{"id":1863,"date":"2025-09-29T08:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:50:41","slug":"being-brave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/2025\/09\/29\/being-brave\/","title":{"rendered":"Being brave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had the pleasure of starting my week in the Reception Year classrooms, which always brings inspiration and joy to any day.  Our youngest and newest pupils have as their book of the week &#8220;The Lion Inside&#8221;.  This bestselling story is about confidence, self<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>esteem<strong>, <\/strong>and a shy little mouse who sets out on a journey to find his roar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/image-1.png 368w, https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/image-1-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In a dry dusty place where the sand sparkled gold, stood a mighty flat rock, all craggy and old. And under that rock in a tinyful house, lived the littlest, quietest, meekest brown mouse.<\/em><br>Fed up of being ignored by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But, as he discovers, even the biggest, bossiest people are scared sometimes &#8230; and even the smallest creatures can have the heart of a lion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well I am please to report that all of our Reception Year children have been super-brave since starting school, and as we move from September to October it is as if these boys and girls have never been anywhere else.  Their relationship with St Peter&#8217;s has got off to a brilliant start as they build friendships and confidence that will last them a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr R Cunningham<br>Executive Headteacher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are hosting a range of open school events as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 16th October 2025: 9.15 \u2013 10.45am&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday 21st October 2025: 1.15 \u2013 2.45pm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday 5th November 2025: 9.15 \u2013 10.45am&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday 10th November 2025: 1.15 \u2013 2.45pm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday 12th November 2025: 6.00 \u2013 7.30pm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for Year R September 2026 open in November 2025&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for Year 3 September 2026 open now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to book a place at any of these events, please contact the school on 023 9226 2599 or email adminoffice@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of starting my week in the Reception Year classrooms, which always brings inspiration and joy to any day. 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