Year 5H: Gallery
KS2 Christmas Sing-a-Long, by Miss Hulse
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 10:39am
The children in KS2 delivered a wonderful Christmas nativity. The children told the nativity story through song and were all AMAZING!
DT musical instruments Y5, by Miss Healey
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 2:57pm
In DT, this half term, we have been studying musical instruments and the sounds they make. We then paired up, researched, designed and created our own musical instrument from recyclable materials.
STEM week Year 5, by Miss Healey
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 2:51pm
In STEM, following our whole school Christmas themed challenge, Year 5 made festive lava lamps to guide Santa's way on Christmas Eve. Take a look at some of our fantastic creations!
Wellbeing Ambassadors, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 2:31pm
Today, our new Wellbeing Ambassadors went to their initial training session at Littleborough Sports Centre to find out all about what it takes to be a Wellbeing Ambassador. We tried lots of different activities to support our Wellbeing and Mental Health with various teams from Rochdale such as Your Trust and The School Nursing Team. We also learnt about the 5 ways to wellbeing which are: 'BE ACTIVE', 'GIVE', 'CONNECT', 'TAKE NOTICE' and 'KEEP LEARNING'. The children represented our school brilliantly and are looking forward to starting their new roles in school after Christmas!
Jodrell Bank 13.11.24, by Miss Healey
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 10:17am
Year 5 went on a fantastic trip this week to Jodrell Bank! We learnt all about their massive telescope, the scientific discoveries and so much more! We went into the amazing Space Dome where we flew through space and got to look at planets, their moons and the different contellations of stars! WOW!
Neeli Mosque, by Miss Healey
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 10:07am
As part of our RE learning, Year 5 went on a trip to Neeli Mosque to learn about the features of the building and the practices of the Muslim faith. We learnt so much information, dressed in traditional clothing, practised some wudu and looked at some beautiful books about the religion.
Planet exploration 5H!, by Miss Healey
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:47pm
This week we have been using fruits of different sizes to represent the planets in our solar system relative to the Sun.
Bikeability 5H w/c 21.10.24, by Miss Healey
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:44pm
In Year 5, we have been learning to ride bikes safely and responsibly on the roads and the playground!
Bishop Mark, by Miss Hulse
Date: 14th Oct 2024 @ 1:56pm
We have a lovely visit from Bishop Mark this morning, he came in to bless our beautiful new canteen.
We started the day with the Worship Leaders leading our collective workship, they shared the history of the stain glass windows (from St Peter's Church) that we are lucky to have replicated in the canteen; before a special blessing from Bishop Mark.
WOW Church Summer Presentation to the Diocese, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 4:00pm
Our 2 WOW Church members visited St Chad's Church in Middleton to delivered a presentation, alongside our group members from St John's Thornham and Milnrow Parish Primary School, to over 40 diocese representatives. The children explained and showed the diocese the various projects we have worked on this year, set up an environmental challenge for the parishioners to complete and then sung our song, 'Rich Diversity'. Each child represented their school brilliantly and the Dean of Rochdale was so impressed with the way the children conducted themselves during the presentation. The diocese is taking on board the children’s suggestions of a Plastic Policy in every church and we look forward to next year's group where we hope to again make a difference to the environment of our churches in Rochdale.
Learn, Love and Grow Together - Year 5, by Miss Healey
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 2:32pm
Year 5 had the privilege of taking part in our 'Random Acts of Kindness' as part of our Learn, Love and Grow Together Day! Unfortunately we could not go to St Peter's Square in Manchester as arranged due to a fault with the tram lines. However, Plan B went flawlessly! We walked to Rochdale town centre and we made our local community smile. People were very grateful and the children were a credit to our school with their manners and overall behaviour. Well done, Year 5!
St Peter's Day 28.06.24, by Miss Healey
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 11:37am
We had so much fun celebrating our patron Saint, Peter! We did some lovely work on him in class and enjoyed the entertainment and ice-creams so much!
Toad Lane 19.06.24, by Miss Healey
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 11:36am
We took a lovely walk to Toad Lane, where the co-op began, to learn lots of information about Victorian Rochdale and the impact the Rochdale Pioneers had on the working class people of the time.
KS2 Sports Day - June 2024, by Miss Hulse
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 8:24am
KS2 had a fantastic day at sports day yesterday, the children had a great afternoon joining in with all the activities in the sun!
Y5 Quarry Bank Mill 17.05.24, by Miss Healey
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 10:30am
We had so much fun at Quarry Bank Mill! We did lots of role play and we dressed up in clothes from the time. We learnt so much about what life was like for the children who lived and worked at the mill all those years ago. We had a lovely picnic in the meadow at lunchtime in the sunshine
WOW Church Meeting 17.4.24, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 9:18am
Our two WOW (Watch Our World) church representives visited St John's Thornham Church of England Primary School this afternoon for our next WOW meeting. This meeting focused on the local environment and we had a fantastic opportunity to have a visit from a Hedgehog Hospital. Here, the children learnt about the impact humas are having on hedgehogs and how we can better look after our environment for our local wildlife. The children found out a range of facts about hedgehogs and created a 'hedgehog house' (a hibernacula) to support hedgehogs in the area.
