi (RC)
• Tiaa (1E)
• Erin (RJ)
• Hugo W (2H)
• Elizabeth (RJ)
• Olivia (2H)
• Hugo (RJ)
• Ciara (2J)
• Robert (RJ)
• Hamish (2P)
• All of RM
• All of 3C
• All of 1A
• All of 3M
• All of 1C
• All of 3S
Notice Board UKRAINE FUNDRAISING Dear Parents, Yesterday, I had the privilege of sending the provisions that we have collected to Strensall from where they will begin their long journey to Poland. Those who have been driving over there tell us that the sort of things that we have collected is exactly what is needed, so thank you for all you have done in collecting provisions. We were told what they really need though is minibusses that they can load them with the provisions, drive out to Poland and then leave there to be used to evacuate refugees and the injured from Ukraine. A single mini-bus can be purchased and equipped for around £4000 and can evacuate around 50 people per day from conflict zones. If you would like to continue supporting the humanitarian crisis then we have been given the following lists of things that are being asked for: If you would prefer to make a financial gift, we would love you to join us in raising enough to buy a mini-bus to send out the provisions that we collect. If you’d like to contribute to our collections, both financial gifts and provisions can be left in reception for me to collect or brought straight over to the vestry which is located next to Chapel. If you would prefer to make a financial donation by bank transfer, please do so to: A/C No 25301968 Sort Code 05-09-94 A/C Name St Peter’s School, York For any financial gifts, please mark the envelope or use the reference: “Ukraine.” With my thanks and prayers, Rev. Daniel Jones
We really need …
We have but could do Please don’t send us … with more of …
First Aid Kits
Nappies
Clothes
Foil Blankets
Wipes
Water
Medicines
Sanitary Products
Toys
Warm Baby Clothes
Toiletries
Food
Baby Blankets
Baby Food
Bedding Sleeping Bags Tents
Notice Board WORLD BOOK DAY READERS AND COSTUME WINNERS
Mr Hardy announced the winners of our World Book Day competition in this morning’s assembly; ell done to everyone who joined in and to our fantastic winners! BEST RECYCLED COSTUMES
BEST READING LOCATIONS
SCHOOL COUNCIL
On Monday afternoon in our final meeting of the term the children took it over to ST Peters and sorted out our very first mixed bag of unique recycling .
A big Thank you and well done to our team of school councillors
SCHOOL COUNCIL
On Monday afternoon in our final meeting of the term the children took it over to ST Peters and sorted out our very first mixed bag of unique recycling . A big Thank you and well done to our team of school councillors
MUSICAL NOTES Wow, what a busy end to a busy term! I was so proud of our fabulous choir last week, they sang so beautifully in the Chapel for our Parents and Carers Service. It was so good to hear the Chapel full of music, the whole school really did raise the roof! The last couple of weeks have been filled with class assemblies and all the children performed their songs with confidence to their grown-ups. Our Reception children took their music making one step further and added ukuleles and chime bars to their final song! We really have got a school full of musical super stars! Year 2 and 3 are getting very excited about Young Voices on Thursday 28th April. Please look out for tickets which have gone home today in the children’s book bags. If you haven’t already booked your car park space, the link can be found here https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/young-voices-in-concert-2022-on-sitearena-parking-sheffield-28-04-2022/event/35005B68A217156E For any last-minute practicing over the Easter holidays, you can find all the songs here https://www.youngvoices.co.uk/music-room using the code YV2021. This year Young Voices are producing a streamed version of our concert, to sign up for details, please follow this link https:// yv22film.co.uk/ I hope you have a lovely Easter break, Mrs Hayden.
Despite the colder, damp weather this week, the children have still shown great enthusiasm within their tennis and football lessons.
PE
Reception took part in a game called ‘hoop up spot down’ within their tennis lesson this week. There were small hoops dotted around the room and spot markers. Every time a child approached a hoop they had to hop into the hoop and hop back out, maintaining their balance. When the children approached a spot marker they had to jump onto it with two feet and then jump back off with their feet either side of the spot marker into the ready position. Miss Flockhart then threw in another challenge by testing the children with various travelling movements, as they explored moving from object to object. This varied from running, skipping, sidestepping and moving backwards, looking over their shoulder. It was great to see some of the children challenging themselves to perform the skills on the object whilst remaining backwards! The game then progressed by adding in a ball. Every time a child approached a spot marker they had to drop their ball and catch it after one bounce. Every time a child approached a hoop they had to throw the ball into the air slightly, let it bounce and catch it. Once the children had a bit of time to familiarise themselves with the two skills, they then carried out the same skill but with a partner. Working as a team to take turns, by ensuring they kept their eye on the ball and allowing it to bounce before catching it. Reception have also been working extremely hard within their football lessons. Started to lift their heads up and look down, to see the ball whilst negating space when dribbling. It is fantastic to see all the children flourishing in confidence, whilst applying a bit more speed as they move around with the ball. This has allowed the children to take part in fun engaging games to further develop their skills and teamwork. I have been extremely proud of all of the children at St Peter’s 2-8 this term in their PE lessons and I can’t wait to start my favourite Term… SUMMER! The children will start athletics in Core PE and Cricket or bat and ball skills within Games. I hope you all have a lovely Easter Holiday and I look forward to seeing some of you next week, for the Easter Camp! Miss Flockhart
ACORNS
The Acorns have had a very ‘eggciting’ week in Nursery. We have loved scooping up our brightly coloured chickpeas and pouring them into eggs. We have done potato prints with the prettiest pastel colours and we have been peeling and sticking, making Easter cards for our mummies and daddies.
