This year's Sports Day was a great success!. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and even a little bit of rain couldn't dampen their enthusiasm. There was also a wonderful turnout from family and friends to cheer the 'athletes' along.
Stars of the week
Congratulations to...
Danielle, Jacob, Shay, Olivia, Georgia, all of year 4, James, Francesca and the Head Teachers Award to Kieran!
Mega Maths Stars
Well done ... Alex, Owen, Jackson, Adam, Jack and All of Year 6!
St Oswald won this week's house points with 345 Points!!
St Bede won overall this year with a whopping 7758 points!!!!!! - well done everyone!
Stars of the Week
Well done ...
Joseph, Aaron, Daniel, Lucy, Tegan, Madhi and Niamh.
Mega Maths Awards
Congratulations...
Benjamin, Luke, Jackson, Kate, Tom, Darby, Tom and Liam.
Outside Awards
This week we are celebrating football achievements and TV show acting - well done everybody!
Sports day is on today and will commence at approx 1:15pm at the Crcket Club. Thank you!
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
Year 6 went to Whithaugh Park on Monday to enjoy a day of fantastic outdoor activities. They took part in raft-building, abseiling, grass sledging and flying down a zip-wire! They were also joined be Mr Kell and Mr Mulholland, who both also thoroughly enjoyed the day. By the time the class returned to school at 6:30pm, everyone was absolutely exhausted.... but very happy!
Ooh la la!
Mrs Walker joined us for the afternoon to give us a virtual tour of Paris. We went up the Eiffel Tower and sat in a French cafe and watched the world go by...
We also learnt some French vocabulary to help us on our way. It was tres bon!
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.
Year 3 children have begun a Community Cohesion project linking with another school in Gateshead,
The children will be working with visual artist Alison Ashton who has produced some work with children currently on display in the Discovery museum -so keep a look out if you are there at half term. The children have exchanged letters and on Tuesday met at
We will be visiting each other's schools in June and July and then hold a celebration event on July 19th in our school hall where the art will be unveiled!!
On Tuesday 8th June the Year 5's kicked off the World Cup with an assembly entitled 'Send My Friend To School'. Send My Friend To School is a national initiative aimed at raising awareness that 72 million children are not able to go to school. The children have also written letters to our local MP and will be sending a petition from the parents, and a scarf with their signatures on, to Mr Cameron.
" I felt proud of what we were doing and hope that we have raised awareness of the fact that all those children can't go to school."
Lucy McBride Year 5
Just before half term, Reception class were rewarded with a tea party thrown by Jim the Giant to say thank you for all of their hard work.
Jim came to visit us on the morning of the party but he was too tall to fit in the classroom so we went out into the yard to meet him.
We played games, danced, sang and even did a catwalk on the stage to show off our party clothes! We all enjoyed the party and ate food that Jilly, Jim's wife had prepared for us and enjoyed the sweet treats that parents sent in.
After the party, all of the parents were invited into our classroom to look around and to watch a Powerpoint that showed what we have been learning. It was a great day when everyone had fun. We can't wait to begin our next topic on Old Mc Donald had a Farm!
On Tuesday 8th June Year 5 took part in Crazy Catwalk Capers, a performance for the whole school and parents. In class this half term the children have been learning about how fashion has changed through the ages. The show on Tuesday enabled them to share with the rest of the school a little of what they had learned. Mrs Gaby Sutton visited school and brought in a range of clothes spanning the decades, which some of the staff modelled. Each child in year 5 then modelled their own T shirt design. We all had so much fun! The children organised a cake stall and raffle to raise money for a charity which Mrs Sutton supports. We raised over £100. Thankyou to everyone who came to support us.
" I really enjoyed the day. We all had such fun! I especially liked Miss Swales pink dress" Olivia Milburn Year 5
Stars of the week
Congratulations to...
Ruth, Holly, All of Year 3, Joseph, All of Year 5 and Rebecca.
Mega Maths Stars!
Well done ...
Daniel, Harry, Alfie, Ayrton, Jack and Matthew.
Come on girls - we know you're good at maths too!
Out of School Awards
Well done for doing so well for your various football teams, Science courses and Karate Gradings!
Winning Team
Stars of the Week
Well done this week....
William, Harris, Ellie, Jack, Ayrton, Katherine and Alex.
Mega Maths Awards
Extra hard work this week from...
Hope, Penny, Angela, Aaron, Harri, Darby and Brandon!
Out of School Awards
Well done to all our children and Mrs Mackay who took part in the 'Race for Life' at the weekend running a fantastic 5km!! They all managed to raise some sponsorship for a very worthwhile cause! Congratulations to all the children who have achieved well in dance, gymnastics, football and swimming. We have such talented children it's hard to keep up with all the activities they do!
Winning Team - St Aidan with 268 points!
It looks like summer is finally here (fingers crossed). Please remember to put sun cream on every morning.
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
James, Loisa, Alfie, Benjamin, Amy, Lucy and all of Year 6!
Mega Maths Stars
congratulations ....
Emily, Emily, Jackson, Ben, all of year 4, Max and all of year 6!
Outside School Awards
Well done to our dancers, footballers, rugby players,
animation competition finalists, runners, swimmers, TV Stars, Blue Peter badge winners, Rainbows and atheletes!!! What a lot of talented children we have !!!
A huge thank you to everyone who sent in or bought cakes for the MS fundraiser on Friday 30th April! Thanks go also to our volunteers from the Friends of St Peter's and the work experience girls who decorated the hall! An amazing £452 was made altogether with further cake sales taking place after Mass in the Church Hall on Sunday!
The cakes were many and varied but all had one thing in common - they were delicious!!
Can you remember the fun we had last year on Green Day?
Our next Green day is on Tuesday 15th June. Details to follow.
The Year 6 children have been working very hard for their Key Stage 2 tests .... and the wait is almost over!
The tests will take place the week commencing May 10th and finish on Thurs 13th.
The class are keen and ready to do them and are even more eager to enjoy the fun activities planned afterwards.
Please keep the class and all the children of St Peter's in your prayers during this week as they take their tests.
We are all very proud of their efforts and wish them the best of luck during this final stage.
On Friday 30th April 2010, the Friends Of St. Peter's will be hosting a Cake Break to help raise funds to support people affected by MS. All are invited to come along for a slice of cake and a cuppa to support this worthy cause.
The event will be held in St. Peter's school hall from 2:45 - 3:45.
Any donations of cakes will be much appreciated. If you are able to provide a cake, please call the school, who will forward your details onto Mrs Susan Rutledge. All cakes will need to be brought to school on the morning of the event.
For more info about MS, please visit www.mssociety.org.uk
Thank you..... and we hope to see you there!!
In Year 5 we have linked with a school in the Kumbo Diocese of Cameroon called St Martin de Porres. Miss Hughes visited us and told us about what life was like there for children like us. They have to pay to get an education, they have to provide their own pens and pencils and if they didn't have one the teacher would send them home! The children would have to walk long distances to school some for as long 2 hours.
Miss Hughes was going back to Cameroon for another visit so we asked her if she would take some 'hands of friendship' from our class to the children there. We wrote out names and a bit about ourselves on one hand and when Miss Hughes took them to Cameroon the children there did the same and sent them back to us! We were all very excited to have the opportunity to share ideas and feelings with children on the other side of the world.
We also sent 2 of our favourite books, 'Fantastic Mr Fox' and 'Kensuke's Kingdom', over to the children to help start a library for them and hopefully next time we could send some more!
We are going to go to Mass at St Peter's in a couple of weeks time to tell the Parishioners all about our friends across the sea.
We really enjoyed this activity and so did the children from Cameroon as they said it was the most exciting thing they had ever done! we hope to continue this link by sending some letters and would like to start a joint project with the children there - we can learn so much from each other - we think it would be great!
by Olivia and James.
Yesterday afternoon Year 6 was visited my two local Magistrates. Mr Hutchison and Mr Ashley talked to the children about their roles in the community and some of the interesting times they've had in court.
Next, the children took part in a drama role play about a young boy who had stolen some CDs. The class had to decide if he was guilty or not guilty.
Finally pupils and family visitors asked some further questions about the job of a magistrate.
it was a very interesting afternoon. Thanks again to Mr Ashley and Mr Hutchison for coming along to our school.
Here are our winners of the 'Star of the Week', 'Maths Star' and 'Headteacher's Star' awards. Congratulations everybody!
And here are the children who have won a certificate outside of school this week ....
Stars of the Week
Well done ...
Benjamin, James, Ethan, all of year 3, Aidan, Eve, Arran and Mrs Temple.
Mega Maths Stars
Well done...
Danielle, Cameron, Olivia, Aaron, Rhys, Darby and Billy.
Awards for Outside Activities
Well done to Harri for coming 1st in the 25m Butterfly and to all the girls; Eve, Ellie, Eleanor, Penny and Olivia for their dancing achievements.
Winning Team - St Bede - 262 points!
Stars of the Week
Well done, Lauren, Penny, Eleanor, Charlotte, Tom, Mark and Ellen Mega Maths Stars
Super sums from Michael, Kieron, Jessica, Ben, Ella, Melissa, Brooke and Harry Out of School Achievements
This week we have a school full of prima ballerinas and disco divas as well as karate, swimming and meeting celeb's!
Well done... Ella, Lucy, Loisa, Amber, Bridget, Charlotte, Olivia, Harry, Neve, Isobel, Rebecca, Holly, Bridget and Zoe!!
Winning Team- St Aidan
"Well done everyone, with 351 points you must have been trying really hard!"
Year 2 and Year 5 were really lucky yesterday when the Creepy Crawly Roadshow came to St Peter's. Alex showed and talked about all her creatures and we learnt loads! She brought a hissing cockroach, millipede, 2 very big land snails, Rosie the Rose Tarantula and Binky the python!!
Some children from each class were lucky enough to hold one of the creatures and we could all have Binky the snake in either our hands or around our necks. everyonewas very brave and we even found that the creatures weren't as scary as we might have thought before Alex's visit.
Alex's website with lots more information about her animals is... www.creepycrawlyroadshow.com.
We hope you enjoy the photos!
(Other photos can be found in the Year 5 and Year 2 gallery)
Last Friday afternoon, the whole school took part in a snowman competition. We all got our coats, scarves and wellies on and got to work straight away. It was great fun with everybody helping to make our school yard a winter snowman wonderland!
Please note that all After-School Clubs are cancelled this week because of weather conditions. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Stars of the Week
Well done to Lucy, Emily, Jane, Kate, Andrew, Rebecca and Jennifer.
Mega Maths Stars...
Daniel, Nicholas, Eleanor, Archie, Ella, Joseph and Katherine
Handwriting Stars...
Daniel, Harris, Ellie, Katrina, Joel, James and Matthew.
Karate and Trampoline Awards
Well done to Rebecca, Ebony and Olivia.
Winning Team - St Cuthbert's (193 points)
School will be open today. Please do take care coming in. Thank you.
Due to further ice and snowy conditions,and the forecast for the rest of the day, the school will remain shut today. Please check the website at approx 7am tomorrow for updates.
A decision regarding opening the school tomorrow morning (Thurs 7th) will be posted on the website at approx 7am. Thank you
School is closed today due to terrible weather conditions. The decision to re-open the school later this week is pending further weather updates. Please check back later.
Year 6 enjoyed a fabulous day at Beamish Museum on Wednesday as part of their Creative Curriculum topic 'The Box Of Delights'. The class took part in a wonderful evacuee experience and then spent the rest of the day exploring the many sights of Beamish.
Mrs Margaret Minns and her two friends fromthe 'That Was then' project visited Year 6 to talk about their experiences during World War 2. They spoke about being evacuated, school life, black-outs, even their favourite sweets at that time.
It was a wonderful afternoon. We all learned a great deal about that time and it really helped bring our creative curriculum topic to life. Our visiting parents and grandparents also enjoyed the session!
Week beginnning 16th November 2009
"I can affirm the gifts and talents of others"
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Toward!
Benjamin Joseph Toward was born on the 12th November at 5:07pm weighing a substantial 9lb 6oz!!
Mother and baby doing extremely well!!
Stars of the Week
Well done ...
James, Shay, Thomas, James, Madhi, All of Year 6, Ayrton and Mrs Lawson
Handwriting Awards
Beautiful work from ...
Jacob, Eva, Holly, Archie, Lucy and Rebecca!
Congratulations to our Netball Players who came 3rd and Beaver trophy winner too!
Aidan, Rebecca, Isobel, Robbie and Jen.
