Stars of the Week
Well done...
Noah, Luke, William, Grace, Holly, Carter and Alfie.
Mega Maths Stars
Well done...
Toby, Eduardo, Finlay, Isabel, Jen, Laura and Tom
Mathletics Awards
Out of School Awards
Winning Team - St Oswald
Stars of the Week
Well done ...
Charlie, Grace, Louie, Jack, Robert, Ben and Marlene.
Buen trabajo to our Spanish Stars Oliver and Trudy!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work...
Hannah, Eduardo, Jacob, Penny, Jennifer, Mark and James.
Mathletics Awards
Out of School Awards
Winning Team - St Bede
This term Year 4 are looking at inventors in our topic, 'Cracking Contraptions'. On Friday we went to the Discovery Museum to learn a little bit more about the inventors that changed the world. We really enjoyed experimenting in the Science Maze and looking at all the different exhibits in the Museum. We had a fantatsic time and brought loads of information back to school with us,
as well as a few things from the gift shop!
Before Christmas Year 4 finished off the 'Wonderful World' topic in style, with a fantastic celebration assembly called 'The Wonder's Have Talent'. The competition saw each of the seven wonders battle to win the title of 'Most Wonderful Wonder', as well as having to impress the audience they also had to dazzle the judges, Emperor Caesar, Mumtaz Mahal, Emperor Qin and of course the always grumpy, Simon Cowell! The acts performed dances, songs and even death defying martial arts but in the end the judges and audience decided they could possibly choose and named them all winners! It really is a wonderful world!
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Dan, Oliver, Emily, Chloe, Benjamin and Tegan.
Buen Trabajo to Evie and Luke, our Spanish stars.
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work...
Owen, James, Lauren, James, Caoimhin and Aidan.
Mathletics Awards
Out of School Awards
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Evie, Kirsty, Fin, Grace, Romina, Lucy and Adam.
Buen Trabajo to Isaac and Rhys - this week's Spanish Stars!
Noah, Richard, Daniel, Nicholas, Finn, Harry and Joe. Mathletics Awards
Mega maths stars this week are...
Out of School Awards
Stars of the Week
All of Reception Class All of Year 1
All of Year 2
Well done to all the KS2 stars - Edward, Jane, Lucy, Harri and Oscar!
Mathletics Awards
Mega Maths Stars
well done to...
Iona, Matthew, Danielle, Mollie, James, Harry and Joseph.
Out of School Awards
Well done this week for...
swimming, gymnastics, Tae-kwon-do, cubs badges and singing on a recorded CD!!
Winning Team - St Cuthbert
Last year, our previous Y6 pupils took part in a fantastic project with Q20 Theatre Group. Working with professional photographer Roger Moody, the class created huge portraits that reflected an aspect of their personality. They were then photographed throughout Saltwell Park during the summer term.
These fantastic portraits will be on display in Saltwell Towers from the 4th to 31st January. We hope you will all take the time to visit this wonderful exhibition!
Stars of the week
Well done this week to...
Patrick, Kirsty, Harry, Ruth, Isabel, Jennifer, Nieve and Abbey.
Spanish stars this week are Lois and Laura!
Mega Maths S
tars
Excellent work...
Ellen, Joseph, Grace, Zainab, Caoimhin and Kane.
Outside School Awards
This week for swimming and gymnastics
Most Raffle Tickets sold - winners
Well done Oliver, Mollie and Joseph!
Mathletics Awards
Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2
Cycling Proficiency - Year 6
School Swimming - Level 2
Winning Team - St Cuthbert
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Lucy, Philip, Hope, Harris, Eleanor, Eve, Seb and Aaron.
Mega Maths Stars
Fantastic work this week from...
Judith, Oliver, Curtis, Loisa, Iqra, Aaron and Lewis.
Mathletics Awards
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 2
Out of school Awards
This week people have been getting awards for swimming, Judo yellow belts, joining Beavers, being TV Stars and Karate breaking wood!!!!
Winning Team - St Cuthbert
Seasonal Events 2011
All events at school unless stated. Everyone Welcome!
· Tues 29th November at 2:30pm Advent 1 led by Y1/2
· Tues 6th December Reconciliation Service led by Y5&6 at 2:30pm
· Friday 9th December at 2:30pm Advent 2 led by Y3/4
· Tues 13th & Wed 14th December at 10am KS1 Nativity--ticket only
· Wed 14th December at 6pm School Choir 'Carols by Candlelight'
· Friday 16th December at 2:30pm Advent 3 led by Y5
· Wed 21st December 10am St Peter's Church-- Christmas Mass -- Whole School
· Thursday 22nd December 10:30am Mulled wine & Mince pies in school hall
· Thursday 22nd December at 11:00am Advent 4 led by Y6
· Thursday 22nd December school closes for pupils at 12 noon
We hope you will be able to join us for as many events as possible.
Well done to all our choir members who sang so beautifully on Wednesday 23rd November. We joined other schools from the local area to make the event a resounding success. The lights were switched on by Alfie Joey from Newcastle radio and music was provided by a local brass band. Thank you also to all the families who turned up to join us at the tree, we really appreciated your support. Particular thanks to Mr J Devenport for sending us these photos!
The choir will be out and about at many care homes and sheltered accomodation again this year so if any adults would like to join us you are very welcome!
See if you can spot some familiar faces!!!
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Kyle, Amber, Daniel, Grace, Kieran, Georgia and Bethan.
Head Teacher's Award also goes to Kyle for settling in so well to Reception Class.
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work from...
Oliver, Harry, Luke, Aaron, Holly, Neve and Joel.
Mathletics Awards for KS1
Mathletics Awards for KS2
Outside School Awards
Well done for swimming 50 metres and for being fire safety conscious!
