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The Poppy Appeal, by Miss Mulkeen

Date: 16th Nov 2023 @ 1:12pm

Eid Celebrations, by Miss Kelly

Date: 30th Jun 2023 @ 3:35pm

Some children in our class have been celebrating Eid al-Adha over the past few days, today we all came together to celebrate! We started the day with a special assembly all about Eid, we then enjoyed some delicious cupcakes and juice and danced to party songs! Finally we made chipatis together, they were delicious! 

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating! 

St Peter's Day, by Miss Kelly

Date: 30th Jun 2023 @ 8:22am

We had so much fun on St Peter's Day! After a special assembly all about St Peter, we watched a magic show and spent the day completing lots of fun activities. Finally we enjoyed a delicious ice cream, what a fabulous day!

Early Years Sports Day, by Miss Kelly

Date: 26th Jun 2023 @ 12:39pm

Last week we had our first sports day! We had lots of fun completing each activity: egg and spoon race, fancy dress race, sprint, welly throw and bean bag balancing.

Thank you to all of the parents/carers that came along to watch, we hope you had as much fun as we did!

Imagine That!, by Miss Kelly

Date: 19th Jun 2023 @ 4:27pm

We had a great time at 'Imagine That!', our day entailed:

-making bath bombs

-exploring the outdoor area, including dinosaur fossils

-engaging in role play at the small world village

-watching a science show

-making slime

-exploring the science room

-making fake snow!

Coronation Day!, by Miss Kelly

Date: 5th May 2023 @ 3:41pm

This week we have been learning all about the King and preparing for his coronation! We have been writing invitations for our party, making flags, cakes and decorations, we played some traditional games such as 'Naughts and Crosses'  and enjoyed acting out the coronation in the small world area.

Today we celebrated the King's coronation with a special non-uniform day, a special lunch and some tasty cake, what a fabulous day!

Our Ducklings, by Miss Kelly

Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 12:32pm

 

We have been learning all about the life cycle of a duck, in literacy we have been drawing and writing each stage of the cycle.

On Tuesday we had a very special delivery, some duck eggs! We were able to watch the life cycle happen in real life!

Our eggs have now hatched are we have five VERY cute ducklings! We have had so much fun, feeding stroking and holding the ducklings, take a look at the photos!

 

 

Our Trip to Smithill's Farm, by Miss Kelly

Date: 22nd Mar 2023 @ 4:29pm

On Monday we went to Smithills Farm, we did some fantastic activities around the farm including:

 

- tractor ride

- feeding the animals (sheep, lambs, hens and goats)

- donkey ride

- watching the cows get milked and seeing the process 

- meeting the baby animals (owl, lamb, chicks, rabbits and alpaca)

 

We had so much fun whilst learing so much more to support our farm topic in school!

Fun in the Snow, by Miss Kelly

Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 4:00pm

Wer have had so much fun in the snow this week!

 

The children enjoyed our seasons walk, we listened to the snow crunching under our feet and even made some snow men!

 

Today we developed our fine motor strength by spraying food colouring and water onto the snow!

Carol Concert, by Miss Hulse

Date: 12th Dec 2022 @ 3:40pm

We had a beautiful carol concert this morning, with all the children singing a mixture of traditional carols. This reminded us of the true meaning of Christmas. 

Manchester United Player Led Competition, by Miss Kyte

Date: 5th Dec 2022 @ 1:59pm

Last week, seven Year Five and Six pupils were chosen to represent St Peters at a football tournament held by Manchester United Academy. The tournament was player led meaning that the team had to manage themselves in terms of formation, substitutions and game strategy. The tournament also had a World Cup theme and the country we were chosen to represent was Brazil. The boys played a range of teams and all of our players were fantastic. Their determination, competitiveness and sportsmanship throughout the competitition was impeccable. Well done boys! 

Owl Visit, by Miss Kelly

Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 4:30pm

This week we had some very special visitors! 

After learning all about Owl Babies and nocturnal animals the children had a special visit from a range of different owls, including barn owls and burrowing owls. The owls enjoyed flying around our hall, eating their food and even sitting on top of the climbing frame! The children were also able to hold one of the owls, take a look at the photos. 

