Peter Hills Post
Friday 4th September 2014
www.peterhillsschool.co.uk
Introducing our six new Christian Values:
Friendship
Respect
Thankfulness
Love is…
Peace
Courage
Trust
Welcome back, and welcome to our new staff, pupils and families.
We hope you all enjoyed the summer and are ready for a successful and fulfilling
year. We welcome Miss Mitchell to our teaching team who is joining us as the new
Endurance Y4 class teacher.
Thank you again to everyone who voted for their top six values ready for us to
launch this term. The results from our vote from pupils, parents, staff and
governors, above, were our most common values that we wanted to adopt as our
guide in relationships and school life. It was felt that through love we can promote
these values in all that we do. This half term we start with respect.
Meet the teacher
We welcome and encourage parents and carers to come and meet class teachers
after school on Tuesday 22nd September. This is an informal opportunity for you to
meet the teacher with other parents and find out more about what your child’s year.
Volunteers
We are always looking for volunteers to hear children read, support school visits as
well as in supporting ‘The Friends of Peter Hills’. We are very grateful for everyone
who has already generously given their time to help our school. The recruitment
process is continual. If you are thinking about supporting us in any way please see
Miss Vernon. We also, space permitting support parents and carers who need a
placement in an educational setting for childcare and teaching qualifications.
The Incredible Years Workshops for all parents and carers
We are pleased to be starting our 13 week programme next Friday at 9.15am – 11am
in the community room. Those who have already signed up have a place. If you are
interested there are places still available, see Miss Vernon to put your name down.
Southwark Early Help Service
Parents who have completed this course have found that it…
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Improved the interactions with their children
Using praise helped to boost their child’s confidence, making them feel good about themselves
Gave them alternatives to using harsh discipline
Helped them come up with their own solutions
Reduced their child’s disruptive child behaviour
Teachers fed back positive changes to their child’s behaviour in the classroom
A parent that recently attended this course said:
“I have learnt new strategies to help me with my children’s behaviour; I learnt things that I would
never have thought of myself”
For further information please contact the IY Parenting team on 020 7525 72018
Autumn Half Term: Monday 26th – Friday 30th October