Author visit, by Mrs Bradley
Date: 28th Mar 2024 @ 12:21pm
Following on from our wonderful world book day celebrations, we had a real author visit our school. Sean performed an assembly to all the children in which he read one of his own books and then he carried out a workshop with each class to help them become authors themselves. We are so impressed with the writing and illustrations produced by the children.
KS2 - Stations of the Cross - March 2024, by Miss Hulse
Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 4:57pm
KS2 took part in the Stations of the Cross service today. It was a beautiful service and the children took time to reflect upon Jesus last journey.
World Book Day, by Mr Wood
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 2:18pm
We all had great fun dressing up as book characters on Thursday 7th March. The day got off to a great start with an assembly where everybody showed their costumes off! We were delighted to find that, thanks to the children’s kind donations, we raised over £247 for Book Aid International. This money will help to pay for books in less economically developed countries. Click the link below to have a look at the pictures of all the children in their fantastic costumes - as well as the staff!
St Peter's Pebbles Playground Assembly, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 2:56pm
St Peter's Playground Pebbles lead a fantastic whole school assembly on Tuesday.
The Pebbles explained how they could support children at playtime and lunchtime who are feeling lonely or who are finding it difficult to join in a game. They explained how they will model and use our Christian Values to help everyone have fun when playing outside on our playground.
In front of the whole school, the Pebbles made their special promise:
A friend to all who need it - for we believe that,
"...if one falls down, his friend can help him up..."
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.
The group then went onto explain the exciting new games they will be leading each lunchtime and introduce some of our new playground equipment.
Well done to our Pebbles! You showed great leadership, teamwork, bravery and friendship as you delivered your assembly. Everyone at St Peter's is very excitied to get outside and play at break and lunchtime!
St Peter's WOW Church Welcomes 'Praise Along' to record a fantastic collective worship song!, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 2:42pm
On Tuesday, St Peter's enjoyed hosting our Spring Term WOW Church Synod Group meeting. This meeting was special as we were delighted to welcome Kelly and her team from ‘Praise Along’ to produce an environmentally based collective worship song. 10 children from St Peter’s were joined by children from St John’s Thornham and Milnrow Parish to sing a beautiful song called, ‘Rich Diversity’. This was a wonderful opportunity for our children and they had a fantastic time singing, performing and recording the song. It was amazing to hear the collective voices of our group sing out about such an important topic with great enthusiasm!
Thanks again to Kelly and her Team from ‘Praise Along’ for this opportunity and for members of our diocese for attending and showing their support. We are looking forward to hearing our song when it is published later this year – watch this space!
Our WOW Church members would also like to share the prayer we said at the beginning of our meeting to show our gratitude for our wonderful world:
Dear God,
We praise you for the beauty of creation, its richness and variety.
The earth is yours, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.
Grant us your grace that we may exercise wise stewardship of this Earth; tread lightly upon it and cherish its resources so that in years to come everyone may enjoy its riches.
Please be with us today as we create this song to help spread the word of how wonderful and diverse your creation is.
Help us to restore and care for this beautiful earth you blessed us with.
Amen
Year 5 Ranger Visit, by Miss Healey
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 10:06am
In preparation for our Earth Day art project, we had a visit from a Ranger who had lots of interesting and informative activities for us. We first went on a scavenger hunt for information about the damage specific types of litter have on our wildlife, then we used our clues to solve an anagram. We did a litter pick and then learnt all about the timeline of how long things take to rot and degrade when thrown away and put into landfill. We were extremely surprised at some of these answers, especially disposable nappies and styrofoam! What a great learning opportunity!
5H Class Assembly - 01.02.24 - 'Women of the Bible', by Miss Healey
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 9:46am
What a fantastic performance the children gave! They worked incredibly hard on their lines and songs and it really showed. Well done 5H!
WOW Church Synod, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 9th Jan 2024 @ 3:44pm
Today, Elisia and Hassan represented our school at our half-termly WOW Church meeting held at Milnrow Parish CE School. Here, we discussed the results from our plastic survey sent out to the churches and parishes in Rochdale and came up with an action plan of how we plan to support our churches to become more environmentally friendly places. We also discussed an exciting opportunity to create our own environmentally friendly collective worship song which we are all looking forward to recording at our next meeting!
The Poppy Appeal, by Miss Mulkeen
Date: 16th Nov 2023 @ 1:12pm
