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Newsletter
Thunk of the Week:
Is a horse a vehicle?
3 October 2014
o This Term our learning habit is ‘Empathy’
Being willing to listen to others Valuing and trying to
understand someone else's feelings and point of view
This is a useful distinction – we believe
that every child can get better at
everything if they try hard enough. We
don’t believe that every child can be the
best. This is why one of our five Core
Expectations is “Do your best to be
your best”.
Words.
There are over 171,000 of them in the
Oxford English dictionary.
Did you know that ‘uncopyrightable’ is
the longest word that contains no letter
more than once? Or that ‘almost’ is the
longest word with all the letters in
alphabetical order? Or that only two
words end in ‘gry’ – do you know which
two?
Can you find the ten words contained in
the word ‘therein’ without rearranging
any of the letters?
We talked about this in assembly and
also tried out some Cockney rhyming
slang. Words are powerful. They can
also be destructive.
Once words are out of our mouths we
can’t take them back again. I finished
assembly by reminding pupils to be
careful with their language.
There are obvious swear words which
we know we’d never use in front of
Grandma, but there are others which
have almost become part of everyday
language, particularly when texting. Saying ‘Oh My God’ (OMG)
isn’t
appropriate in a school setting, even if
it’s commonplace outside of school,
along with one or two other phrases.
Your support in this would be much
appreciated – we have 8-13 year olds in
the school and we need to try to strike
the right balance.
Andy Falconer
The Master
This week our J4 girls won the Hymers
hockey tournament. The J5 girls also
had winning success, retaining the
Pocklington hockey tournament trophy.
The J4 and J5 boys won all of their
matches against QEGS Wakefield, which
is a great achievement, including the
U12A team who beat last year’s national
champions. Hard work and trying out
new ideas in training doesn’t always result in victories, but
this week it did.
The J3s visited Flamborough Head on
Monday, the J2s had a visit to the
Headingley Water Treatment Works
and the J1s built a Viking long ship in a
day – a busy week exemplifying that
learning doesn’t just happen in the
classroom.
There is an interesting four minute video
clip which explains the concept of
growth mindset very clearly.
Please take the time to view it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=NWv1VdDeoRY.
Professor Carol Dweck from Stanford
University says,
‘People with Growth Mindset don’t believe
anyone can be Einstein, but they understand
that even Einstein wasn’t the guy he
became before undertaking years and years
of dedicated labour.’
Be honest
Act responsibly
Listen to each other
Do your best to be your best
Treat others as you want to be treated
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We are once again collecting Morrisons’ vouchers to get some
more gardening equipment – there is a
collection point in Reception, so please drop off any vouchers
that you collect. They really do make a
difference.
Pupils have been enjoying eating our ‘Autumn Bliss’ raspberries
and we have an abundance of pumpkins and
yellow courgettes. The eco-council carried out a survey last
week to try to find out why pupils are not using
the recycling bins correctly and have now come up with some
solutions to the problem. We have made lots
of bird fat balls ready for the winter months and there is a new
suggestion box alongside the Eco noticeboard.
Please feel free to post your suggestions to help improve our
school environment.
Basic Cycle Training
Information and letters will be sent
home before half - term and an
information evening will be held in
November. The voyages are open to all
J4 and J5 pupils
www.sailjamescook.com
We will be hosting a basic cycle training
course with the City of York Council
for J3/J4 pupils.
Monday 20 Oct - Wednesday 22 Oct
There are 5 places left for the
12.30-2.30pm session. Pupils must be
able to attend all three sessions.
Please contact Mrs Williams in the
School office.
[email protected]
From 1 October 2014 the Human
Medicines (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 2014 will allow schools to
keep a salbutamol inhaler, for use in
emergencies. This will be for any pupil
with asthma, or who has been
prescribed an inhaler as reliever
medication. The inhaler can be used if
the pupil’s prescribed inhaler is not
available or broken, or empty.
If your child has already been diagnosed
with asthma, a consent form has been
emailed to you today. Please return
this as soon as possible.
If your child is diagnosed with asthma
and you have not received a form
please contact Mrs Abbey or
Mrs Falconer.
James Cook 2014-15
J4 and J5 Flu Vaccine
A massive thank you to everyone who turned out on a very wet
Monday evening to support their children and
get the chance to try orienteering under the watchful eye of
Steve Whitehead. Steve is an England international orienteer and
has coached many members of the British Orienteering Squad.
Everyone had a fun evening and feedback from the J2s who
attended a workshop during the day, has been very
positive.
A special mention must go to Joshua who achieved the fastest run
that Steve had ever seen from a Year 5 pupil,
completing a 1.5km course in a record 8mins 45secs and getting
every control correct.
Eborienteers hold regular events and have a club night every
Monday in term time, 6.30pm at Millthorpe School.
Please contact Steve about York Club Nights at
[email protected].
http://www.eborienteers.org.uk/
Life Skills
The Friends of St Olave’s would like to
thank everyone for their cake donations
and for coming along to the Macmillan
Coffee Afternoon. We raised £246.51.