seeing them swim away into the pond. We have had loads of fun playing with the lifecycle of the frog. We have hopped around like frogs and enjoyed singing, ‘five little speckled frogs’. The highlight of our week was the Easter egg hunt we had. We walked down to the library gardens at St Peter’s 8-13 and realised that the Easter bunny had This week was time to say goodbye to been! There was sheer delight as our tadpole friends. Each little Acorn the children found their shiny eggs. had the chance to scoop some We would love to wish you all a really tadpoles into the net and release wonderful holiday and a very happy them into their natural habitat. Easter. Despite the rain it was such fun
A very Happy Easter to you all, from everyone in Conkers! Enjoy the break and we will see you very soon!
CONKERS
This week Reception has been all about Easter surprises! In our phonics we have had lots of treasure and egg hunts which involved reading and writing our own clues. Even our maths has involved an Easter theme, creating repeating patterns using rabbits, chicks and carrots and practising our number bonds hiding chicks under a hat or sharing ten chicks out between two people and seeing how many ways we can find to do this. Down in Forest School we discovered the Easter Bunny had visited and left lots of clues for us to follow which led to some delicious chocolate treats! We also played a fun game of 'Rob the Nest' and had to be speedy to beat the opposing team before they stole all our eggs. Back in class we have been reading
RECEPTION Easter stories, one was all about catching the Easter Bunny and making different traps to get him. We enjoyed designing our own traps too and had lots of creative ideas. Though we thought we had better let him go afterwards as we didn't really want to catch him, just get his chocolate! Later in the week we made some chocolate nests to enjoy eating on our special afternoon of fun and games What a fun, busy end to the term! We hope you have a lovely Easter holiday, eat lots of chocolate and have a relaxing break. Look out for that Easter Bunny!
RECEPTION
YEAR 1 A fabulous final week in Year 1. We have thoroughly enjoyed our book 'The Magic Faraway Tree' and the wonderful and enchanted lands it has led us to. We have been on so many magical adventures! We started this week down at St Peter's 8-13, in the paddock. The National Trust very kindly gave us some trees to plant, we planted our very own Magic Faraway Trees and whispered 'Wisha Wisha' to them all. We hope that one day they will be enchanted, just like the Magic Faraway Tree. We have also enjoyed finishing writing our very own versions of
the story and making book front covers. Lots of children have been using their brilliant imaginations to create, design, draw and write about their very own lands. This week, and last week, we have loved performing our class assemblies and watching our friends. We are so incredibly proud of all the children, and we hope you enjoyed them too. Have a brilliant Easter holiday everyone and we can't wait for you to see our learning theme next term.
YEAR 2 The Year 2 Team would like to dive straight in with a huge congratulations to all of the Year 2 children on their fantastic assemblies. It was brilliant to be able to share our learning with all of the grown-ups and it is amazing to see just how much the children have achieved in one term. We are incredibly proud of them for their confidence, enthusiasm and beautiful singing. Thank you Mrs Hayden for preparing the music and to the grown-ups for being a wonderful audience. As we approach the Easter break, the children have been busy winding down with lots of fun-filled Easter crafts. They have made beautiful Easter bunnies using their impressive sewing skills, split pin Easter chicks, lovely Easter cards and chocolate mini egg nests. As part of our final Big Write for Alice in Wonderland, the children wrote recounts of their
fabulous garden party. The challenge this week was to try to use time connectives, adjectives and conjunctions. We were so impressed with the grammar concepts that the children have remembered from this term and applied to their Big Write pieces independently such as apostrophe 's' to show possession, commas in a list and plurals. It is always fun to look back at our first Big Write pieces from the beginning of the year to see just how far we have come. The Year 2 teachers are already being begged for clues and hints for next term's theme! Alice in Wonderland is going to be a difficult one to top! Well done Year 2, we have loved this theme just as much as you and you have continued to make us incredibly proud teachers. Thank you! Have a welldeserved restful Easter break, see you next term!
YEAR 2
We have had such a wonderful adventure in the arctic this term. The children have thoroughly enjoyed engaging in work inspired by the book The Last Bear, and it was a pleasure to share our wonderful learning journey in our celebration assemblies this week. Our highlights from the term include exploring the brave explorers such as Randolph Fiennes and Jade Hameister, learning about polar bears at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and creating pieces of art inspired the midnight sun and the fabulous artist Kandinsky.