Firstly our Bible 'quote of the day' - this is a new quotation each day giving us something to think about and telling us where in the Bible it can be found. You can see this feature underneath Mrs Stokoe's introduction on the website and Im sure it will be especially useful for times such as Lent and Advent.
Secondly following feedback from our wonderful Expo-chef day we have the logo at the bottom left of the screen when you scroll right down. If you click on the logo it will take you to the Expo-chef homepage where you can find lots more healthy recipes and ideas to make food more fun!
Stars of the week
Well done to...
Blade, Rebecca, Kieran, Alfie, Trudy, Darby and Ryan.
Handwriting Stars
Excellent work ...
Emily, Chloe, Jenny, Aaron, Abbey, Anna and Bridget.
Other Achievements
This week children have been passing swimming level 7 and winning football trophies!
This week's winning team - St Aidan (197 points)
"Keep up the good work after the holidays and we might win again!" Mrs Toward
Good luck to Mrs Toward as she leaves us today to get ready for her new arrival! She promises to come back with her new baby to see us all. We'll really miss her but will hopefully have some baby photos to put onto the website soon !!
Year 6 enjoyed an afternoon of cross-stitch, producing emblems for their superheroes (creative curriculum topic). They were ably assisted by Mrs Lawson, Mrs Toward and Mrs Moreland and thoroughly enjoyed the activity. Check out the Year 6 classroom to see their handiwork!
This week Year 6 took part in the annual 'Park Life' enterprise initiative. Once again a team from our school won the competition. 
The class were split into groups and had to form a small business tasked with the job of designing a new community park. They had to use their creative and maths skills to design and cost their park.
All the teams worked very well together and enjoyed the morning. Congratulations to our winning team!
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 !
Stars of the Week
Well done to ...
Luca, Simon, Nicholas, Katie, Eden, Andrew, Rebecca, Ayla, Francesca and Miss Bingham!
Handwriting Stars
Excellent work...
Ruth, Loisa, Zainab, Nieve, Joel, Christopher and Joshua.
Wow - these children have been doing Karate, swimming, Football, a Sponsored walk, meeting the Stig and even getting a Blue Peter Badge!
Winning Team - St Oswald - 310 Points
"Well done -keep putting those house points on!"
'Who's the greatest Hynotist in the world?' was the question on everybody's lips after last night's fabulous event.
'ADAM NIGHT!' was the reply from those very brave volunteers who had been the stars of the show!!
Our very own Mr Price alias 'Adam Night' gave us a show to remember - goldfish, washing machines, a day at the races, summer holidays and best of all appearances from 'Madonna' and 'Robbie Williams' - they certainly did entertain us!
Join in with the St Peter's Band!!
Trees in the park - watch out for the little dog!!
Many thanks to all those who took part because without them there would have been no show at all!
Stars of the Week
Well done to ....
Curtis, Oliver, Eva, Amber,
Georgia, abbey, Ellie, Katherine,
Kieron and Mrs Moreland!
Handwriting Stars
Congratulations on your good work ...
Luke, Emily, Alfie, Patrick, Bethan,
Ellie and Conor.
Winning Team - 358points!
St Aidan
"Keep up the good work and keep getting house points!"
Stars of the Week
Well done...
Owen, Eleanor, Harry, Luke, Max, Isobel and Alex.
Handwriting Stars of the Week
Excellent work...
Grace, Ebony, Eve, Ella, Joseph and Joseph.
Winning Team : ST CUTHBERT (310 points!)
Yesterday was the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr which is the festival which marks the end of Ramadan.
Some of our children are beautifully decorated to celebrate this happy festival.
The children's hands are all decorated with different patterns and if you look very carefully you will be able to see different colours too!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our Muslim children and their families "Eid Mubarak" (A Blessed Eid).
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Kieron, Angela, Ben, Lewis, james and Liam.
Handwriting Stars
Excellent work...
Shay, Zoe, Lauren, Sebastian, Rebecca and Cameron.
Winning Team - St Aidan 's - 376 House Points!!!
"keep putting the house points on and we might win next week!"
Our school councillors have been elected for the new academic year by their classmates. The council also includes our Head Boy and Girl.
Well done to all members and keep up the good work!
"As Year 6 School Councillor we would like to help improve our school in any way we can and help anybody who needs it. We will always listen to ideas and make sure they are heard at School Council meetings." (Year 6 School Councillors)
Our Head Boy and Girl have been voted in for this academic year and have already risen to the challenge of their roles.
"I aim to make our school even more eco friendly! Let's get our Green Flag!"(Head Girl)
"I'll listen to all your ideas - if you've got a problem please come to me and I'll help you if i can." (Head Boy)
HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL 2009
We have also chosen a House Captain and Vice Captain for each House Team. The children are aware of the importance of these roles and have been a great help so far! Here are some of their thoughts and ideas....
ST AIDAN
"As Captain I would like St Aidan's to work as a team and not as individuals!" (House Captain)
"I would like everyone in st Aidan's to be the best they can be!" (Vice Captain)
ST BEDE
" I would like St Bede's to do their best at all their work and keep on getting House Points" (House Captain)
"I would like St Bede's to try to work together" (Vice Captain)
ST CUTHBERT
"I'd like St Cuthbert's to try their best in everything they do and get as many House Points and green marks as they can - and NO red dots!" (House Captain)
"I would like everyone to try hard, work hard and always do their best!"(Vice Captain)
ST OSWALD
"As Captain I would like to help my team with whatever they need - GO OSSIES!" (House Captain)
"I would like St Oswald's to always try their best, it's not all about winning, it's about trying your hardest!" (Vice Captain)
Our Key Stage 2 Sports Day will be going ahead as planned and will take place at Gateshead Fell Cricket Club at 1.15 pm today.
Our Key Stage 1 children will remain in school.
Dear Parents,
Please note that the Lollipop Lady who is normally situated at the top of Beaconsfield Road will be absent from duty on Friday 3rd July. Please take extra care when crossing at this point on that day.
Year 5 were treated to a poetry workshop at Cardinal Hume Catholic School on Monday 8th June.
Led by the well-known children's poet, Christine Michaels, it gave the children the opportunity to explore the joys of different types of poetry. Following on from this workshop, the children are now working hard to create their own individual poems, as well as a joint effort poem by the whole class. Once the class poem is perfected, it will be performed at CHCS on June 25th in front of other schools from the cluster and parents. Details of this will follow.
We know we can rely on our Year 5 children to give it their best shot!
