Author: Rachel Jupp
Mighty Orchestra at Wellington School
What an apt name for an amazing day for our St Peter’s musicians! Last Friday, fifteen of our instrumentalists were invited to Wellington School to…
Teaching & Learning DEFINED
In September 2017, I wrote a piece called Individualism. In the article I mentioned that staff had joined together during INSET time to pass professional…
Books of Excellence
2PG came to see me today and squeezed into my office. They were very proud as they had created a class book which was inspired…
Happiness is a purple cow
Our happiness focus continues this week and in Assembly I introduced the ‘Thought of the Week’ as penned by the extraordinary wordsmith, Roald Dahl. We…
Teaching & Learning: Success & Scholarships
As we head towards the final furlong of the exam and scholarship process affecting Year 8 (13+) leavers, I’d like to take a moment to…
Worry Less About Children’s Screen Time, Say Experts
Screen time is the time spent each day using devices such as TVs, smartphones and tablets. As screens are becoming a bigger part of daily…
The Impact of Snow
SNOW. Here we go again… Due to receiving close to 200 emails last year in a huge community effort of taking part in the St…
Bucket List for Parents in 2019
With January well and truly underway and the cold weather starting to set in, many will have already given up on their well-intentioned resolutions from…
‘You Can’t Stop The Music…’
‘You can’t stop the music…’ (Village People, 1980) I would like to share an article with you that was sent to me by the Director…
A busy and thriving January…
I walk Monty every day at about 7:15 and this was the first morning that it felt like it was getting lighter! Hoorah. Last week…