Ickleford Primary School Blogs

Please check the SEN documents pages regularly for updates on parent courses that may be relevant to you and your child(ren). These courses are usually free of charge and support a wide range of needs, such as children with Autism or ADHD, anger management, self-esteem issues or support with transition.  Some of the courses require a child to have a diagnosis but many of them are available to parents who are looking for some extra support or alternative strategies to try at home.

Well done to all the children who took part in this year’s NHSSP Sportshall Athletics Heat

It was a fantastic event and all those selected represented the school magnificently.

Ickleford boys and girls athletics teams competed in a range of relay races and field events against five other Hitchin schools.

The girls’ team finished third, a wonderful achievement. The boys’ team finished second which means they have qualified to compete in the Sportshall Athletics Final on Tuesday 21^st February at Highfield School.

Go to the 'School Council' page and see what the School Council have been up to in their School Council Quarterly newsletter.

Please note that the school end of term time has been changed from 2.30pm to 1.30pm for each term.

We have a new web page under 'School Office' for any letters sent out by the class teachers.  These are under the 'School letters' title, please visit this page to see the teacher arrangements made for Year 3 and Year 5 in the next few weeks.  

Please read the letter from the Chair of Governors regarding the proposed new school build.

http://ickleford.herts.sch.uk/attachments/article/238/Newsletter%2012th%20December.pdf

Well done to the children who were awarded bunting this month for 'Love.'

 

Following our Remembrance Service last Friday, many children have been reflecting on the meaning of ‘peace’ and thinking about how to create a peaceful atmosphere in school. A huge amount of children received bunting to recognise their exceptional effort at maintaining this month’s value of peace. What a pleasure to award so much bunting, which is now hung around the Values display in the library. Well done to all!

We are holding School Council Elections this week.  Watch this space for more news.

During September, our value is 'Honesty.'

In our shared Collective Worship time, we thought about the purpose and meaning of being honest about our own learning and achievements. We used examples of recent inspirational, and not so, Olympic stories to help us think about the difference between a 'fixed mindset' and a 'growth mindset.' Ask your children if they can remember any of these stories to help them explain what this means! Throughout this month, as well as encouraging and praising honesty about their behaviour, staff will be supporting the children in being honest in their learning so that they can develop the foundations of a growth mindset.

Well done to all the children, from year 2 to year 6, who represented Ickleford at this year’s North Herts Athletics Finals.

Ickleford were invited to participate in the finals, held again at Ridlins Athletics Track in Stevenage, as winners of this year’s Rural Schools Athletics Competition.

After a wonderful, and wet, mornings athletics, Ickleford were announced as winners of this year’s small schools competition for the third year running.

This is a wonderful achievement and each and every one of the 43 children who competed should feel very proud. All the children took part in the right spirit, encouraging, supportive and demonstrating great sportsmanship.

Please see Gallery page for photographs.