20th September 2024

Attendance

Oliver Jeffers -96%

Julia Donaldson -94%

Steve Backshall -93%

Malala Yousafzai - 95%

Ellie Simmonds -92%

Rosa Parks -94%

Ian Rose -97%

David Attenborough - 93%

Peninsula East Primary Academy -95%

Well done to Oliver Jeffers class for having the best attendance this week in EYFS/KS1. In KS2 this week, Ian Rose class have the best attendance. A huge congratulations to both classes! What fantastic attendance we have for the whole school this week too!

PYP Learner Attribute & Approach to Learning Awards

Oliver Jeffers - Ella L (Knowledgeable) & Sienna (Social Skills)

Julia Donaldson Class - Mollie (Thinker) & Haisley-Grace (Social Skills)

Steve Backshall Class - Arthur(Reflective) Jamie (Communication skills)

Malala Yousafzai Class - Ryleigh (Inquirer) & Alexis (Self-management skills)

Ellie Simmonds Class - Vencel (Caring) & Paisley (Self-management skills)

Rosa Parks Class - Zoha (Principled) & Isabelle (Social Skills)

Ian Rose Class - Savannah (Knowledgeable) & Joe (Research skills)

David Attenborough Class - Franky (Principled) & Lilly (Self-management skills)

WOW Writer Awards

Congratulations to these children for fantastic writing this week...

Oliver Jeffers Class - Rose

Julia Donaldson Class - Henry

Steve Backshall Class - Ollie

Malala Yousafzai Class - Finn

Ellie Simmonds Class - Leo

Rosa Parks Class - Austin

Ian Rose Class - Darcie

David Attenborough Class - Rihanna

Readers of the Week

Oliver Jeffers Class - Raul

Julia Donaldson Class - Sophia

Steve Backshall Class - Maebelle

Malala Yousafzai Class - James

Ellie Simmonds Class - Chloe

Rosa Parks Class - Grace

Ian Rose Class - Annamaya

David Attenborough Class - Lily

Our Wonderful Inquiry Work

Ellie Simmonds Class

We have had an excellent start to the term, completing a range of disciplinary and transdisciplinary learning through subjects Computing, History, Geography, Science, RE, and DT.

Through our transdisciplinary learning we have looked at computing systems, networks, and what the internet is made of. As a class we discussed what confidential information entails, and started to explore how we can keep ourselves safe online. Following on from this, we have had extensive discussions about how global networks function, linking to our class text: 'Agent Asha, Mission Shark Bytes'. We have really enjoyed venturing into Agent Asha's spy world and have been utilising the text to enhance our writing skills and techniques, for example looking at descriptive character profiles, story mapping, and comparing formal and informal writing. Additionally, we have been tasked by the Children's Spy Agency (CSA) start designing our own spy gadget prototypes. In geography we have been utilising Google maps and Earth to locate lines of latitude and longitude, including the Equator and the Prime Meridian.

In History we have been looking at and comparing how crime and punishment has changed over time - focussing on the Roman and Tudor periods. This learning has linked with our central idea 'Organisation may create order'. We have thoroughly enjoyed our learning so far this term and are looking forward to enhancing our learning further as the term continues.

School information

Head Pupils

We are delighted to introduce our new Head Boy, Head Girl , Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl at Peninsula East Primary Academy.

Head Boy - Sonni

Head Girl - Aurora-Lily

Deputy Head Boy - Christopher

Deputy Head Girl - Lexi

Our Senior Leadership Team welcomed applications from our Year 6 pupils who were up for the challenge of becoming Head Boy/Girl and Deputy Head Boy/Girl which requires the following attributes:

Calm and caring
Resilient
Confident
Enthusiastic about being a pupil at PEPA
Responsible and respectful
Be able to listen to others
Principled and hard-working

As part of this role, our Head Pupils will:

Prepare and present school celebration assemblies each Friday
Monitor the use of the learner attributes in all of our children throughout the school
Attend school council meetings and discuss feedback on how we can improve the school
Talk to visitors to show off what we do here at PEPA
Help to train children in other year groups to be curriculum advocates

Our Head Pupils and Deputies presented what they would like to do for the school in an assembly to the rest of the children.

Here are some of their ideas:

Improving the playground and adding more equipment.
Updating the football nets on the field.
Adding more after school clubs for children to enjoy..

As well as Head Boy/Girl and Deputy Head Boy/Girl, we have also created a Year 6 Leadership team who will work together to help support the school to continue to improve. Our Year 6 leadership roles include:

House Captains

Water - Lily FG

Air - Franky

Fire - Sophie

Earth - Callum

Play Leaders

Harmony, George, Daniel, Isla, Samuel, Cooper

News Reporters

Philippa, Brianna, Rihanna, Franklin

Eco-Warriors

Darcy, Aimee, Phoebe, Kaspar, Aurora-Emma

Librarians

Joey, Cassie, Izabella, Owen

Wellbeing Champions

Lilly B & Ruby

School Council

At Peninsula East Primary Academy, we have a school council with representatives from each class in Year 1 to Year 5. Our Nursery and Reception classes are represented by Year 6 pupils, our Head Boy, Head Girl and deputies, who will share their ideas and feedback to them from the meetings. Being a School Council Representative is a responsible position and the children involved will play a very important part in developing Peninsula East Primary Academy for the better.

Please welcome our school council members:

Year 1 - Brooke & Teddy

Year 2 - Dolly & Hartlee

Year 3 - Isabelle & Finn

Year 4 - Paisley & Ollie

Year 5 (Rosa Parks) - Luisa-Marie & Vinnie

Year 5 (Ian Rose) - Savannah & Teddy

About Our School Council

The school council is about:

Learning to work together
Learning about democracy
Learning how to play a positive role in our community

The council’s aim is to enable the children to make a positive contribution to the way in which the school functions. The children’s ideas and concerns are listened to and the meetings are minuted and shared with the rest of the school. Children’s views are taken seriously and acted upon where possible.

We will work with the children to create the meeting agendas, and this is discussed in each class before the official meeting takes place. This way, School Council Representatives are able to bring the opinions of their peers to the meeting.

Information

Open day for children to start in Reception class September 2025

We are pleased to be able to offer some Open events for parents, carers and their children to come and visit us for a tour and to learn more about starting here at Peninsula East in Reception class for September 2025. Please see the dates and times for these events below;

Friday 22nd November 2024 - 9:00am

Friday 29th November 2024 - 2:00pm

If you would like to attend one of these events or you know any local families that would like to attend, please pass on the information and email office@pepa.org.uk to book your space.

We look forward to meeting you and showing you around our fantastic school!

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