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Pupils returned to School on Monday to take up their ‘learning baton’ again, with the goal ahead being to meet targets that have been set following the October assessments.
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It was against a backcloth of glorious autumn sunshine that the Eccles Shield was played for yesterday afternoon. We were proud to once again host this event, which was originally set up by Mr Ron Eccles to promote sport in small schools. The benefits of small class sizes are well celebrated, and the impact this has on school sports is one that provides welcome extra challenge to pupils. With smaller class sizes from which to choose teams, boys and girls have to work extra hard to represent their school.
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The schools taking part in the tournament with St Peter’s School were St Mary’s Burton Latimer, Highfield and Geddington. Regrettably, Isham were unable to join us this year. Nevertheless, each team had three games. St Peter’s put forward a great team, who thoroughly enjoyed the responsibility of representing their school. Their behaviour and performance on the pitch was something to be proud of. This was also true of the other schools’ teams. After some wonderful albeit nail-biting football moments, the final competition grid saw St Peter’s School as runners up this year, with St Mary’s taking the Shield. Well done to our team and its coach, Mr Anthony Holmes!
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Still with sport, a squad will represent our School at the Independent Schools’ Association Regional Swimming Gala in Walsall on Tuesday 6th November. Pupils selected from 4AH, 5GM, 6LD and 6PP will take part in a range of events, so I know they will be practicing extra hard in tomorrow’s swimming lessons.
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Tuesday’s away netball match against Mawsley School was an exciting affair, resulting in a 10-3 win to the hosts. Our netball practices remain well attended - this is the all important time when skills are refined and strategies explored and employed, ready for the next game!
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Rounding off our Sports Update, congratulations are conveyed to Jasmine Brar of 6PP for becoming our St Peter’s School Conker Champion of this academic year.
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Pupils in 1KS and 5GM have examined boxes of Victorian artefacts relating to Victorian home life and Victorian toys, to supplement their history studies. This is an opportunity to compare and contrast the present and the past through hands on experience. For example, some pupils have very quickly surmised the greater extent to which imagination was a major part of children’s play in Victorian times. The difference between materials used in toy making was also of interest to our pupils, many of whom preferred the general feel of wooden toys of the past compared to the plastic and electrical components of so many modern day versions.
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The School is once again supporting the Royal British Legion in its Poppy Appeal. Poppies can be purchased from the School office. Pupils in Year Six will also take the box around to younger classes during next week.
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Earlier this term children in Nursery enjoyed Purple Day. The use of the colour was incorporated in print making, with the children enjoying the challenge of inventing a series of patterns and then learning about repeated patterns. Today, the colour black was the focus of a range of activities. The home corner was made into an owl hole. Stories about cats and owls have inspired much creative work including cat and owl masks, and wall displays have also been created to celebrate the excitement and colour of fireworks.
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As reported in the last bulletin, our recent Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser was completed by our pupils before half term. If you have not yet had an opportunity to return the sponsor form, then please do so by the start of next week. If your form has merged into other paper work in your in-tray and is no longer traceable, but you would like to support your child’s sporting efforts and the British Heart Foundation then please simply send a cheque to School made out to the British Heart Foundation.
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A reminder to pupils that the deadline for entering the St Peter’s School Christmas Card Competition approaches! Monday 5th November is the last day upon which entries will be accepted. The theme is The Message of Christmas. Please remember that entries should be within the frame supplied with Mrs Dreyer’s original letter. There are more copies of this in the School Office if you need one.
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BBC Children in Need takes place on Friday 16th November. We would like to entice our pupils into enjoying a fun swim session during their usual swimming lesson time, BUT the only way they can secure this short respite from the training rigors of their swimming instructors is to pay a £1 penalty. Please note that usual school swimming kit is still required.
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The Scholastic Book Fair arrives at School on Tuesday 6th November, and it will be open after school each day from Tuesday, through to and including Monday 12th November. This may be the ideal opportunity to choose some early Christmas presents. Your purchases will benefit our readers in two ways. Not only will they have a new book to read, but the school will also earn commission so that it can once again add to its extensive range of reading material for pupils. There really can never be enough books as far as children are concerned. They devour them, and this is part of the joy of our young readership!
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School photographs were taken on Tuesday. Proofs will be sent back to the School in due course and distributed so that parents wishing to can place orders either with the School, or online direct with the company.
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My thanks go to parents who were able to attend this week’s PTAFA meeting. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 9th January.
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A number of PTAFA events have been scheduled throughout the academic year. The finer details will be finalised closer to each of the events, but in the meantime here are some dates for your diaries:
