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There was lots of fun as school broke up for the summer on Friday. Mr Jefferies bravely volunteered to go in the stocks and there was a long queue to 'chuck a sponge' at him!

Thank you Mr Jefferies for being such a good sport. There are photos in the gallery.

Year 6 had youth on their side as they once again beat the staff team in our end of term leavers rounders challenge. Check out the pictures in the photo gallery!

What an amazing, talented bunch of performers we have! The children in Classes 3 - 5 did brilliantly in his year's summer production, 'The Wind in the Willows' and we are SO proud of them all - WELL DONE!

If you ordered a DVD they will come home this week; in the meantime, there are now photographs in the gallery. 

New design infant book bags, satchels, PE/Gym bags and fleeces now available to purchase from the school office.

Ties and caps also for sale.

See Uniform Page (under parents section) for full details and prices.

Items on display in the main entrance.

Thank you SO much to everyone who came along to our seaside Summer Fair this afternoon. There was lots to see, do and win with games, stalls, refreshments and much more. We even had perfect seaside weather too!

A big well done to the children who took part in the creative competition and the cupcake 'Bake Off' - there were some fantastic entries and it made life very tricky for the judges!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make the fair such a great success, but especially the PTA committee who have worked tirelessly for the last few weeks and haven't stopped dashing about all day. A well earned rest is definitely in order! We are SO lucky to have such dedicated parents and families at our school and we are very, very grateful for the work that you do.

Watch this space to find out how much was raised. In the meantime, there are lots of pictures in the photo gallery so you an re-live the fun!

Congratulations to our Rounders Team who played in the Sporting Futures tournament yesterday. They played brilliantly and came an amazing 2nd out of 17 schools competing! Not only did they play wonderfully, but they showed great attitudes and sportsmanship throughout and represented St Ippolyts School so well. We are so proud of them!

Thank you to all the parents who came to watch and cheer them on and to Miss Lean and Mr Jefferies for coaching and taking them. Well done everyone!

A big well done to the School Council for organising a charity Pyjama Day. They raised £113.68 for their chosen charities, Guide Dogs and Hitchin Food Bank. Thank you so much to everyone who supported them!

41 tired children have now been safely returned home with their dirty laundry! It has been a fantastic, action packed weekend and the photo gallery has been updated with lots of pictures for you to see.

Children, please remember to bring your finished journal back to school on Wednesday - you can print some of these photographs out to stick in your book if you would like to.

Sleep well!

This afternoon we have been dragon boating. In three teams we had races and challenges and had to invent different shouts and chants to do in response to commands.

We did different songs too. The red boat won 2 races, the blue boat won 2 and the yellow won one. It was VERY tiring but lots of fun! Miss Patston and Mr Jefferies went in the dragon boats too.

After the boats some of us jumped in the water - we were very wet! We are about to go to camp fire this evening and can't believe it's our last night here! Goodnight everyone!

By Katie A and Yolly

It's a beautiful, warm, sunny day here in Osmington Bay and our morning activities are in full swing.

Last night everyone was very tired after an extremely busy day and the children were fast asleep within minutes of lights-out (some before!)

Today we are spending the morning doing quad bikes, and trapeze; this afternoon we are all dragon boating, so another packed day in store.

Everyone is absolutely fine, just a bit bleary eyed!

Despite a stormy rainy night all the children slept well and were up bright and early this morning. It was a grey wet morning as we started our first activity but the sun soon came out and it is now a lovely sunny day.

Today the children are doing kayaking, giant swing, survivor and zip wire. It has been a great day so far.

....sssshhhhhh all asleep!

After a good journey down to Weymouth everyone has unpacked and settled in well. The sun is shining and our chalets all have a beautiful sea view!

The children have eaten very well at their first evening meal and are currently having some free time before tonight's activity. Everyone is happy and there has been a lot of fun and laughter already!

Check back regularly for updates!

If you didn't get chance to come along to the Boden evening, the discount code is still live for the next couple of weeks if you order from home. The code will give you 22% off and free delivery & returns. Also if you go through easyfundraising first before the Boden website, the school will benefit from your purchases aswell. 

FREE GIFT TOO! We still have some aprons available so be quick because the next 10 orders will qualify for a free apron. Please come into school office with your Boden order number to claim your free apron.

The code can be shared amongst family and friends and used as many times as you want so do please pass it on!

Y722

Happy shopping!

Shopping & Pamper Evening

THIS TUESDAY 

It’s the Boden evening on Tuesday 13th May 7.30 - 9.30pm

Tickets £2.50 in advance (£3 on the night) including a glass of wine. It would be great if you could come along, and better still if you could bring along lots of friends or family who aren’t Boden shoppers too. To make this worth your while, for every new customer you bring who places an order at the party, you will receive £25 credit on your account (maximum four a month) - so it's certainly worth racking your brains for any potential new customers!

If you haven't bought a ticket in advance then please just come along on the night!

Hello and welcome to School Council's Dog Blog!

Here we will update you on the news of the Guide Dog puppies that you helped us to sponsor. Thank you for helping us to raise money to sponsor our Guide Dog puppies. They are all 6 weeks old and their names are Herbie, Gizmo and Cally. Here they are!

THIS IS HERBIE

THIS IS GIZMO

THIS IS CALLY

Aren't they cute?

We will be updating you regularly when we get the latest news on our pups and hopefully later this year we can fundraise to support the Guide Dogs even more. 

Yesterday we received a lovely email from Mrs Carter about how our chicks are getting on. Our six girls were joined by three from a school in Watford who had also done the Living Eggs project, so they are now all together and have grown a lot! Mrs Carter sent some photographs which are in the gallery.

Here is Mrs Carter's email:

Here are some photos of the chicks. They are in a cold frame inside the big greenhouse and have a lamp on at night. Their feathers are really developing. They are eating like mad and I have to fill their feeder up twice a day. They also need a lot of cleaning out! They have enjoyed having the space to run around and try out their wings. They met the three from a school in Watford and they all get along well. The Watford trio are one week older. We hope to get them out in a house and run in the field as soon as possible but the nights have been too cold so far.
The first two photos are from when they first came here. The next two a little bit later and the last three were taken today.

The football team played amazingly well, representing Hertfordshire at today's ESFA Regional finals in Essex. They had 5 gruelling matches to play and they were fantastic! Although we didn't get through to the next stage of the competition, the team can be VERY proud of their efforts today - it was a fabulous achievement to get this far and show such skill on the pitch. Every child in the team received a medal and we also have a glass trophy for school.

We also took other members of the football club who were brilliant supporters - especially as Edward had made a fantastic banner to wave which really gave the team support and encouragement.

Thank you to all the parents who came along to watch and support; we are really glad you could make it. 

Special thanks must go to Mr Jefferies who has coached the team so well all season, assisted by Mrs Dunnigan and Miss Lean.

Very well done boys, we are extremely proud of you! There are some action shots in the photo gallery.

The chicks have grown quite a lot over the weekend; they have been eating a lot! Their wing feathers are starting to show now too. They have also taken to sleeping in the food bowl!

In the next couple of days the children in school will be able to handle the chicks and let them have a run around on the floor.

If any parents and younger siblings want to see the chicks then please do pop in after school during this week.