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Today as a school community and a country, we mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Her commitment to the service of this country was evident till the end, and her reign is something we will never see again.
As a school, we marked her passing this morning with a special assembly and children will spend the day remembering and celebrating her reign as our Queen.
How wonderful to welcome our school community back after their holidays! You will all have received a letter yesterday stating some of our staffing changes, PE Timetables, and expectations moving forward for the new year, if you have not, please let us know at the school office.
Our new children to Reception are settling in really well, and all the children have settled well into their new classes as they have been getting to know their teachers and completing activities to reactivate their learning from last year!
We look forward to a wonderful new term ahead with lots of exciting experiences for our children!
We are delighted to announce that we, SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy, have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2021/22 academic year. This is our 3rd Gold mark in a row!
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in
2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible. We are committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school and to try and ensure that all our students have a positive experience and want to try out new activities beyond school too in our community. We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to those young people that need it most either as a participant, leader, official or volunteer.
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
On Friday, we celebrated our youngest children graduating from Nursery – here are some of their pictures!
Congratulations to Zuza and Layla who were runners up in the Severn Trent Upcycling competition. They will be receiving tickets to the Commonwealth Games. A massive well done to everyone who took part in the competition – it’s fantastic to keep the importance of re-using and recyling at the forefront of our minds.
Over the last few weeks, our children have been completing work in class to bury four specially themed time capsules on our school field. As a school, we wanted to capture the significance of events such as: The Queen’s Jubilee, The Commonwealth Games as well as celebrating the children’s resilience during the pandemic and our school’s contributions towards the communities such as our defibrillator campaign. The four capsules were buried in a special ceremony held yesterday – how exciting that in decades or centuries to come people will be talking about our amazing children and school?!
This week, our children have been able to experience what it would be like to be an archaeologist! The company ‘Archaeology in Mind’ dug a test pit on our school field and our children have been sieving soil to see what ancient discoveries they could make. We found pieces of pottery and even copper piping that dates back to 1750! If your child has a particular interest in archaeology, there are 3 local archaeology clubs in the West Midlands for children aged 8-16.
Museum of Cannock Chase, Valley Road, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12 1TD
Contact: Diane Sanders, telephone: 01543 877666
Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Coach Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7DQ
Contact: Spencer Gavin Smith, telephone: 01952 435900
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, WR1 3PB
Contact: Deborah Overton, telephone: 01905 855494
Our nursery children have had some very successful trips to Whitmore Reans Library. They listened to stories about owls, sang nursery rhymes and made Owl hats. They also joined the library and borrowed a book.
Look out for a range of free summer activities and a reading challenge, all taking place at Wolverhampton libraries during the summer. You can find information on the Wolverhampton Libraries Facebook page:
https://en-gb.facebook.com/wolveslibraries/
Father Mark visited Year 4 to support them with their current RE unit around vocations. They had lots of questions for him about his work in the community and his calling to be a Priest.
Reception had a wonderful trip to Wildside. They enjoyed hunting for minibeasts and looking in different habitats. They also explored the pond, soil and the trees.
