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Yesterday we kicked off Children's Mental Health Week with a day of activities around this year's theme "Let's Connect". Our Wellbeing Champion, Mrs Cooper, led the morning's assembly and encouraged the children to think about how we connect with the people & communities around us. The children also listened to Matt Goodfellow reading his poem 'Together'. Pupils were told to "Dress to Express" and we loved seeing the different ways we dressed to show our individuality and our uniqueness!

On Wednesday, Year 6 went on a trip to Milestones Museum, an indoor recreation of a Victorian town. We looked at old cars, fire trucks and even horse boxes! Horses were very important to the Victorians because they were the main source of transportation. There were many old Victorian shops and a few houses inside the museum and we loved going to the sweet sweet shop with our ration booklet that the lady stamped after we bought 2oz of sweets! We had a brilliant day!

Today is Time to Talk Day. At St Ives we teach the children how important it is to be able to talk about our feelings and the importance of actively listening and respecting how others feel. We know that we can talk to our teachers & friends if we’re worried about anything. We know that we also have a wonderful Wellbeing Champion in Mrs Cooper, weekly wellbeing sessions we can attend, a worry box, a friendship bench and endless support so we don’t bottle things up! We are also looking forward to Monday when we’re going to Dress to Express for Children’s Mental Health Week. We can’t wait to show off our individuality and appreciate that we’re all different and unique!

Year 2 have been learning about the plague and how the Stuarts believed that inhaling nice smells could protect them. The children enjoyed making a Pomander with oranges and cloves. Well done Year 2!

Today in Computing, Reception went outside to practise following & giving instructions. The children started by practising following instructions to move around their outdoor classroom. Then they worked together to set up a small obstacle course. They then worked in pairs & gave their partner instructions on how to get across the course, whilst blindfolded. The children realised that it was hard & sometimes scary but soon learnt to listen & trust their friend.

A fantastic afternoon of Hockey for our U10s yesterday as they played in a tournament at Highfield School against 5 other schools. Some very competitive matches against some excellent teams and the team should be so proud of their performance. 

This afternoon Reception learnt about the story of the animals in Chinese New Year. We talked about what animal year we were born in, we made paper rabbits, then we went outside & coloured rabbits in small teams using chalk! We were all very proud of our rainbow rabbits & couldn't wait for our parents to come to collect us so that they could see our work!

The whole school had a fantastic treat yesterday as they watched the Pied Piper Theatre Company’s play Burglar Bill. Such an entertaining show, with a lovely moral tale.

In forest school this week Year 1 learnt about different animals in winter, focusing on birds. We talked about why birds may struggle to find food in winter because the ground is so frozen they can’t get to their food. The children then used oranges to make their own bird feeders, filling them with a mixture of bird seeds & fat. They enjoyed hanging them on the trees & we are looking forward to seeing what is left next week!

This week in Science, Year 3 have been learning about the Moon and its phases. The children then created their own edible moon phases from Oreo cookies!