Congratulations to the six children who received the Sacrament of the Eucharist at SS Peter and Paul Church on Saturday 20th May.
Last week the children in Reception had a special delivery of 7 mysterious eggs. The children then had to guess what type of eggs they were. There were guesses ranging from chicks, penguins, snakes and crocodiles! Fortunately, no crocodiles or snakes hatched out of the eggs and instead we were lucky to have 7 little ducks hatch last Thursday and Friday. Children (and teachers) from all over school have been fascinated by the little ducklings and have been visiting them daily to check on how they are doing.
The ducks in reception have prompted some excellent opportunities for writing in the class. The children have written instructions on how to look after ducks and also they have written letters to mother duck so that she knows how her children are getting on at SS Peter and Paul, which I am pleased to say is swimmingly!
Earlier today, eight children from years 4, 5 and 6 represented the school in a Kwik Cricket festival at Fordhouse’s Cricket Club.
There were four schools who attended and these played each other in matches, with the winning team going onto play in the city finals competition. Each school had eight overs to field and eight overs to bat, with the team with the most runs winning.
Our first game was again St Bart’s who had all year 6 boys in their team, with some very talented cricketers. They scored 289 runs, with our children scoring 214. This was a tough start for our children but they didn’t let their heads drop.
Our second game was against The Royal school. They batted first and set another huge total of 284. Our children came out very determined and there were some fantastic shots from Autumn, Ariyan and Jorawer. After our eight overs, we had scored 262 runs. Just short of the Royal’s total but a massive improvement on the first game, our children were buzzing!
Our final game was against Stowheath Primary School. Our captain, Ariyan, chose to field first so that we had a total to try and beat. Stowheath batted very well and scored 244 runs. We started off very well with Reuben scoring some sixes and our other pairs also batting well. Then in the final over, Stowheath got their best bowler in and he got three wickets in a row. This meant we had lost 15 runs! Fortunately, we had built up enough runs in the previous overs and we finished on 251 runs! A great result for the team and a great way to finish an excellent morning of cricket.
Well done to all the children involved!
On Wednesday 3rd May, our year five class took part in a workshop where they were taught how to play the polyphones by Mr Clark. This included a performance to the entire school and parents in the afternoon. Year 5 then did some follow up writing on the workshop in their English class, writing a newspaper report on the event. Here is an example of one child’s report:
SS Peter and Paul Sing the Blues
On Wednesday 3rd May, a year five class from SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy learnt to play the polyphones.
Mr Clark, who is a musician, taught year five how to play the polyphones. The class learnt a tune called the ‘Twelve Bar Blues’ and apparently they performed it amazingly. Mr Clark helped year five remember the four notes by showing one, two, three or four on his fingers. All children in year five enjoyed learning to play. Sophie, a year five pupil, stated, “I enjoyed it, it was very fun!” When the children were ready and set to go, they performed to the entire school. Every child in year five had a go at doing a solo but these people did during the performance: Kiera, Kaloyan, Khola, Karo, Kamila, Reece, Tanaka, Mr Morgan and Mr Clark’s wife and daughter. About twenty parents attended the performance and all of them being very proud. Mr Morgan stated, “I was very proud of year five”.
At the end of the performance, everyone gave year five a gigantic clap for all the hard work. Next year Mr Clark will hopefully return to teach the current year four to play the polyphones just like year five did.
Congratulations to our citizen of the term winner – Ariyan Pallan in Year 6. Ariyan is an excellent role model for the younger children in school. He demonstrates a positive attitude to learning who is always wanting to improve. Over the past term, Ariyan has shown how he is willing to support others around school; stepping in for other children to read in mass and supporting Key Stage 1 children in their lunch time by playing games and activities with them. He is held in high regard by his classmates, with some personally nominating him for the award. Well done Ariyan!
Congratulations to these children, who were our winners of the Easter Garden competition.
Year 1 – Zayne Harris
Year 2 – Austeja Grinyte
Year 3 – Ella Webb
Year 4 – Leah Dykes
Year 5 – Olivier Obielak
Year 6 – Martyna Plecha
Well done to all the children that entered the competition, it was a very hard choice indeed!
On Wednesday the 5th April, children in Year 2 went to the Black Country Museum to enjoy a day learning all about the Victorian era. This trip was organised to support their learning of their topic on Victorians from this term. The day was a great experience for all involved with a very ‘hands on’ way of learning.
Once they had arrived, they were greeted by tour guides who ensured them they had a busy, fun filled day ahead. They were provided with amazing facts about what life was like during the Victorian period.
The first activity the children took part in was to experience what life was like for Victorian children in a Victorian school. They had the opportunity to recite multiplication tables and practise their handwriting on slates with chalk! After that, they were taken into a Victorian village to view typical middle and upper class houses and the difference between what houses were like then and how they differ now. They found out the daily life of a chemist including; what all medicines were made from and what would be used for different illnesses; which, they discovered, are indeed very different from today! The last part of the morning was to visit the ‘suck shop’ where children learnt how sweets were made and what were used to colour the sweets, including beetle blood for red colouring!
The children then had time to have lunch altogether and had the opportunity to speak to their friends about what they had learnt so far.
After lunch they were involved in a toy workshop learning about all different toys that were used by children back then and were able to play with them after. They sang songs and even had the opportunity to perform with the guides with the different toys using their imagination as Victorian children.
The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in all activities and will be writing a recount of their day at the Black Country Living Museum as part of their follow up work.
Below are some photos of their wonderful day!
Yesterday, Mrs Ross hosted an inter-school book quiz where children representing their different houses competed against one another.
Children from each year group were given some books to read to prepare for the book quiz. Year Ones read ‘Whatever Next’, Year Three read ‘Toby Tucker, Year Four read ‘The Giants and the Jones’ and Year Six read ‘The Demon Headmaster’.
St David’s house were victorious in the quiz! Well done to all the children who put in the effort to read the books for another successful book quiz.
Our Years 4, 5 and 6 children have been learning to play their brass instruments with Miss Oxley all year and here are some of the songs they have been learning.
A huge thank you to the parents that attended the meeting yesterday to discuss our recent OFSTED report and also the ongoing parking issues we are having outside school. The meeting was very productive and the minutes will be emailed to those who attended and will be made available to any other parents who would like a copy from the school office.
