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We're celebrating the most incredible set of results from the Speech and Drama exams which took place in the Summer term.  Pupils took 53 exams in total (Verse & Prose, Musical Theatre and Acting) and they received Distinction in every single one!  This is an extraordinary achievement, especially when you consider that 75% of our pupils from Year 2 upwards take Speech and Drama.  These results bode extremely well for the end of year production, although how anything can match last year's Shrek is beyond us!

Wonderful to see so many of our pupils in today for Pre-season Football and Netball training!  Bodes well for a wonderful term of sport, teamwork and friendly competition.  We can't wait to welcome the rest of you back in tomorrow.  Here's to a very exciting Autumn Term!

As we look forward to welcoming the children back tomorrow, we are thrilled to announce we've been shortlisted at The Independent School of the Years Awards once again for Small Independent School of the Year.  Having won it in 2022 and 2019, we are delighted to be considered for this prestigious award once again, alongside a host of other outstanding independent schools across the country.  A great start to the 2024/2025 academic year!  We have been planning a very exciting term and can't wait to welcome the children back tomorrow.

Thank you to everyone who donated their shoes this morning.  We've gathered well over 50 pairs with more to come! These will be winging their way over to Sal's Shoes in the holidays where they'll be distributed to new, happy feet!

We finished the year with a spectacular Speech Day this morning.  Thank you to our guest speaker, David Harkins, 8billionideas for his inspiring words which left us all feeling empowered that we have brilliant ideas inside us.  Best of luck to our Year 6 leavers.  We're so sad to see you go, but we know you're so ready for the opportunities waiting for you at your new schools.  Wishing our entire community a very happy Summer holidays!

An incredible day for Year 6 and their families at the Gathering of Goblins 2024 at Goodwood on Saturday, where the children were able to showcase and race the two fantastic cars they've been buildingand designing over this academic year.  In amongst over 30 other schools, the children had to arrive early in the morning for scrutineering of their cars, then had a briefing of the races before taking part in races such as slalom, drag and a lap of champions.  A fantastic demonstration of teamwork and problem solving amongst the children and so much fun.  A day they'll all cherish.  Thank you the Greenpower Trust and to Goodwood for this fabulous event.

What a treat to have two nights of the most outstanding performances of Shrek!  The standard of acting, singing, dancing and comic timing was so high, it was hard to believe we were watching a prep school production!  Thank you so much to The Royal School for allowing us to borrow their wonderful theatre.  The children loved performing in such a professional environment.  Thank you so much also to Helen Maxwell, Katie Nicholls and Rachel Parker for producing such magic in our pupils and for the rest of the team for their support.  However, our biggest thanks, as ever, goes to our super children for working so hard in the run up to show nights and for giving it their absolute all exactly when it counted!  You are all super stars!

Prep and Pre-Prep enjoyed their fabulous Sports Days in the glorious sun this week.  Brilliant exampleas of showing off the athletic skills pupils have been learning this term, teamwork, competitive spirit, support for each other and a huge amount of fun.  Thanks to our parents for their support and picnics and to Mrs Woodward for all her hard work in putting together these well-organised events.  Congratulations to Yellow House for winning both the Pre-Prep and Prep events! 

We're celebrating National Thank a Teacher Day today, saying thank you to all of our fabulous staff.  Mrs Goldsworthy has sent every member of the team the following message - "A HUGE 'Thank You'' for all you do for our pupils at St Ives!  Our pupils are incredibly lucky to have brilliant teachers and support staff who care for them greatly and always go above and beyond to make sure their days are full of fun and to provide them with vast opportunities to enable them grow and reach their potential.  Thank you so much."

A brilliant Summer Fair with all its wonderful British traditions - bouncy castle, hook a duck, tin can alley, crazy golf, hot dogs, ice creams & lots of Pimms!  A huge thank you to our wonderful parent body (FOSI) who worked tirelessly to put on this wonderful event and to Youngs Butchers in Chiddingfold for providing us with the delicious meat for the BBQ, to Knight Frank for their generous sponsorship and to The Back Beat Collective for the wonderful live music.