Coming soon - St Peter's very own Green Day (no, sadly not the band).
Watch this space for details of this exciting event...............
On Monday 8th June, Year 5 were lucky to be able to take part in a Mandarin Workshop, led by 4 Chinese students from Durham University. We crammed so much into the session, learning:
One of the students treated us to a recital on the flute of some Chinese music. Thanks again to the students for giving us this wonderful opportunity to discover and experience their culture.
A Saintly Drama
Year 6 re-enacted scenes from the lives of famous Saints in school following their retreat day earlier this week. The class all enjoyed their time at the Swallow Hotel and subsequently performing the scenes with Mrs O'Donnell in our yard.
Dear Parents,
Just to let you know that Gateshead Council has informed us that the Lollipop Lady who stands at the top of Beaconsfield Road will be absent for approximately two weeks. Please take care when crossing this busy road during her absence.
Year 6 have completed their swimming programme at Felling pool with everyone achieving their targets. All the class enjoyed the sessions and all feel they have improved their swimming skills. Well done !!
Year 5 have just started this summer term and this will continue when they move up to Year 6 in September.
We were visited today by Maureen from the People's Kitchen. She told us all about how it was set up in the first place and what they did to help people in the area. She was delighted with the 150 eggs ! you brought in to give to all her clients. She asked if we could collect some other things to help the clients next term such as sleeping bags, blankets, wooly hats and outdoor clothing for men, shoes and socks and jeans. We are going to speak to the School Council and see what they would like to do to help this worthwhile charity!
We were delighted so many visitors came to see all our Easter arts and crafts. We have worked extremely hard but it was all worth it! We had so many eggs it was hard to choose winners from each class, everyone was so imaginative - Well done to all who took part! Our Year 6 children paraded with their bonnets too with their wonderful creations - some of which were edible!
Happy Easter
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Yesterday, Thursday 19th March, Mrs McArthur and the eco warriors visited Mrs Heslop's allotment at Whinney Park. Mrs Heslop showed us around her allotment and explained to us all the different types of vegetables and plants that she grows. We all managed to do a bit of digging and planting of our own!
We will be visiting regularly over the summer months as we all know how beneficial growing our own produce is. Not only does it taste much better but it reduces our carbon footprint and growing our own is great fun at the same time!
Thankyou to Mrs Heslop for giving us this opportunity.
Well done to all the children who have represented the school so well in so many different activities in the last couple of weeks!
Cardinal Hume Instrument Play Day Multi-skills Interschool Sports
Dance Festival Team Swimming Gala Team
Stars of the Week
Year R- Whole class
Year 1 - Holly
Year 2 - Aaron
Year 3 - Tom
Year 4 - Aidan
Year 5 - Matthew
Year 6 - Victoria
Handwriting Stars
YR-Kieron, Y1-Katie, Y2-Lucy, Y3-Aidan, Y4-Luke, Y5-Kathryn, Y6-Nicole
French Stars
KS1- Harry
KS2-Rebecca
Head Teacher's Award
Melissa and Tegan
Winning Team - St Aidan- 477 points
The preparations for the Easter Extravaganza in school are well underway in Year 2. We have been making a range of lovely crafts to go on display to show off our creative talents.
We have been sewing, cutting, sticking and colouring and the effects have been beautiful!
We have all enjoyed making our crafts and hope that you all like them when you come into school on Wednesday 1st April.
After James in Year 2 had trampolined his way to raise over £150, it was time for Friday afternoons to ROCK OUT! James had requested a Guitar Hero pack for Golden Time and last Friday (13th March), we had our first 'concert'. As you can see it is a huge success and shows just how effective our new Positive Behaviour scheme is. Thanks again James!
Dear Parents,
Football Club is cancelled this week (Thursday 19th March) as the coach is involved in an In-Service Training session. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and would ask you to ensure that your child is collected at the normal finishing time of 3.15 pm.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week.
Year R - Alexandre Bissessur
Year 1 - Samrah Ahmed
Year 2 - Alfie Lyons
Year 3 - Carter Smith
Year 4 - Jamie Coombs
Year 5 - Rebecca Heslop
Year 6 - Samuel Heslop
Handwriting Stars
Year R - Harris Ahmed
Year 1 - Jane Costello
Year 2 - Eve Humphries
Year 3 - Sebastian Walker
Year 4 - Jack Walton
Year 5 - Brandon Johnson
Year 6 - James Dadley
Fren
ch Stars of the Week
KS1 - Jack Salkeld
KS2 - Joshua Elliott
Headteacher's Award - Grace Robson
Well done everyone!!
Friday 6th March 2009
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week.
Year R - James Lamb
Year 1 - Jennifer Nelson
Year 2 - Alessandro Citrone
Year 3 - Kane Brannon
Year 4 - Rebecca Clough
Year 5 - Billy Allison
Year 6 - Ethan Langford
Handwri
ting Stars
Year R - Nicholas Lambert
Year 1 - Ebony-Mia Clark
Year 2 - Archie Turner
Year 3 - Alex Smith & Joseph Mason
Year 4 - Darby Davison
Year 5 - Tom Mullen
Year 6 - Mollie Birmingham
Winning Team - St Aidan
Some children from Years 4, 5 and 6 took part in the Gateshead Dance Festival held at the Sage on 10th March 2009. All of the children worked hard before and after school to put together their routine. They performed 'St Peter's does High School Musical' excellently and their hard worked paid off as their performance was perfect and we were all extremely proud of the effort they had put in!
Year Six visited Gateshead CLC and created their own radio broadcasts for St Peters FM ! Using different programmes they recorded their own piece of work and added music to the broadcast. Click on the files below to hear each broadcast.....Enjoy!!
joda.mp3
MASH.mp3
HJKA.mp3
PBMG.mp3
The Marines.mp3
Colours.mp3
Dear Parents,
Please note that Football Club and Eco Club are cancelled on Thursday 5th March as the staff concerned are involved in the Year 5 Singing Festival taking place at Cardinal Hume Catholic School that evening.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Friday 6th February 2009
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week.
Year R - Cameron Frazer-Denham
Year 1 - Katie O'Carroll
Year 2 - Eden Grey
Year 3 - Ayrton Mead
Year 4 - Sean Hewson
Year 5 - Euan Burgess
Year 6 - James Dadley
Head Teacher's Award - Thierry Nkombo
Handwriting Stars
Year R - Simon Hoggarth
Year 1 - Jessica Diamond
Year 2 - Aaron Hooker
Year 3 - Lewis Stubbs
Year 4 - Olivia Milburn
Year 5 - Joseph Turner
Year 6 - Martin Wiggham
Winning Team - St Aidan
Well Done Everyone!
