In the Press

Miss Green has treated Year 1 to a wonderful book advent calendar. Every day throughout December the children have taken it in turns to unwrap a present from around their little Christmas tree. Each present contains a book, which is then read out to the class as a special treat. Thank you Miss Green for this lovely idea!

Year 5 have enjoyed learning a new technique with chalks this week and created their own Northern Lights creations. They have been learning about saturated colour inspired by the light up trails at Cowdray and taken inspiration from Jules de Balincourt’s work on his trees and branches. The colours they have created just ‘pop’ and they have produced some stunning work! Well done Year 5!

Year 6 explored how to change the density of water by adding salt to make a saturated solution. They investigated making a coloured tower of water from salt and fresh water to show the different densities.

We’re all feeling so Christmassy now, having worn our Christmas jumpers all day, sung carols around the tree and enjoyed our Christmas lunch. Thank you so much to Chef Fernando and the team - it was delicious! Two more days to go, with a lot more Christmas fun to come!

Our Nursery children had a wonderful Christmas Party this morning, playing lots of traditional games, such as pass the parcel, musical bumps and musical statues. Their firm favourite, however, was making balloons jump on the parachute. Their laughter and screams could be heard over the valley!

Fabulous Christmas parties on Friday for the whole school organised by our brilliant parent body (FOSI). Thank you so much for all your hard work - the children loved it!

Finishing off a busy week with a photo from the fantastic Pre-Prep Nativity. Such an entertaining and heart-warming telling of the Christmas story - well done everyone!

Who gave the St Ives' Dads permission to have fun too?!

A couple of weeks ago, 11 St Ives Dads flew to Portugal for the inaugural St Ives Dads Golf Tour. They split into 2 groups - Year 1 Dads versus the St Ives Barbarians in a Ryder Cup style tournament over 3 rounds. It was closely fought with the Barbarians leading by 1 point during days 1 and 2. However, the Year 1 Dads fought valiantly bringing it back to a draw on the final day. Everyone had great fun, returning home a little short on sleep, but plans are already afoot for a repeat next year. We love seeing Mr Stein in his St Ives Champions jacket! Very smart indeed!

Sheer joy watching our littlest pupils perform at the Nursery Nativity yesterday. Mrs Whittle & the rest of the team are so proud of you. You were amazing, both on & off the stage. We hope your parents enjoyed it as much as we did!

This half term children have been working through a new Gymnastics programme called 'Rise Gymnastics' (new this year from British Gymnastics). In Early Years, skills & activities are linked to a theme & Reception have been thinking about 'People who help us'. This week, we were paramedics, carrying an inured teddy around the gym course - over obstacles, up slopes, off benches & tables & through hoops. We talked about 'matching ' or 'mirroring' our partners & it was a real team effort to get teddy safely through the course on a stretcher. Y1 are working on the 'discovery skills' & this week focused on taking weight on hands & balances with & without a partner. We finished with some lovely counterbalances.