Calling all musicians in Key stage 2 to take part in a Virtual Music Concert! Please follow these guidelines:-

• Video your performance in landscape.
• Please make sure that you present yourself well- you don’t have to wear school uniform, but you should look as smart as possible when performing
• If you are singing, remember that we want to hear YOU, and not the original artist, so make sure that you use a karaoke track if you need backing.
• If you send a video, you (parent or carer) are giving consent for it to be used on the school website.
• Performances should not be more than 1 minute 30 seconds long.
• No lyrics to be seen on screen please.
• Make sure there are no background noises before, after and during your performance
• Introduce your performance 'Hi, I'm ____ and I would like to play _____ for you. I hope you enjoy it'. Please only use your first name when introducing yourself.

In addition to your performances, we are going to attempt to create a grand finale by inviting you to send a video or voice recording of yourself performing 'High Hopes' (You may want to put some actions to it) Use this link to access the music, you will need to copy and paste this link into your browser - https://youtu.be/fH_OnJk6QqU. You have 4 weeks to practice, please send your entries by 15th June to dellis@st-peters.wakefield.sch.uk. Good luck and happy practising!

Tomorrow (20th May) is National Thank a Teacher Day. This is a day when we, as a nation, can come together to say Thank You to teachers across the country who make a huge difference to young people’s lives - not just now during these unprecedented times - but every day! On this day, we will be celebrating and thanking teachers on social media. With the #ThankATeacher and #HowWillYouSayThankYou hashtags, we are encouraging people to share their message of thanks. This can be singing a song, writing and/or reciting a poem, or sharing a picture of a drawing. You can find out more details here.

Wakefield Council leader Denise Jeffery has today suggested that  'June is too soon for schools to reopen'. You can read the article from the Wakefield Express here.

You can read her full statement on the WMDC website here.

As a Wakefield Council state maintained school, we will follow the direction of the council if they decide to keep schools closed. We are also following the discussions between the Unions and the government.

Please see our latest letter for information regarding the phased re-opening of school from the earliest date of 1st June 2020. You can find the letter under 'Information for Parents, Letters' or click here.

All Home Learning pages have now been updated with 2 more weeks of work - for next week and the 1st week back after half-term.

Also, two more video stories have been added to the online library, please follow the 'online stories'  link on the Home Learning Page to watch them.

Wakefield Council have developed a survey that is designed to gain insight into children’s and young people’s experiences of the current epidemic and how this has affected their health and well-being, whether they have been at home or have attended school. 

Key Facts About the Survey

• It is 100% anonymous, we do not collect any information that could identify someone
• It has been created and is distributed by the Public Health and Health Improvement Teams of Wakefield Council
• Children and Young People have until 31st May 2020 to complete it
• It can be completed on any internet connected device such as a laptop, phone or tablet
• It should only take 5 to 10 minutes to complete
• The survey data will be analysed and a report produced that will be made available to all schools, Council departments and health colleagues.
• The survey is for children and young people that have attended school and those that have stayed at home during the lockdown - please encourage both.
• The survey also contains details of the recently produced website which is a child and young person centred website detailing all the local support to help them with their health and well-being needs.

You can find the survey here:-

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/School_Lockdown_survey

It is vital that we collect this information on how the current situation is affecting our children and young people and therefore we will be better informed on how to target support going forward.  We think the information will be extremely valuable to schools as they try and re-introduce children and young people back into formal education and support their health and well-being whilst doing so. 

Once again can I please ask your support in this, as ultimately it will benefit the children and young people of the District. If you have any questions or queries do not hesitate to get in touch and huge thanks for your support in this.

Peter Ward,

Health Improvement Specialist,

Schools Health Improvement

Wakefield One

PO Box 700

Burton Street

Wakefield, WF1 2EB

Tel: 01924 303722

Mobile: 07785 243613