Well done to Ella who won the cupcake
competition. It was a difficult decision
as all of the cakes were of such a high
standard. Elicia won the guess the
number of sweets in the jar
competition.
FOSO Medical Matters
Eco Club
The cut off date for remaining flu
consent forms will be
Friday 14 November.
Unfortunately pupils returning consent
forms after this date will not receive a
flu vaccine.
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It is great to see donations appearing on our Virgin Giving
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/stocharity account and to
see some of our pupils taking the initiative and starting to
raise money.
Thank you to the MFL department for organizing such a
great non uniform day for the European Day of
Languages. The donations made by pupils taking part are a
great addition to our efforts.
The Christmas card designs are making their way home
this week – do make sure that they arrive back in school
in one piece (complete with glitter etc) so that they can
be sent off to be made up into cards. There will be trays
outside the school office for your order forms.
You will receive the Northbrook Gift Wrap catalogue on Monday.
They have changed their format slightly from last
year, but the giftwrap section is at the front of the catalogue
and looks as good as ever. 22% of your purchases will be
donated to York Foodbank, so it really is a great way to support
our charity.
The Christmas Fair There will be a Christmas Fair in the
Shepherd Hall on Saturday 29 November from 11.00am.
Hopefully this will be a great way to enter the festive spirit
just as Advent begins and perhaps a good chance to get
ahead on your Christmas shopping.
We are hoping to have stalls run by both the Charity Committee
(who are already coming up with ideas) and also by
parents and friends of the school. There will be a limited
number of stalls available, but if you would like to find out
more about running a stall please contact Beth Morgan.
[email protected]
School Umbrella’s
We have school umbrellas available to buy for £15.
The date for the Trinity music exams has changed to Thursday 4
December.
Trinity Music Exam
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Focus on Habits of Learning
We have 8 Habits of Learning and we focus on a different habit
every half term.
Collaboration Curiosity Empathy 4 Flexibility of mind
Initiative Originality Persistence Risk taking
Our Habit of Learning this term is Empathy
Being willing to listen to others
Valuing and trying to understand someone else’s feelings and
point of view
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Empathising with their partner they honed their
own listening skills and moved the problem
forward.
Not afraid to take a risk they shared their ideas with
the whole group and then modified their own pro-
cedures.
Each pair solved the same problem in a very differ-
ent way and some had very interesting and original
approaches.
Problems like this draw together many mathematical
strands and show how they interlink. Ultimately a
practical puzzle became abstract and solutions were
used to predict what came next. A very productive
morning of Maths.
Last week Triple C Club produced fairy cakes for
the Friends of St Olave’s Macmillan Coffee after-
noon.
Learning to operate the electric whisks proved
challenging but the pupils were keen to learn a new
skill. Using their initiative they then creatively
decorated the cakes. The results were original and
certainly eye catching. It was super to see the chil-
dren doing something for others and demonstrating
their Empathy .
During Open Morning Year 8 pupils sought to solve
a problem about how to put a path around square
and rectangular ponds. Using their collaborative skills and
practical materi-
als the pupils discussed ideas and moved towards a
solution through trial and error; not thwarted by
failure they realised that they simply hadn’t come
upon the correct solution YET!
It was a dramatic ‘Désastre’ this week for J2 in Language
Awareness as they had fun practising their new ‘au’ and
‘eau’ phonic sound. We saw some expert risk-taking and
collaboration on a sinking ‘bateau’ amidst ‘beaucoup d’eau’
and a watching ‘dauphin’ and ‘oiseau’. Thank goodness for a
handy ‘chapeau jaune’ to save the day. ‘Saute!’
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Great North Swim
Lake Windermere
10.30am
Sunday 14 June 2015
Entries have opened for the 2015 Great North Swim.
34 pupils/staff/parents/friends from school took part in this
great
event last year and the entries have now opened for 2015. As
last
year, we will be entering the 10.30am wave on Sunday 14th
June.
This is the last 1 mile wave on the Sunday and is likely to be
a
popular slot. It is important that you get your entries in a
soon as possible.
Entrants must be 16yrs of age on the 15th June 2015.
To enter please visit; greatswim.org Please select great north
swim
then 1 mile event. Ensure that you select the 10.30am wave on
the
Sunday which will enable us to book a coach for transport. The
entry
cost is £40 and the event must be swum in a wet suit.
There will be a coach for transport to the event.
If you are looking for a new challenge could this be the one for
you?
It would be great if we could beat last year’s total of 34
swimmers
from school. If you enter could you please let me know either by
e-
mail [email protected] or by phone 07880
817927.
Alan Sunderland
http://www.greatswim.org/mailto:[email protected]
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St Peter’s, St Olave’s & Clifton
Cricket Club Social Committee
Christmas Dinner Dance
St Peter’s School
Saturday 13 December 2014
7.15 pm – 1.00 am
Champagne Reception, Four Course Meal, Disco
Tickets £55 - Includes all wine and bar drinks
Black Tie
I (PLEASE PRINT NAME)
Address and Email
Request ( ) tickets for the Cricket Club Christmas Dinner Dance
and
enclose cheque for £ (@ £55.00 per ticket) payable to “St
Peter’s CCSC”
Please indicate vegetarian option (if any)
Please return to: James Burdass
105 York Road, Haxby, York, YO32 3EN
[email protected]
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Do you have a child who is naturally
curious about the world around us?
Sometimes find yourself stuck for
an answer or struggling to help
when it comes to homework?
This free course, from the Centre for
Lifelong Learning, is designed for parents
and will help you understand what your
children are learning in their science
lessons at school.
The course is full of experiments that
you can show your children at home
Sessions are held in a friendly
environment at the National Science
Learning Centre on Heslington
campus
No scientific knowledge needed
No assessments - learning will be fun
and informal!
We don’t teach over school holidays
to make things easier for you
This is a great way to support your
children, or for you to simply keep ahead
of them in their learning!
We look forward to hearing from you!
You can sign up for Science is for Parents
Too by:
Emailing [email protected]
Calling the Centre for Lifelong
Learning on 01904 328478
The Centre for Lifelong Learning
Science is for
Parents Too
Want to know what your
children are being taught at
school?
Want to help with science
homework?
Want to know why the sky is
blue?
www.york.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/wellcome/
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2014/15
Wednesday 29th October 2014
11:00 am – 12:45 pm
or 1:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Family Science Day
Monday 3rd November 2014
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Science is for Parents Too
Key Stage 2
10 weeks – break for Christmas
(with optional 10 week extension)
Tuesday 4th November 2014
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Science is for Parents Too
Key Stage 3
13 weeks – break for Christmas
(with optional 13 week extension)
Wednesday 5th November 2014
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Science is for Parents Too
Key Stage 2
10 weeks – break for Christmas
(with optional 10 week extension)
Thursday 6th November 2014
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Science is for Parents Too
Key Stage 3
13 weeks – break for Christmas
(with optional 13 week extension)
Image courtesy of woodleywonderworks
Wednesday 18th February 2015
11:00 am – 12:45 pm
or 1:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Family Science Day
Wednesday 11th March &
Wednesday 18th March 2015
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
The Science of Art
Family Science Lecture
Tuesday 14th April & Wednesday
15th April 2015
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
The Science of Music
Family Science Lecture
This year, as well as teaching a primary
and a secondary course, we’re offering
a number of free opportunities for you
and your family to get involved in science.
Family Science Days
On the Wednesday of each half term we
are once again offering family science
days. These free half-day sessions will let
you and your children get hands-on
experience of science.
Family Science Lectures
For the first time this year we’re offering
free family science lectures, aimed at
parents and children in years 6, 7 & 8.
All of these events are held in the
National Science Learning Centre
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MUSIC EVENTS DIARY CHRISTMAS TERM 2014
MUSIC AWARD HOLDERS’ CONCERT
Thursday 2 October 7-9.30pm MEMORIAL HALL Our award holders will
showcase their musical talents during solo performances. Please do
join us in the foyer of the
Memorial Hall for a glass of wine from 6.30pm. Everyone is
welcome – this is not a ticketed event.
AUTUMN CONCERT
Thursday 16 October 7-8.30pm ST PETER’S SCHOOL CHAPEL This
concert will feature some of our smaller ensembles, including the
Guitar Group and Clarinet Choir, as well as the
Chapel and Chamber Choirs, plus solo performances given by our
senior pupils. Refreshments will be served in the
Memorial Hall foyer from 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome – this is
not a ticketed event.
EVENSONG
Monday 17 November 5.15pm YORK MINSTER St Peter’s Chapel Choir
will sing Evensong at York Minster. Parental support is very
welcome.
ADVENT CAROL SERVICE
Monday 1 December 6.30pm ST PETER’S SCHOOL CHAPEL This
atmospheric service will be led by our Chapel Choir, joined by St
Olave’s Chapel Choir. Everyone is welcome.
Refreshments will be served from 6pm.
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Thursday 4 & Friday 5 December 7-9pm MEMORIAL HALL Featuring
the full School Choir and all of our major instrumental ensembles,
this popular event will once again be a
convivial mix of traditional carols and modern festive classics.
Drinks and nibbles will be served from 6.15pm and
during the interval, and an exciting Christmas raffle prize will
be won each night! Tickets will be available after half
term, and will cost £10 each/£5 for concessions (OAPs and
under-18s. There is no charge for students at St Peter’s, St
Olave’s or Clifton but they must have a ticket.) All proceeds
will go towards the Music School Tour to Paris in 2015.
For tickets contact [email protected] after half
term.
CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
Friday 12 December 2.30pm YORK MINSTER Join us for this
traditional service, accompanied by the full School Choir, in the
glorious setting of York Minster.
ST PETER’S SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS
A classic Broadway tale of gangsters and gamblers and the 1930’s
New York underworld!
Saints and sinners from the Drama Department will be supported
by the
sharp players of the Music School, performing fine tunes
including
Luck be a Lady and Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat.
MUSIC & DRAMA
Weds 26, Thurs 27 & Fri 28 Nov 2014, 7.30pm
St Peter’s School Memorial Hall
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