<strong><u>Friday 13th February 2009 </u></strong>
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week.
Year R - Eva Whing
Year 1 - Jessica Diamond
Year 2 - Alfie Clarke
Year 3 - Joel Tierney
Year 4 - Darby Davison
Year 5 - Rebecca Heslop
Year 6 - Jonathan Burns
<strong><u>Handwriting Stars </u></strong>
Year R - Shay Bagnall
Year 1 - Olivia Morpeth-Morrison
Year 2 - Harry Burns
Year 3 - Amy Davidson
Year 4 - Sean Hewson
Year 5 - Harry Lowery
Year 6 - Jack Foley
<u><strong><big>Winning Team - St Cuthbert</big></strong></u>
Well Done Everyone!
'Imagination Lane' is coming to St Peters very soon. What is it?....Where will it be?.... all will be revealed very soon by Mr Campbell. Keep your eyes, ears and minds open for more information in the coming weeks.
Owing to the snowy weather conditions, both discos and all after-school clubs have been cancelled tonight. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
Dear Parents,
Just to remind you that Father Michael Purtill will be holding a meeting for Reconciliation on Thursday 12th February at 2.30 pm in the School Hall. All families are most welcome.
Friday 6th February 2009
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week.
Year R - Isabella Dewson
Year 1 - Daniel Byrne
Year 2 - Patrick Foley
Year 3 - Bethan Fraser-Denham
Year 4 - Darby Davison
Year 5 - Bridget Galloway
Year 6 - Lucy Keeney
French KS1 - Thomas Waugh
French KS2 - Year 6
Handwriting Stars
Year R - Robert Miller
Year 1 - Holly Farrell
Year 2 - Georgia Robertson
Year 3 - Ella Crawley
Year 4 - Katherine Wood
Year 5 - Matthew Tweddell
Year 6 - Jon Tait
Winning Team - St Oswald
Well Done Everyone!
Friday 30th January 2009
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week.
Year R - Grace Robson
Year 1 - Ebony-Mia Clark
Year 2 - Laura Smith
Year 3 - Sebastian Walker
Year 4 - Dylan Thomas
Year 5 - Tom Mullen
Handwriting Stars
Year R - Kieron Burn
Year 1 - Bridget Gannon
Year 2 - Adam Ritchie
Year 3 - Kane Brannan
Year 4 - Brooke Connolly
Year 5 - Isobel Thompson
Winning Team - St Oswald
Well Done Everyone!
Friday 16th January 2009
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week.
Year R - Mark Hewson
Year 1 - Jackson Drummond
Year 2 - Oscar Birney
Year 3 - Aidan Gifford
Year 4 - Lucy McBride
Year 5 - Liam Robertson
Year 6 - Jessica McKenna
French KS1 - Jenny Dixon
French KS2 - Luke Eckstein
Head Teacher's Award - Eleanor Birney
Handwriting Stars
Year R - Olivia Arnsby
Year 1 - Jenny Dixon
Year 2 - Kate Smith
Year 3 - Joseph Mason
Year 4 - Raheem Ali
Year 5 - Conor Gardner
Year 6 - Sean Fraser
Well Done Everyone!
Statement of Belief
" I listen to what you say and I show that I am listening to you"
Friday 9th January 2009
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Year R - Nicholas lambert
Year 1 - Angela Joshy
Year 2 -Benjamin Lambert
Year 3- Ayrton Mead
Year 4 - Daniel Burke
Year 5 - Kieran McDonald
Year 6 - Holly King
Headteacher's Award - Nicole Carr & Alice Collier
Well Done!
Winning Team - St Cuthbert
Handwriting Stars
Year R - Grace McBride
Year 1 - Jack McKenry
Year 2 - Georgia Robertson
Year 3 - Charlotte Thompson
Year 4 - Lucy McBride
Year 5 - Katherine Dolphin
Year 6 - Daniel Mason
"I think before I make choices that effect my health!"
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Year R - Mary O'Brien
Year 1 - Jenny Dixon
Year 2 - Thierry Nkombo
Year 3 - Melissa Sessford
Year 4 - Dylan Thomas
Year 5 - Liam Reveley
Year 6 - Daniel Mason
Excellent!!
This week's 'Handwriting Stars' are...
Rebecca Cowx
Kieran Robson
Neve Thomas
Joe McKenry
Jack Walton
Matthew Byrne
Kathryn Richardson
Well done for all your efforts and improvements!
Winning Team - St Oswald
Dear Parents,
Mrs Hutchinson’s ECO Club will be cancelled on Thursday 27th November as she is involved with a concert at the Dryden Centre that evening. Please ensure that your child is collected at the normal finishing time of 3.15 pm that day.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Dear Parents,
Mrs Hutchinson Year 5 Teacher
Mrs Hutchinson will sadly be leaving us at Christmas to go to live in Devon. Mrs Hutchinson has worked at St Peter's for 10 years and I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her hard work and wish her good luck for the future! I am sure she will keep in touch and send us updates from the South!
Chocolate & Bottles
We still need lots of donations of Chocolate and Bottles for the respective Tombola stalls to work - please send any donations into school. Many thanks for your help!
Global Links
I am delighted to inform you that our school is one of 100 schools in the country selected by the British Council to form a global link with a school in China. We will be linked with the district of Luwan in Shanghai. I have been invited along with eight other head teachers from Gateshead, including three other Catholic schools, to visit and begin to forge these links in person. We set off for Beijing this Saturday and transfer to Shanghai a few days later! We will be completing a daily Blog, which can be accessed by the children and staff at school allowing them to follow our very full days and journey around China!
This is a superb chance to extend the learning opportunities for both the staff and children in our school and we are all excited about the close links we are hoping to establish. This also enables us to fulfil the Government's Global Links Initiative where they require all schools to be linked internationally to at least one other by 2010.
We are hoping to exchange and share projects and information on a variety of topics such as cultural heritage, traditional tales, Arts, ICT and photography. We will begin to link using "Chinese New Year" as an exciting but familiar introduction to Chinese cultures and traditions. We are honoured to have been chosen and know that you will support us in this exciting venture.