Winning Team - St Bede
Something very mysterious is happening in Year 4. We arrived in our class last Tuesday to find that someone had set up camp! After investigating the campsite and searching for clues we found some great evidence in a diary which told us it belonged to someone called Professor Langton. Year 4 are working very hard to solve the mystery of who this person is, all we know is that the professor has already visited all of the Wonders of The World and the diary suggests that they might be searching for something. We'll keep you updated on anymore of our findings but for now, here are some questions we are still pondering...
Can you help us with our investigation, have a look at the Professor's last diary entry and see if you can help Year 4 to find out more about the mysterious Professor Langton.
We have been learning all about the Seven Wonders of the World and have been looking at The Great Wall of China. As a special treat and to give us an insight into Chinese culture we were lucky enough to have Mrs Cowx teach us some Kung Fu moves. We all had to listen very carefully and learned that self discipline and concentration are the most important parts of becoming a master of Kung Fu. Mrs Cowx also made sure we understood that these moves were strictly non-contact, we're definetely going to leave that sort of thing to the professionals! A huge thank you to Mrs Cowx for giving Year 4 such a wonderful experience!
To help raise money for Children In Need St Peter's definetely showed our spots on Friday. We had a non-uniform day with a spotty theme and then had a very special visit from Pudsey and some of the children from Cardinal Hume school who did some aerobics with us. We all had a great time!
Pudsey decided to come along to Celebration Assembly this week to congratulate all our hard workers!
Stars of the Week
Well done to Maebh, Alex , Oliver, Ethan, Eleanor, Patrick and Amy.
Mrs Stokoe's Headteacher's Award this week went to Alex and Amy for helping to show our special visitors around school.
Mega Maths Stars
Mathletics Awards 
Fantastic work this week from Charlie, Joseph, Fintan, Kieran, Olivia. Adam and Joseph.
Year 1 Year 2
Year 3 Year 4
Year 5 Year
6 
Out of School Awards this week are for swimming, Karate, Beavers and Rainbows, well done everyone!
I can help others less fortunate than myself and have fun doing it!
We Will Remember Them.
Stars of the Week
Well done this week to...
Eric, Eduardo, sam, Alex, Alfie, Eden and Elizabeth.
Head Teacher's Awards to Alex and Eric - we will miss you both very much and wish you and your family well on all your new adventures in Mauritius.
Spanish Stars
Buen Trabajo to Harry, Daniel, Finn and Alex!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work this week from...
Rosie, Alexander, Luca, Aedan, Ellie, Thierry and Trudy.
Mathletics Awards
Year 1 Year 2
Year 3 Year 5
Year 6
Out of school Awards
This week's Awards are for swimming, rugby, reading, gymnastics and running.
What can it hold? Let's find out and see with Year 6
Stars of the Week
Well done to Nathan, Kirsty, Jacob, Isabella, Harry, Katie and Andrew.
Buen trabajo to Luke and Luke for being chosen as our Spanish Stsrs this week!
The Headteacher's Award this week goes to Thomas Waugh for excellent attitude and work!
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent work from...
Johnnie, Sam, James, Cameron, Jessica, Kate and Alex!
Mathletics Awards
100% Attendance - there were 115 children with 100% attendance from September until the october half term - WOW!
Out of School Awards
This week awards are for karate, swimming football, reading and even winning a competition to meet the Saturdays!!
Shoe Box Appeal - 133 shoeboxes so far!! Thank you so much for your generosity.
Stars of the Week
Well done to Ava, Oliver, Ella, Emma, Jenny, Jack and Ayrton.
Buen trabajo to our Spanish stars Sam and Edward.
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent...
Eric, Alex, Michael, Olivia, Amber, Lucy and Thomas.
Mathletics Awards
Out of School Awards
This week Louie for Level 6 swimming and well done to Patrick for gaining his black belt in Karate. The youngest member of his club ever to do so!
Year 4 enjoyed a toga party to celebrate the conclusion of their Rotten Romans topic. Everyone looked fantastic in their costumes, there were some very glamorous togas and frightening soldiers! We tried lots of different Roman food including some stuffed dormice (that looked suspiciously like chocolate 
mice!), peacocks tongue's (that resembled jelly beans), fresh fruit and ostrich (which tasted remarkably like chicken!). Some of us were even brave enough to try our first olive, which were met with mixed reviews, luckily none of us had to visit the vomitorium! We also made our very own laurel wreaths so all of us
could feel like Emperors for a day. We have really
enjoyed learning all about the Romans this half term.
As the inclement weather is fast approaching (and in some cases has already arrived), we are trying to develop a Rainy Day box for the children to play and experiment with outdoors on a rainy day.
To do this, we need resources and are hoping that kind families could donate anything from the list to our cause.
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The list is as follows:
Umbrellas
Buckets
Plastic Tubes
Plastic pipes
Waterproof hats
Waterpoof coats
This list is by no means exhaustive, any other suggestions and donations would be greatefully received!
Many Thanks in advance,
Mrs Toward and Mrs Mackay
To celebrate the end of our first half term in school, Reception class would like to invite their families into school this Friday at 2pm to look around our classroom and have a look at some of the things we have been doing over the last few weeks.
There will be coffee and tea served in the hall and everyone will get the opportunity to look around the classroom and share in the achievements of the children.
Children will be able to go home straight after the event is over, as will siblings in other classes.
Hope to see you there!
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Sebastian, Flo, Lauren, Kieran, Aedan, Thomas & Alfie.
Buen Trabajo to Lauren and Zoe.
Mega Maths Stars
well done to...
Patrick, Matthew, Louie, Rebecca, Nathan & Alfie.
Mathletics Awards
Out of School Awards
This week people have been...
doing gymnastics, mathletics, swimming, getting badges at Beavers and spelling.
Stars of the Week
Well done this week to...
Olivia, Lois, Joseph, Jen, Nieve and Joshua.
Spanish stars this week were Blade and Grace.
Head Teacher's Award to Zoe for helping one of her classmates for several weeks without being asked.
Mega Maths Stars
Congratulations to ....
