Well done to our four Year 5 pupils who attended the annual Girls High Math’s Challenge yesterday. They placed joint 8th and 12th respectively out of 54 teams. This was a fantastic result!
On Friday, Mr Griffiths and Miss Higgins took our children to compete in the Annual Catholic Football and Netball Event.
Our footballers, as in recent years, performed extremely well with some children representing the school for the first time. They finished 4th out of 7 teams. A fantastic result – well done!
Our netball players, who had limited match experience, improved with every match they played. They finished 6th out of 7 teams, which included an excellent win thanks to some great shots by Julia in Year 6. Julia then received a netball for her excellent play in the tournament. Well done everyone involved, and a huge thanks to parents for their support with transport and attending the event.
Congratulations to all of our Year 6 children on their Confirmation last night. A wonderful occasion witnessed by friends, family and staff.
We all enjoyed a wonderful day at SS Peter and Paul celebrating World Book Day. All the children and staff have attended school dressed as their favourite book characters. We started the day by inviting parents in to school in the morning to read with their children. In Year 3, a parent shared a book in her home language (which the children all enjoyed).
Next also enjoyed a school assembly,where each class shared their Reading for Pleasure text. Later in the afternoon, the children swapped classes to share their favourite books with others. A lovely day in school all round!
Sarah Baker, author of ‘The Catapult Kid’, visited several classes at SS Peter and Paul on Friday to read her book to the children. We all thoroughly enjoyed her visit.
Year 5 had the privilege of meeting author Alan Gibbons this week, as part of our celebrations around World Book Day. Alan has written over 60 books and won many prestigious awards such as the Blue Peter Award for ‘The Book I Couldn’t Put Down’, the Angus Book Award and the Stockport Book Award. He has also been shortlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal and his books have been published into dozens of languages.
The children were captivated by Alan’s telling of stories and by the advice he gave them about writing. Each child received a signed copy of one of Alan’s books.
Yesterday morning, some of our parents came in to join their children in making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. Here are some pictures of them in action. Thank you to all the parents that joined us!
Children in Year 6 are collecting used batteries for recycling as one of their ideas to help our school be more environmentally friendly. There are collection buckets in each classroom. Hadi, in Year 6, made his own presentation to share in assembly to educate others about saving energy. Well done to him, please support their efforts by bringing old batteries in.
Pupils in Key Stage 2, who applied to help improve road safety and parking on our road, began their duties by letting all of our neighbours know what the plans are going to involve. Next half term they will be training with the Safe Outside Schools team before beginning patrols. Now the weather is improving, help us all stay safe by walking to school more often.
Yesterday, Monday 4th February 2019, we received a wonderful letter from Rt Hon Damian Hinds, the Secretary of State for Education. He has congratulated our staff and pupils on the very high level of progress that pupils demonstrated in Key Stage 2 last year.
The letter states that our school is amongst the top 3% of schools in England for progress between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2! What fabulous, encouraging news to receive as we look forward to achieving high standards again this year.
Our Principal, Mrs Byrne, has conveyed this exciting news to our pupils in a special assembly this morning. All pupils are enjoying extra Golden Time to celebrate this afternoon.
Please click below to read the letter for yourself…..
DfE Secretary of State for Education Letter 01.02.19
