Author: Rachel Jupp
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…
A Busy January at St Peter’s
It’s the start of another busy term here at St Peter’s. Our second week back finds us already in full swing; with our popular weekly…
Spring Term 2022 Week 1
Happy New Year and a very warm welcome back to St Peter’s and the Spring term 2022. This week, we welcomed the children back with…
An Interesting Christmas Read
Over the Christmas break, I read a range of educational articles about how the full range of physical movements in children is diminishing. One piece…