On Tuesday 21st March, Bartosz Kolasa, Laura Iwan, Gavin Mann and Blessing Inyiri attended a Dance 4 Life event at St Matthias School. During this event, the children learnt three different dances; commercial, street and cheer leading, working along side other children from local primary schools. This event has provided the children with an opportunity to create their own dance 4 life session and to encourage physical activity in our school.

This afternoon at SS Peter and Paul, we welcomed the other School Councils from the other primaries within the Bishop Cleary MAC. All School Councils joined forces to begin a project about feeling safe and happy. Last year our own School Council won a Speakers Award from the House of Commons and this year we plan to enter a bid together, launching a joint project for this years competition. A very beneficial meeting was had by all and there are plans to meet again in the near future.

On Tuesday 14th March, SS Peter and Paul hosted St Michael’s C of E Primary school for a football match. The game started off very tight and it was obvious this was going to be a very close game. There were a few chances for St Michael’s and Alyssia Williams went close for SS Peter and Paul, shooting just over when through on goal. Then out of nowhere, the ball fell to Bartosz Kolasa on the edge of the penalty area and he whipped a right footed shot into the corner of the goal. The game stayed 1-0 until half time and then SS Peter and Paul swapped goal keepers, with Ariyan Pallan volunteering to go in goal for the second half.

The second half started with St Michael’s doing lots of attacking and it was down to some last ditch defending and Ariyan clearing up in goal that kept it to 1-0. Then with 10 minutes to go, SS Peter and Paul had a corner. The ball bounced around the penalty area and fell at the feet of Giuseppe Agro, who calmly put the ball in the net for 2-0.

Then for the last 10 minutes, it was all St Michael’s as they desperately tried to score and they got the goal they fully deserved, scoring high into the net, Ariyan Pallan having no chance in goal.

The game finished 2-1 to SS Peter and Paul. Both teams deserve praise though for an entertaining game of football.

On Friday after school, SS Peter and Paul welcomed Woodthorne Primary School for a football fixture. Both teams started off well and the game was very evenly matched. Suddenly, Woodthorne raced into a two goal lead, thanks to an excellent header and a rasping left foot shot, our keep Giuseppe Lengyel had no chance with either goal. Eros, who was returning from injury, then scored a fantastic right footed strike into the near post to pull a goal back but Woodthorne quickly extended their lead again.

The second half continued similar to the first, with Woodthorne attacking and SS Peter and Paul trying to catch them on the break. Woodthorne scored another to make it 4-1, after some stunning saves from Giuseppe (only his second game as a goalkeeper). Bartosz Kolasa then scored another for SS Peter and Paul with a stunning right foot shot before Woodthorne added another late on, with the game finishing 5-2 to Woodthorne. SS Peter and Paul play again on Tuesday 14th March against St Michaels C of E Primary School.

Yesterday, some children in Years 4, 5 and 6 represented the school in the Tag Rugby Sub-City Finals competition. Kindly, Mrs O’Leary stepped into be the team coach and she did a fantastic job. This was the children’s first experience of competitive tag rugby, having unfortunately missed the practise event a few weeks earlier. This did not phase the children though as they performed brilliantly and behaved impeccably as usual. They won two out of their four games and finished third in their league of five schools. This meant that we qualified for the Tag Rugby City Finals Tournament. A fantastic achievement by all that participated. A special mention to Autumn Marchant, who was picked out after the tournament by a member of staff from Highfield’s for a wonderful performance.

The children and staff have had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day 2017. Thank you to the parents who have helped the children come into school in some very creative costumes and for the staff with some creative costumes of their own!

This morning the children watched an excellent theatre production of Alice in Wonderland, which was then followed by a workshop for our Year 6 children and some competition winners from across school; Nana in Year 2, Laura in Year 5, Madison in Year 4 and Seba in Year 3.

Then classes swapped classrooms with the children pairing up and reading their favourite stories to each other. There was even a Where’s Wally hunt for Early Years!

A wonderful day had by all!

Children in early years were visited by staff from the Wildside Activity Centre today for a ‘Caring for Critters’ workshop. They took part in a mini beast hunt and then made ‘bug hotels’ to protect the mini beasts in their garden.They found worms, woodlice, beetles, millipedes and slugs and were not afraid to touch them and hold them! The Wildside Activity Centre are offering a range of activities during the Easter holidays, visit their website www.wildsideac.co.uk for more information.

Yesterday here at SS Peter and Paul, there were lots of fun activities celebrating Shrove Tuesday.

In Reception, we invited parents in to make pancakes with children, they then topped with lemon, sugar or banana.

In year 1, the children wrote instructions for a pancake recipe and tasted pancakes. Here are some pictures…

Today the children in nursery and reception have concluded their topic on Traditional Tales by having a dress up day. We had princesses, Kings, knights, fairies, Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood, to name but a few!

They danced together at a grand ball in the hall, made sandwiches, salad and cheese and pineapple on sticks for a banquet and listened to some of their favourite stories.

All of the children and staff had a very enjoyable day and have learnt a lot about traditional tales; try asking them what Goldilocks did, what the big bad wolf said to the three little pigs and what Jack sold the cow for, and they should be able to tell you.