 

Cross Country Competition, by Miss Kyte

Date: 1st Nov 2022 @ 5:50pm

Before half term six children from Years Five and Six represented St Peters Church of England Primary School in a cross country event at Fallinge Park High school. The event consisted of lots of primary schools from the Rochdale borough and was a mix of both boys and girls races. The children each ran 2 kilometers on a track that had been set up on Fallinge Park school field. Despite the cold and windy conditions, each pupil performed excellently and they all confidently completed the cross country run within the alloted time. Well done! 

Macmillan Coffee Morning 30th September, by Mr Wood

Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 2:22pm

We had a fantastic time raising money for Macmillan - have a look at some of the photos below to see our families getting involved!

Handa's Surprise, by Miss Kelly

Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 12:27pm

This week we have been learning about the story 'Handa's Surprise'. Handa lives in Africa, we have been exploring the differences between England and Africa, we found that Africa is much hotter than England!

We had lots of fun listening to African music, playing instruments and acting out the story of 'Handa's Surprise'. 

 

Carrots and Cabbage, by Miss Kelly

Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 4:21pm

This week the children have been busy harvesting carrots and cabbages! After we had washed the vegetables we placed them in bags and sold them to our parents at home time, we hope they taste delicious!

Our First Week in Reception!, by Miss Kelly

Date: 16th Sep 2022 @ 12:36pm

We have had so much fun druing our first week in Reception! We have been making lots of new friends, drawing, painting, counting, exploring our outdoor area and lots more fun activities! 

St Peter's Day!, by Miss Kelly

Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 4:15pm

On Wednesday 29th June we celebrated St Peter's day! 

We learnt all about our school saint, he was a fisher man! Peter was one of Jesus' disciples, he was orginally called Simon and Jesus changed his name to Peter. 

In the morning we watched an AMAZING magic show by Magic Matt! We had a special lunch and were lucky enough to get a free ice cream from the ice cream van, they were delicious!

KS1 Sports Day, by Miss Kyte

Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 3:03pm

Take a look at some of our photographs and videos from our fantastic KS1 Sports Day! 

Our Trip to Imagine That!, by Miss Kelly

Date: 20th Jun 2022 @ 3:50pm

On Friday we got a on double decker bus and went to 'Imagine That' in Liverpool. We had an action packed day and had so much fun.

We made:

  • a fridge magnet
  • pretend snow
  • slime
  • a strawberry bath bomb

 

There was also a big role play area, this included a:

  • vet
  • pizza palour
  • fire station and engine
  • police station
  • salon
  • building yard
  • news centre
  • supermarket

We had a super day and all enjoyed ourselves!

EYFS and KS1 'Washing the Feet' Collective Worship Service, by Mrs Andrews

Date: 8th Apr 2022 @ 3:22pm

Today we learnt about Maundy Thursday and why Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.  Mr Whelan and Mr Wood washed 12 children’s feet to show us how we can show kindness to other people, just like Jesus did.

Stations of the Cross Service - April 2022, by Mrs Cavill

Date: 8th Apr 2022 @ 2:54pm

This morning Reverend Anne and Father Darren came to school to watch and take part in our Stations of the cross service. Children from each year group read a reading and a prayer for eac station. Reverend Anne and Father Darren lit a Paschal candle to remind us that Jesus was resurrected on Easter Sunday. He gave His life to save us all. We wish you all a Happy Easter.

Smithhills Farm, by Miss Kelly

Date: 9th Mar 2022 @ 3:46pm

Today we went on our first trip...we went to Smithills farm to support our learning all about farm animals!

We had a action packed day, this is what we did:

-Petting corner, we held and fed the baby animals in the farm

-Tractor ride, we visited the horse and donkey at the top of the hill and we fed them bread!

-Milking palour, we watched the cows being milked and learnt all about the importance of caring for the cows, we also discussed the process of how the milk gets from the cows to our houses

-Feeding the adult animals, we fed the sheep and goats with food

-Riding the donkey, we all got a turn to ride the donkey

of course we had a little play at the park!

 

We had a fantastic day out!

World Book Day 2022, by Mr Wood

Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 10:28am

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We all had a great time on World Book Day! Please click below to see all our costumes, even the teachers dressed up!

Who we are

We look to provide a safe, secure, stimulating Christian environment in which all our children feel happy and valued as individuals, and where they can learn and play to the best of their abilities, and therefore reach their full potential.

Where we are

St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Muriel Street,
Rochdale,
OL16 5JQ

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