{"id":1870,"date":"2025-10-13T07:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2025-10-13T07:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:49:52","slug":"the-key-to-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/2025\/10\/13\/the-key-to-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"The key to leadership&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;is to lead by example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently St Peter&#8217;s staff held a MacMillan coffee morning during our Inset day, raising \u00a3156 for the charity.  One of the benefits of being Executive Headteacher over two schools is that I got to go to Oaklands&#8217; MacMillan coffee morning on a different Inset day, so here I am pictured below leading by example in sampling the cakes, with the hearty encouragement of Mr Whelan from the PE Department.  Our secondary school and sixth form neighbours at Oaklands managed to raise \u00a3600 for MacMillan Cancer Support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/22cce360-cbf8-4b36-8635-374faf1aa9f1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1871\" style=\"width:392px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/22cce360-cbf8-4b36-8635-374faf1aa9f1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/22cce360-cbf8-4b36-8635-374faf1aa9f1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/22cce360-cbf8-4b36-8635-374faf1aa9f1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/22cce360-cbf8-4b36-8635-374faf1aa9f1.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The children and staff of St Peter&#8217;s also recently raised \u00a3337 for CAFOD with a &#8220;Wear it bright for harvest&#8221; non-uniform day.  Thank you to all the staff and families who have donated to these two worthy causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr R Cunningham<br>Executive Headteacher<\/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>&#8230;is to lead by example. 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