Newsletter
8th March 2024
Attendance
Oliver Jeffers 91%
Julia Donaldson 95%
Banksy 94.6%
Maya Angelou 97%
Paul O'Grady 95%
Steve Backshall 98%
Emmeline Pankhurst 91%
David Attenborough 95%
Peninsula East Primary Academy 94%
Well done to Julia Donaldson class for having the best attendance this week in KS1. In KS2 this week, Steve Backshall class have won for best attendance. Both classes have had fantastic attendance this term, well done!
PYP Learner Attribute Awards
Oliver Jeffers Class - Bobby E (Reflective) & Jaxon (Caring)
Julia Donaldson Class - Hartlee (Caring) & Harrison (Caring)
Banksy Class - Sydney (Communicator) & Tristan (Reflective)
Maya Angelou Class - Freya T (Caring) Franklin (Reflective)
Paul O'Grady Class - Sienna (Knowledgeable) & Joe (Risk-taker)
Steve Backshall Class - Isabelle (Inquirer) & Tommy (Inquirer)
Emmeline Pankhurst Class - Lily F-G (Principled) & Ruby (Inquirer)
David Attenborough Class - Bobby (Open Minded) & Gracie (Knowledgeable)
WOW Writer Awards
Congratulations to these children for fantastic writing this week...
Oliver Jeffers Class - Edward
Julia Donaldson Class - Alfie H
Banksy Class - George
Maya Angelou Class - Ruby
Paul O'Grady Class - Harry
Steve Backshall Class - Franklin
Emmeline Pankhurst Class - Kaspar
David Attenborough Class - Ethan
Readers of the Week
Each time your child reads, they will receive one point for their class. At the end of each week, points will be counted and the winning class will receive a whole class reward. These points will be tallied up throughout the term and at the end of each module, the class with the most points will receive a reward.
Congratulations to Oliver Jeffers Class for winning this week with most improved reading!
Oliver Jeffers Class - Teddy
Julia Donaldson Class - Samuel
Banksy Class - LaRosa
Maya Angelou Class - Franklin
Paul O'Grady Class - Frankie
Steve Backshall Class - Luisa
Emmeline Pankhurst Class - Aurora-Emma
David Attenborough Class - Alex
Our Wonderful Inquiry Work
PEPA Tots
PEPA Tots celebrated Mother's Day, on March 8th, inviting all their lovely mums into the Nursery. The atmosphere was filled with joy as children showed off their dance moves, delighting their mothers with every step. Lots of laughter and cheers filled the air as the children poured their hearts into their performances, creating cherished memories for both them and their mums.
To add to the fun, mums joined in with freeze dance movements, adding their own playful touch to the special afternoon. After the excitement of the dance, everyone gathered to enjoy a delightful afternoon tea. It was truly a fantastic afternoon filled with love, laughter, and unforgettable moments shared between PEPA Tots and their cherished mothers.
Maya Angelou
Year 3 have had a blast this week, we have learnt a range of different things and we have been able to implement this into all of our learning. During our History lesson Mrs Rimmer taught us about the importance of the Egyptian pyramids and showed us real life photos! We then created our very own pyramids where we were provided with agency to choose what we wanted to use to make our pyramids.
During our science lesson we looked at why skeletons are important to have and how we can keep our bones healthy. We were then provided with an investigation where we had to explore if people who were taller might reach more than those who are shorter and if those who are taller have longer legs.
School information
PYP Module 4
This module, our classes have made a start with their learning around their new central ideas.
Each class has a knowledge organiser which shares with parents and carers what they will be learning about each module. These are available on the PEPA website on the Class Pages and are displayed outside the Office, should you want to have a look at what they children are learning about.
We look forward to sharing what we have learnt about during our PYP Open Afternoons (dates below). If you have any feedback, please share it here: https://forms.gle/oyvz3RmTZ73rUQcx9
Future dates coming up for other classes are:
Nursery - Monday 18th March @ 9am
Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 - Monday 18th March @ 2.30pm
We hope to see you there! Please make sure you book on via MCAS.
Well Being group
This term our wellbeing group are working hard to think of possible ideas and activities to for our our Mental Health and Wellbeing sessions in school. If your child has any ideas that they might like to be considered please make sure that they are put into their class wellbeing box so that they can be discussed at our next meeting later this term.
KM Newspaper
Just to let parents know that our Reception, Year 1 and 2 classes should have their pictures that they have drawn in the 'My Mum' section in the newspaper for Mother's Day.
PEPA's Got Talent show winners
Each class were able to vote for their favourite acts from the Talent show performance. Please see the winners below;
1st - Jaynee B
2nd - LaRosa S
3rd - 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' Dance group - Luisa-Marie, Florence, Sienna, Frankie E and Daisy B.