再见 谢谢
Zàijiàn Xièxie
Goodbye Thank you
Mrs Hutchinson Year 5 Teacher
Mrs Hutchinson will sadly be leaving us at Christmas to go to live in Devon. Mrs Hutchinson has worked at St Peter’s for 10 years and I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her hard work and wish her good luck for the future! I am sure she will keep in touch and send us updates from the South!
Dear Parents,
Mrs Hutchinson Year 5 Teacher
Mrs Hutchinson will sadly be leaving us at Christmas to go to live in Devon. Mrs Hutchinson has worked at St Peter’s for 10 years and I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her hard work and wish her good luck for the future! I am sure she will keep in touch and send us updates from the South!
Chocolate & Bottles
We still need lots of donations of Chocolate and Bottles for the respective Tombola stalls to work – please send any donations into school. Many thanks for your help!
Global Links
I am delighted to inform you that our school is one of 100 schools in the country selected by the British Council to form a global link with a school in China. We will be linked with the district of Luwan in Shanghai. I have been invited along with eight other head teachers from Gateshead, including three other Catholic schools, to visit and begin to forge these links in person. We set off for Beijing this Saturday and transfer to Shanghai a few days later! We will be completing a daily Blog, which can be accessed by the children and staff at school allowing them to follow our very full days and journey around China!
This is a superb chance to extend the learning opportunities for both the staff and children in our school and we are all excited about the close links we are hoping to establish. This also enables us to fulfil the Government’s Global Links Initiative where they require all schools to be linked internationally to at least one other by 2010.
We are hoping to exchange and share projects and information on a variety of topics such as cultural heritage, traditional tales, Arts, ICT and photography. We will begin to link using “Chinese New Year” as an exciting but familiar introduction to Chinese cultures and traditions. We are honoured to have been chosen and know that you will support us in this exciting venture.
再见 谢谢
Zàijiàn Xièxie
Goodbye Thank you
Your child has designed his/her own Christmas card which will be sent home with your child tonight (14th November). We are aware that some cards have errors in the wording on the back of the card so we have corrected these errors. The company, Paper Themes, have been informed of the situation and have assured us that the ordered cards will be printed correctly.
Please note the following points:-
1 You may order as many packs as you wish.
2 If you wish to place an order, please complete the order form sent home with your proof Christmas card and return it into school (with your payment) by Wednesday 19th November to allow us time to collate and send received orders. [NB: Cheques should be made payable to St Peter’s Primary School Fund.]
3 Please note that orders received after the deadline will not be processed.
4 If you do not receive your proof Christmas card, please contact your child's Class Teacher.
Many thanks.
Christmas Fayre - Friday 21st November
School Hall: 3.30pm until 5.30pm
Admission: £1.00 Adults/Children Free
We are holding our Christmas Fayre on Friday 21st November in the School Hall from 3.30 pm until 5.30 pm. It is a good time to have that clear out you promised yourself! We would be very grateful for any donations for the raffle, Chocolate Tombola, Bottle Tombola, toys (good condition), books, DVDs and CDs (no videos please).
Also on sale will be the school CD, bags and woolly hats. The children’s contribution towards the Christmas Fayre has been tremendous and they have made some excellent craft items, which will also be available to purchase – all items are named.
Bake-a-Cake Donations of cakes and biscuits would be gratefully appreciated on the day of the Fayre however please could you notify the school in advance if you are able to provide either of these items.
For sale on the night will also be refreshments, raffles, stalls and games and, of course, a visit to Santa’s Grotto is always a must! The choir will be singing as usual putting us all in the Christmas spirit! Please come along and bring your friends and relatives too!
All donations for stalls are welcome as soon as possible, cakes and perishables on the day of the Fayre itself please!
Owing to unforeseen circumstances, Football Club will be cancelled on Thursday 13th November. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
This year, we will be raising funds for the ‘Children in Need’ appeal and have decided upon the following:
1 The children can bring a bear to school for the day (free of charge).
2 As Pudsey has a new bandanna this year, the children can donate £1.00 and design and make their own bandanna/eye patch for their own bear or for themselves.
3 This is NOT a non-uniform day and all children should come to school dressed in their normal school uniform.
We hope you will join us in supporting this very special event and thank you for your continued support.
Year 5 led a very interesting and colourful Liturgy based on the harvest. the children read, sang and prayed together with parents using the harvest produce brought into school by the children as a focal area.
Children nominated an elderly person in their family or street and delivered the harvest parcel once it had been assembled.
The remainder of the food was sent to Hawkesbury House a local care home where we have developed excellent links throughout the last few years. Our head boy and girl were great ambassadors as they delivered the harvest produce to the residents.
Last week Year 4 celebrated the feast of St Francis of Assisi with the rest of the school.
We have enjoyed another great 'Book week' in school. There have been a range of activities to promote reading and the children have really enjoyed getting involved.
The book fair has again been very successful with many new and exciting stories being bought and taken home.
The whole school got together for a 'Big Read' to celebrate book week. Everyone brought in a book of thier own choice from home and we gathered in the hall to read. It was especially nice to see the older children helping the younger ones to read their stories. Lots of fun was had by all!
To raise money for CAFOD we decided to have a sweet treat. Everyone who wanted to, brought in a donation and decorated a biscuit. Well done to everyone who took part, we know the money will help those less fortunate than ourselves!
Altogether we raised a superb £140.00 !!
This week's Statement is:
I can laugh and have fun.
Our school councillors have been elected for the new academic year by their classmates. The council also includes our Head Boy and Girl. They have all had their first meeting where they discussed rewards for 'Golden Time' after they had consulted all the members of their class. They also emptied and discussed ideas in the school suggestion box!
Members were elected to posts within the council such as Chairperson and Secretary. The council reported back to the whole school during assembly on Friday.
Well done to all members and keep up the good work!
"I would like to be a successful school councillor this year by listening to other people and taking ideas on. I will try to make this a special year for our school and try to make it the happiest school in Gateshead and fun aswell!" (Year 6 School Councillor)
School Council 2008 - 2009
All Welcome!
This week's Statement is:
I can say how I feel.
Our Head Boy and Girl have been voted in for this academic year and have already risen to the challenge of their roles.
"I want to make the school an even more exciting place to be and anyone with a problem or idea can come and talk to me"(Head Girl)
"I am very happy to be Head Boy because I think the job is very important. Thank you for choosing me" (Head Boy)
Year 3 are continuing to expand their recorder repertoire with Mrs Porter and Mrs Temple.
