Congratulations and well done to all our Year 11 pupils on their wonderful Exam Results. We are all extremely proud of the class of 2022. We wish you good luck and all the very best for the next stage of your educational journey.
#gcseresultsday2022
#gcses2022
#GCSEResultsDay
We said our goodbyes to Y11 pupils in extremely disappointing and difficult circumstances last week, will never forget what may well be their last day at school. The whole community of St. Peter’s is immensely proud them...
Y8 pupil Mathiaus wrote a wonderful poem as part of the English department’s focus for
#BlackHistoryMonth
on ‘Empowerment’ and using their voices effectively. The poem will soon be published on the
@MCBFestival
Blog, well done Mathiaus!
@McrPoetryLib
Our choir performed at
@wrhs1118
last week teaming up with
@official_pwhs
and
@loretochorlton
in the final part of our series of workshops with punk rock band
@WeArePins
, recording the music video for Song for Manchester. Look for the online video premiere released on 23rd March!
Congratulations to Ellie and Eyob in Year 8 who won the 3D Design Slam
@PrintCityMMU
for their innovative designs, using Fusion 360 software. They both created a reusable drinking vessel and a key ring.
Y10 & 11 pupils studying French have departed on their trip to Paris today! Pupils will be visiting the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre museum and the Sacre Coeur at Montmartre. It's an exciting opportunity for our students to see the relevance of their learning & practise their French!
We would like to congratulate our pupils on their outstanding GCSE results, during what has been an exceptionally difficult year for all young people in education.
Pupils have achieved top grades across a full range of subjects, well done! 🎓👏
#GCSEs2021
We would like to wish good luck to all of our Y11 pupils this morning, sitting their first
#GCSE
examinations. We know you’ll do your very best and we hope all of that hard work and preparation pays off. 🧑🎓
On Friday, we were joined by past student
@j_efoloko23
. Jona has achieved so many things in his career, including a Gold medal in the 4x100m relay in the European Championships, and a 4x100m Bronze in the World Championships. We loved having him back in school. Thank you Jona!
Today we celebrated Culture Day to showcase our diverse school community. Pupils were encouraged to wear clothing that represents their culture. A great day was had by all!
St Peter’s Debate team won the
@debate_mate
regional finals yesterday at
@UA92MCR
!
Well done to all the pupils involved 🎉This is the second year running that St Peter’s have won! 🏆
We would like to invite you to take part in our 'Prom Project'.
The Prom Project is all about ensuring that no one is excluded from their own Prom!
If you think you can help in any way please get in touch!
#ThePromProject
Our pupils have been receiving first-class footballing tips during this morning's masterclass delivered by Professional Manchester City Scholars
@ManCityAcademy
@ManCity
Our Year 10 Business team completed a successful trip to the Stock Market Challenge today with our very own Rianna winning the best Media Analyst Award. Well done to the whole team today.
@OfficialUoM
@AllianceMBS
PhD Students and Academics from
@manmetuni
@pfwgames
@mmuenglishdept
have been working with our pupils, designing and hacking board games related to the environment and sustainability. They will be contributing by using their creative skills to design their own board game!
Here at St Peters, we love taking the opportunity to celebrate the diverse post school destinations of our pupils! We had the pleasure of welcoming back former pupil Don Rocco who filmed a short video about his time at St Peters and his journey onwards to Cambridge University.
Year 10 BTEC Travel & tourism class were lucky enough to visit Manchester Airport as part of their studies. The pupils found the trip to be inspirational and educational, as they learnt all about the airport.
@manairport
@MAG_PressOffice
Yesterday we were lucky enough to host the inspirational
@sawubona_chris
. Our Diversity Council were absolutely blown away by his story. Pupils had the opportunity to ask questions about his experiences, education and relationship with Mandela, religion and activism.
Our Open Evening takes place tonight! We are excited for you to meet our wonderful pupils and see our fantastic school.
The evening begins at 5pm and our Headteacher will be addressing families at 5:30pm and 6:30pm
#openevening2022
During the last week of term, our pupils participated in their sports day events. It has been incredible to see the levels of sportsmanship and athleticism on display. We would to congratulate everyone for taking part and making the whole occasion so exciting.
#sportsday
18 pupils were selected to contribute towards research conducted by English and Architecture academics from
@manmet
into board games about climate, infrastructure and society as part of the ESRC Festival of Science
@ahrcpress
and
@LandscapeDecis1
Huge congratulations to year 8 pupil, Joseph Egharevba, who came first place in the St Peter’s Chess Tournament on Thursday evening. Thank you to Dave Hardy of
@AshtonChess
for adjudicating.
Lovely to see so many familiar faces at our GCSE Certificate Presentation Evening on Thursday, thank you to all in attendance and we hope you had a special night.
@mikegarry
#success
#Congratulations
Huge congratulations to Harm Arshad on winning the Portico’s Key Stage 3 Reading Award for her review of Benjamin Zephaniah’s Refugee Boy. A very powerful piece of writing that connected emotionally with the text
@ThePortico
We are extremely proud to have celebrated a successful Black History Month here at St Peter’s. The positive feedback from pupils and staff has been overwhelming. On behalf of everyone here at St Peter’s, thank you
#BlackHistoryMonth
#proud
@cultureville
A group of Y10 mathematicians competed in the Manchester Maths Feast Competition hosted by
@OfficialUoM
@UoMSchools
for the
@Advanced_Maths
Support Programme. We’re proud to say that our pupils did a fantastic job of representing St Peter’s, and the X-side team won a round!
The RHEA project is up and running with the help of some of our incredible Y11 pupils! The DfE’s Period Product Scheme provides free sanitary products to all young people who need them in schools and colleges across England.
#periodpositive
#periodequality
Our Year 7 and 8 pupils thoroughly enjoyed a friendly game of chess over lunch yesterday with pupils from
@mgs_1515
Manchester Grammar School. We really appreciate you coming and look forward to seeing you again next week ♟
What a year it’s been, thank you to everyone in the St Peter’s community for all of your hard work and dedication. Have a restful summer break and we’ll see you again in September. Please see the link for our end-of-term newsletter:
A big thank you to
@ManchesterCamerata
and
@AJS_music
for developing the composition skills of our Year 10 music group. They learnt lots of new tips for creating their own music.
On Thursday we invited back the class of 2022 to celebrate our annual KS4 Presentation Evening. We were able to catch up with our previous pupils and find out about their life since St Peter's. 1/2
We were delighted to invite our Year 5 Partner Primary Schools
@stfrancismcr
and
@StAnnesAncoats
into our science laboratories. The children enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon carrying out nutrient chemical experiments on different food types.
#Science
#scientists
Congratulations to those fantastic individuals who have been involved with the Reading Mentor Programme. The programme has been a massive success with participants having dramatically increased their reading age to be in line or above their chronological age.
#Reading
#literacy
Its National Teaching Assistants Day 2020! We would like to thank all of our LSAs here at
@stpetershigh
for your hard work, dedication and support! You are all stars! ⭐️
#nationalTAday2020
Well done to our primary links book review competition winners and runner-ups! We were so impressed with the quality of the entries...here are just a few that we have displayed in our Library for pupils and staff! We hope you enjoy your High-Rise Mystery prize bundles! 🕵️ ✍️
Today we hosted our Year 7 Autumn Term Rewards Assembly.
Year 7 students who have excelled in various subjects and conducted themselves in the best behaviour this past term were presented with certificates, coupons and rewards. 🏆
Well done everyone!
A big thank you to Manchester-based rock band PINS and Brighter Sound for organising a lyric writing workshop with our choir. Our pupils wrote a brand-new song about their feelings in lockdown and are really looking forward to the next session!
@WeArePins
@BrighterSound
We had an excellent time with St Peter's I really liked the science experiments😅 they were very good and I learned some new facts about solids, liquids and gases🤔
@StPetersUK
and
@StAnnesAncoats
We take great pride in our Class of 2023. It filled us with joy to gather together and commemorate your achievements. We extend our best wishes for your future success and happiness. A special expression of gratitude goes to our guest speaker Shamshad Khan.
#presentationevening
Our Y6 Summer School spectacular is almost over but we’ve had a great time! We look forward to seeing you all again in September. Here is a small sample of what our Y6 pupils have been up to in Art and Design this week.
#fashion
#Designers
#artists
It has been nice to see some familiar faces this morning to start the new school term and the New Year. We look forward to welcoming all of our pupils back to school this week.
#backtowork
#Backtoschool2022
We have been thrilled to host ICT sessions with pupils from one of our partner primary schools this week, St Richard’s. The young and enthusiastic computer scientists dazzled us with their coding skills, making their very own game of rock, paper, scissors!
@microbit_edu
#microbit
St. Peter’s pupils visited one of our feeder primaries, St Francis, to read to their pupils. Everyone had a wonderful time talking about their books and some amazing reading took place. Well done, year 7.
@stfrancismcr
#PartnerPrimaries
#partnership
Happy
#WorldBookDay2020
! Our diverse & wonderful stories are important. We deserve to share the tales that make us who we are, enlighten our histories & embolden our communities. What's your favourite story? Don’t forget to ask your teachers – we can’t let them off the hook!
A huge warm welcome to all of our pupils as they return back to school today! We are very much looking forward to seeing both familiar and new faces around school! Let's have a fantastic and fruitful year! 🏫📚 🎭⛹️🎼
#BackToSchool2020
#WelcomeBack
#letsdothis
We are proud to celebrate
#BlackHistoryMonth
and are showcasing many great activities happening within our school! Starting with inspiring assemblies this week, Mr Walker introduced some afrobeat dancing from Y7, followed by our student leaders reading what BHM is all about.
A visit from Mike Fitzpatrick, School Liaison Officer from
@OfficialUoM
, included the ITE team being awarded a plaque for Outstanding Established Partnership School for Initial Teacher Education. 1/2
The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal supports the Armed Forces community, past and present. On the lead up to Remembrance Sunday, there will be poppies and various other merchandise available to buy in the Library for those who'd like to show their support.
#PoppyAppeal
Our Reading Mentors Programme 📖 takes place every Tuesday and Wednesday during form time.
The programme sees Y10 students mentoring Y7s with their reading.
On Friday we sent a card, on behalf of our governors, staff, pupils, and families, to Her Majesty The Queen with congratulations for her
#PlatinumJubilee
@RoyalFamily
Hope you've all had a great weekend! We're looking forward to a new week at St Peter's. Don't forget the 7E cake sale at break time tomorrow to raise money for
@cafod
in their
#GoGreen
campaign.
@CAFODSchools
🍰 🍰 🍰
In order to celebrate the fantastic work our GCSE Art pupils have produced, we made the decision to put our favourites on display. It's great to see their colourful artwork around the school!
#art
#artwork
#artists
Pupils have been working on The Zones of Regulation within the Resourced Provision and have produced a fantastic Zones Wheel this week. They are extremely proud of the work that they have been part of for this and we are very proud of them for their hard work and creation!
Starting off the new term by celebrating the achievements of our Year 7 Award Winners from last term! Congratulations to all the winners, let's strive for excellence once again this term!
#year7
#awards
Congratulations to our Christmas Talent Show contestants, special mention to winner Amina! All of the acts this year absolutely blew us away! A fantastic way to end the term. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you all in 2022.
Last night our Year 11 pupils were treated to a Masterclass on Macbeth delivered by Dr Sonja Lawrenson, Senior English Literature Academic, from
@mmuEnglishDept
Sonja's expertise was certainly put to the test by our amazing pupils and their challenging questions.
The sweet aroma of cake filled the Geography department recently during the Great Geography Bake Off, where staff and pupils were challenged to bake a cake with a Geographical theme.
#BakeOff
@kemoywalker
🍰
What a fantastic turnout we had for KS3 Presentation Evening. Together we celebrated the achievements and progress of our pupils.
#stpetersrchighschool
In December we welcomed Inspectors into school for our Section 48 Inspection to evaluate the catholic life of our school. We are delighted to share that we achieved 'Outstanding' in this inspection and are so proud of all our staff and pupils.
Before half term pupils had a fantastic opportunity to be part of the `Shakespeare Twist Performance and Workshop`. The `Macbeth` workshop was delivered by students from UCEN Manchester / Arden School of Theatre.
#Shakespeare
#Macbeth
@ucenmcr
@ArdenSchool
We hosted our new Year 7 pupils last week, and if we weren’t already excited to see you all before, we are now! You were all bright, well dressed, and fantastically well-behaved. We hope you had a good time exploring St Peter’s and we’ll see you all very soon.
A great start to our second week of
#BlackHistoryMonth
for year 7 pupils today. Learning about the history of black performers at the Oscars and various music awards, followed by a fashion show!
Year 10 language pupils spent the day at The University of Manchester on the 'Insights into Languages Programme'. It was fantastic to see how engaged our pupils were and as always, demonstrated impeccable behaviour throughout. Well done everyone!
@OfficialUoM
Today a group of students visted Gorton Cemetary to mark Armistice day.
Jessica and Jennifer both laid down a wreath on behalf of the school.
Our thanks go to the entire group for how they represented the school on this important occasion.
For World Book Day we launched a competition asking pupils which book means the world to them. The competition is still open and pupils can visit the interactive display in the library to share their ideas. All entries will be in with a chance to win book vouchers!
#WorldBookDay
It was lovely catching up with some of our past pupils this last week, inspiring us with their advice for current pupils and explaining what to expect at college and beyond
@loretocollege
#Careers
We have a wide selection of books in the library written by and about those throughout history who fought to champion women's rights. Visit our Suffragette display to learn about Emmeline Pankhurst in preparation for
@HelenPankurst
visit to our school on April 1st
#BreaktheBias
What a turnout we had for KS3 Presentation Evening, celebrating the achievements and progress of our pupils. We would like to say congratulations to all of our extremely well-deserving pupils. A special thank you to our guest speaker
@sussedblackwoma
for her brilliant speech!
May is the Month of Mary! Members of our Year 7 Chaplaincy GIFT Team worked hard on Friday afternoon to prepare the statue of Mary. With the help of Mrs. White, the chapel is now ready for our special devotions during the Month of May.
Our students had an amazing time immersing themselves in the wonders of Rome, acquiring valuable insights. It's evident that each individual truly savored this enriching experience! 🌟
#EducationalJourney
#rome
#schooltrip
#stpeters