YEAR 3
explored the science behind the midnight sun and used watercolours to create beautiful observational drawings of daffodils to celebrate the arrival of spring!
On Thursday morning, we were very excited to find snow at school. This inspired an impromptu science experiment about finding out the best materials to use to prevent the snow from melting! We discovered that As well as reflecting on the term and preparing polystyrene balls were the best insulator and for our celebration assembly this week, we tinfoil was the least effective. have consolidated our work on fractions,
Nearly New Uniform Sale (inc. 8-13 uniform for Y3) The next 2-8 Nearly New Uniform sale will take place on Friday 6th May in the Foyer area of the main building, as last time. We will also be selling 8-13 uniform that day, for any Y3 parents who might be wanting to get a few bits for next year. We also plan to have at least another two sales before the end of the Summer Term, one more in the first half and one in the second half. These dates need to be confirmed but we will pass them on as soon as we know. Bag2School - Wed 18th to Fri 20th May We will be collecting items again for another Bag2School event next term. More info to come next term, but collection dates will be 18-20th May. The Summer Ball - Saturday 11th June 2022 This will be a black tie event for parents/carers of 2-8 pupils only, with all profits going to The Children's Heart Surgery Fund. Please see poster at the back of this Newsletter for further information. Clif-Fest - Sunday 26th June 2022 Plans for Clif-Fest 2022 are coming together and it is looking bigger and better than ever! There will be plenty of attractions, games, stalls, food, drink to entertain all age groups so pop the date in your diary and bring along the whole family! Playgroup Playgroup will return on Thursday 28th April in the Dining Room. It is a great fun environment for the little ones to play and do some craft, and for parents to have a coffee and a chat! Friends of St Peter's 2-8 Dates at a Glance Playgroup (Thurs 28th April) everyone Near New Uniform Sale (Fri 6th May) Bag2School (18-20th May) Summer Ball (Sat 11th June) adults only Clif-Fest (Sun 26th June - 12-3pm) everyone
Pepperoni, tomato and basil sauce with pasta Tomato and basil Sauce with pasta Homemade focaccia Steamed broccoli florets
St Peter’s school 2-8 Week one Easter term 2022
Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings
Crispy chicken, vegetables, sweet/sour sauce and savoury rice Quorn, vegetables, sweet/sour sauce and savoury rice Prawn crackers Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings
Sultana and coconut flapjack Fresh fruit
Pancakes, syrup, lemon and sugar Fresh fruit
Cheese and ham panini
Deep fried scampi pieces
Cheese and tomato panini
Homemade Cheese and potato pasty
Lightly spiced potato wedges Tomatoes, cucumbers and carrot sticks Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Organic fruit yoghurts Fresh fruit
Oven baked chips, baked beans and peas Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Arctic Roll ice cream Fresh fruit
Slow roast beef brisket, roast potatoes, carrots and peas served with a Yorkshire Pudding Five bean and vegetable stew Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Citrus sponge cake 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!
Pasta Bolognaise Mushroom and butterbean carbonara
St Peter’s school
Butchers’ pork bangers in a hot dog bun with fried onions
Homemade Focaccia bread
Vegetarian sausages in a hot dog bun with fried onions
Tomatoes, cucumbers and carrot
Herb parmentier diced potatoes
Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings
Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings
Yoghurt and granola pot
Date crispy square
Fresh fruit
Fresh fruit
Roast chicken and stuffing with roast potatoes, gravy, spring greens and carrots served in a Yorkshire pudding Vegetable casserole Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Organic fruit yoghurt pots Fresh fruit
Week two Not all oranges are orange!
Easter term 2022
Mild beef chilli con carne and rice with vegan corn bread Five bean chilli and rice with vegan corn bread Fresh broccoli florets Chocolate cake with icing Fresh fruit
Chicken burger in a floured bun
A banana is not a fruit but a herb!
Vegetable burger in a flour bun
There are 7000 different types of apples
Oven chips and beans Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Arctic Roll Fresh fruit
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!
Chicken keema korma
MEAT FREE DAY
Chickpea and spinach korma
Sweet and sticky stir fry vegetables with egg noodles
Rice, naan bread and roasted cauliflower
Mini vegetable spring rolls
Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings
St Peter’s school 2-8
Ice cream pots Fresh fruit
Tomato, Carrot and cucumber Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Chocolate chip flapjack Fresh fruit
Lamb Shepherd’s pie with swede and mash potato topping Vegetable cottage pie with mashed potato topping Carrots Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Syrup sponge Fresh fruit
Week three Easter term 2022
Not all oranges are orange! Homemade Sausage rolls
Deep fried haddock goujons
Vegan lentil roll
Breaded oven baked halloumi sticks with sweet chilli dip
Half a cheesy jacket potato and baked beans Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings Lemon drizzle cake Fresh fruit
Oven chips and peas Jacket potato with hot or cold fillings
Fruit pieces in jelly Fresh fruit
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!