Ben, Fraser, Emily, Eva, Ebony, Jack and Charlotte.
Bronze Mathletics Awards
Silver Award
Gold Award
Out of School Awards
This week children have been...
Dancing, swimming and playing football and rugby!
Winning Team - St Cuthbert!
Year 2 Councillors
My name is Ruth, I am in Year 2. I want to be a school councillor so I can help all the students have a nice time at school and work hard.
Hello, my name is Louie. I am 7 years old and I am in Year 2. I love coming
to St Peter's School and I have lots of lovely friends. As a school councillor I will try to make school a better place by helping all Key Stage 1 and being a
good listener. I would like to help to get more sport in school.
Year 3 Councillors
Hello, my name is Grace and I am in Year 3. I have always wanted to be a school councillor. I
promise to bring all of your great ideas to the school council meetings and to always be kind.
My name is Luke. I think I will be a great school councillor because I'm kind and I am always there for people who are hurt and I help people with their work. I will be a good example to the new Reception class children. If someone is at the buddy bus stop at break time I promise to ask them to join in with my game.
Year 4 Councillors
Hi, I am Zoe. I am a good friend, I take part in anything and always try my best. I am looking
forward to developing links and hearing your ideas. Here are some of mine, weekly music awards and an Easter play.
My name is James and I am the Year 4 school councillor. I will be a good councillor because I have some great ideas like a healthy tuck shop and school changing rooms for our PE lessons. I am looking forward to trying lots of new things as a member of the school council and hope to meet the Mayor!
Year 5 Councillors
My name is Lauren and I am a Year 5 school councillor this year. I think I will make a good school councillor because I have lots of good ideas for our school.
I am Thierry, I think I will be a great school councillor because I am a good representative of our school. I always try my best and will work hard to make our school an even better place to learn!
Year 6 Councillors
Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I am in Year 6. I also have a sister in Year 3 called Rebecca. As a school councillor I am particularly looking forward to getting involved in school life and the way our school is run. I have a range of ideas including opening up the big yard occasionally to the infant children for afternoon breaktime and perhaps establishing a small nature to encourage wildlife. thank you for giving me this opportunity.
Hello, my name is Sebastian and I am 10 years old. I have an older brother and sister and a pet dog. I have thousands of hobbies but my favourites are rugby and climbing. The reason I want to be a school councillor is because I have never been on the school council before and as this is my last year at St Peter's I really want an important job.
Head boy and Head girl
Hi, I'm Abbey. I am in Year 6 and proud to be Head girl. This year I am looking forward to
helping to make our school an even better place for everyone. I think we could all work together to look at new ways to raise money for school and community funds. I hope we all have fun while making our school and even better place.
Hello, I'm Tom and I wanted to tell you a bit about myself. I love rugby and football and many other sports. The reason I wanted to be Head boy was because I want to make the school even better than it already is. I will be nice and kind to all school members especially the younger children. In the future I am hoping to take on more events like the Macmillan Coffee morning and other activities involving the whole school.
We are really enjoying our 'Rotten Romans' topic this term and have been finding out lots of interesting facts about life in Roman times. This week our focus is on the Roman Army and we have been looking at the lives of the soldiers, their uniform, fitness regime and battle tactics! We made Roman shields and became a small century to re-create the famous Roman tortoise or 'testudo' to defend ourselves and our comrades from attack! Will we all survive Roman Army Bootcamp next week???
We had great fun in Numeracy last week, taking inspiration from the ancient Egyptians and building some super pyramids. We had to estimate how many multilink cubes we would need, and then count them, grouping them into five. They looked super! It was very fiddley, and the multilink cubes kept falling apart. It must have been a lot more challenging to build the real thing!
Year 3 had an amazing day dressing up as explorers and discovering ancient artefacts. We had to crack ancient hieroglyphic codes to find out where objects were hidden. We found mummies, masks and even Egyptian money! We are very excited about our new topic and
can't wait to learn more.
On Friday 23rd, Year 6 went to Cardinal Hume to take part in their annual 'Play In A Day'. Working with a drama specialist, the class worked together to produce a short play entitled 'Arabian Nights' (linked to the Creative Curriculum topic). They then performed the show in front of family members and friends. The whole class displayed some fine acting skills and all thoroughly enjoyed the experience!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Isaac, Oliver, Luca, Shay, Zoe and Lauren as this week's stars!
Spanish Stars this week were Daniel and Alfie Buen trabajo!
Head Teacher's Awards this week went to Eleanor and James who have organised a garage sale at their home this weekend in aid of MS and CAFOD.
Mega Maths Stars
Well done ...Iona, Joshua, Isla, Chloe, Daniel and Oscar!
Out of School Awards
This week children have been swimming, dancing, running the Junior Great North Run, doing taekwondo and appearing in print!
Well done everyone!
Winning team - St Bede
Well done to Miss Hudson our year 4 teacher who completed this year's Great North Run in aid of the Stroke Association.
We are very proud of her!
Please feel free to send in a contribution to this worthy cause if you would like to help.
Our new Reception class managed their first full week in school last week and proved themselves to be another fantastic class that we have here in St. Peter's. Already relationships have been established and the seeds of friendships sown that will hopefully last for a very long time.
Excellent partnerships have been established with Year 6 buddies who are doing such an excellent job at helping the little ones settle in.
Hope you enjoy the photos of a lovely week!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to...
Fiontan, Fintan, Alex, Owen, Jessica, Ben, and Marlene.
This week's Spanish Stars are Kane and Sam.
This week's Head Teacher's Award goes to Josh (Reception Class) for setting up a beautiful focal area for prayers in the classroom without even being asked!
Mega Maths Stars
Well done to...
Olivia, Jacob, Sam, Simon, Jack, Katrina and Andrew.
Bronze awards for Recorders Bronze Awards for Violin
Out of School Awards
This week we have lots of dancing stars and super swimmers!