The winners above all won an Easter egg with 1st prize being a £10 Creams voucher.
Well done to all for taking part. All children that participated received a medal and some sweets.
Year 6 Mock SATs
A huge well done to all of our brilliant Year 6 pupils for sitting their mock SATs tests this week! They have been working really hard all year and showed fantastic resilience, perseverance and enthusiasm to all of their learning. A big thank you to all of the parents who are supporting with homework, interventions and making sure children are attending school each day, all of this really helps to ensure your children are achieving their best.
As a treat for working hard this week, Year 6 are enjoying some biscuits this afternoon which they are all very excited about after putting in their biscuit requests with Miss Brading!
World Book Day
Thank you to everyone for all your effort with World Book Day. All the children and staff had a brilliant day.
Congratulations to our World Book Day winners! We had a prize draw for EYFS/KS1 and KS2 to win a £10 National Book Token voucher. All the children looked absolutely fantastic and we are so impressed with the amount of effort everyone put in. Thank you to our Head boy, Head girl and their deputies for judging our best costume winners. 1 winner from each class won best costume and received a book and an extra book token as a prize.
All children voted for the best dressed teacher! Congratulations to: Mrs Rimmer who won first prize dressed as The Wicked Witch of the West.
Mrs Champ won second prize dressed as The Cowardly Lion.
In joint third place we have Miss Hosegood as Winnie the Pooh, Miss Brading as Dorothy, Mrs Rayner as Skulduggery, Miss Goldfinch as Alfie the tortoise from Esio Trot and Miss Spinola as Cruella De Ville.
All staff and children looked absolutely fantastic and put in 100% effort!
Trust parent and pupil survey feedback
Thank you to all parents and carers that completed our recent parent survey. We take our feedback from parents/carers and our children very seriously and our partnership with parents/carers is very important in order for us to build on and extend on what we can offer to our parents/carers and children in our school community.
Please see the results from the Trust surveys for both pupils and parents below. This is overwhelmingly positive and reflects the effort that our staff put in to ensure our children make good progress and enjoy learning. We also wanted to share some of the thoughtful comments from our families:
‘The reception staff are very friendly and approachable.’
‘ Children have a good bond to their classmates and all get on very well and this is encouraged by the school.’
‘My child is happy to go to school and likes the teachers which is great. They have given her additional help outside of school that shows dedication.’
‘They care about the pupils.’
The school is ‘well-led’ and ‘any problem/issues are dealt with promptly/quickly.’
‘Extra curricular activities and a great PTA’.
It is also important to share with you what our next steps are from the children's feedback and from the parents.
Next steps from children’s survey results:
Continue to hold behaviour assemblies at school to reiterate our expectations, what bullying is and rules on the playground (3 x per Year, T1, T3 & T6).
Wellbeing group to be further established within the classroom through wellbeing assemblies, wellbeing events and more talk around wellbeing leads and the boxes in the classroom. Wellbeing leads to feedback to classes after meetings so they can update with future plans.
Complete Pupil Voice around clubs and challenge - What clubs would children like to see at PEPA? How are children challenged in their work?
You said that you wanted communication to be stronger:
We use MCAS to communicate to parents/carers and if we need to send via email, we will communicate this to parents/carers so these are not missed.
Updates on Facebook - please join our page.
Tapestry is used in Nursery - Year 1 and Google classroom is used in Years 2 - 6 to communicate the children’s learning slides and tasks to complete at home.
We send an annual and termly calendar of events to parents so that you are aware of events in advance. This is followed by more detailed letters around the events.
Key stage leads and Senior leadership are available on the gates most days at drop off and pick up. If concerns are raised with us, we do try to meet or get back to parents as quickly as we are able to.
We hold events in school so that you can see how the children are taught and what they are learning.
Two parents evenings are held each year as well as an interim report sent out on MCAS and an end of year report.
More work around inclusion and SEND:
Our SENco holds regular opportunities for parents to meet with her, including at parents evenings.
Website with SEND information as well as regular updates on newsletters.
There is a teaching assistant in every classroom. Regular training opportunities to upskill our TAs e.g. Elkan speech and language training more recently.
SENco offers ELSA sessions and runs Oasis club for children during lunch time.
Our TAs run interventions throughout the school day, including TAs trained in delivery of drawing and talking therapy.
We will also try to keep you up to date with Medway SEND's policies and processes as there are currently significant delays on timelines and waiting lists for access to local resources for SEND pupils.
We are supported by a SEND advisor from the Trust, who quality assures our SEND provision at PEPA.
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