In the Press

In Forest School, Years 1 and 2 found out about the elves, pixies and fairies who visit the St Ives forest in the summer months to enjoy the flowers and the sunshine and need somewhere to stay whilst they are here. The children decided to create wonderful houses and gardens for them. They even made a security system to keep them safe from foxes! Wonderful examples of teamwork and cooperation and the children are eager to add to their enchanted village in the next few weeks!

What an inspiring start to our 3-day STEAM festival! The dressing up brief was to come as a Scientist or Inventor and we’ve had a huge range of costumes - from Sir Isaac Newton to Brian Cox, to Thomas Edison to Mary Anning. The children look fabulous and are very excited about the next few days.

We are busting with pride at this talented bunch of swimmers who have just come 4th in the U11s 8 x 25m relay at the IAPs National Finals held at the London Aquatic Centre. These gutsy girls were only 1.5 seconds off getting the Bronze and, even better than that, they took 16 seconds off their Regional time! As one of our Year 5 swimmers said, “Next year, we’re coming for a medal!”. We bet you will, girls!

This morning we had our first Reception Readiness session for our Ducks in Nursery and the new children who’ll be joining us in Reception in September. Everyone loved being with Miss Tapp & finding out what life will be like in Reception. They loved exploring the classroom, both inside and out! These sessions will be taking place every Thursday until the end of term to ensure the transition from Nursery to ‘big school’  for all new children goes as smoothly as possible.

Well done to Blue House for organising an environmental morning today for World Environment Day. The whole school, from Nursery to Year 6 took part in a litter pick around the school grounds, they then made planters using recycled pots, compost and seeds and finished the morning appreciating nature through Art. Teaching our children about the environment and how to play your part in protecting it is part of our role as a Green Flag School.

Well, that was a huge success! Well done Year 6 for putting together such a fabulous lunch - delicious food, great conversation and beautifully hosted! Thanks so much to all our guests for coming and to Mrs Lipscombe and Mrs Owen for guiding the children.

Our Year 6 pupils are very busy today preparing for a luncheon for some very special guests. They’ve planned the guest list and menu, sent out invitations and collated replies, been shopping for the ingredients, have arranged flowers for the tables and are now carefully following their recipes whilst preparing the food. There is a huge buzz in the kitchen and dining room - a mixture of nerves and excitement. They can’t wait to host their guests later - Heads & senior management from their senior schools, our Governors, the Mayor of Haslemere, the Royal Society of St George and our parent body.

A sneak peek at the new Nursery area that’s waiting for the children’s return on Monday. Doesn’t it look fabulous?! Of course, it won’t be complete until there’s lots of little people playing on it! We can’t wait to watch them having hours of fun on it in the last half of term. Have a fabulous bank holiday weekend everyone & we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Inspired by Chelsea Flower Show, we’ve been planting flowers in red, white & blue this afternoon!

That’s a wrap for our Jubilee Party and the first half of term. Have a fantastic break everybody and we look forward to seeing you again on 6th June.