Author visit to St Peter’s
Pupils in Years 5 and 6 had a great combined event this week when they were lucky enough to receive an author visit from Polly Ho-Yen. Polly used to be a primary school teacher who would get up early before work to pen stories (I don’t know where she found the energy!), and is now a full-time author. After a general presentation, Polly then did writing workshops with each class in Years 5 and 6. Pupils in Years 5 and 6 have studied Polly’s book Boy in the Tower, ‘a fable of fear and hope, loneliness and friendship’, and were able to get signed copies at the end of the day.
Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher
Groundhog Day
O you who descended into the earth,
and rose again with the dawn,
Open our eyes to light,
even the cold crisp light of winter.
Let it awaken in us irrational hope,
the unreasonable possibility of spring in the depth of winter,
the possibility of kindness in a world desperate for warmth.
God of the meantime,
Let us huddle together while we wait,
let us nestle and dream, reach out to each other
and comfort each other in the warmth of our prayers.
Amen
We then reminded ourselves, with optimism, of the words of the 30th Psalm,
Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Please keep the St Peter’s school community in your prayers over the coming weeks of winter … and spring.
Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher