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Newsletter No: 2 Friday, September 17th 2021
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DIARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING 20th SEPTEMBER 2021
MONDAY
Y1 Story Club Y2 Multisports Y2 Engineers & Construction
Y2 Cricket* Y3 Football* Y3 IT
Y1 Multisports Y1 Sports* Y2 STEM Y2 Sports* Y3 Language Y3 Swimming
Y3 Tennis* WEDS
Y1 Get Creative Y1 Cricket* Y2&3 Choir
THURSDAY
Y1 Sign Language Y1 Tennis* Y2 Art Y2 Multisports Y3 Sewing and Craft
Y3 Hockey FRIDAY
Our parents are such valuable supporters of the school, particularly the St Peter’s School 2-8 Friends, who held a meeting this week that I attended. I presented a small bouquet of flowers to Laura Todd, Sarah Binks, Lucy Dunn and Olivia Houlston in gratitude for all their work last year keeping the Friends group connected. There are lots of events to look forward to including the Great St Peter’s 2-8 Bake Off and they aim to organise a bag2school collection and a social event for parents (Covid-19 guidance allowing). If you would like to get involved, please do come along to the meetings, which are open to everyone. Most recently the St Peter’s Friends purchased waterproofs for all year groups to use at Forest School; on behalf of the school community huge thanks. The highlight of my week is awarding the learning superhero and Value champion awards to each class in the celebration assembly. We are hoping this will be the last ‘Virtual’ assembly and we can meet in person next Friday. I was also delighted to award School Council badges to our new members, who are looking forward to discussing ideas for making St Peter’s 2 -8 an even better place! The names of the school council members are further down the newsletter. Have a lovely weekend,
TUESDAY
The themes are in full swing, and the children have been incredibly busy learning and enjoying their new classes. Your children may have told you that our focus value for this half term is Friendship: ‘We are kind and welcoming. We are kind and helpful and we don’t hurt anyone else’s feelings’. If you have followed @Stpeters2_8 on Twitter this week you will have seen the children at St Peter’s 2-8 using technology in their learning. It’s marvellous to see technology enhance the learning experience for our children and to see their confidence when using new apps. Year 1 embarked on a trip to Runswick Bay and Whitby on Thursday hunting for fossils in the Jurassic coast and visiting the Whitby Museum to explore their collection of fossils and learned about the ships of the world. All year groups experienced Forest School this week, exploring this superb resource we have at St Peter’s 2-8. There is a tremendous amount of research describing and explaining the benefits of Forest Schools and I have attached this link from the forestry commission that explains the impact of forest schools for children of Primary School age. https:// www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/ forest-schools-impact-on-young-children-
england-and-wales/ RJ went to Pets at Home this week in search of friends for the goldfish they identified a number of candidates that were brought back to school. We are so fortunate to have so many exciting places to visit on our doorstep that enrich learning and bring themes to life and over the next few weeks all year groups will be taking advantage of our location. We also held our Parent Information Evenings throughout the week, which were well attended. Mrs Clarke and I shared an overview of our ethos, aims and curriculum and the class teachers shared some insights into the learning that your children will experience this year. As always, we aim to provide an excellent education for your children, but we are always reflecting on our practice and striving to refine and improve it. We talked about using evidence and research in guiding our approach to the curriculum and learning. The presentations explained the importance of Metacognition and Self -Regulated Learning based on the research from the Education Endowment Foundation which will enable us to support your children on their journey to becoming lifelong learners. There will be Parent Forums later this term where we will answer any questions, feedback and ideas to make the school an even better place for your children.
Y1 Film Club Y1 Street Dance Y2 Coding Y2 Football* Y2 Tennis* Y3 STEM Y3 Cricket*
SAT
Reception swimming
house points trophy
Notice Board Music award
MONK
• Thomas P (RM)
• Hugh C (1C)
PE award • George S (2P) • Hamish (2P)
learning superheroes • Theo (RC)
• Beatrix (1A)
Charlie C (2P)
• Kalan (RC)
• Hugh C (1C)
• Reuben (3C)
• Erin (RJ)
• Connie (1E)
• Olivia M (3M)
• Evelyn (RM)
• Owen (2H)
• Mairi (3S)
• Joyce (2J)
value champions • Ollie K (RC)
• Oscar P-B (1C)
• Eddie (2J)
• Ayla (RJ)
• Alfie S-D (1E)
• Annabel H (2P)
• Yusuf (RM)
• Olivia S (2H)
• Jack Doruk (3C)
• All of 1A
• Seth (2J)
• Jenny (3M)
Notice Board COVID-19 UPDATE Many thanks for your ongoing support and cooperation as we settle into the term. Earlier this week we met with representatives from the local and national health authorities who have given us updated guidance on our approach to testing and tracing pupils. In line with guidance issued by the Department for Education, there are three situations in which a pupil would take a PCR test • • •
Where they have symptoms of COVID-19 Where they have had a positive LFD test Where they have been contacted by NHS Track and Trace
If pupils need to take a PCR test, we request that they remain away from school until the result is received. During that time they will be able to access online learning. If positive, they will need to isolate in line with government guidelines and will be able to continue their access to online learning. We will continue to monitor the situation carefully and it remains important that everyone remains focused on following all hygiene and other safety measures For information and guidance on COVID-19, please see the government website.
MUSICAL NOTES It’s been another busy week in our music lessons. Reception have been learning all about the violin. The children have loved having a go at playing with the bow and finding out how the violin works. In Year 1 the children have wowed me with how they have taken to learning lots of new songs. We have really enjoyed The Power in Me. Year 2 are busy learning some new songs for Young Voices, the Muppet Medley is a real hit already! Year 3 had their first whole class instrumental lessons. I was really impressed with 3C who went down to 8-13 for their string class. The children really listened carefully to their teachers and loved trying out all the different stringed instruments as a class.
INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS With the exception of Ms Burkinshaw’s piano children who will have their first lesson next week, all our children who signed up for lessons should have had their first individual instrumental lesson this week. If this has not been the case, please do let me know a.hayden@stpetersyork.org.uk so I can sort the lessons out for your child.
Notice Board SCHOOL COUNCIL Each class has now chosen their School Council representative. We will meet once a week to discuss ideas they have collected from their class aimed at making positive changes to our school and the world around us. The representatives are: • • • • •
• • • •
3C Annlee and Alexei 3M Seb B and Immie 3S Oliver W and Olivia A 2P Jack M and Lucy 2H Grace and Alfie
PE AND SWIMMING DAYS Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
PE
Kit
1A, 1C, 1E
White socks,
2H, 2J
White socks,
RC, RJ, RM
White socks,
2P
White socks,
3C, 3M, 3S
White socks,
Acorns
White socks,
2H, 2J, 2P
White socks,
3M, 3S
Stripy socks, white t shirt, gum shield,
1C, 1E
Stripy socks, white t shirt, gum shield
3C
Stripy socks, white t shirt, gum shield
Conkers
White socks,
Swimming
2H, 2J, 2P
2J Joyce and Ethan 1A Iker and Hannah 1E Joseph and Isabella 1C Austin and Esmé
HEADLICE Please be aware that we have had headlice in Year 2. Please check your child’s head and treat accordingly. Please see the NHS guidance on treatment here.
LOST PROPERTY
1A, 1C, 1E
3C, 3M, 3S
Hector H in Nursery has lost a blue scooter with a green brake– if you see it anywhere please could you return it to the office? Elio M in 1E has lost his named school coat. Please keep an eye out.
Notice Board HOUSE CAPTAINS
JOSEPH A WALMGATE My name is Joseph A. I have one pet, his name is Goldie, he is a goldfish. You feed him twice a day. My main hobby is making Lego but I also read a book called Tom Gates- I read it at bedtime. I have family in lots of countries and a small family here in the UK. I have been thinking of ideas since I became house captain and would like to hear your ideas as well. Thank you for reading this.
OLIVIA M MICKLEGATE
GEORGIA B MONK
My name is Olivia. I joined the school in Nursery. I am very happy to be your house captain this year. When I grow up I want to be an explorer because I love animals and fossils. I like climbing trees, swimming, gymnastics, horse-riding and sleepovers with my friends. As house captain I would like to encourage people to be the best they can be, be kind to each other and have fun in our classes. If we work together and have fun we can collect lots of house points and win lots of trophies.
Hello, my name is Georgia B. I am delighted to be your new Monk house captain! I have two brothers, Oliver, who is in J2, and Thomas, who is in 1A! I have two dogs, one called Coco who is old and gentle and Barnie who is young and crazy! I also have a rescued cat called Stanley who is handsome and smart, and three stick insects who don’t do very much! I love to read lots of books, ride ponies and practice gymnastics, and I go on my trapeze bar. I also love swimming and singing. I hope to try rock-climbing soon with my grandad. I hope everyone in Monk has a great term. Hopefully we can all work hard, show resilience and kindness to each other and ourselves. Go Monk
It has been lovely meeting and getting to know the Nursery children over the past two weeks! Acorns were very excited to show me their high endurance levels on their
playground equipment. Involving races on the cars/ motorbikes and bouncing on the space hopper. Conkers showed off their brand new shoes, by putting them to the test in various
running activities and showing off their boogying moves in musical rabbit holes. Have a look at the images below, to see how much fun we have had this week!
PE
ACORNS
The Acorns have had a tremendous week! Our biggest achievement being our very first adventure down to Forest School. The Acorns were incredible. We are learning how to put on our waterproofs and wellies! Our book of the week was called ‘Little
Caterpillar’ and so we read that in the forest too! Our picnic had to include a delicious Colin Caterpillar!
We have also introduced the ‘Great Acorn Bake-Off’. This week we saw the creation of some biscuits decorated with smarties. Do watch this space for further creations! We have also enjoyed Music, Italian and PE.
CONKERS
It has been another super dooper week in the Conkers!
We have all now met our PE teacher Miss Flockhart, Elizabetta our Italian teacher and Mrs Hayden our music teacher. I think Mrs Hayden was particularly We are all still settling in so well and still having fun impressed with how well we sang our names this discovering all the different areas, both inside and week! outside where we can get stuck into our play!
RECEPTION
also started to introduce some new regular fixtures to our timetable. On Tuesday we began our dough disco and on Thursday we had our Yoga session. These were met with much Another jam-packed week in Reception- what a enthusiasm from the children and are also busy lot they have been both indoors and great for waking up our bodies and outdoors, enjoying the sunny weather and minds, improving hand eye coordination, gross making the most of it whilst it lasts! There has and fine motor skills, as well as our general been lots of fire fighter play and fire engines wellbeing. On Wednesday we began our first created outside, which was further enhanced by pop up classroom adventure. This week it was the fire alarm practice mid-week going off in RJ's turn and they visited Pets at Home to buy the middle of it all! The sewing area has also some new fish for our Reception fish tank, so continued to be very popular and there have now our lonely little fish has some new been some wonderful building creations in the minnows and zebra striped friends to play with, construction area too, definitely we have some as well as some ornaments for their tank. The budding engineers and architects in the children loved the ride on the minibus too! making! We have also begun to use our Thursday saw the introduction of our Cook woodwork area this week and have been School. Each week ten children will learn working alongside the children to demonstrate cooking skills with the two Mrs Walkers- this how to use the tools safely and correctly. So half term they are creating their own mini far, we have had towers, cars, fire engines and pizzas and choosing toppings for them. We windmills created to name a few of the hope those of you who received pizzas enjoyed woodwork projects. The children have a tasty dinner last night! Have a lovely continued to impress us with how they are weekend- we are sure you will have some very starting to settle in to their new environment sleepy children on Friday night! and get used to our class routines and we have
RECEPTION
