Pupils’ moral development is shown by their:

ability to recognise the difference between right and wrong and their readiness to apply this understanding in their own lives

understanding of the consequences of their actions

interest in investigating, and offering reasoned views about moral and ethical issues.

School Rules

Each class has a set of Golden Rules displayed in their classroom. These are shared with the children at the

beginning of the year as “ground rules” and refer to when needed. In Early Years they are printed in child-

friendly language.

Stay on Green

A few years ago we embraced the Stay on Green behaviour management which positively reinforces and

rewards good behaviour. It is also a good visual aid as it is colour coded.

My new year’s resolution is to stay

on green the whole year.

Do you think it’s possible?

I think it’s good for those pupils who are more

visual learners and find it hard to understand

that when the teacher’s warning you, they

actually mean it.

Celebration of success – Special mentions assembly

Every Friday we hold a celebration assembly – class teachers choose at least two children who did exceptionally

well that week not only academically, but also in terms of a positive attitude towards work and/or displaying

values such as kindness, perseverance, collaboration.

These children receive a “Special mention certificate” in front of the whole schools and their names also go in

the newsletter the following Monday.

Once a term we hold a Sing-up assembly. It is always a great fun competition between the classes that

encourages the children to do their best and work as part of a team.

Y5 performing “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

I like it when you win prizes and

things. I liked listening to other

classes singing.

It’s good to sing together because it boosts

your confidence and for those who don’t

particularly enjoy standing up in front of

everyone, they get to be with people that they

know and so it’s less scary.

I liked doing the actions!

School Council

We promote British values on daily basis. Every year in September we hold

‘School Council Election’, in which each class chooses one boy and one girl to

represent their class in the School Council. The School Council job is to gather

ideas from their ‘constituency’ and to communicate them effectively with the

school leadership during regular meetings.

School council is also responsible for organising charity events such as Red

Nose Day or the recent fundraising for the victims of The Grenfell Tower fire.

Debate club

St Peter’s has developed strong links with Society General and they are our business partners. Every

Wednesday they come to our school and spend time with the children teaching them French, Computing or run

a Y6 Debate Club. Over the year the Y6 children have debated the number of issues, which developed their

reasoning and listening skills as well as the ability to discuss a (potentially controversial!) topic in a mature,

professional way, without arguing or belittling their debating opponent. At the end of the year the pupils

created a video showing their debate on ‘Should the teachers be replaced by computers’. They consider

options that would speak for the computers as well as against and came to the conclusion that the real

teachers are still the best!

P4C

We introduced Philosophy For Children (P4C) in 2016 to develop the pupils’ oral and reasoning skills as well as

to boost their creativity. At the beginning some of them struggled with the idea of open ended philosophical

questions but a few weeks later we saw a massive change in the way they thought, acted and talked. P4C also

promotes the British values of mutual respect and personal liberty.

I really enjoyed the debating club as it helped

me see that my opinion on the topic wasn’t

always necessary correct. It also helped me see

the other side of things and that everything we

deal in our lives has two sides and two stories to

tell.

I am very grateful for the opportunity for my child to learn the

skills of a civilised, articulate debate! My daughter is now much

more confident to share her views and doesn’t take it personally

when somebody disagrees with what she is saying. She can

logically present her points and sometimes I am lost for words

myself after all her arguments! I wish I was taught debating skills

when I was at her age!

(Parent)

I really like P4C sessions because it’s a bit like debating but only

you can decide what you think and you don’t have to worry that

your point is not going to win. Also the topics are really

interesting and you get to see what other people believe and

think, unlike in debating where you have to say a point and

argue it, even though you don’t believe it.

St Peter’s is a ‘Healthy school’!

We’re proud achievers of the Advance Healthy School award and the Gold Healthy Schools London award! At St

Peter’s we recognise the importance of a healthy, balanced diet and an active life style and we encourage it

across all subjects. This year we introduced a ‘daily mile’ for all KS2 children to increase their fitness level. One

pupil commented: “I didn’t like it at first and it was hard, but actually I find running much easier now and I can

do the whole mile without stopping, which I couldn’t do before.”

A Case study of our school project can be

found on the Healthy Schools London

site.

The video is publicly available on

YouTube and we had many schools

coming in to get inspired!

Can-do culture

We started working on the ‘growth mind set’ which teaches children to have a positive “can do” attitude and

helps them to see that they can overcome obstacles if they put their mind to it.

I really enjoy how we are almost being

prepared for the future when we are

going to be responsible for eating,

serving and cleaning up after ourselves,

which is really good as before we had

the dinner ladies doing everything for

us.

