Previous Snippets of News

Just some quick reports on things that happened in the past around St Peter's:

Choir Visit Local Care Homes

The choir have been very busy for the last couple of weeks and we finished off our busy time by singing Christmas songs at the local care homes in December 2010.

We were very glad to arrive at the care homes because it was an extremely beautiful but very chilly walk!

Dec 2010

Reception Sing with Santa

When Reception went into our hall one day in December 2010 we were met by a very special Santa lady! She taught us to dance and sing to a Christmas song.

Then just as we were all getting so excited Santa turned up and taught us some more moves!

Dec 2010

Stay and Play

On Wednesday 10th November Reception invited our Parents or Carers to come and see us playing and working at School.

As you can see we had a great time.

10 Nov 2010

Orange Friday

On Friday 22nd October we held a charity event to raise money for Noah’s Ark. This is a local charity which helps children who have suffered a bereavement.

We all wore orange and made a donation. We raised £324!

22 Oct 2010

Bishop Joel's Visit

On Friday Bishop Joel came to visit us all the way from Uganda! He brought some very special letters with him from some of the children in Arua and we gave him some very special letters to take back. He came round to our classrooms to find out what we have been learning about and we thoroughly enjoyed his visit.

We hope he comes back again soon!

8 Oct 2010

Friendship Week

Friendship week was a big success this year. We all made a flower and contributed to making a huge Friendship display. It was beautiful!

We also played lots of friendly games together!

Sep 2010

World Book Day

This year we had a bit of a different theme for our World Book Day – we all decided to dress up in our pyjamas and bring our favourite bedtime stories to school!

Miss Pinson’s class chose to do their assembly in the style of the Oscars but for books instead!

Mar 2010

Foundation Stage and Year 1 Disco

It’s the season for our annual school discos again.

The Foundation Stage and Year 1 children enjoyed theirs on Tuesday 9th March.

Didn't we have lots of fun - especially Mrs Wright!

9 Mar 2010

PTA Christmas Fair

A wonderful evening was had by all.

The PTA raised over £2000 to support the school. Parents contributed a great deal for stalls and the luxury hampers that were raffle prizes. We were even visited by Santa's real reindeer!

Well done to the PTA for such an enjoyable and successful event.

Dec 2009

Swimming Gala

During November a small group of year four pupils were fortunate enough to attend the Droitwich Spa Schools Pyramid Swimming Gala.

The children competed against local schools. Activities such as relay racing in pairs with a woggle or with a ball were all part of the fun.

The children had a really fantastic time and were a credit to the school.

Nov 2009

Harvest Festival

All the children went down to church to celebrate the Harvest Festival this year.

We all brought in a food contribution which will be given to help all the people at 'The Magg's Day Centre.'

We also brought in a money contribution to help with our second chosen charity 'FARM-Africa,' to give poverty the boot.

Sep 2009

Hair, Hats and Hoodie's day in aid of Noah's Ark Trust

As one of our named charities we have chosen to help Noah's Ark Trust this term by wearing a hat, hoodie or even coming into school with a very different hair do.

All children in school took part and enjoyed an assembly lead by Noah's Ark and a parade of our trendy styles.

Spring 2009

Children in Need Day

During Children In Need week children at St Peter's bought in their Pennies for Pudsey.

Altogether we managed to raise £109.92.

14 Nov 2008

Switch It Off Week

The Switch It Off Week has been organised and run by the school's Eco council - a group of children from Years 1 to 4 who work with Mrs O'Keeffe-Pullan and the other staff and children to make the school as Eco friendly as possible. The jobs of the Eco Council include raising money to buy resources to keep our school Eco friendly, maintaining the school grounds to make our school look its best and raising awareness between staff and children in ways to save energy and water in our school.

During Switch It Off week, the Eco Council have been working hard to monitor the staff and children at school to make sure that we can save as much energy as possible. We hope that by saving as much energy as possible, we can show how much money we could save over a year on the school's electricity bills. We also invited parents to join in with us at home and see how much energy they could save around their house during the week by switching off.

20 to 24 Oct 2008

Summer Fayre Raises £2,200

St Peter's PTA held our annual Summer Fayre - themed on 'The Wild West'. All stall holders dressed up in Wild West gear and there were related stalls such as Panning for Gold. The photograph shows Mrs O'Keeffe-Pullan and Miss Simons in the stocks where the children took the opportunity to give them a complete soaking! After many weeks of planning the Fayre was voted a sucess - we raised £2,200, despite the poor weather which meant some stalls had to be inside. We had many helpers both to set up the stalls and clear up afterwards and the PTA would like to thank everyone who gave their time and donated items for the many stalls. In addition we would like to thank the wider local community for their kind donations of meat for the barbecue, vouchers and raffle prizes which all went towards making this event a great sucess.

5 Jul 2008

School Uniform Suppliers

We no longer stock uniform at school. Our new suppliers are:

• Schooltogs, 31 New Street, WR1 2DP. Tel: 01905 28658. www.schooltogs.com
• Office Express, 57 High Street, Droitwich, WR9 8EP. Tel: 01905 772652.

From September 2008, if orders are placed through the Schooltogs website, they will deliver the items to school for collection.

Jul 2008

Early Years Outdoor Development

Having been awarded grants from e-on and The Duckworth Worcestershire trust, the Reception staff have embarked upon the huge task of developing the Reception Outdoor area. At St Peter's we are fortunate to have a super sized Reception space to take our learning outside on a daily basis. The development aims to improve this space and work with the natural environment eg. the trees and the slopes. We are aiming to use as many natural materials and recycled reclaimed resources as is possible. The first phase of the development has enabled us to have some wooden seating/storage built, whilst the children are currently working on some season mosaics using coloured garden stones to bring some natural bright colours into the area. The next step is to enclose our space with a picket fence in line with the fencing already in the playground and develop a sensory garden full of colour, smells and textures.

Watch this space as the area begins to take shape. We will keep you informed on the progress of the development, and may as we continue request parental involvement with time and resources.