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discovers that sometimes it’s ok not to be ok. We also talked about the film Inside Out, which makes a statement to parents and children alike: emotions are important and need to be validated and understood as part of a child's development. Inside Out and ‘Lucy’s Blue Day’ teach us about embracing and accepting all of our emotions, both On Saturday 10th October it is World ‘good’ and ‘bad’. It turns out that our Mental Health Day. Throughout the unique tapestry of emotional responses, week the children have found out what whether joy, anger, curiosity, disgust, we mean by mental health and wellbeing surprise, sadness, fear, shame or guilt all and that we all have mental health just as serve a distinctive and important we have physical health. We have purpose. explored how they can promote their own wellbeing and stay mentally healthy. Additionally, Mrs Clarke and Mrs Bateson have created yellow bags (the colour for mental health day for this year) with a collection of stories for each year group to share. There were different books for each class every day on a different aspect of mental health such as worries, emotions, and diversity. In my PSHE lessons I read Chris Duke’s book ‘Lucy’s Blue Day’, a story of a girl called Lucy who has wonderful hair As you will be aware we had our first which changes colour to reflect how she positive case of Covid-19 at St Peter’s feels. It turns yellow when she is happy; 2-8. I know that this will have worried purple when she’s excited and red when many of the school community including she is angry. One day she wakes up to parents and staff and with that being the discover her hair is dark blue – a new case we are very appreciative of how the colour she has never felt before. school community has pulled together to Throughout the book Lucy takes us on manage the mandatory 14-day isolation her journey to try and understand what period. Many of you have other children has caused he hair to turn blue and in school and elsewhere, and managing work and family commitments. Our aim is to support you having had to close Nursery at such short notice. The impact of so many staff having to isolate has been brilliantly managed by the staff in school. The Coronavirus COVID-19- updates from the Health Services Manager Mr Ashley teachers, Mason teaching Firstly, thank you for your support already in helping us to look after all students and staff at St Peter’s. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of a few key points: When to stay off school - We know it is very hard to tell the difference between many common viruses such as simple colds, but to keep everyone safe you must strictly follow the Government’s testing and isolation criteria. This means anyone with a new cough, temperature or changes to taste and/or smell must stay away from school and have a test. Access to testing - You may be aware a walk through test station has opened at York University. This is available to all residents, not just students of the University. Tests are booked via the gov.uk website as they are for Poppleton.
Newsletter No: 5 Friday, 9th October 2020 assistants, cleaners, catering staff, facilities assistants, support staff and staff across the 3-18 school community have secured the continuity of the educational provision. Particular thanks to our Medical Team led by Ashley Mason who liaised with PHE and supported the children and staff. Tomorrow would normally be our Open Day for prospective children and families. This year we are hosting a Virtual Open Morning. You can also see a number of films (and here, and here) that were recently created providing a small glimpse into the life of St Peter’s 2-8. The one area we can’t replicate on a virtual tour is the magical, vibrant atmosphere the school has as you walk around the stunning classrooms and learning spaces. To that end we are inviting families to visit in person in the evenings and at weekends and in line with Covid-9 guidelines to meet me and have a tour of the school. We are pleased to announce that we will be running a holiday club from 19th to 23rd October; please read further information here. We are finalising the parents’ evening arrangements and resolving some queries and will release appointments early next week. Finally, huge thanks to the Friends of St Peter’s 2-8 who have agreed to purchase waterproof overalls for the children to wear at Forest School and Outdoor Play. ON behalf of the children and staff, we really appreciate the spend of over £2000 as this will enable the children to explore forest school and outdoor learning in all weathers without the need to bring waterproofs from home. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.