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Following on from the theme of “what happens after the current Year 6 leave”, we planted a series of plants.  Ones for now – flowering violas, a selection of bulbs to blossom at the end of their time at St. Peters in July which have been specifically selected to attract bees and butterflies to the area to simulate the Year 6’s who have ‘flown’ the school and the importance of focusing on our future; and plants for the future Y6 children– red strawberry plants which will return every year.

The Year 6s also made a start on a hibernaculum (a place for newts to shelter) to encourage more wildlife to the school pond.

A series of labels with encouraging messages for new Year 6’s, accompany each of the pots or beds.
 

Pupils from across the school had an exciting morning dancing with the Year 6 pupils.

The fun continued throughout the day with colouring and even some cupcake decorating.

Thank you to everyone who donated.

With just four more weeks of outdoor learning left for Year 6, we focused on how Year 6 would like to leave St Peters school in terms of how they would like to be remembered or legacies to leave behind.

As we discussed the number of weeks left, we spoke about how long it took for items of litter to ‘disappear’ - We discussed a number of items asking ourselves - “How long,’til its gone?”.  The children realised that if they were to drop a crisp packet whilst still attending St Peters, it would still be there in the grounds for 75 years if not picked up and recycled! 

Year 6 collected between them, three large bags of litter from around the school and also completed a general tidy up of the area, Also a great way to be part of the ‘Big School Clean 2023’.(17 March- 2 April)

Well done to everyone who took part in the Chippenham Schools Netball Festival last week.
Finishing 3rd overall out of 15 teams is a fantastic effort and we are all very proud of you!
Thank you also to the Sports Project coaches and the Chippenham Sports Partnership ladies.

Quotes from pupils:
'This morning I was really nervous to play but the coaches gave me courage and we all did really well'. 
'I enjoyed playing as a shooter and playing against other schools'. 
'Our matches went really well, we gave each other courage and we all had lots of fun'.
'The netball festival was really good and everyone was amazing. I can't believe we came in 3rd place'. 

Thank you to Music for Miniatures for providing a wonderful afternoon of storytelling and music. 

Pupils from Reception, Year 1, 2 and 3 were engaged hearing of Paddingtons adventures and his first concert. 

A big thank you also to FOSPA for their support with funding the event!

Children across the school have enjoyed sharing their favourite book with their class today. 

There were some fantastic costumes from both pupils and staff.

Pupils across the school had fun today holding pancake-flipping races. All of the pancakes were rendered inedible by the end.

A big thank you to FOSPA for supplying the pancakes!

On Tuesday evening, a group of Year 6 pupils donned their tutus and took to the stage at Chippenham Dance Festival.

A fantastic example of the school's worship values this term of courage and bravery. Well done to you all!

Thank you to PC Jenkins and PCSO Maplesden from Wiltshire Police for their recent visit to the school. An Online and Personal Safety presentation was given to Year 5 and Year 6 students. The children were very engaging and asked lots of questions! A copy of the presentation is available on our website Wiltshire Police Personal and Online Safety Presentation.