Year 4 'Three Little Pigs' yoga

Year 4 have been practicing their skills in yoga the past couple of weeks. Today, they started to design their own sequence of yoga poses to the story of The Three Little Pigs!

Come and join us to find out more about our proposed Free School

IPAT Academy Ipswich

Thursday 1st December 2:30 - 6:30pm

St. Helen's Primary School Ipswich

All welcome

Have you thought about volunteering as a School Governor?

Do you have skills to bring to the world of education?

Ipswich Primary Academies Trust is looking to recruit governors to our excellent primary schools in Ipswich - St Helen’s Primary, Whitton Primary and The Oaks Primary.  

You will need to have a real interest in the communities that are served by our schools and a desire to see children succeed.  We are particularly looking for people who have a passion for education and learning and also have expertise to bring in one of the following areas:  finance, HR, property, communications, IT, ……..

Our Governors report to the Trust Board and provide “support and challenge” to our school leaders.  They meet as a group at least once a term to understand how the school is performing and are expected to take an active and involved part in at least one aspect of school life.  For example, a governor with finance expertise would meet with the Headteacher and School Business Manager regularly to support financial decision making and ensure value for money.  Equally a governor with expertise in IT might visit the school on a regular basis to support the development of the computing curriculum.  

At least two places on the governing body of each school are allocated to parents of children in the school.  Skills audits are undertaken annually.  

When a vacancy becomes available it is advertised within the local community, to staff and to parents.  Interviews are held and appointments are made on the basis of the skillsets that are needed by the school.  Appointments are made by the Headteacher and Executive Principal with approval from the Trust Board.  

Governors perform the most important voluntary role in education…. If you would like to make a difference to one of our schools and feel you have something to offer please contact s.wilder@sthelensprimary.net. We welcome applications from all members of the community and will undertake full safeguarding checks prior to appointment.   This is a voluntary post, reasonable expenses can be claimed.  

Eco/farm club decorated old plant pots to give them a new lease of life

 They will soon be displayed around school.

Rainforest SHARE day at Christchurch Mansion

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our fabulous SHARE day at Christchurch Mansion today. What an incredible experience!

St. Helen's Headteacher Recruitment - Closing date 28/11/16

Are you an exceptional leader looking for your next exciting challenge?

Our successful Multi Academy Trust (MAT) is about to expand and the current Headteacher is taking the lead role in the Trust.  

This means that we are looking for a new Headteacher for St. Helen’s to take the lead school in the Trust to its next stage.  You will need to be innovative, forward-thinking, focused on excellence and share our drive and determination to provide the best possible education for each individual child in the school.  Joining our team, you will benefit from the support of the Trust and be part of our shared journey towards creating a dynamic network of schools in Suffolk focused on transformation and creative pedagogy.  

St. Helen’s has committed, hard-working and inspirational teachers and a strong leadership structure with a commitment to developing people, employing graduate interns, training teachers and spotting potential.  The school serves a richly diverse community in the centre of Ipswich and celebrates the aspirational attitudes and excellent behaviour for learning that children exhibit in school.  

We encourage you to visit us.  Please arrange a visit and a discussion with Clare Flintoff, Executive Principal by contacting Suzanne Wilder, Executive Assistant s.wilder@sthelensprimary.net or by telephoning the school.  Please visit our website www.sthelensprimary.net for further details.

All parents/carers are welcome to join us at Christchurch Mansion for our exciting SHARE day tomorrow

Specific timings for your child's class as follows:
9:30 Bees

11:00 Bats

12:30 Chameleons

14:00 Frogs

St Helen's PTA Facebook Group

Please find the link for the St Helen's Primary School PTA Facebook Group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1235531153173748/

Year 4 were testing out their debating skills in Ocean Phase today!

120 writers inspired by a Picasso painting

Rainforest Phase Big Write.

St. Helen's Eco/Farm Club's Switch off Fortnight Campaign

Today is the launch of 'Switch off Fortnight' which is undertaken each year by many schools taking part in the Eco Schools scheme. The aim of the campaign is to reduce energy usage in school whilst increasing awareness of the importance of saving energy. 

Today in Year 4, we practiced our debating skills!

Year 6 Power of Reading lesson 1

'The Princess Blankets' by Carol Ann Duffy. We loved it!

Year 5 migration, ripening and hibernation

Science haikus on the sides of bananas! 

Why don't you come to our Tudor day at Christchurch Mansion!

Why don't you come to our Tudor day at Christchurch Mansion, Christchurch Park, Ipswich. 24th November 2016. It's open to the public! From Year 5.

Year 6 pie chart fun in maths

Which is your favourite Dreamworks troll?

Overall winners of the BT Co-space event!

Congratulations St. Helen's!
For the second year running, St. Helen's are the winners of the BT co-space event at Adastral Park today.

Rainforest children at BT Co-space: 2:30 update

Getting stuck into the coding...

Let the competition commence.

Live! Rainforest children at BT - ready to compete at BT co-space...

BT co-space is a competition using virtual robots. Last year we won, the year before we were second - watch this space....

Year 3/4 create their own Iron Age Hill Fort

Yesterday, in Ocean Phase, Year 3/4 created their own Iron Age Hill Fort! Excellent team work!

Year 3/4 were food critics!

They compared and evaluated different Iron Age oatcakes!

Is it possible to make Henry VIII from paper boats?

Yes!