Author: Rachel Jupp
St Peter’s sings through the dark winter
At St Peter’s, on our exposed hill overlooking the Exe Estuary, winter can seem to drag on forever. The wind chill factor on the Harefield…
Safer Internet for Children’s Mental Health
For the last few years, St Peter’s has been marking the importance of children’s mental wellbeing by celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week. These days, a…
Spring Term 2022 Week 5
Future School results are starting to come in and our pupils have done exceedingly well. We are just collating everything, and will publish the results…
Easy Art Projects For Children to Do at Home
For youngsters, art has numerous advantages: it promotes self-expression, improves motor skills, develops patience and problem-solving skills and enhances concentration. When a child does a…
5 Fun Ideas for Improving Memory at Home
Back in 2019, I wrote a Teaching and Learning blog with Mr Hoban (Director of Music and Faculty Head of Performing Arts) to warn parents…
Spring Term 2022 Week 4
We have been conducting our Departmental Review for the Languages faculty this week (English, French and Spanish). All the teachers have been observed teaching, we…
Spring Term 2022 Week 3
Welcome to the newsletter for Week 3. It has been a lovely, more ‘normal’, week and, although we do have some cases of Coronavirus going…
Taking the minutes – completing the actions
Last week I wrote of pupils sharing their learning. Working collaboratively. Teaching each other. This week I want to celebrate some more cross-year group collaborative…
We learn from each other
Margaret Fuller was the first American female war correspondent, writing for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune, and full-time book critic. Please watch this beautiful, simple…
Spring Term 2022 Week 2
I have two examples this week of children using their initiative and interests to create opportunities for others at school. Romily, Emily and Bella from…
