Celebration and Easter Project Winners

By Mr J Morgan29th March 2018

This morning we had our celebration assembly.

First, we had all of our entries for the Easter Garden project displayed in the hall and we had three judges decide on a winner for each class. The judges consisted of: Mr Asbury (Site Manager), Mr Spinks (Academy Committee) and Mrs Thompson (Office Staff).

The winners were:

Year 1 – Martin Dimitrov

Year 2 – Raphael Ani

Year 3 – Baxshenda Mahmoud

Year 4 – Wiktoria Zelawska

Year 5 – Ronya Mostafi

Year 6 – Eros Edginton

The standard this year was better than ever, and the judges had an extremely hard choice. Thank you for everyone that entered, these will be on display in school.

We then gave out our weekly Golden Book certificates, celebrating the wonderful work in school.

Our attendance award went to Sophia Giuliano from Year 6. Her name was picked at random from all the children who have their attendance over 96%.

We then had to decide on a winner for our Citizen of the Term. Each teacher picked a child from their class who had demonstrated the Catholic virtues and values this term and a name was chosen out of a hat to decide on our winner. Our Citizen of the Term is Rihanna Robbins from Year 6.

Finally, we had a raffle for a wonderful Easter cake made by our year 2 pupil Jessica Fisher and her mum. This raffle raised £30.00 for our prayer garden and the lucky person to take home the cake was Miss Rickhuss.

What another fabulous term at SS Peter and Paul!

 

Share a Story Event in Early Years

By Mr J Morgan26th March 2018

Early years children welcomed their families for a Share a Story event on Friday 23rd March. It was a wonderful opportunity to read and tell stories together, in a range of languages. It wasn’t only parents and teachers who were involved in the storytelling, as both Nursery and Reception children told a traditional tale that they had learnt in class. Thank you to everyone who attended.

End of an Era!

By Mr J Morgan5th March 2018

Wednesday 28th February was a sad day at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy –  Mrs Dawn McTurk, who had been our crossing lady for 16 years, retired.

Dawn has been such a valuable member of our school community helping the children to safely cross the road while also being the first welcoming face in the mornings to our pupils. Dawn has gone above and beyond her post by also helping the school in our Breakfast Club, helping set our club up and also playing with the children in the mornings.

We had a special assembly on Wednesday afternoon, where we presented Dawn with a card and gift off the staff. We also presented her with an award off everyone involved with the school for her ‘Outstanding contribution to the Community’.

Dawn is now going to become a lunchtime supervisor at a school local to her home. We wish her all the best – our schools loss is definitely their gain.

NSPCC Buddy Workout

By Mr J Morgan28th February 2018

Last Friday, the children participated in the NSPCC Buddy Workout Day to raise money for the NSPCC. The children had a half an hour slot where they had to do continuous physical activity. Some classes danced for 30 minutes and some classes did a gym workout! Don’t worry the teachers also got involved; leading the children in the physical activity.

Please send in the money raised by your child as soon as possible.

Storytelling Fair

By Mr J Morgan26th February 2018

Our first ever Storytelling Fair at SS Peter and Paul’s was a huge success! Thank you so much to all of the parents who attended and for your valuable feedback. The children were an absolute credit to the school and performed their poems and songs, which they had created with John Edgar (a local storyteller), with great enthusiasm and confidence. What a fantastic event which showcased all of the children’s hard work and our Talk for Writing approach. Events like these help our children to develop a real love for reading, which will also support them with their writing, because ‘If you can say it, you can write it.’

Many thanks to Mrs Walker for organising this wonderful community event.