When I was younger you couldn’t sometimes

have what you wanted because of the long

queues, unlike now there is a set amount for

the whole table, so there is enough for

everyone.

Meatballs are my favourite

because I really like the sauce

that goes with it!

My child came home and said: ‘Mum,

today I used my Growth mind set in PE!

I thought I couldn’t jump over an

obstacle but then I decided to use my

growth mind set and I did it!’ (Parent)

Black History Month

Every October we celebrate the Black History Month and study significant figures that have influenced the

world. The children also enjoy assemblies with special guests, so they can learn even more.

I really like Black History Month as it shows us

that there are no boundaries in being a good

person no matter who you are, where you

come from and what colour skin you are.

I really like how Nelson

Mandela went above and

beyond to show us justice.

Martin Luther King Jr went through tough and

difficult circumstances and yet he was still able

to help our world in a better way than fighting

and has helped us make today the way it is.

Rights Respecting School (RRS)

We are a Right Respecting School. At the beginning of each school year we revisit the UNICEF Convention on

the Right of a Child and choose a few ‘rights’ that are the most relevant to our class. We then study them and

discuss how to respect them, for example that we respect others’ right to learn by not disturbing others during

a lesson.

At the end we create and sign a class charter:

Making a difference…

Our school is true to its values of love, kindness and generosity and we like to support as many good causes as

possible; we raise money and we still have fun in process!

Recycling

Recycling assembly – our school has won the borough recycling competition and we have won a visit from the

‘recycling robot’! The children were very excited, but most of all they are now much more aware of the

importance to save the environment and know that for example paper always goes to the green recycling box!

Anti-bullying

Bullying is always wrong and we take it very seriously at St Peter’s.

We also support children’s understanding of bullying and teach

them how and where to seek help. This year we got a special visit

from Rachel from Childline and the “Buddy”; Rachel taught us how

to protect ourselves and the ‘underpants rule’. At the end we took

part in a sponsored circuit to raise money for Childline and we raised

over £900!

The robot was like a recycling bin!

He could spin his head around

without moving his body and his

body can poke out and you can put

recycling in.

It’s important to recycle so you can use

more. I saw on the news that if you recycle

you can make more of it.

The buddy was kind and he would

always say something like Love

your neighbours as yourself.

Jeans for Genes

In Autumn we wear ‘jeans for genes’ and support all affected by genes disorder!

MacMillan Cancer Support

Sadly one of our teachers, Miss Thomas, died of cancer a few years ago. In her memory we join ‘the World’s

biggest coffee morning’, hold a cake sale and the day is topped up with the school sleepover with cake

decorating, bbq and lots of fun activities!

I love cake sales because you get to

try new cakes and they taste

delicious and some of them have

decorations and they look really nice.

I like the Jeans for Genes day because you

don’t need to wear your school uniform and

you can wear your jeans or shorts. I like

wearing jeans because they keep me warm and

they look nice and keep me comfortable too.

Red Nose Day

Every March we raise money for poor children around the UK and the World. We wear a red nose and this year

we created our own school dance (‘I’ve got a feeling’) and performed it outside to our parents. There was a

great fun and an incredibly supportive atmosphere among the children, staff and families.

The dance was my favourite

because you have to do my favourite

song and we could wear different

types of clothes and you got to do

some actions and wear your red

nose. The money goes to the

children who don’t have good

homes.

Book Day

At St Peter’s we love the World Book Day! We dress up (children and the staff) and we read and write books, meet authors and illustrators and also raise money for Book Aid International, a fantastic charity dedicated to changing lives through books. We are so pleased that our Wapping donations are buying books for some of the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa, so they can get education and a better chance in life.

I love the Book day because

you can dress up!

You can dress up as

anything! The best one is

when you become like a

real hero!

I was a Roman!

Influencing our Future Environment

Y4 have entered a national competition in which they were writing letters to the Prime Minister, asking her to

pass laws that would guarantee them clean air and a healthy environment. We were incredibly thrilled to find

out that the overall winner was Rashid from our school! He was invited to the Houses of Parliament where he

met some MPs and was presented with his prize. So proud!

First we were writing a letter, the whole class, to the Prime

Minister and my one was the best. Miss Sands sent the

letter, they read it and out of whole UK my one was the

best and that’s how I got invited to the Houses of

Parliament.

I was surprised and shocked! I met MP Jim Fitzpatrick and

I shook his hand and he congratulated me. I got teddy

bears and the award for climate change and the person

who awarded me was an Olympic winner, a rower Andrew

Triggs Hodges. I was allowed to bring friends and family to

the event. The best part of my visit in Houses of

Parliament was when I was awarded; I was astonished

that I won!