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learning lots of duck/duckling related facts, such as what they eat, how they can see under water and why they fly in a V shape (apparently this makes flying easier for those who didn’t know!) They also made a ducking paddling pool and playpark which included a tightrope for those ducklings who were feeling a little more adventurous. The children have also made some super models of ducklings out of junk which some of you may have seen in the classrooms this morning as your dropped the children off at school.
School Council Reception Yoga (Group 1) Year 1 Story Club (Group 1) advertisements to encourage people to visit, colourful ink chromatography pictures, learned about Rangoli patterns, which are bright colourful designs that are associated with Diwali and have listened to the Hindu story of Rama and Sita. The children have also been learning about the twenty-fourhour clock, understanding the difference of timekeeping running from day to night. What a busy week they have had! There is so much to look forward to over the final weeks of the term. We have swimming galas, sports day and Clif-Fest, the summer fair of St Peter’s 2-8 on Sunday 26th June (please save the date.) Further information is later in the newsletter. We also have music concerts coming up; Year 2 on Monday, Year 1 on Tuesday, Year 3 on Wednesday, transition afternoon, St Peter’s 2-8 Charity Ball, our Grand Exhibition, Nursery PE Showcase, Nursery Graduation and finally after a two year hiatus (due to Covid) our End of Year Review and Celebration is back and will be on the last afternoon of term. Please do keep an eye on the dates in the diary for all these important dates. Today Mrs Clarke and I are attending the IAPS Conscious Inclusion Conference at the British Library in London. The conference brings together top speakers in their field to tackle one of the most important areas within society and education today. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion is crucial to improve our school communities, creating a culture of openness, respect and understanding within our schools, making a significant contribution to wider society. I look forward to sharing more about this in next week’s newsletter.
Year 2 Engineers (Group 1) Year 2 Multisports Year 2 Cricket* Year 3 Film Year 3 Football* Reception Film Club Year 1 Football* Year 2 Multisports Year 2 STEM (Group 1) Year 3 Language
Year 3 Swimming Year 3 Tennis* Reception Story Time (Group 1) Year 1 Creative (Group 2) Year 1 Cricket* Years 2 & 3 Choir CANCELLED
THURSDAY
Year 1 Coding CANCELLED Year 1 Multisports Year 2 Tennis* Year 2 Art (Group 1) Year 3 Netball
Our Friends of St Peter’s 2-8 will start collecting items for Clif-Fest from Monday of next week. Please refer to the information about this later in the newsletter to see which items they are collecting weekly and where the boxes will be located for you to make donations. It is wonderful to be in a position to host our summer fair once more and welcome the school and local community along. As always, your support is crucial to making this a success and I would like to thank you in advance for any contribution you feel able to make. I hope you have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing our Reception swimmers in the morning.
With best wishes,
Year 3 STEM
FRIDAY
Throughout the week children in 1A have been mixing mocktails, carefully measuring out the ingredients by following the instructions on the Mocktail menus. They have had so much fun and turned this into a wonderful relaxing spa day for anyone who visited. I loved mine, it was delicious, thank you 1A! I also noticed Mrs Clarke, Mr Walters, Deputy Head 218, and Mrs Fattorini took the opportunity to pop in for a mocktail which they all said was delicious and had been mixed perfectly. Well done 1A. Year 2 were invited to Chutni, a restaurant owned by one of the Year 2 parents on Thursday afternoon. They thoroughly enjoyed the visit, learning about the restaurant and meeting the staff of Chutni who gave each of them a delicious ice cream. Thank you to all at Chutni for such warm hospitality and sharing this treat with all of Year 2. In Year 3, continuing with their theme, ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, the children have now reached Mumbai in India where they have been discovering all about the culture and traditions of this beautiful country. They have made
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mathematics. Kym Scott, an early childhood consultant, conference speaker and trainer provided the delegates with a workshop that explored the impact that quality relationships, interactions, environments and play experiences can have on children's learning and life chances across all ages in schools. Claire Gadsby, a leading educational consultant, trainer, and author with a wealth of experience in school improvement and motivation strategies explored concrete, practical strategies, and resources that teachers and teaching assistants can use immediately to enhance learning in their classrooms. While Billy Hickling, award winning Trashbang man, taught us how to make music out of household rubbish. In this workshop Billy explored how music can be made from anything. Huge thanks to the inspiring speakers and to all the delegates who joined us on the day. The school looked very impressive and my thanks to the teachers and teaching assistants at St Peter’s 2-8 for their impressive
classrooms and learning environments, Darren Adamson and the Estates team, Craig Robinson and the Catering team, Chris Alder and the cleaning team, Barry Nacey and the ICT team, Sara Burns, Head of Technical Services and all staff who contributed to making the day a success. My final thanks must go to Caroline Fattorini, who not only organised and coordinated the whole event, but also ensured everything ran smoothly on the day. This week has been another busy and enjoyable week at school. The Acorns in Nursery and 1C had Forest School workshops with Mr Tickle. The children have thoroughly loved these sessions and on behalf of the children and staff my huge thanks to Mr Tickle for organising and delivering these fabulous workshops for the children. In Reception, children have been
TUESDAY
On Saturday we hosted the Northern Learning Conference at school. It was a wonderful opportunity for teaching staff from across the country to listen to a range of inspiring speakers and to meet and network with colleagues from both the State and Independent sectors. The conference opened with keynote speaker, Judy Murray, OBE who demonstrated that you can teach fundamental physical and sport skills with a range equipment that is affordable and accessible to all. Judy then led two coaching workshops for groups of delegates throughout the day. Dave Godfrey, Number Fun led workshops on teaching maths through stories, developing children’s conceptual understanding of
Newsletter No: 28 Friday, 20th May 2022
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Year 1 Film Year 1 Street Dance* CANCELLED Year 2 Football* Year 2 History (Group 1) Year 3 Creative
Year 3 Cricket*