My grandparents were hugely influential to me growing up and I recognise the importance of grandparents in a child’s life through the support, care and love that they can give that is different to a parent’s due to the extra level of responsibility we are all familiar with. As Mrs Ball read in one of her poems during Grandparents' Afternoon this week, one of the joys of looking after grandchildren is being able to ‘give them back’ at the end of the day!
My Grandfather made this fort for my brother when we were little and it is a joy to see it being used now by Reception children at St. Peter’s, a little link to my own past every day. The Grandparents' Afternoon was a wonderful assembly, with an enormous turnout. Thank you so much to all the families who attended to see the children in Nursery to Year 2 perform for them and then proudly show their grannies and grandpas around their classroom and the school. At St. Peter’s we are very proud of our links with our community. My own grandparents ended their time in a wonderful nursing home and I know full well the joy that small children can bring to the elderly, having seen my own children and their cousins run in with smiles and hugs, not noticing the issues of being elderly and infirm. At St. Peter’s we have developed a wonderful link with Pinewood Nursing Home where our older children have visited and this week, for the first time Reception visited. And the pictures are a true joy to see. My thanks to Mrs Glanvill and Mrs Bruce-Jones for enabling such a wonderful experience for the children and elderly residents at Pinewood. 
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