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St. Peter’s is a small, family sized infant and nursery school for children
aged 3 – 7 years. Our admission numbers are 90 pupils in the school
and a further 50 part-time places in our free nursery. We have been
proudly serving the South Portslade and neighbouring communities since 1906
and we are set in a beautiful Victorian building which is fully modernised,
but which retains many of its original features. Several new buildings have
been added over the last few years to provide an excellent environment for
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Our
classrooms are all fantastically well resourced, with lots of access to high
quality teaching and learning equipment.
We are really excited about our brand new nursery classroom which is now in
use! There are some photos of it below (under "The Nursery") and also
more pictures on the nursery link on the left.
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Reception - "Red Class"

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Year
One - "Blue Class"

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Year Two - "Yellow Class"

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The Nursery - "Emerald Class"

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Our outside
area is used as an extension of
the classrooms and is continually developed
to ensure excellent provision for all our children. Our outside area
comprises of
two playgrounds, a "Secret Garden", a grassy area and a brand new water and
pond garden. These areas all have different resources and functions,
such as our music area and our climbing wall, providing
excellent opportunities for co-operative and imaginative play.
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Our school council have been highly involved in decisions for developments
to the playground area and we installed some eye-catching sails to provide
shade for the children in our lower playground as requested by the children.
We also have some new exciting wall art and chalkboards around the
playground for the children to use at break and lunch time.

Shade
sails & climbing wall playground |

New water
garden

New pond
garden

Music
area |
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We are well known for our lively and caring atmosphere and we pride
ourselves on the high level of education we provide whilst providing a
personal and individual environment where children have the ability to
develop and thrive.
All our staff understand how young children learn and ensure that both the
learning environment and the content of their lessons are stimulating,
creative, fun and educational. We truly believe that every child matters,
it is important that all our children are happy and healthy, which are
fundamental before successful learning can take place. The care for
children here at St. Peter’s was reported as outstanding in our recent
Ofsted.
Our school
has well developed links with the community and external agencies.
These links help to ensure that we are not just addressing the children’s
academic needs but also their personal,
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social and
emotional needs. By the time children leave St Peter’s at the end of
Year 2 they are well equipped for that transition to Key Stage 2.
Our latest Ofsted report in
October 2007 reported that we are "a good school with a number of
outstanding features" and the results at the end of
Key Stage One (age seven) are above the National and Local Average Scores.
We have excellent relationships
with our parents and work together to improve our provision for the children
in our care. We are continually seeking to improve the partnership which
must exist between school and home for our children to succeed.
We strongly believe that our school is a busy, well organised and successful
school in which you can be confident your child will thrive.
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Our extensive Air Raid Shelters
offer a truly historic insight into Portslade life in the war. We offer an
exciting "Child in the War" experience to local Junior schools and open our
Air Raid Shelters to the public at our Summer Fayre in June each year.

Click on this image
to take an exciting virtual tour of our Air Raid Shelters! |
St. Peter's was built
in 1906 and was originally a primary school for 170 children. There
are air raid shelters underneath our canteen and our log books from the
Second World War tell us how children spent time there on a daily basis
during the air raid warnings. We recently celebrated our 100th
birthday here at St. Peter's and we are looking forward to a successful future providing excellent education
for early years.

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Click above to see our latest news!
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Make sure you get
enough sleep! Research shows that not only does sleep help our bodies
to work more efficiently, but also helps our brains to develop. A good
night's sleep also strengthens our immune systems, helping to protect us
from illness. Daily (or nightly!) sleep recommendations are as follows:
Children aged 3-5: around
12 hours
Children aged 5-12: around 10 hours
Teenagers: around 9 hours
Adults: around 7-8 hours
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Please
contact us if you would like a copy of our prospectus.
Our latest Ofsted Report
is available for download at
www.ofsted.gov.uk |
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Last Updated: March 2010
Created and maintained by:
Colette Lynch |