Our new Reception Class have settled in so well at St Peter's - we are very proud of them!
Here are some pictures to show you all of the things they have been doing in their first week.
Thank you very much to all those who attended and donated towards this excellent charity which is so important to many people in our school community. This event was really well attended and allowed us to support both the charity and our parents of the new starters who began full time education today!
We raised £57.48 and will be running this event again next year as it was so successful!
Many thanks once again.
Please find attached term dates for the Academic Year 2008 - 2009.
We hope you will join us for as many celebrations as possible.
Mrs Clarke and Mrs Crawley would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the parents and children of St. Peter's for all of the kind comments and lovely cards and presents that we have received. Wishing you all good luck for the future, we'll miss you.
Sports Day, scheduled for this afternoon, will be going ahead as planned. If the weather changes and we experience heavy rain in the meantime, please re-check this site for any further updates.
We hope to see you there!
Sports Day will take place (weather permitting) at Gateshead Fell Cricket Club on Thursday 10th July at the following times:
Key Stage 1 1.00 pm
Key Stage 2 2.00 pm
Key Stage 1 children (without siblings) may be taken home after their events at approximately 2.00 pm (please ensure your child’s class teacher is aware of the arrangement). Remaining Key Stage 1 children will watch the older children’s events.
Please note the following points:
1. If the weather is poor, a decision as to whether Sports Day will go ahead will be made at 11.00 am and posted on this website. PLEASE DO NOT RING SCHOOL BEFORE THIS TIME.
2. The children have permission to wear their PE Kit for the whole day. All children will require a plain T-shirt representing their House colours (St Aidan = Yellow, St Cuthbert = Blue, St Bede = Green, St Oswald = Red) as it aids the point system and adds excitement to the day.
3. The children should bring an extra bottle of water for use during the sporting activities.
4. At the end of the afternoon, the children will be allowed to go home with their parents provided the class teacher has been notified of the arrangement. Those children not leaving from the field will return to school with staff.
5. We ask that no litter is left on the field and that you start praying for good weather.
LEAVERS’ MASS - Tuesday, 15th July
DATE CHANGE
As a result of industrial action by UNISON members, the Leavers’ Mass will now take place on Tuesday 15th July at 10.00 am (St Peter’s Church). Everyone welcome.
INDUSTRIAL ACTION – UNISON
SCHOOL CLOSURE – Wednesday 16th And Thursday 17th July
Owing to industrial action by UNISON members and after consultation with the Governing Body, it has been decided that school will be closed on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th July. This decision has been taken for a number of reasons, the main one being the health and safety of your children.
This means that school will close on Tuesday 15th July at 3.15 pm for the summer holiday (please see below):
Monday, 14th July School open as normal
Tuesday, 15th July 3.15 pm School closes for summer holiday
Wednesday, 16th JulySCHOOL CLOSED – UNISON Industrial Action
Thursday, 17th July SCHOOL CLOSED – UNISON Industrial Action
Friday, 18th July SCHOOL CLOSED – Staff Training Day
On Wednesday the 2nd of July Year 2 accompanied by Miss Heal, Mrs Crawley, Mrs Daly, Mrs Hearne, Miss Gray and Jonathan Burn all travelled to Whitehouse farm in Northumberland. We had an excellent day and saw lots of lovely animals, we fed them, petted them and even held some of them! The weather was kind to us and everyone enjoyed themselves!
Waiting for the bus in our classroom
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded both the Bronze and Silver Eco Awards for our school this term. Miss Alberts along with Year 5 led the rest of the school to gain this ecological award. Our Eco Warriors have regular meetings and talked to the whole school about how we can continue to improve our environment.
Well done everyone - let's keep up the good work and we may get the most prestigious award which is a Green Flag!
The Friends of St Peter's organised a family quiz in the school hall. The event was a huge success and great fun. Lots of families attended. Quiz master, Brian Rutledge, pitted his wits against them all but wasn't quite clever enough as the staff came out top again, with the help of Hannah and Abigail. It was a great night so get those thinking caps on ready for the next one.
Every class has visited the Shipley Art Gallery to continue to promote the 'Arts' within school. The children have learnt about pattern, chairs, clay modelling and looked at the art works in the Gallery itself. The children all enjoyed their visits and learnt a lot!
The children had a fantastic day when taking part in the Mini Olympics. They had to take part in many different activities which was a great way to keep fit and be healthy. We're sure there are a few stars out there who may become 'great athletes'.
At the start of Healthy School Week we walked to school. We walked from the Dryden Centre on Monday 2nd June and Tuesday 3rd June and on Wednesday we started our 'Walking Bus'. This was so successful we have decided to continue every Wednesday until the end of Term.
There has been lots of exciting things going on in school this week, all have been designed to promote keeping fit and healthy and every class has been involved. We have had a mini olympics tournament, a penalty shoot out, dance-a-thon, skipping, three walk to school mornings and much much more!
Continue reading "Fantastic fun during Healthy School's Week" »
As it was St George's Day yesterday we have put 2 diffrent jigsaws onto the web for you to try! Have fun!
Friday 4th April 2008
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Year R - Holly Farrell
Year 1 - Eden Grey
Year 2 - Andrew Burn
Year 3 - Daniel Burke
Year 4 - Francesca Bell
Year 5 - James Dadley
Year 6 - Tom Stafford
French KS1 - Holly Farrell
French KS2 - Gemma McPherson
Head Teacher's Award- Sebastian Walker & Kane Brannan
Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
We are delighted to show the high priority we place on the development of culture and our continued commitment to the Arts within school, demonstrated by our Artsmark Gold achievement, by taking the whole school to see 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' at the Sunderland Empire on 30th April 2008 - Free of charge!
We'll let you know how the visit went and our favourite parts of the show afterwards!
28th March 2008
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Year R - Angela Mary Joshy
Year 1 - Alfie Clark
Year 2 - Kane Brannan
Year 3 - Anna Burns
Year 4 - Daniel Nixon
Year 5 - Alice Collier, Jon Tait, Jessica McKenna
Year 6 - Daniel Rayner, Liam Robinson, Christopher Arthurs
French KS1 - Marlene Nkombo
French KS2 - Jack Foley
Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
If your child stays for school lunch, please read the following letter which gives details of the new meal price from Monday 31st March. Many thanks.
