We must all pass on enormous thanks for a brilliant St Peter’s Fest this year.  The Friends of St Peter’s PTA, led so ably and impressively by Charmaine Bennett, provided us with a great summer celebration for the whole school community.  It was a wonderful evening of music, entertainment and attractions, and will have raised plenty of money for St Peter’s.  Thank you to everyone involved in setting up and running the evening, and then tidying up after the event, and of course thank you to all in the St Peter’s school community and beyond who supported the celebration of summer!

Over the same weekend, one of our two local parishes, Sacred Heart and St Peter the Apostle in Waterlooville, celebrated its centenary anniversary.  Mass was celebrated for this on Sunday 25^th June, providing a time to reflect on the presence of a Catholic parish in Waterlooville and the links over the past 60 years with our very own St Peter’s primary school.  This wonderful celebration was a joyous event, and comes ahead of the school’s own 60^th Diamond anniversary which we will mark in 2024.

Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher

The pupils at St Peter’s enjoyed traditional sports days this week, with Early Years and Key Stage 1 competing on Monday in the sun, and Key Stage 2 competing on Tuesday after the thunder, lightning and downpours that started the morning!  Our PE coaches from CM Sports set up an incredible circuit of sporting activities to test speed, agility and teamwork from the pupils first of all.  This was then followed by heats and finals of sprint races for each year group.

All of the activities earned points for the pupils, with the winning house set to be announced as part of our end of term awards.  Each sports day was attended by a throng of parents, carers and families to cheer on the young competitors.  Refreshments were provided by the Friends of St Peter’s PTA, for whose support we are always grateful.

Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher

Our Year 2 pupils recently celebrated an incredible, vibrant and colourful Pentecost worship.  All of the prayers and reflections used in the service were written by the pupils themselves, and were read out to a congregation of over 80 family adults with great confidence.

In keeping with a typical birthday celebration, the liturgy included singing and dancing by the pupils, and Fr Jeremy made each child feel special in his homily and blessing.

Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher

To celebrate the recent Feast of the Ascension, our Key Stage 2 pupils celebrated a special liturgy.  Children performed extracts from 3 of the Gospels, giving ‘personal accounts’ from the Evangelists of the works of Christ after His resurrection.

As soon as we returned from the Whitsun half-term break, it was all systems go for the pupils at St Peter’s.  Pupils in Years 2 and 3 had cricket coaching from the Chance to Shine charity.  Whilst the coaching came a bit too late for some of our pupils to be called up for this summer’s Ashes series, it was a great chance for them to have specialist coaching session.  Meanwhile, 12 pupils went with Mrs Pearson to the Hot Walls in Southsea to visit the art studios and investigate the many art installations that appear at various points along the seafront.  Year 6 are well underway in rehearsing for their end of year show, Matilda Junior, which will be performed to families towards the end of term.

And finally, our youngest learners in Year R set off on an intrepid trip this week.  They ventured down to Hilsea Lines for a Forest School day, learning lots about the outdoors and the environment.  Great thanks to the staff and parent volunteers who helped to make this trip possible – we look forward to expanding our forest school experience at St peter’s in the future.

Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher