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
Yesterday, Dr Mark R Smith, who studies astrophysics, came to meet our year 5 children to discuss our solar system. This linked in well with their current topic in science of ‘The Earth, Moon and Sun’.
The children were fascinated by the information shared, and also demonstrated their own knowledge with Dr Smith. The children actually ran out of time as they had so many questions, so Dr Smith kindly provided his email for any follow up questions from the children. Dr Smith commented, “The children and staff are very enthusiastic and the children are very knowledgeable about space related topics – a worthwhile visit’.
A special event to put in the diaries… On February 10th, the Moon and Mars will be in conjunction. This will mean that between 5:40 pm and 11:35 pm, if you look in a South West direction you will be able to see the Moon and Mars without the aid of a telescope.
Thanks to our Science Lead – Miss Field – for arranging this visit.
Last Friday, SS Peter and Paul were visited by a British Athlete – Leon Baptiste. He spent his time putting the children (and staff) through their paces in a ten minute high intensity workout and explaining to them the benefits of eating healthy foods and living a healthy lifestyle.
Leon finished by giving an assembly to the whole school, detailing his journey from school into athletics and now – boxing. He shared with them the many times in his career he had real lows, but taught them the importance of not giving up, as by showing determination to succeed, Leon managed to win two gold medals in the 2009 Commonwealth Games.
The children were then presented with their awards for raising sponsorship money, with Oskar getting a personalised picture with Leon and his gold medals for raising such a wonderful amount of money.
Well done everyone and thank you to everyone that helped sponsor the children. Leon commented about SS Peter and Paul that he was made to feel so welcome and what wonderful children we have at this school. We couldn’t agree more!
The primary school league tables were released before Christmas, and we are very proud at SS Peter and Paul to announce that our fantastic results at the end of last year means we are one of the top schools in Wolverhampton based on our progress and attainment results.
Please click on this link to read the report and see our league placing among other Wolverhampton schools.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/education/2018/12/15/three-areas-in-black-country-and-staffordshire-below-national-average-in-primary-school-results/
At the end of last term, we said a fond farewell to our lunchtime supervisor – Mrs Watton. After 32 years of service at SS Peter and Paul, Mrs Watton retired from her position in school. She will be missed by all of our children and staff at the school. All of our best wishes go to her for her retirement.
Our Christmas Fair raised £881.74! This is a truly amazing amount and a massive thanks goes out to all the parents, staff and children that donated to this event. A huge thank you also to everyone who was involved in organising this wonderful event.
Today our afternoon Nursery visited Newbridge House as one of their acts of Advent Kindness. The children decorated the tree for the residents with the decorations they had made. They sang Jingle Bells and Baa Baa sheep and were rewarded with a cake. Everyone loved it and we were invited to go back again! Well done Nursery!
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