Pyjamarama Day!

By Mr J Morgan11th June 2019

On Friday, SS Peter and Paul celebrated Book Trust’s Pyjamarama Day. We joined thousands of children, up and down the UK, in joining the Pyjamarama fun.

Thank you for all the children and staff who came in their pyjamas and kindly donated. We are currently in the process of counting up how much money was raised.

Forest School Celebration

By Mr J Morgan4th June 2019
All of our Afternoon Nursery and some children from Reception have enjoyed participating in a ten week Forest School Programme at Wildside Activity Centre. In addition to adapting to a new environment, fostering curiosity, learning how to manage risks, and developing their social skills, confidence and physical abilities – they have also made dens, climbed trees, balanced on ropes splashed in puddles, made mud pies, made magic potions, learned camp fire rules, sat around a campfire, toasted marshmallows, gone pond dipping and played 1,2,3 where are you? What a busy ten weeks, and an incredible outdoor learning opportunity.
Families were invited to join us for our final celebration session; parents commented “Jack and Jessica really enjoyed forest school and told me all about what they did there…Savannah loved the forest school, I’m so happy she had this experience! I loved it too, thank you so much…It was a brilliant idea having the kids and mums explore different things during the event. My child absolutely loved it…Jake has been able to tell us all about fire safety and the games he has played. He always asks if he can take his wellies to school for forest school, even if it’s not Wednesday!”

Fundraiser for Street Child

By Mr J Morgan4th June 2019

The children came in their own clothes to raise money for the charity ‘Street Child’. Mrs Murphy is helping raise money for this charity, which will involve her travelling to Sierra Leone as part of her participation in Street Child International Volunteers. £30 sends a child to school for a whole year, £200 would pay for a teacher’s salary for a year and £1000 will fully refurbish a rural school. Mrs Murphy would like to express her thanks to everyone who contributed. Thanks!

If you would like to donate further to this cause, please copy and paste this link into your  internet browser:

https://www.gofundme.com/sue039s-sierra-leone-fundraiser?member=1991840&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_co_campmgmt_w

 

May Procession

By Mr J Morgan23rd May 2019

On Wednesday, we held our May Procession outside. Our service included singing from our choir, artwork from children and teachers, poems and hymns. Thank you so much to everyone that attended and the donation of flowers. You can currently see this presented in our Foyer.

SS Peter and Paul working towards being a Rights Respecting School

By Mr J Morgan9th May 2019

SS Peter and Paul are in the process of working towards RRSA (Rights Respecting Schools Award) by Unicef United Kingdom.

This will be another award that is lead by our amazing pupils in school.

The Rights Respecting Schools Award puts children’s rights at the heart of schools in the UK.

Unicef works with schools in the UK to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive. The Unicef Rights Respecting Schools Award embeds these values in daily school life and gives children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.

There are four key areas of impact for children at a Rights Respecting school; wellbeing, participation, relationships and self-esteem. The difference that a Rights Respecting School makes goes beyond the school gates, making a positive impact on the whole community.

We look forward to working with our local community to achieve this award.

Easter Bonnet Parade and Easter Gardens

By Mr J Morgan7th May 2019

Last week, our youngest children paraded their Easter bonnets they had made to the parents and the rest of the school. Some wonderful designs were on show and such a wonderful effort made, thank you children and to the family members who supported them.

On Friday, the winners of the Easter Garden and Easter Bonnet were announced:

Congratulations to Jagoda in Year 3 and Shraya in Reception. Well done to all the children that entered the competition.

 

 

 

Goodbye Mrs Jenks!

By Mr J Morgan23rd April 2019

Sadly last Friday, we said farewell to our office manager – Mrs Jenks. Mrs Jenks is retiring after her long service to education in various schools. She has spent a wonderful 4 years at SS Peter and Paul during a time of great change at the school.

Mrs Jenks will be missed by everyone at SS Peter and Paul and, as a show of appreciation for her time here, the children sang a rendition of one of her favourite songs (My Lighthouse) and presented her with flowers and gifts.

 

Dig for Victory Community Event

By Mr J Morgan4th April 2019

Yesterday, we had a wonderful turn out for our community event in transforming our garden area. Parents, children and staff came together to help develop the area outside of Years 5 and 6. Including: creating a new sensory pathway; creating some new planting beds, cleaning away debris and rotting fencing and planting some seeds. Thank you to everyone that attended and a huge thank you to Mrs Walker for organising this event.

 

Year 1 Phonics Parent Workshop

By Mr J Morgan4th April 2019

Thank you to all the parents and family members that attended the Year 1 Parents Meeting for Phonics. This would have been really useful to enable you to support your children at home. Thanks to Mrs Tiwana for hosting the workshop.