Stars of the week
Well done to ...
Sam, James, Eleanor, Zainab, Georgia and Melissa.
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work by...
James, Emilia, Nicholas, Samrah, James and Joe.
Out of School Awards
This week people have been doing gymnastics, dance, football and even winning best dormitory of the week at Holy Island!
Meet our school councillors for the year. The children in each class have voted for their representatives and they will help us move the school forward in this next academic year bringing ideas to their meetings and information back to the rest of their class afterwards.
Welcome back!
It's been a very busy week here in school with lots of canvassing and voting taking place for school councillors in every class, team captains and vice captains & our Head Boy & Girl. Here are this year's Team House and Vice captains.
St Aidan's Team captain Tegan and Vice Captain - Joe
St Bede's Team Captain Bethan and Vice Captain Aidan.
ST Cuthbert's Team Captain Charlotte and Vice Captain Joseph.
St Oswald's Team Captain Alex and Vice Captain Sebastian.
We have also chosen our new Head Boy and Girl for the year. Every child and teacher in the school voted after some outstanding presentations from all the candidates. It was a very hard decision to make for us all. Our new Head Boy is Tom and our new Head Girl is Abbey and I'm sure they will be excellent ambassadors for our school.
WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU
TO OUR NEXT MEETING
Date: Tuesday 13th September 2011 at 6pm
Venue: St Peters School
If you are interested in joining us, please come along, the main focus of this meeting is the AGM. It's a lot of fun, with a chance to meet new people and contribute to our school.
If you are unable to make the meeting this time but would still like to help please either fill in slip below and hand into school office, or contact us:
Volunteers We are looking to increase our volunteer numbers, you can volunteer to do as little or as much as you can manage, helping with making tea for one event is a great help, alternatively organising raffle prizes or baking cakes for fayres or coffee morning. What do you enjoy doing? Why not come along and do it to help raise funds for your son or daughters school.
Remember all funds raised go to get those little extras for our children.
Fund raising ideas If anyone has any really good fund raising ideas please speak to one of the committee, fill in the slip below or e-mail marked FOSP.
Thank you
Heather Scott
0191 487 5151
heather.scott2009@hotmail.co.uk
Viv Fraser
0191 4911588
frazer@denham40.wanadoo.co.uk
We have been proud to contribute the following to the school since we were established in October 2005
Purchase of school tracksuits and polo shirts £850
Contribution to Easter Crafts at £50 per class £400
Purchase of the Water Pump in the Spiritual Garden £200
Purchase of School Leavers gifts £80 per year (2006- 2009)
Snacks and water for Pantomime trip £125
Contribution towards Bike Shed £1750
Contribution to Walking with Dinosaurs trip £1560
Purchase of School Leavers Teddies £250 (2010)
Ipod and Docking Station for the hall £470
Harry Potter show and creative writing workshop £1800
Gazebo £5400
Living Gallery project £2100
A Grand Total of £15,395 raised by Friends of St Peters to give those little extras to our children.
Thank you to all parents who have helped and supported our events.
On Friday 24th June members of year 4 and 6 represented the school at the Gateshead Schools Athletics Festival held at Gateshead Stadium. All the children behaved impeccably and were fantastic ambassadors for St Peter's. We got into the semi finals and finals for several events and were hoarse shouting for our team members.
Well done to everyone for all their efforts and congratulations to Archie and Thierry for winning a medal!
Thanks also to all the parents who came along to support our team. It was much appreciated by us all!
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On Friday Year 6 took their portraits to the Living Gallery in Saltwell Park, it was a great opportunity for us to show off our personalised portraits and we really enjoyed the process of making them! They look fantastic!
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Year 1 had a fantastic trip to the Sea Life Centre as part of our 'At the Seaside' topic. We saw lots of different underwater creatures and even got to hold some of them! We also got the chance to go and play on the beach and to explore the rock pools. We were even brave enough to paddle in the sea-it was very cold! All that fresh sea air must have worked wonders because we all fell asleep on the bus on the way home. A big thank you to all the helpers that came with us!
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Our school has once again been awarded the 'Impetus' Award, for its efforts in promoting children's rights. Year 6 pupils Eve, Lucy, James, Jack, Joseph and Conall led the project along with Mr Campbell, which focused on developing friendships within the school and local community. They produced a diary, wall display and presentation to Impetus representatives to achieve the award. They all worked very hard and Nick Mawson, the Impetus visitor, was "bowled over" by the children's efforts and added they were a "credit to the school". Indeed they are, well done everyone!
Stars of the week
Well done to...
Fintan, Emily, Eva, Joshua, Harry and Ben and buen trabajo to Tegan and Taylor who are this week's Spanish stars!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work this week from ...
Harry, Joseph, Rebecca, Jennifer, Georgia & Melissa.
Mathletics Awards
Well done to all these year 3 & year 4 children - come on year 5 & 6 we need to see you next week!!!
Heworth CLC Awards
These children for Years 3& 4 were given awards by the team at the CLC because they had shown the most amount of effort to the activities of the day. Well done everyone!
These children from Year 5 were extremely clever and designed and made clocks at the CLC!!
Cross designs for each class were submitted and these were the winners from each class and a colured version for the school overall - well done everyone, fabulous work!!
Congratulations to Joshua, Luca, Owen, Bridgit, Nieve, Lewis and Lucy!!
Outside of School Awards
These awards are for Football, Swimming, Karate, Gymnastics, Ice Skating and Performing Arts - phew, they have been busy!
After a brillliant weekend at Eduardo's house, the chicks returned to school on Monday, bigger and full of energy! There was a miracle at home time on Friday before Eduardo's daddy picked them up when one of the eggs that we had thought wouldn't hatch began to crack! A quick decision had to be made for the safety of the chick as it had to travel home in the incubator and it was rolling around whenever the box was picked up. Up step Mrs Lawson who added midwife to her list of skills when she hatched the chick out of the egg! It went home happily in the incubator and made a full recovery at Eduardo's house over the weekend. Many thanks to his family who took such great care of the chicks and had a great time!
In class, children have really enjoyed the experience of the chicks, they have been taking really good care of them, feeding them weetabix and digging for worms! We fed them worms on Wednesday and the chicks had a great time fighting over the juiciest ones! Sadly they have to go back to the farm on Friday unless we find a suitable allotment and a willing carer...any takers?!!!
All chilled out with Ed
Sleepy Luca?!
Key Stage
2 had a fantastic time competing in the Tesco School Run at Saltwell Park. We had fantastic weather for it and enjoyed a energetic warm up before the race began. We were all thrilled to be running along side Olympic bronze medalist,Tasha Danvers . All of the children were fantastic and put in some truly brilliant performances, staff also joined in and tried to keep 
up! Well done to all the children for their 
amazing effort and a big thank you to all parents who accompanied us on our walk to the park 
and cheered us on!
The children came into school this morning to be greeted by the sight of our first arrival from the Living Eggs programme!
Chick number 1 (name suggestions welcome - we think it's a boy) arrived early on this morning and was just beginning to find its way around the incubator in time for breakfast club to witness. After that followed a hatching frenzy with another hatching before lunch (a girl this time) then two more hatched before hometime! (Still a bit early to see what kind these ones are!) When the children left to go home, there were another 2 chicks 'pipping' which means they should arrive within a few hours.
As expected the children have been very excited to greet our new arrivals and can't wait until they are transferred to the brooder box and will be strong enough to be held. The draw for the lucky family to take them home will take place tomorrow, many thanks to all who offered.
Every class has been studying a different artist during this topic. We decided to hold a viewing evening after school so all the parents and grandparents could come and see our hard work. It was a great success with parents enjoying the art along with paella, tapas and sangria!
Reception
In reception class children made mosiacs with spanish themes.
Our oldest children continued this theme looking at the artist Antoni Gaudi.
Year 1- Sorolla
Year 2 - Picasso
Year 3 - Juan Gris
Year 4 - Joan Miro and Flamenco
Year 5 - Salvador Dali
Year 6 - Antoni Gaudi
Everyone worked extreemly hard as you can see!
We also studied different areas and cities in Spain, different parts of spanish culture and learnt spanish songs and games!
Year 4 enjoyed some Tasty Tapas on Wednesday afternoon as part of our Viva Espana topic! We tried some manchego cheese, cured meats, tomato and basil and some bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Some very brave people even tried their first olive! We really enjoyed our afternoon and embraced the social side of eating tapas by enjoying conversation with our friends and a quiz on Spanish food. A huge thank you to Mrs Cowx for organising such a fantastic afternoon for year 4, or as the Spanish would say-muchos gracias
!
On Saturday June 25th, St. Peter's will be hosting a summer BBQ and Fun Day!
The event will be held at Gateshead Fell Rugby Club from 2pm - 6pm.
Tickets cost £5 adults, £2:50 children & vegetarians. (Can vegetarians please bring their own food, thank you). The tickets are available the week before the event from either the school office, or from FOSP members available in the yard during drop off and pick up times.
It should be a wonderful day of food, drink, games and stalls...we look forward to seeing you all there!!
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Richard, Alex, Aaron, Holly, Zainab, Eve and Abbey.
Buen trabajo to Finlay and Caoimhin as this week's Spanish Stars!
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent work...
James, Luca, Alex, Samrah, Ben and Alex.
Mathletics Awards
Well done to all these people for keeping up with their mathletics work!
Outside School Awards
This week people have been... playing football, winning a signed football shirt, doing gymnastics, running the Race for Life and the Children's Cancer Run, auditioning for TV and finding out about Mum having a new baby!
Winning Team - St Oswald's
Stars of the Week
Well done...
Sophie, Emilia, Robert, Jessica, Aaron and Tom.
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work...
Oliver, Joe, Aedan, Alfie, Lauren and Harri
Mathletics Bronze & Silver Awards
Outside School Awards
This week...
dancing, football, swimming awards.
Winning a colouring competition at the Metro Centre.
and even 'Naming a star'.
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Taylor, Michael, Luke, Zoe, Ben, Harri & James
Buen Trabajo to Samrah!
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent work...
Sam, Oliver, Simon, Samrah, Neve, Andrew and Aidan.
Mathletics Bronze Awards
Mathletics Silver Awards
Mathletics Gold Award
Stars of the Week
well done....
Grace, Lucy, Aedan, Jack, Benjamin and Tom.
Buen trabajo to Mark and Alfie!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work...
Eduardo, Danielle, James, Eleanor and Eden!
Mathetics Awards
and well done to Eleanor for our first Mathletics Gold Award!!!!
Outside School Awards
This week people have been swimming and playing football
Winning Team - St Bede
Stars of the Week
Well done this week to...
Kirsty, Sam, Emma, Holly and Jack!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work...
Joshua, Lucy, Cameron, Ethan and Harry.
Outside School Awards
This week people have been...
swimming, dancing, Judo and doing gymnastics.
Winning Team : St Aidans
Date: Thursday 14th April 2011 at 6pm to 8.30pm
Venue: St Peters School
Tickets: £5 per family (max 6 people)
Our next fundraising event is a family quiz night; featuring Brian's quiz, bingo, drinks and nibbles...come along and see if you can beat the teacher's team!
It will be lots of fun, with a chance to meet new people and contribute to our school.
Tickets available at the school office.
For further details, please see mrs H Scott or Mrs v Fraser
Stars of the Week
Well done ... Mackenzie, Louie, Grace, Samrah, Aaron and Luke.
Buen Trabajo to Katie, Philip and Ben our Spanish Stars!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work this week from... Sam, Joe, Loisa, Jack, Caoimhin and Elizabeth!
Mathletics Bronze and Silver
Well done to our Netball Team who represented the school so well this week.
Outside School Awards
Well done this week for swimming awards, brownie badges, TV appearances and joining Gateshead's Orchestra.
Winning Team - St Aidan!
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me of the Year 5 children took part in the Gateshead Hi Five Netball finals, with Miss Hudson and Miss Watson cheering us on the sidelines! We played really well and were fantastic sportsmen and women! We managed to push our final game into extra time and it certainly came down to a nail biting finish! A massive well done to Luke, Tom, Andrew, Joseph, Ella, Abbey, Trudy and Bethan and a big thank you to parents for their support!
On Monday 
Year 4 went to the Dryden School as part of our partnership school programme. We had a fantastic time meeting the children at the school and made lots of new friends. We also had the opportunity to take part in a zoo lab where we encountered even more news friends in the shape of an African snail, a cockroach and a snake! We are looking forward to entertaining our new friends from the Dryden School when they come to visit us next term!
cil accompanied by Miss Watson attended the Junior networking meeting at the Dryden Centre, where they met with councils and students from other school to discuss and swap ideas. They were fantastic abassadors for our school and really enjoyed their morning!
Stars of the Week
Well done this week to...
Amber, Jacob, James, Jenny, Alessandro, Amy and Patrick!
Mega Maths Awards
Well done....
Mackenzie, Robert, Daniel, Ellie, Kate and Bethan!!
Mathletics Awards
Out of School Awards
Stars of the Week
Well done to... Alex, Lauren, Thomas, Adam and Ayrton .
Headteacher's Award goes to Harry and his beautiful under water creation!
Buen Trabajo to Cameron and Jack who are this week's Spanish Stars!
Mega Maths Stars
Well done to....Oliver, Louie, Penny, Zainab, Archie and Adam.
Mathletics Awards
Out of School Awards
Harry Potter, Professor Dumbledore and Hagrid came to visit St Peter's last month. The whole school enjoyed a magical morning with our special visitors. Floating boxes, magic swords and talking hats had us all spellbound. It was an enchanting time!
Year 4 have been working hard on our Tremendous Titanic topic and this week in Literacy we have created more fantastic recounts. We imagined that we were on the dock in Southampton on April 9th, 1912 about to board the Titanic and sail off to New York. Here is this week's winning recount.
My name is Wilbert, I am going on the Titanic to start a new life in America. I live in Southampton at the moment, it's a very dull and smelly place. I moved here because I had heard that the Titanic was going to be launched in Southampton. I feel really poor in Southampton but because of the Titanic I feel rich already!
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The Titanic is the best boat I have ever seen, it is just amazing. I am travelling in first class because I gambled for my ticket and won! I will be travelling to New York and there I will become the most famous person in America! I'm travelling alone, just in case someone might ruin this experience for me. I am travelling to live in a more exciting place. I am feeling a bit nervous because it is my first time on a big boat, but they say that this ship is unsinkable.
By Thierry Nkombo
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Just to remind parents and children that Year 4 will be putting on a bake sale full of delicious goodies on Friday morning to raise funds for Comic Relief and The Good Shepherd Appeal.
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The childre
n in dance club performed their fantastic routine, 'I Believe' at the Gateshead Schools Dance Festival yesterday. We were all very excited (and a little nervous) to perform on stage at The Sage and put on a truly amazing performance! We looked fantastic in our costumes, complete with face paint and glamorous hair dos!
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Make sure you pick up a copy of this evening's Chronicle to see our picture in the paper! A massive congratulations to the children in Dance Club for bringing the house down yesterday, and a big thank you to parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles and friends who came to support us.
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Dance Festival tickets booked through Mrs Lawson are available from the school office. We are looking forward to performing at The Sage and having you all cheer us on!
Year 4 have been learning about how to write detailed recounts this week. We had a competition in class to write the most interesting recount about our day at the CLC, here is the winning entry!
Our Day at The CLC
On Tuesday the whole of Year 4 class went to the Gateshead CLC. The bus picked us up at ten past nine and everyone got on the bus. When we got on the bus I sat next to Benjamin and we talked about Club Penguin. The time it took to get to the CLC was about 10 minutes. "I was very excited to get to the CLC because we were going to learn about the Titanic," said Benjamin.
When we got to the CLC Mr Mullen was waiting for us inside. He gathered us up on the carpet and we watched some videos about the Titanic so we had an idea for the work we were going to do. "I was very excited and chuffed to bits becuase we were at the CLC!" said Jack.
Next Mr Mullen called us all to a computer to find a picture for our first slide. The next part was we needed to put some words onto our slides. The last part was recording our voices onto the film. "It is really exciting making films because it is fun!" said Katie.
It was really fun making the movies and Mr Mullen also said we could add music to our slides as well. For my music I used the sad emotion and used the harp instrument tool. Next Mr Mullen said we had to save our work and we could watch them back on our computers at school. "It was very fun making the movies and as a result I am looking forward to learning more about the Titanic," said Oscar.
Next we got on the bus and left the CLC. I sat next to Benjamin again but we didn't really talk much on they way home because we were both tired! "I was really hungry when we got back to school because it was lunch time!" said Nieve.
We really enjoyed our day at Gateshead CLC!
By Alfie Clark
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to.. Isaac, Luke, Molly, Amber, Lucy, Ella and Abbey.
Our Spanish stars are James and James - Buen trabajo!!
Mega Maths Awards
Well done with excellent maths efforts this week to... Taylor, Joseph, Emma, Nathan, Lucy and Sebastian.
Best wishes from us all at St Peter's to Luke and his family who are emigrating to Austrailia this weekend - Good Luck and keep in touch!
Stars of the Week - W
ell done to ...
James, Eve, Edward, Ethan, Nieve, Sean and Trudy.
Spanish Stars
Buen Trabajo to Curtis and Holly this week!! Mega Maths Awards
Well done Danielle, Finlay, Aaron, Kieron, Alfie, Rhys and Dylan.
Mathletics Awards
Excellent work - all of these people are trying very hard with their maths and it shows!!! School Swimming Awards
Well done year 6!!! 
Stars of the Week
Well done to Elle, Emma, Isabel, Emily, Eleanor, Alfie and Abbey.
Spanish Stars for this week and last are .... all of Reception class, Lucy, Aidan and Thierry.
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent work this week from... Flo, James, Mark, Jane, Ben and Alex.
Mathletics Awards
Lego Robotics Competition
Well done Melissa, Abbey, Adam and Joel for coming second in this competition at Heworth CLC!
Year 1 had a day of mixed emotions on Friday, 4th February when we said goodbye to Ella Milburn, who has gone off to live live in Florida. Ella and her sister, Olivia in Year 6, were valued members of their classes and Mr. and Mrs. Milburn were very supportive of any school activities.
The day started with a fantastic Harry Potter show, with "Harry Potter, Hagrid and Professor Dumbldore" appearing in the School Hall! The whole school thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were reluctant to see the characters go.
Then it was back to class for Year 1, to play with their teddies, as our theme for the party was The Teddy Bears Picnic. We had an introductory sesssion to introduce fluffy bears, rabbits, monkeys and puppies; Curtis brought his "Cheeky Monkey" and Joseph Armstrong had "Billy Bear!"
The afternoon was full of dancing, singing, playing games and eating party food. Everyone was very well behaved, even Miss Watson!
All of Ella's classmates had signed a lovely card saying "Goodbye and Good Luck" and she left with lots of hugs and kisses. We hope that they will be happy in America and that they make the most of the many opportunities.
The girls will be remembered fondly and will always be St. Peter's girls, they will keep in touch (and Mrs. Temple and Miss Watson are saving up for a holiday in Florida!)
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ind everyone that the Year 4 Science Fair is taking place tomorrow afternoon (Thursday 10th February) at 2pm in the school hall. Please come and meet the famous inventors we have been learning about this term and have a go at some of our exciting experiments!
Over the last few weeks some strange visitors have been seen in our school. This is all due to Year 2 and their current topic, 'The Animals went in 2 by 2.' We were lucky enough to be visited by the 'Creepy Crawly Roadshow' where the children were given the opportunity to handle allsorts of critters including cockroaches, tarantulas, lizards and snakes. The children loved the experience and all were keen to handle the various animals with the exception of Mrs. Moreland who kept a safe distance when Rosie the tarantula came out to meet everyone! Well done children and thank you to the parents who came along too.
Later that week Year 2 were visited by Tilly the barn owl. This was another
fantastic opportunity for the children to learn lots of interesting facts about owls and get to stroke her, and also what would usually be her lunch, a pet rat. again the children learned so much from this experience and we would like to say a big thank you to Mr. Morrison for bringing Tilly to see us.
As part of our Italy topic, we have been looking at Mount Vesuvius. We have been writing poetry about the volcano and looking at why volcanoes erupt. We made out own volcanoes and were very excited to see them erupt in class!
The first year for our Reception children is really flying by, with February half term fast approaching, they are all working exceptionally hard and making some excellent progress. Whether at work or play, the children are all trying their best and producing some lovely work, whilst continuing to establish and develop their friendships. Hard work is tiring but lots of fun!
Puppet show - everything including the theatre was designed and made by the children themselves!
The boys decided to have a picnic on the carpet, making sure they had enough food to cater for all tastes!
Harry is our resident artist, this is the latest of his fire pictures.
Luke and Mackenzie worked together to build the castle behind them, it took the boys a long time but they showed excellent team work!
The castle up close!
Eduardo knows how to make a repeating pattern. What a star!!
Year 4 have been working hard on our Cracking Contraptions topic. We have looked at some very famous inventors. One of our favourites is Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. Bell was fascinated by sound and hearing so we have been learning all about how we hear sound and even had a go at making our own telephones!
Ahoy, me Hearties!
Captain Johnson and the landlubbers have been all at sea this term. Finding out all about the life of a pirate, including what pirates eat, wear and dress like.
We had a fantastic pirate day on 28th January 2011.
Fair winds (good bye)
Look at all of these 100% attenders from after half term in November to the December Christmas Holidays - wow well done everyone! This is particularly impressive when you remember the snowy weather we all had to get through to get to school. One of our little boys who had a broken leg still got 100% because he had a teacher at the hospital and home. (there really is no escape!)
Don't worry if you didn't get a certificate this time because there are another 4 half terms to go!
Reception - 10 children Year 1 - 16 children (top score!)
Year 2 - 10 children Year 3 - 7 children
Year 4 - 14 children Year 5 - 15 children
Year 6 - 10 children
Stars of the week
Well done to Jennifer, Oliver, Chloe, Eve, Romina, Lewis and Jack.
Buen Trabajo to Cameron and Tom for being this week's Spanish Stars!
Mega Maths Awards
Super work this week from Harry, Benjamin, Kieron, Ebony, Katrina, Melissa and Brooke.
Mathletics Bronze and Silver Awards
Out of 
School Awards
This week for writing and piano.
Winning team - St Aidan
Stars of the Week
Well done to... Kirsty, Ruth, Aedan, Zoe, Jack, Joel and Arne.
Buen Trabajo to James and Thomas!!
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent work....
Sophie, Blade, Harris, Bridget, Ayrton, Thierry and Christopher.
Mathletics Bronze Awards
wow look at all these people!
Mathletics Silver Awards
Getting closer to that Gold Award!
Outside School Awards
This week for Dancing and Judo!
Winning Team - St Cuthbert - 304 points!
Stars of the Week
Well done to...
Joseph, Lucy, Eva, Katie, Mark, Joseph and Conall.
Spanish stars this week are Loisa and Katie and the Head Teachers Award goes to Kieron. If you look carefully you'll see a girl who awarded herself star of the week as part of the Year 4 day where the children were the teachers and the teacher was the pupil!!- Miss Hudson what are you like?!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work Jennifer, Louie, Emily, Jennifer and Lewis.
Mathletics - Bronze and Silver Awards
I wonder how long it will be before someone gets to Gold?
Outside School Awards
Well done this week for swimming and for getting a Blue Peter Badge!
Happy Chinese New Year to you all! In order to complete our 'Fabulous Festivals' topic from Autumn, in Reception we have been learning about Chinese New Year which will be celebrated by Chinese people everywhere on February 3rd. We have made various crafts, completed some writing and have made Rabbits with our buddies to celebrate the year of the Rabbit. To finish off in style, we had a Chinese banquet on Friday afternoon where we sampled Chinese rice, noodles, chow mein, sping rolls, egg rolls, prawn crackers and Chinese tea. Whilst we ate, we listened to Chinese music, sent in by Harry's mammy and found it very different to the music that we have in our country. To make the experience authentic we used chopsticks to eat, (with varying degress of success!) and have a very enjoyable afternoon!
"I know what humility means"
"I try to keep going when things are difficult and not give up hope"
"I can learn from my mistakes and failures"
"I know that it is ok for me to make mistakes"
"I try to appreciate the beauty and the wonder in the world around me. "
"I try to use words that make the world a better place such as please, sorry, thank you."
"I know we are happiest when we are united"
"I know I belong to a community that includes my school"
" I try to love others as I love myself"
Stars of the Week
Well done to Fraser, Alex, Penny, Ebony, James, Ella and Raheem.
Spanish Stars
Buen Trabajo to Emma, Luke, Aidan and Rebecca.
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent work Richard, Curtis, Simon, Jessica, Laura, Andrew and Anna.
Mathletics Bronze Awards Mathletics Silver Awards
Music - Violin Silver Awards
Out of School Awards
This week we are celebrating swimming and football skills.
Winning Team - St Cuthbert - 304 points!!
Stars of the week
Well done to all of Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Ethan, Mark, Ella and Aidan.
Buen trabajo to Louie and Lucy for being this week's spanish stars!
An excellent and very mature attitude from Abbey has earned her this week's Head Teacher's Award.
Mega Maths Awards
KS2 Maths Awards go to Harry, Oscar, Charlotte and Conall - well done everyone!
Mathletics Bronze Awards
Mathletics Silver Awards
School Swimming Awards
Outside of School Awards
This week children have had swimming awards and beaver's badges for creativity. Well done!
It has been decided that the carol concert, scheduled for Thursday WILL go ahead at the revised start time of 4pm. Children involved in the concert should stay at school at 3.15, for one final rehearsal before beginning at 4. All families are invited to attend to join in with our festive celebration. Many thanks.
Chinese club and netball club are both going ahead after school tonight.
Other clubs should be on as normal throughout the week unless there are more heavy snowfalls. We will keep you posted.
The Choir's Christingle Service scheduled for Thursday 9th December 2010 at 6pm is currently under review. We would very much like this event to go ahead, however we also have to bear in mind health and sdafety issues for all concerned. We will let you know as soon as possible our decision and apologise for any inconvenience.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs L Stokoe
Stars of the week
Well done this week to ...
Mackenzie, Edward, Luke, Laura, Joseph and Head Teacher's Award to Tom.
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent work from ...
Eduardo, Emilia, Kieran, Amber, Lucy & Rhys.
Outside School Awards
This week we are celebrating our swimmers, Karate experts and a beautiful prayer following a visit from the travelling crib.
Winning Team - St Aidan's
There will be no after school clubs today due to the severe weather conditions.
Thank you
Stars of the week
Well done this week to Matthew, Emilia, Shay, Finn, Archie and Melissa.
Our Spanish Stars from this week and last are Emily, Lauren, Alex and Katie - Buen Trabajo!
Mega Maths Awards
Excellent maths work this week - Isaac, Daniel, Isabella, Jen, Nieve and Ella.
Well done to all of these children who have achieved bronze certificates - some this week and some from last week (due to printer problems)!! The enthusaism for Mathletics is increasing and will be carried into KS1 after Christmas.
Animation Competition for Year 5 pupils
These children were chosen from year 5 to compete in an inter school competition held at the City Learning Centre - they did extremely well and achieved second place over all - well done everyone!
Winning Team - St Aidan - 304 points!
Stars of the Week
Well done to Oliver, Luke, Loisa, Alessandro, Jennifer, Joshua and Jack!
Buen Trabajo to Daniel and Marlene - this week's Spanish Stars!
Mega Maths Stars
Excellent work to Elle, Oliver, Isabel, Ellie, Caoimhin, Ayrton and Anna.
Mathletics Bronze Awards this week to all of these children in Key Stage 2.... next week look out for Key stage one Mathaletes!
100% Attendance
Look at all of these 100% attenders from September to October Half term - wow well done everyone.
Don't worry if you didn't get a certificate this time because there are another 5 half terms to go!
Reception - 22 children Year 1 - 19 children
Year 2 - 16 children Year 3 - 16 children
Year 4 - 13 children Year 5 - 12 children
and finally Year 6 - 15 children
Out of School Awards
This week we have footballers, rugby players a green Blue Peter badge winner and a beautiful prayer writer!
Winning team - St Bede with 328 Points
Registered Charity No: 1117918
Christmas Fayre Donations
We are pleased to announce that our
The Friends of St Peters, volunteers committed to helping and supporting St Peter's RC Primary School would like to ask you for help in fundraising for our school please.
Chocolate Tombola
Would you be able to donate chocolate for our tombola? If so could you bring into school by Tuesday 16th November please?
Cake Stall
If baking is more your thing, perhaps you could contribute something for the cake stall?
If so could you contact Sarah Elliott please on 07531736125 or sarah.elliott34@hotmail.co.uk alternatively you could bring it to the school on the day of the fayre Friday19th November please.
