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A highly entertaining (and emotional) Leavers’ Assembly this morning. Well done Year 6 - looking back on everything you’ve achieved and enjoyed during your many years at St Ives - shows us how truly ready you are to embark on your journeys at your senior schools. You’ve packed in so much….. now go & have fun at Chessington World of Adventures! 

Nursery are thrilled to have raised nearly £1,100 from their Bounce-athon last week. Well done to the children for bouncing so well and thank you to their parents, grandparents and friends for sponsoring them. Thanks too to D & F Business Ltd for paying for the bouncy castle and to Miss Floss and FOSI (Friends of St Ives) for their help. We couldn't have raised that much without them. The Nursery team are looking forward to spending it on a new Maths area in the playground.

We’re thrilled to announce we’ve been shortlisted at the Independent School of the Year Awards 2022! Kay Goldsworthy, our Head, has said “We’re delighted to have been shortlisted once again, especially when the competition in the independent education sector is so strong. This really is testament to everything we do for our pupils, who are so lucky to have such brilliant teachers, amazing opportunities and so much packed into every school year at St Ives.”

We look forward to September when the Independent School of the Year Awards judges announce the winners.

It’s Move Up Morning today, where our pupils spend the day experiencing the new classes they’ll be in from September. For our Nursery children moving into Reception, and children coming in from other nurseries, it is all quite familiar as they have been enjoying ‘Reception Readiness’ sessions every Thursday for the last 5 weeks, ensuring they are more than ready for ‘big school!’

It’s a wrap! An amazing two nights of our school production Bugsy. Well done to all the children from Years 3-6, you were brilliant! You performed with such poise and confidence and your American accents were fabulous! Thank you so much to Mrs Lipscombe, Mrs Owen and Mrs Maxwell and to all the parents who helped source (and make!) the costumes and helped backstage with make-up. Children, you’ve set the bar very high for next year!

We’re working with The Haslemere Book Shop and The Children's Book Project to gather as many pre-loved and unwanted books as possible so we can redistribute them to children who don’t have books at home. St Ives School will be collecting the books from the Haslemere Book Shop and passing them onto the Children’s Book Project to redistribute to the children who need them most. The Children's Book Project seeks to tackle book poverty and give every child the opportunity to own their own book. Let’s help them make a difference!

It was the Pre-Prep Department’s turn for Sports Day today and what a brilliant morning they had! They ran, they jumped, they bounced, they balanced, they threw and they relayed. They competed in their houses, using all the skills they’ve acquired in athletics this term and did themselves proud. They finished off their energetic morning joining their mummies and daddies for picnics on the lawn. Well done Yellow House for being the winners!

What an afternoon for our Prep Sports Day! With the parents allowed back on site, enjoying picnics on the lawn, the 4 houses were more determined than ever to battle it out! Well done to Yellow House for being victorious!

Reception had a wonderful time at Marwell Zoo on Monday. The children loved learning about the different types of zebras, why giraffes are so tall & meeting the lemurs & white rhinos. They also loved the rainforest workshop. It was a wonderful way to finish off our topic, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ & we were very proud at how beautifully the children behaved all day!