Thank you to all children who entered an egg in the Decorated egg competition. The standard this year was absolutely outstanding. You're all so creative! It was an unbelievably difficult task to choose winners, but eventually decisions were made.
The lucky winners from each class received an Easter egg and everyone who entered an egg received a lolly!
Here are the lucky winners:
Year R- Jennifer, Alfie and Olivia
Year 1- Neve, Alessandro and Oscar
Year 2- Sebastian, Tom and Thomas
Year 3- Lucy, Tom and Brooke
Year 4- Harry, Ayla and Liam
Year 5- Alice, James and Jessica
Year 6- Leah, Sally and Rosie
Well done to everyone who took part!
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!
14th March 2008
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Year R - James Devenport
Year 1 - Harry Burns
Year 2 - James Watson
Year 3 - Sion Oginni
Year 4 - Liam Robertson
Year 5 - Holly King
Year 6 - Daniel Rayner
Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
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
The children in Year 1 have been enjoying looking at traditional tales so much that two members of the class used their area time to write their own version of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
Continue reading "Keen kids use area time to show off their writing skills!" »
In Year 2 we have been making preparations for our Easter craft Exhibition. (Wednesday March 19th) We have made some beautiful eggs using scraping techniques and worked hard to create a traditional Easter card.
Dear Parents
This is the information regarding all Easter events. Please read on ...
7th March 2008
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Year R - Finn Daly
Year 1 - Laura Smith
Year 2 - Adam Easton
Year 3 - Joel Neelankavil
Year 4 -Matthew Tweddle
Year 5 - Jak Johnson
Year 6 - Yasaman Mousavi
French KS1 - Bethan Fraser-Denham
French KS2 - Eve Daly
Head Teacher's Award - Eve Humphries
Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
Friday 29th February 2008
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Year R - Amber Lees
Year 1 - Kate Fraser
Year 2 - Alex Smith
Year 3 - Daniel Burke
Year 4 - whole class
Year 5 - Gemma McPherson
Year 6 - Beth Rutledge
Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
Just to remind you that all after-school clubs (including Miss Callow's guitar group) will be cancelled on Monday 3rd March because of Parents' Evening. All other clubs will run as usual.
Miss Callow's guitar group will also be cancelled on Monday 10th March but will recommence on Monday 17th March.
Mrs L Greenup
Barnaby travelled to three different continents in the half term holiday. Thank you to all three families who took him with them and sent in some lovely photographs to show everybody!
On the 10th February 2008 at 12:55pm Miss Sarah Milligan was safely delivered of a beautiful baby girl! Miss Milligan is going to call her baby Rhiannon and she was a healthy 5lb 14oz.
Mother and baby are both doing very well and it was lovely to see them both when they visited us all at school this week.
We are delighted to welcome both Mrs Chisman and Mrs O'Donnell back to St Peter's.
In Reception we have been reflecting upon our first Spring topic of 'Celebrations'. We began with a party! We remembered our personal celebrations like our birthdays and Christmas and discussed the celebration of Mass at church. We concluded our topic with a prayerful and reflective Liturgy in our classroom.
Mrs Brand
Friday 15th February 2008
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Reception Class - Jack McKenry
Year 1 - Georgia Robertson
Year 2 - Elizabeth Cowx
Year 3 - Olivia Milburn and Brooke Connolly
Year 4 - Liam Robertson
Year 5 - Danielle Sweeney
Year 6 - Andrew Queen
Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
Friday 8th February 2008
Congratulations to all of this week's stars!
Reception Class - Hasmitha Malepati
Year 1 - Archie Turner
Year 2 - Abbey Moore
Year 3 - Sebastian Greig
Year 4 - Joseph Turner
Year 5 - Bradley Galloway
Year 6 - Liam Robinson
Head Teacher's Award - Rebecca Clough
Well done everyone and keep up the good work!
Bonjour everyone, we are the members of the fantastic Year Five French club! We meet every Thursday night after school and we are currently learning an exciting poem about the local town. We have learnt some useful phrases such as, "la patinoire," "le cafe," "la discotheque" and "la gare" which are all words in our poem. As soon as we know our poem off by heart we will record it and let you have a listen so keep a look out to see how we are doing! We have even tried some delicious French food such as chocolate filled crepes.
au revoir from Jessica, Alice, Jon, Preet and Miss Alberts
Year Five led today's Ash Wednesday service at St Peter's Church which was dedicated to the memory of Mr Jim Murray, who was deputy head at St Peter's for many years. The mass was a brilliant success and was enjoyed by the whole school, Mr Murray's family and the parish. The children organised the whole mass themselves by choosing hymns and readings. The service was well attended and the whole school sang beautifully. Year Five read confidently and made their teacher, Miss Alberts, incredibly proud. Mr Murray's family who attended the mass commented on how fantastic the children were and how Mr Murray would have really enjoyed it.
In order to celebrate Ash Wednesday and to follow the theme of Give, Pray and Fast, it was decided that the children should be rewarded from the teachers. Staff decided to 'Give' the children a treat that was watching the film 'Cars'.
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!
We have two new staff members at St Peters.
Miss Caldwell from New Zealand has joined Year Four while Mrs Hutchinson is away on sick leave and Miss Dews has joined the Reception class while Miss Milligan is on maternity leave.
Both members of staff are awesome and an absolute asset to the school, we are extremely lucky to have them.
What is an Extended School?
Extended schools are schools that provide a range of services and activites often beyond the school day to help meet the needs of their pupils, families and the wider community. By 2010, as part of the Every Child Matters agenda, all schools are to offer access to the core offer of extended schools.
What are Extended Schools Clusters?
Within Gateshead, extended services are being developed in "clusters" made up of a group of primary schools and one secondary school. The clusters are named after the secondary school in that cluster. Special schools are also included in their geographical areas.
St Peter’s is in the Cardinal Hume Cluster.
We would like to say a big thank you to all of our friends and families who kindly donated a shoe box to support the shoe box 2007 appeal. Last year we managed to collect 132 shoe boxes which we thought was amazing ! This year we have increased our total to a FABULOUS 157 boxes. Well done to everyone you have really made a difference, thank you ! What shall we aim for next year ?
Our new school coats are a popular buy at only £20 each - We're sure you'll agree they're a bargain!
Please contact either Mrs Emma Heslop or Mrs Susan Rutledge if you wish to purchase a coat from school.
