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St Ippolyts CE (Aided) Primary School

Issue 39: Thursday 18th July 2019

Goodbye Year 6! By the time you read this, I can guarantee we will have just spent a very emotional afternoon over at Church for our annual Leavers Service. I know I say similar every year, but this year’s Year 6s have been especially wonderful.

They have worked so hard and we have watched them grow into self-assured, confident, young people;

we could not be more proud of them as they fly the nest. I know

they all have many talents to share at their secondary schools, be it in music, drama, sport or academic,

and we look forward to hearing how they get on in years to come. I

know that they are ready to face lots of exciting new opportunities and will make many new friends and have some fantastic times

ahead of them. We are also waving goodbye to a number of parents who have been at the school for many years. Thank you for your support throughout the years and we look forward to hearing how

your wonderful children are getting on! Year 6, the sky is the limit for you all & we will miss you! Good Luck and

God Bless to each of you.

Tomorrow we also say goodbye to a number of members of staff and we send them on their way with our love, thanks and best wishes. Mrs Pateman and Mrs Weston have covered the maternity leaves of Mrs Hoar and Mrs Springall – we thank them for all their hard work in Class 3 and wish them well in their new jobs. Miss Massie heads off for a new life in France and Mrs Crawley, Mrs James and Miss Cosford have all been with us on a temporary basis; we are sad to wave them off too but I am sure they will all keep in touch! We also wave an unexpected goodbye to Mrs Blencowe who has had an exciting opportunity this week to work with secondary pupils – good luck Mrs Blencowe we are sad to see you and Bramble go!

Sports success again! Congratulations to the netball team who placed first at the netball festival on Tuesday bringing home more gold medals. They also came 2nd overall in the league over the year. Well done to the team and to their coach, Miss Walker.

Well done Year 6! If you have noticed that the Year 6 children have big smiles on their faces this week, it’s because they received their SATs results and we couldn’t be more proud of how well they have done: Reading: 73% at the expected standard (or above) 31% at the higher standard Writing: 77% at the expected standard (or above) 46% at the higher standard Maths: 77% at the expected standard (or above) 35% at the higher standard GPS: 73% at the expected standard (or above) 31% at the higher standard A big well done to them and thanks to Mrs Stewart for preparing them so well for the tests.

Parent Questionnaires 2019 Thank you to all of you who returned completed parent questionnaires; we received 65 responses by the deadline. With this week’s newsletter, you will receive an analysis of the results and the staff and Governors will be studying your feedback in depth when we are working on the School Development Plan for 2019 – 2020. If you returned your form after the deadline, your responses are not included in the analysis as I had a very tight timeframe in which to do it, but your completed form will of course be looked at and your views taken into consideration.

Attendance Awards In our final Collective Worship tomorrow, 68 children are on track to receive 100% attendance awards for the summer term. We also have 25 children ready to receive a medal for 100% all year, which is utterly amazing. Well done everyone!

Do your children love art? Many of you will know Mrs Archer who has taught here part time for many years. From September, Mrs Archer will be running after school art classes locally for KS2 children – see the flyer coming home today or visit www.arti-folk.co.uk for more information.

Thank you……to everyone who has supported our school over the past year:

Our Governing Body, particularly Mrs Thake the Chair, who provides such excellent support and leadership for the school. Much of what the Governors do is ‘behind the scenes’ but there is rarely a week goes by without a meeting or task of some description and they all give of their time voluntarily ~ thank you Governors! Our FANTASTIC and dedicated PTA committee who work tirelessly to host an array of events and raise such valuable funds ~ you are our unsung heroes! The work of the PTA makes SUCH a difference to what we offer in school and we are so grateful for your involvement however big or small. Just take a look on the back page to see how much has been raised this year, A WHOPPING £7522! To you as parents for all the support you give to the school through working in partnership with us to achieve the best outcomes for your children, your input is vital. Thank you especially to those of you who have helped in class, at special events, sports fixtures or on trips. Last but by no means least, the staff. We have a fantastic team of dedicated professionals who always give 100%. St Ippolyts School is so lucky to have them all. So THANK YOU to all the staff; they deserve a well-earned sleep over the summer!

A reminder that the autumn term begins for children on TUESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER. I wish you all a restful summer break, and look forward to seeing you all back in September for another busy year. With this week’s newsletter:

Parent questionnaire results Art club flyer KS2

Headteacher

Hannah Oscar Adam

Joseph Dominic

Iris Patrick Chloe Ruby Sadie Katie Daniel Ralph

Noah Barley Edgar Lilia River Luke Emily Jake Leah Toby Teddy Holly Elin

2018 - 2019 review of the year! September

Welcome to new children in Class 1 Welcome to Mrs Pateman & Mrs Weston

Class 1 Parents Coffee Morning Class 1 Curriculum Evening

PTA St Ipps Fest C6 Cake Day

October Open Session

Harvest at St Albans Abbey Harvest Festival

C6 assembly PTA AGM

Bag2School Movie and Munch

Sporting Futures On Tour Photographs

SATs information evening for parents Family Week

Firework Safety visit

November Choir music day at PHC

C3 Go2 Project Prayer Journey

Remembrance Day Lest We Forget drama performance

C3 Trip Roald Dahl C2 mini Olympics

C6 trip to Private Peaceful Assessment Week

Christmas Shoebox Appeal C5 cake day

Children in Need Appeal C2 Mini Olympics

Parent Consultations Class 5 Assembly Stir Up Sunday

Herts Sports Awards PTA Christmas Crafts Y4/5 trip Wizard of Oz

Non uniform day for Christmas Fair Book Fair

December Advent

The Christmas Journey PTA Christmas Fair C4 Trip Roald Dahl Christingle Service Class 1 Nativity

Christmas Dinner Movie & Munch

PTA Mistletoe Party Choir singing at local Nursing Homes

Carol Service in Church Christmas Parties with Disco

January Herts School of the Year awards

Y2 SATs information session PTA Quiz Night

Caribbean Arts Days

February Art exhibition Wellbeing Week

Safer Internet Day NSPCC Visit

Gripping Yarns drama performance Healthy Eating workshops

Open Session Y6 parent consultations

KNEX Challenge Y5/6 C2 Great Fire of London day

C4 Cake Day Book Fair

C4 Assembly

March The Comet Sports Awards

C3 Assembly Shrove Tuesday pancake race

World Book Day PTA Spring Disco

C3 Cake Day Assessment Week

SEND coffee afternoon Science Days

Planetarium visit Red Nose Day

Movie & Munch The Easter Journey outside

Young Shakespeare theatre group visit

April Parent Consultations Science workshops C5

C4/5 Easter Egg hunt at Gosmore Easter Service

May C2 Assembly

C1 Maypole trip Parent governor election

C2 cake day Super Seraph Appeal day

SATs Assessment Week Y2 & Y6 Y6 SATs Breakfast Club

Y5 Science trip to Sartorius PTA Colour Run

Auditions PGL meetings

Sports Day Talent Show

June Y5/6 School Journey to Bawdsey Manor

School Journey Assembly Assessment week

Mrs Jones Memorial Service Y1 Phonics check Class 1 assembly

Class Photographs C4 Romans Day STEM Club trip

C1/2 trip to Woburn C1 cake day

Non uniform day for summer fair PTA Summer disco

Rehearsals! PTA Summer Fair

July Earth Day

KS2 Three Faiths Tour Y6 trip to Crucial Crew

SATs results Y6 Annual Reports to parents

Sports Awards evening Edith’s Wartime Scrapbook

Induction Day & Y6 Secondary Transfer

Staff v Leavers Rounders Match Y6 Leavers Barbecue

Leavers Service

Sports So many to mention!

Our Sports Newsletter gives a breakdown of all the amazing sporting opportunities and successes that we

have had this year. Through our membership of Stevenage Sporting Futures, every child in school

has participated in an event or activity, either in school or offsite.

Not forgetting… Swimming, PTA meetings, Wider

Opportunities Keyboard sessions, music tuition, after school clubs, school council,

Governors meetings, cookery, gardening, lesson observations, staff training courses… AND OF COURSE

LESSONS! No wonder everyone looks a

little tired! Another fantastic year -

enjoy a well-earned rest and a fabulous summer!

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has helped out at events, those that attended events and everyone that made donations.

It takes a lot of effort to have a successful PTA like ours and we couldn’t do it without you all! We hope you have enjoyed everything that we have put on, it’s been a busy year!

Have a look at what your support has helped us achieve this year and how the money has been used to benefit pupils of St Ippolyts School.

St Ipps Fest

£290.63

CAKE DAYS

££505.12

Easyfundraising £84.45 Bags 2 School

£148.00 Mistletoe Party

£1,795.62

Book Fairs Amount made to

purchase new books for the school

£1,597.25 Christmas Crafts

£111.06

Quiz Night £336.80 ICE LOLLIES £101.65

Colour Run

£116.29 School DISCOS £526.93 £410.93

SUMMER FAIR 1,900

Donations made to school by PTA this year: Autumn term class donations - £600 Theatre group visit - £350 Art days - £700 Spring term class donations - £600 Great Fire of London Day - £185 Summer term class donations - £600

Thank you to the PTA Committee - Helen Twomey, Helen Gooden, Chloe and Richard Bull for all your hard work.

Next year we are looking to expand our committee by adding some new roles, if you think you would like to get involved, we will be discussing this at the AGM in the new term!

Again, massive thanks to you all for another fun year!

Lucy French (PTA Chair)