CoMPasS Registered Charity No: 1141329 Good afternoon children, Parents, Grandparents, Headmaster and our distinguished guests a warm welcome to the St Peter’s 2-8 End of Year Review and Celebration. A chance for us all to review, reflect and celebrate all of the children’s achievements throughout the year. I hope you enjoy what we have planned. What a fantastic year we have had at St Peter’s School 2-8, albeit a very challenging one, re-establishing routines and practices post Covid. The year has been full of exciting adventures for children and staff, even for some of the parents! This has been a sensational year. At St Peter’s 2-8 throughout our curriculum, we believe experiences are everything; without real life experiences, learning would be a process ‘done’ to children and not a vibrant, conceptual experience that develops children. If our children do not look back on their years of schooling with affection, pride and positivity we have failed them. Schools must help our children to broaden their minds, feed their imaginations and develop their love of experiences that in turn will develop self-motivated learners who thoroughly enjoy learning. The staff team believe we do this at St Peter’s 2-8. Most of the credit must go to the extraordinary people around the outside of this room who make St Peter’s 2-8 such an inspirational and extraordinary place. Every single member of staff work incredibly hard to create such inspirational learning spaces and environments for your children and prepare exciting and innovative lessons that inspire your children to learn. The effort they make for your children is staggering. Your work never goes unnoticed and on behalf of the children and everyone else in the room, a huge thank you and congratulations on achieving a school that is quite remarkable.
You can follow us for trips. Thank you to both of you for all your hard work throughout the year. Facilities Assistants They open the school every morning at 6am, sweep paths, prepare the school for events such as assemblies, plays and music concerts. They drive minibuses to allow children to go on trips and help coordinate parking in school. They do get to know your children and are always wearing a smiley face whatever the weather is like outside.
Newsletter No: 34 Thursday, 7th July 2022
the school community thank you for all you have done over the years and please accept this small token of our thanks for all you have done. Finally, the staff. Many people outside the world of education believe the holidays are a time for staff to put up their feet for 8 weeks. The staff will spend time in school preparing the classrooms for the children, completing courses (teaching Assistant courses, Masters qualifications). They will be preparing their learning journeys for the Catering Staff children. The work they do behind the scenes Everyday Stuart our chef is remarkable. will start preparing our Without these unsung lunches at 6.30am. He and unseen heroes the has continued to develop place just wouldn’t work our menu attempting to and not be the place it is provide that fine balance for the children today. between healthy food Thank you to all our and food that the Unsung and Unseen children will eat, heroes. Thank you. providing them with fuel Now it’s time for the for the remainder of the presentation of awards. I day. He is ably supported would like to ask Mrs by Aga, Danielle, Hopwood to come onto Michelle and Moira who stage to present the Year know all the children 3 leaving gifts, scrolls really well. Huge thanks. and trophies. Firstly a huge thank you https://stpetersyork.planetestream.com/View.aspx? IT Support Team and congratulations to id=530~3v~desd6J&code=UQ~bWhNyDzVWv8PXqgwpFj0CxBRbKvpcBdUCbI2QRdfp YuMDeS6x4h5nCaGoCefDbDSUorfUspLqGA4DlRHkIWlPeHMFNjfcXNrRzqJclMVUQqo The team have supported &ax=6M~CYbrNfGKcMfR the children for their our digital strategy over incredible ability and the year and have always excitement for learning. been there to guide and advise us when we You just surprise me every day at school with have encountered those difficult IT issues. your enthusiasm, dedicated work, One of the team leaves us at the end of achievements, and the sense of fun you term, he has been a tremendous support to have. Remember that success is being that all the staff at St Peter’s 2-8 and helped us little bit better than yesterday, every day. navigate and design our digital strategy Thank you for making our job as teachers one moving forwards. Barry please can you of the best jobs in the world. accept this token of our thanks. The Year 3 children leave St Peter’s 2-8 today, most of them moving to St Peter’s 8Medical Team 13. I know they are going to continue their We have access to the medical team across inspirational learning journey at St Peter’s 8the campus. Thank you for patching up the 13 and will continue to impress Mr Falconer children and offering tremendous pastoral and Mrs Brooks, Mrs Spencer and Mrs Savage The School Leadership care to them all. Thank you too for being so by getting involved in as many opportunities I would like to take this opportunity to thank reassuring to parents if the child has an as they can and continue to enjoy and love the whole school Leadership team lead by Mr accident or becomes ill at school. Your their learning. All the staff at St Peter’s 2-8 Walker for their continued collegiality, support doesn’t go unnoticed. Thank you to will miss you greatly - good luck. friendship, and support. I also would like to Sian who is often found in St Peter’s 2-8. Next we will present the House Trophies: take this opportunity to thank the governors • The Meaby Rosebowl of Housepoints is lead by Mr Bill Wooley for their time, Cleaning Team awarded to: Walmgate guidance and support too. Every morning from 6am the cleaning team • The Interhouse Swimming Gala was A huge thank you to Antonia Clarke for her come to work and turn the school from a awarded to: Micklegate generous support and her counsel. I really do scene that can only be created from 2-8 appreciate all you do, as do all colleagues, children to a beautiful environment ready for • Marks Sports Shield for Sports Day was awarded to: Monk parents and children across the school. Huge them to learn. My thanks to Chris Alder and thanks. his team, whom many of you will never see, Helen Hopwood our Special Education Needs Coordinator has been at St Peter’s 2-8 for Thank you to the parents for your continued for all they do for the school. over 5 years. Helen has incredible energy, support for the school and the feedback that professionalism, and a huge sense of fun. She you provide through school channels that can St Peter’s 2-8 Friends and Volunteers help to improve the offering for your children Thank you to our St Peter’s 2-8 Friends, has been a wonderful teacher and has been a in school. volunteers and everyone else who helps at brilliant Learning Support coordinator. Thank What the children and you the parents see school organising events, workshops, you for all your work not only teaching but and observe is just the top of the iceberg. classroom support and pop up cafes. Thank also covering many year groups in schools The children’s teachers and teaching you. This year they have organised Piggy and being so adaptable in many roles in assistants guide, support and expertly deliver Racing, Quiz and Curry night, St Peter’s 2-8 school. We all wish you the best of luck for their learning and today I would like to Grand Bake Off, Our first ever Charity new adventures that lay ahead. Thank you, celebrate the Unseen and Unsung heroes that Summer Ball, our summer fair – Clif-fest, Helen, we will all miss you and please keep make the school such a special place and is bags 2 school donations, they have organised in touch. Please accept this token of our the unseen part of the iceberg. and led the St Peter’s 2-8 uniform shop and thanks. supported new parents and families who Please can I ask Mr Walker to the stage to say School Administration needed support joining the school and raising a Farewell and introduce the whole school What would we all do without Mrs Fattorini valuable funds for the school charity The for their final performance of the year. I and Mrs Hallgate? They are such a fantastic Children’s Heart Surgery Fund at Leeds hope you all have a wonderful summer and I support to me, my colleagues and to all Hospital. My thanks to Mrs Smith for leading look forward to welcoming the school parents at St Peter’s School. They are always the parent, baby and toddler group on community back to school in September. there in person, on email or by telephone Thursday lunchtimes. It is greatly answering all queries and passing on appreciated. My huge thanks to everyone messages to your child’s class teacher or to who has volunteered for whatever role. your children. They organise the co- Particular thanks to Mrs Todd who has led the curricular programme, school calendar, St Peter’s 2-8 Friends for a number of years events, process finance, organise paperwork who is retiring from her role. On behalf of