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15th January 2021
St Peter’s CE Primary & Nursery School
ST. PETER’S NEWS Shrubbery Gardens, Wem SY4 5BX
Tel: 01939 232292
Email: admin@st-peters.shropshire.sch.uk
For all of you getting to grips with home learning, I hope that this week has gone well. We have been phoning parents during
the week to check on how things are going and we have been so grateful for your lovely comments and support for the re-
mote learning we have put into place.
We feel that by offering recorded lessons and activities, rather than a full timetable of live lessons, we can help you to be as
flexible as possible in how you manage home learning. Myself having older children in secondary school, I am aware that the
pressure of sitting through 5 hours of live lessons within a day is not particularly good for anyone’s mental health (or eye-
sight!). Our structure allows you to support your child at times of the day that are convenient to you (that fit around your own
home working commitments) and also ensures that your child has ample rest breaks and opportunities to be able to stay ac-
tive and get some fresh air. As it gets dark very early at this time of year it’s important that children are able to do this during
the day, as they would in school during playtimes and lunchtimes.
Next week we will be sending out a forms survey about our remote learning offer to help us to continue to improve our provi-
sion. Please take a few moments to fill this in for us. Your opinions and feedback are really important to us.
Finally, I recorded an assembly for everyone this week which can be found on the school website. It’s important that we hold
on to our hopes and wishes at this difficult time. Remember… this will not last forever and we should look forward to the fu-
ture in a positive way. Why not have a go at making a hopes and wishes jar at home?
Take care and stay safe,
Mrs Brown
‘Thank you so much to
Rosie for her wonder-
ful thank you letter.
Keep up the good
work Rosie and I’m
glad you enjoyed the
story. Mrs Brown’
Tests can be booked online at
www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test
or by calling 119
Stars of the week
Y6 Zachary Best
Y4 Jacob Beckett
Y5 Oscar Hinton
Y1 Phoebe Wallington
Y2 Dexter Smithson
R Oliver Bailey
Y3 Oscar Jones-Hanby
REMOTE LEARNING
Y6 Alfie Field
Y5 Aiden Smith
Y4 Evie Smith
Y1 Archie Ikin Y2 Jack Rogers
Y3 Jay Jones
RT Harry Edwards
RK Harrison Turpie
Nursery Joshua Ankers
Our theme in Reception this term is called 'Tell me a story.' Over the next few weeks we will be reading and exploring
lots of different stories. Last week, we came into school and we found a crime scene. We needed to use the clues to find
our which story we would be reading first. This week we have been comparing and ordering the size of different objects
from the 3 bears and our own houses, retelling the story of Goldilocks and the 3 bears as designing and making a new
chair for Baby Bear. We are very proud of all of the Reception children who are working very hard both in school and at
home with their families. Mrs Thompson and Mrs Kynaston
Designing a chair for baby bear
“Building Baby Bear’s chair. I used sticks from
“I am making Mummy bear forest school. I tied them with string and rope. It
a medium size chair. It needs some arms, back, a seat and four legs.”
needs 4 legs. I don’t want Harrison RK
Goldilocks to break it! It
needs to be strong.”
Sophie RK
“I am ordering Daddy Bear’s things. His
chair is the biggest, Baby Bear’s chair is
smaller it is the smallest.” Myles RT
“Daddy Bear’s chair has 6 bricks, Mummy’s
has 4 and Baby Bear’s has 2. Baby bear has
less bricks. His chair is small.” Charlie RT
RECEPTION
REMOTE LEARNING
Y1
The children in Year 1 have been
working hard with counting in 2’s 5’s
and 10’S.
At home, we have been just as busy. Eva and Henry
have both written fabulous scrolls stating their rights
as a child. Alfred has been using a place value chart
to show then number of tens and ones in two digit
numbers and Lucy has been creating lists of people
and places, making sure they begin with a capital
letter as they are proper nouns!
Brilliant work everyone.
We have enjoyed working as a team to create different models.
We also joined in with Joe Wick’s Live PE REMOTE LEARNING
session – he got us ready for the day!
Well done to Y3 for their first week of home learning on Seesaw. You have engaged brilliantly and been working
hard on a range of subjects including art, science and character education. We have really enjoyed seeing what
you have been up to and have been impressed at how many ways you have found to post, from photos to vide-
os to annotated slides and drawings.
Keep up the hard work, Year 3.
Mrs McKirgan
REMOTE LEARNING
Y3
In Geography this week, Year 5 have been
learning all about the rivers including the
journey of a river, how rivers deposit and
transport materials and how they cause
erosion.
REMOTE LEARNING
For our Science learning this week, we
have explored the life cycles of birds.
We have learnt all about the anatomy of
a chicken egg and compared the life
cycles of a chicken and a cuckoo.
In RE this week, we have
learnt and recalled the story
of The Buddha.
Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils
Young Voices 2021
Young Voices is a unique singing experience where children will join other primary schools to form a choir
of about 5000 all performing together. St Peters has been part of this amazing experience for the past 2
years.
This year St Peters have been allocated 30 spaces to perform at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham
on Thursday 24th June 2021.
The restrictions on rehearsals in school will mean that anyone involved will need to be dedicated to learning the song list
mainly at home via the Young Voices website, plus some after school rehearsals (when safe to do so and with appropriate
safety measures in place).
Have a look at the Young Voices website to see why this is such a special event https://www.youngvoices.co.uk
If your child would like to take part, please contact
Mrs Shepherd by email (shepherd.m@st-peters.shropshire.sch.uk) with message subject either:
“YV2021 – book a place” - if you are ready to be part of the St Peters YV choir
or “YV 2021 – more information” – if you need some further details before committing
Autism West Midlands – “What’s On” week beginning 18th January
Please note : no diagnosis is necessary for families to access the service.
· Virtual Support Group Tues 19th (morning) & Weds 20th (evening)
Weekly online support groups via the Zoom platform. This is an opportunity to talk with other parents, share ideas, and offer support. Groups are held
on Tuesday mornings from 11am-12pm and Wednesday evenings from 8pm-9pm and are facilitated by AWM staff.
If you would like to join either of the support groups, please email Gemma at gemmae@autismwestmidlands.org.uk
· “An introduction to autism for parents, carers and professionals” Thursday 21st 9.30-10.30am
For more information/how to book follow the link below:
https://www.autismwestmidlands.org.uk/events/an-introduction-to-autism-webinar-for-parents-and-carers-professionals-west-midlands-jan21/
· Advice and support on request – on-going
Our small, knowledgeable team are only a call or email away for families and practitioners, just contact us directly. To arrange an appointment please call:
Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri - Wendy Cowton 07900784186
Weds, Thu, Fri - Emma Hegenbarth 07881109480
Or Email - shropshire@autismwestmidlands.org.uk
Helpline - 0121 450 7575
Keep Your Child Safe Online
Please use the following websites to access tips, advice, guides and resources to keep your child safe online.
Thinkuknow
Parent info
Childnet
Internet Matters
Net-aware
Let’s Talk About It
UK Safer Internet Centre
support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online harms
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