Sunshine, sea and the beginning of Year 1 memories! WOW! What a truly special week the children in Year 1 have had. On Thursday, all of the children went on their first school trip to Runswick Bay and Whitby Museum. The coach drive was a very exciting way to start our super trip. We arrived at Runswick Bay to be greeted by a beautiful beach and sunshine. The children sat on the sand, took off their shoes and socks to feel the sand between their toes and then had a picnic snack after their coach journey. The children listened to the ways that we stay safe on the beach and then began to have lots of fun making sandcastles and digging in the sand! As the children played together, we could hear the soft sound of waves in the sea, which meant one thing… paddle time! The enjoyment on the children’s faces was nothing short of magic! The giggles, excitement and squeals from the children were amazing! The waves gentled splashed against them and we even managed to run away so the waves did not catch us! The next job on our busy adventure was to look for fossils in the rocks. ALL the children worked collaboratively together to
YEAR 1
identify fossils and ammonites. It was quite tricky to do as many rocks and stones have beautiful patterns on them but we did not give up… and we found several ammonites! Our next stop on our trip was at Whitby Museum. All the children sat and had their picnic lunch under some beautiful, shaded trees to make sure we had lots more energy for the afternoon! After lunch, the children explored the Fossil and Shipping wings in the Museum. The children could not believe the size of some of the fossils and discovered that there are many different types of fossils and ships in the world. After exploring the Museum, the children went to develop their muscles and climbing skills as they played on the playground which even had Pirate ship! WOW! What an adventure we had! Well done Year 1 for being such superstars! What a memory we all made together!
YEAR 1
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
Year 2 have had another fabulous week! We started the week with a very exciting delivery from none other than Croakbag himself! He left the children a huge basket filled with ancient Roman artefacts for us to explore! The children thought carefully about what the artefacts might have been used for! We even discovered that the Romans used a sponge on a stick to wipe their bottoms! EWWWWWW!!! Did you know that Romans had slaves to help them with all the jobs around the house? We imagined what it might have been like to be a slave in Roman times and thought about what qualities different slaves might need. It got us thinking about what type of slave we would have become and how we might advertise ourselves in a slave auction! After a long discussion
we all agreed that we are very glad there aren't slaves today!
Our research has also led us to discover that rich Romans would have decorated their villas with huge, elaborate mosaics. We learnt about how a mosaic was made and then used dried beans to create our own fantastic mosaic designs! Thank goodness we didn't have a whole wall to cover as it would have taken us ages! In Maths we have continued exploring 2- and 3-digit numbers and have used a range of manipulatives to demonstrate our learning. We have been making and partitioning numbers using arrow cards, base 10 and numicon. What a busy week! Where will our learning take us next...
YEAR 3
We entered the world of Narnia this week and what fun we have had!
work blew our socks off!
We explored the extract when Lucy entered the mysterious world of Narnia for the first time and thought carefully about what we could infer from the text. We figured it must be winter and this inspired our fabulous winter scenes in art this week. Some of the children decided to take on the challenge of making 3D snowflakes, and I think you will agree, Mairi’s looks fantastic! We used our senses to help write our own description of Narnia and the fantastic descriptive phrases and similes that the children used in their independent
At forest school we went on a scavenger hunt to find natural materials that matched a chosen adjectives and it was great to see the children working collaboratively to explore new and ambitious vocabulary.
In maths we have been busy recapping our multiplication facts and exploring place values in 3 and 4-digit numbers. We enjoyed using our problem solving skills to solve some thought-provoking challenges, too!
Thursday 23rd Sept - Macmillan Coffee Morning We will be hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning in the Dining Room after morning drop-off and would love for you to come and have a cuppa, a chat, and to show your support for this amazing cause. We would also like to invite you to bake (or buy) a cake/biscuits/traybake/donuts to donate to the coffee morning to be sold to raise funds. If you would like to donate an item, please ensure it is NUT FREE and clearly label any containers for safe return. We hope to see you there. Everyone welcome!
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