Today in Eco Club we sold the vegetables that we planted in April. We sold lettuce, onions and potatoes and made £23.40 and we are going to put it to good use next year. Our carrots and cabbages are looking very healthy but will not be ready until the autumn. We look forward to seeing you early next term for another vegetable sale. Ella Crawley Year 4
All of our super fit juniors completed the Tesco Great School run today in the glorious sunshine at Saltwell Park!
We had a massive warm up with all of the other schools, then the race began. We set off in groups, boys then girls in each year group! It was exhausting but lots of fun!
Special Congratulations to Cameron, Connor and Ryan who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the boys race and to Bridget who came first for the girls! Well done!!
Some of our children were interviewed for the news so make sure you look out for them!
On Tuesday 15th June we celebrated our whole school Green Day. Each child came to school dressed in something green and participated in a wide range of eco activities. We were so lucky to have two outside agencies in school. 'Twottodo' worked with the children making table top scarecrows, bugs and puppets. 'Zoo Lab' ran workshops for each class. The infants looked at how nature naturally recyles and the juniors learnt all about biodiversity. All the children took part in treasure hunts across both school yards. Everyone had so much fun! Please join us in the school hall
on Wednesday 16th June at 3.15pm to look at what your child made and to view photographs of the day.
As part of our creative curriculum the 'Rainforest Zoo Lab' visited our school. We had the opportunity to take a close look at a variety of animals like the great African Snail, a millipede, a red velvet snake, a stick insect, a flower tarantula and some black whistling cockroaches. We learned lots of new and interesting facts like did you know a cockroach can live up to 4 weeks without its head ! A snake never blinks ! A millipede can grow up to 750 legs and whatever a snail eats its poo will be the same colour as the food........nice!
We have been working very hard this week as a school. We have taken part in a variety of activities and have been looking very closely at the importance of living a healthy life.
This half term we are exploring the genre of stories with dilemmas. We have been reading the Anne Fine book 'The Angel of Nitshill Road'. It explores the topic of bullying and the feelings and emotions surrounding this. We are currently writing our own stories and have been using drama as a medium to improve our writing.
We have had a great time learning all about the 'Rotten Romans' in our creative curriculum. We have explored the Roman Invasion, the Celts and Boudicca's revolt, Roman artwork, Roman money, the life of a Roman and lots more.
We can't wait to explore the 'Vicious Vikings'.
On Wednesday 3rd March, we had the pleasure of being invited to the Dryden school to have the pleasure of visiting their cafe. We were treated like Kings and Queens.
We enjoyed a fantastic breakfast of toast and jam, cereal, fruit, tea, coffee, latte and lots more. We were given waiter and waitress service and the service was impeccable ! We had a fantastic time with our new friends and look forward to our next visit.
In Year 4 today, we have been giving each other massages ! Mrs Robson visited our school today to show us lots of different massage strokes.
We have learned the eye glasses stroke, the cat grip and the baker.
We had great fun ! Here are some of the words that we feel best described our first session ; relaxing, calming, peaceful, cosy and comfortable.
Mrs Robson will be visiting our school again soon to teach us a few more strokes, we can't wait !
Year 4 had a fantastic time at the Hancock Museum at the end of last term. Our day began with a workshop all about the skeleton. Mrs Brand was very proud of us as, She thinks we are so clever! We saw lots of different animal skeletons and were even able to touch some of them, although we had to do this very carefully as many of the skeletons were very fragile.
We then had the opportunity to explore the museum. We travelled through time looking at many prehistorc animals, travelling through the Roman era and even just managed to avoid a shark !
We had a fantastic day. It is certainly well worth a visit !
We were very lucky today. Sally Prue, author of James and the Alien Experiment, The Truth Slayer and Cold Tom and many more other exciting books, visited Years 4, 5 and 6.
She told us lots of funny and exciting stories about how she became a childrens author and we even had the opportunity to have our books signed by her.
Sally was very impressed by all of the children at St Peter's and has even asked if Year 4 could send her copies of the writing they have done during their literacy lesson. The missing chapter of 'James and the Alien Experiment'. We are so excited !
As you can see, winter is here and Year 4 have decided that we have to give our little feathered friends some help this winter. So as part of our creative curriculum, 'habitats', we have decided to observe the different kinds of birds in our environment.
We had great fun making bird cakes last week. It was a little messy but great ! We all have a diary to keep and a fact file to compile of all the different birds we see. We may need to visit the library, do some research on the computer or even take some photographs.
We are going to present our diary to our class on the last week of term. We can't wait !
We hope you enjoy working with us observing the beautiful birds in our own environment.
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Year 4 are having great fun this term in music. They have begun to learn how to play the violin. We know the names of the different parts of the violin, the names of the strings and we are learning lots of new songs to play along with. We will keep you posted about any performances later on in the year.
On the 4th of October we celebrated the feast of St Francis. Year 4 celebrated in school by preparing a liturgy for the school and parents. The children were instrumental to the organising and preparation of the liturgy. they wrote their own prayers and psalms and even choreographed the dancing. They were brilliant. I was very proud of them !
Year 3 are enjoying learning all about the Egyptians this term.
They have made Tutankhamun masks for their display and have been working very hard making 3D and clay scarab beetles.
Our Year 3 celebrated their First Holy Communion on Sunday 8th June 2008. The weather was fine and the children were fantastic! Everyone remebered what the day was really about and the children delighted all their families, friends and visitors with the way they read, sang and danced. Well done to all of Year 3 especially Mrs Temple who prepared the children so well! Thanks also to Father Michael and Father Kefa for helping to make the day so special.
Year 3 are looking forward to working with Miss Savoury for the next few weeks. Miss Savoury is a Final Year student from Sunderland University, who will be working in Year 3 for five weeks. After her initial visit to school, she was impressed by the politeness and good behaviour of the children and she is working hard to match names to faces.
The children will be continuing to prepare for First Holy Communion by working through their "I Belong" books with Mrs. Temple. Time is passing quickly and it will soon be 8th June!
As mentioned on the website earlier last week, Years 2 & 3 had been invited to attend a 'Singalong morning' at the Dryden centre, organised by Mrs Porter and the music service.
There were 4 other schools involved and a great time was had by all!
This coming Friday, Year 2 and 3 are involved with a Sing - Along day at the Dryden Centre with lots of other schools from Gateshead. This year's theme is songs from home and abroad and we have been practising lots in school to be ready for the day.
It's been birthday week in year 3 with Jack W, Olivia and Darby all celebrating their 8th!
Mr Hearn finished his time with us this Wednesday and Y3 haven't managed to change his mind - he still wants to be a teacher!!
Year 3 are excited about and looking forward to the big Sing-a-long event on Friday. They are sure to do us proud as we can't stop them singing!
Mrs Temple
Year three have described their teacher Mrs Temple as simply the best! The children love their lessons and always leave school with huge smiles on their faces. Mrs Temple has been teaching at St Peter's for a number of years and is now an expert at creating a creative fun environment for her children. Year three are always completing exciting and interesting pieces of work and are very knowledgable in all areas of the curriculum. They are currently looking forward to making their first reconciliation this Saturday!
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