Welcome to our Latest News page - a place for you to see how we are learning and living 'Life in all its Fullness' at St. Peter’s Church of England Junior School.

• Astronomy Night

  Mon 30 Jan 2023

  Thank you to Salesian College for hosting a wonderful evening of astronomy as part of our Ogden Trust partnership. A magical experience for our Year 5 children, including star-gazing through telescopes, a pop-up planetarium and craft activities.

  

• Humphrey The Dog Mentor

  Fri 27 Jan 2023

  Humphrey, our School Dog, makes a huge difference to life in school. We love his new conversation cards, which encourage children to identify and talk about their feelings.

  

• Year 6 Train Trip

  Thu 26 Jan 2023

  This week, Year 6 experienced a class train trip from Farnborough North to Reading Station. As part of their visit, the children practiced real life skills, such as reading timetables, purchasing tickets and understanding safety measures. The children were also joined by Humphrey, our school dog! Thank you to the South East Communities Rail Partnership for the opportunity. 

  

• Dreams and Goals

  Wed 25 Jan 2023

  This half term, our children are thinking about their ‘Dreams and Goals’ as part of our Relationship Education (RHE) lessons. For more information about our RHE curriculum, please visit the curriculum page of our website. 

  

• School Prayer

  Mon 23 Jan 2023

  This is our school, let peace dwell here, 

  Let the rooms be filled with happiness, 

  Let love abide here, 

  Love of one another, 

  Love of humanity, 

  Love of life itself and love of God.

  Let us remember that as many hands build a house,

  So many hearts make a school.

   

  Amen

  

• Young Voices - O2 Arena

  Wed 18 Jan 2023

  ‘Sing from your heart with all of your power, sing with a fire that knows no fear, sing with your voice, your song for the world to hear’.
  
  Today, our school choir performed these uplifting words at the O2 Arena as part of the Young Voices concert—joining together as one choir with up to 8,000 other children! 

  

• Curriculum Projects

  Mon 16 Jan 2023

  This half term sees the next chapter of our ‘Life in all Fullness’ curriculum adventures! Each class features a project display, which showcases the driving question and subject vocabulary.

   

  For more information, please visit and enjoy the curriculum pages of our website.

  

• Text Drivers

  Wed 11 Jan 2023

  The new term means new text drivers for every year group! This half term, Year 3 are reading 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' by Philip Pullman, while Year 4 journey with 'Odd and the Frost Giants' by Neil Gaiman. Year 5 are embarking on a journey of discovery as they read 'Wonder' by R.J. Palacio and Year 6 are connecting with nature through 'The Lost Words' by Robert Macfarlane.

  

• Be the Change

  Mon 09 Jan 2023

  This term, as we embrace the start of a new year, our assembly theme is ‘Be the Change’. As part of our time together, we are taking great inspiration from the words of Mother Theresa - “do small things with great love”.

  

• Year 3 Hook Day

  Wed 04 Jan 2023

  Year 3 enjoyed their first day back at school today, with a hook day to introduce their new topic 'Are all volcanoes the same?' The children had to create a volcano, as part of a group, before unleashing an eruption! Please visit our Twitter page to watch a video.