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Posted on: 30/06/2023

Weekly News - Friday 30th June 2023

PA Summer Fete Wow! What a wonderful day it was last Saturday when the St. Helen's College community came together in the sunshine for the PA Summer Fete. The children clearly enjoyed showing off their talents on the stage and visiting all of the stalls, and there was a real buzz as parents and staff spent time together too. Many, many thanks to the PA Committee and all of the parents, staff and pupils who gave up their time and made generous donations to support the event. The PA Committee have sent this message to be shared with the community: We extend our sincerest thanks for your contributions to the success of the summer fete. Your support, efforts and participation made the event truly remarkable. From setting up stalls and organising activities to performances and creating a lively atmosphere, your dedication was instrumental in creating an unforgettable experience for everyone involved.  We are delighted to hear that you had a fantastic time at the summer fete. It was a pleasure to witness the strong sense of community as families, teachers, and children came together to celebrate and enjoy the festivities. Your enthusiasm and positive energy made the event truly memorable.  Furthermore, we would like to express our appreciation for the funds raised during the summer fete. Your generous contributions will have a significant impact on supporting the enhancement of the learning environment and providing valuable opportunities for our children. We are grateful for your continued support and the positive difference you are making in the lives of our students.  Once again, a heartfelt thank you to all the teachers, parents, and children who made the summer fete an exceptional success. Your dedication, hard work and support have left a lasting impression and we are excited about the future events and collaborations that await us. Together, we have created cherished memories and strengthened our community bonds.  Prep Sports Day Thank you to all of the parents and other spectators who came along to Hillingdon Sports & Leisure Complex today to support the children in Years 3 - 6 at their Sports Day. As always, it was a wonderful occasion. We will share further details and pictures when we have them! Chess Club News This week the chess players in Year 4/5/6 participated in a fun chess tournament . The winner was Ayush. There were three runners up: Mustafa, Zak and Jacob. On Sunday we wish the following students good luck as they will be participating in the Hillingdon chess tournament. Avyuday Kamran Leonard Parth Rayhan Verity Reception Trip To Whipsnade On Thursday our Reception classes enjoyed an outing to Whipsnade Zoo where they very excited to meet and learn about many different animals! Ducklings And Nursery Parents' Evenings Thank you to those parents who came into school on Tuesday for the Ducklings and Nursery parents' evenings. We hope that you found the conversations useful.  Charity Week - Cancer Research UK Next week, the St. Helen's College community will be raising money for Cancer Research UK. There will be various activities going on around school to raise money for this most important cause, which is close to our hearts. On Tuesday in Upper School, there will be a cake sale run by Year 5. Charlee and Sienna will also be selling handmade bracelets again this year. Upper School children may bring money into school in order to buy cakes and bracelets. On Thursday the children at all three sites may wear their own clothes with the CRUK colours of pink and blue. On this day, Upper School children will be taking part in a walk around Court Park while the Lower School and Ducklings children will be involved in a Danceathon. There is a suggested minimum donation of £3 for the tog day and activities, but all contributions will be most be gratefully received for Cancer Research UK. You may donate online by following this link: ​https://www.justgiving.com/page/st-helens-college-1688112386262 Year 6 Musical - Honk! Jr. Our Year 6 classes have been working very hard to prepare their grand summer musical production, Honk! Jr, which they will be performing at The Compass Theatre on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th July. Tickets are now on sale and must be booked directly with The Compass Theatre's box office.  There is a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Thursday 13th July and if you are able to do so, we encourage parents to take child(ren) to see this show. You will be permitted to collect them early from school on that day in order to do so. It will be particularly valuable for the children in Years 4 and 5 to see the production as it will be their turn to stage their own Year 6 musical soon! There are also performances at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th July. The link for ordering tickets is here: Honk! | Hillingdon Theatres. Summer Holiday Club Holiday Club bookings for the summer holiday will go live at 6 p.m. today. Please log in to your SchoolsBuddy account to make your bookings. Bookings must be made by Wednesday 12th July to allow us to organise Holiday Club staffing. Uniform & Equipment The Uniform & Equipment list for the 2023-2024 academic year has been posted to the School Documents page of the website. There are a few changes to required uniform which have been made to reduce the costs for parents and to reduce the weight of school bags for the children at Upper School. The changes are summarised below. In all cases, existing uniform may be used during a transition period so that nothing has to be replaced unnecessarily. At Upper School, the green 3-in-1 coat is no longer a compulsory item; the black SHC rain mac may be worn over school uniform from September. It is fine for Upper School children to continue wearing the green coat if they still have one. The green coat remains a compulsory item for Lower School children. The senior tracksuit is being introduced from Year 2 so that all Upper School children wear the senior tracksuit. If your child has a green junior tracksuit in good condition they may continue to wear this until they have grown out of it. A new portrait style book bag is being introduced for children in Years 2-6. If your child already has a rucksack that is in good condition they may continue to use this, but the rucksacks will no longer be sold by the uniform suppliers. We would like to urge parents to check your child's school bag and ensure that they are not carrying unnecessary items into school, as they should not be carrying unnecessary weight. In particular, please refer to the uniform & equipment list and ensure that pencil cases contain only the items listed. Calendar Reminders Here are some reminders of upcoming events next week: Monday 3rd July - Year 1-5 'Move Up Morning' Tuesday 4th July - Nursery and Reception 'Move Up Morning' Tuesday 4th July - Upper School cake sale and bracelet sale for CRUK (please allow Upper School pupils to bring in some money if they would like to buy cakes or bracelets) Wednesday 5th July - Year 1 trip to Mad Bess Woods Wednesday 5th July - Year 6 coffee morning and project exhibition Wednesday 5th July - Year 6 v. Staff rounders match at Court Park (p.m.) Thursday 6th July - Ducklings and Nursery Parents' Evenings from 3.45 p.m. Thursday 6th July - Year 6 Prizegiving Evening from 6.15 p.m.  Friday 7th July - Year 6 'Teacher For A Day' Friday 7th July - Ducklings Sports Day from 2 p.m.    
Posted on: 23/06/2023

Weekly News - Friday 23rd June 2023

Amazing Year 1 and 2 Productions! On Thursday, we were treated to two wonderful dramatic productions at The Compass Theatre. Our Year 1 classes performed their musical play 'Change The World Together' in which they took us on a journey to explore the effects of deforestation and how we can all work together to help preserve trees. For children aged 5 and 6 to deliver such a powerful message in such a mature way was most impressive. There were brilliantly delivered whole-cast songs and amazingly confident solo and small group performances too. Well done Year 1! Year 2's performance of 'The Bee Musical' was also themed around the environment and taught us all about how crucial bees are to the food chain. With colourful costumes, excellent acrobatics, beautifully choreographed dancing, super solo performances and large group numbers, this was another stunning show. The audience left filled with pride and with huge smiles on their faces. Congratulations Year 2! Ark Farm Visit Ducklings Our Ducklings enjoyed a visit from Ark Farm on Monday and were delighted to be able to meet and talk about the different farm animals!             Tadpoles We would like to extend our thanks to Hana H (Year 5) and her family, who have donated some tadpoles to the school! The children at Upper School all enjoyed meeting the tadpoles before they were released, and then watching them be released into the pond in the Maxwell Garden.  We are all looking forward to seeing them grow and transform into frogs!   Summer Fete - Message from the PA Tomorrow is the day we've been waiting for - the PA Summer Fete at St. Helen's College Upper School from 1 - 4 p.m. Get ready for an unforgettable day filled with fun activities, delicious treats, and entertaining performances for the whole family.  Special thanks to our amazing Year 6 students for coordinating and volunteering to run the stalls. Their dedication is truly commendable! We're grateful to all of the parents who have already contributed their time, effort and resources to make this event happen. Your support is invaluable. If you would like to volunteer, it’s not too late!  Donations of cakes, cookies and biscuits are most welcome. Please feel free to bring them along tomorrow, and we'll ensure they find their way to the correct stall.  For questions, information or to volunteer, please contact your class rep, who is here to assist you. Alternatively, you can email us at pa@sthelenscollege.com. Let's make this Summer Fete unforgettable. See you tomorrow!  News From The Library Please return ALL overdue books next week by Thursday 29th June (the day before Sports Day). Remember pupils may post books through the door when you arrive at school! All library books on loan should be returned during the following week.  Please remember that payment may be requested for any books still outstanding by 29th June; this especially applies to Year 6 who are leaving us soon. Whilst our School Library rests and reorganises in the summer, libraries across Hillingdon and beyond are inviting children to take part in this year's reading challenge! The theme is `Games, sport and play'. Children are encouraged to make four visits to the library during the holidays and can collect a host of stickers and small gifts. Events will be held in some libraries too.  SHC is lucky to have such well appointed libraries on our doorstep, with lovely air conditioned spaces and facilities for all the family, and we urge you to find yours! Information on the reading challenge can be found here: Hillingdon Summer Reading Challenge. To find your local library Click here. Classlist If you have not already done so, please follow the instructions in the email you have been sent to join Classlist. When joining, you should select your child's current class. Classlist will be used by the PA committee and PA reps to communicate with parents from now on, as well as to organise events and rotas. It also has capacity for car-sharing organisation and second hand uniform sales. Calendar Reminders Saturday 24th June - PA Summer Fete (1 - 4 p.m., Upper School) Tuesday 27th June - Ducklings and Nursery Parents' Evening Wednesday 28th June - New Year 1 Meet The Teacher/Information Evening (6 p.m.) Wednesday 28th June - New Year 2 Meet The Teacher/Information Evening (7.30 p.m.) Tuesday 29th June - Reception trip to Whipsnade Zoo Friday 30th June - Prep Sports Day at Hillingdon Sports & Leisure Complex (see reminders below). Prep Sports Day Here is a reminder of the arrangements for Sports Day on Friday 30th June. The event will run all day and children in Years 3-6 will need to be dropped off by parents at Hillingdon Athletics Stadium between 8.00 a.m. and 8.40 a.m. on Friday 30th June. There will be no Breakfast Club available for Years 3-6 on this day. On the morning of Sports Day, the pupils will be split into 8 different groups, one group per event. Each year will be split into gender groups. They will stay in their group and move to the next event every 25 minutes. The pupils will score points per event according to the distance they throw or the height they jump. By the end of the events, they will have 6 separate scores and those points will all go to their individual Houses. There will be awards for the boy and girl who achieve the best throw, the best jump and the quickest time per event in each year. There will also be a Victor Ludorum and Vitrix Ludorum trophy for the boy and girl with the highest scores in both Junior School (Y3/4) and Upper School (Y5/6). Lunch will be from 12.00 p.m. to 12.30 p.m. Pupils will be able to sit and have a picnic with their families or with a nominated friend’s family or a packed lunch can be provided by the school.  The Year 3/4 events include: High Jump, Long Jump, 60m hurdles, 60m sprint, Vortex Throw, Javelin. The Year 5/6 events include: High Jump, Long Jump, 60m hurdles, 80m sprint, Shot Put, Javelin. After lunch, the six fastest boys and girls in each year will race in a 60/80m final and there will also be a 400m final for Years 3 & 4 and an 800m final for Years 5 and 6. The children in these finals are selected from their times recorded in PE lessons earlier in the term. There will also be a ‘Through the Years 4 x 100m Relay’ and a whole school house relay.    We anticipate finishing at approximately 3.00 p.m. Parents should take children home directly from the stadium after the prize giving ceremony. There will be no Funtasia After School Club available for Years 3-6 on this day. We hope very much that parents will be able to attend the event but, if you are unable to attend, please make arrangements for your child to go home with friends on this day.  You are warmly invited to join us for Sports Day to watch your children compete and enjoy a picnic with them. We hope to see you there. Holiday Club Holiday Club bookings for the summer holiday will open on Friday 30th June at 4 p.m. Please login to your SchoolsBuddy account to make your bookings. Chess Tournament We hope that many SHC chess players will be interested in entering the Hillingdon School Finals chess tournament taking place in Uxbridge on Sunday 2 July. Details of the arrangements can be found here.  Each child makes an individual entry and includes the name of their school. The competition organisers will aggregate the results and schools which have at least five pupils in the competition will qualify for the school competition.  
Posted on: 16/06/2023

Weekly News - Friday 16th June 2023

Singers' Concert Our annual Singers' Concert took place on Monday evening at All Saints Church and, as ever, this was a very special evening. There were many solo performances as well as performances from the Junior Choir, Senior Choir and Chamber Choir. Our departing singing teacher Mrs. Hawkes gave a solo rendition and we ended with the massed choirs singing 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'. What a wonderful evening of musicality. Well done to all of those who performed so confidently and with such talent. We will be holding auditions for next year's Chamber Choir on Wednesday 28th June. Information will be posted to the pupils' Google Classrooms in due course. Reception Class Assembly On Thursday the children of our Kingfishers Reception class performed their summer class assembly to their parents, which was themed around Africa. They told us all about what they have been learning about Africa with lots of interesting facts, played some African instruments for us and sang traditional 'call and response' songs beautifully in African languages. They also re-enacted the story of Handa's Surprise and counted to ten in Swahili. This was such a confident, impressive and enjoyable assembly. Thank you Kingfishers and very well done! Author Visit  Meanwhile at Upper School on Thursday the children in Years 4 to 6 enjoyed a visit from author Nazneen Ahmed Pathak who spoke about her book City of Stolen Magic and answered pupils' questions about being an author and the writing process. This was a very inspiring event for the children and we are sure many of them are going to enjoy reading City of Stolen Magic. Young Author Award Atom Learning is launching the second annual Young Author Award to celebrate the generation’s upcoming young writers. With the chance to win incredible prizes (including a trip to Disneyland and free Chromebooks), the competition is open to 7-11 year olds. We would love for some of our amazing St. Helen's College writers to enter. Please find all of the information about entering by following the link below...and please let us know how your children get on if they do enter. https://atomlearning.com/young-author-award?utm_campaign=pri_no_no_te_re_ALYAALaunch_1_A&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=72806180&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8GuuETBCmydSRkVCs-6fA0YT0WM4LHJF6UDsQ7WHcUJeX9dzRDxaEQID0Sfy-DJn7LlLDfHGRhBCg8dV2e_-9GDsuQ31Y3VuxYIJYj9ZZ5L-jVcpE&utm_content=72806179&utm_source=hs_email Ducklings and Nursery parents evenings Bookings for the forthcoming Ducklings and Nursery parents evenings are now open. Parents can book appointments here.  Prep Sports Day If you have a child in Years 3-6 and have not already done so, please complete this form as soon as possible to confirm your child(ren)'s lunch and collection arrangements for Sports Day on Friday 30th June. The event will run all day and children in Years 3-6 will need to be dropped off by parents at Hillingdon Athletics Stadium between 8.00 a.m. and 8.40 a.m. on Friday 30th June. There will be no Breakfast Club available for Years 3-6 on this day. On the morning of Sports Day, the pupils will be split into 8 different groups, one group per event. Each year will be split into gender groups. They will stay in their group and move to the next event every 25 minutes. The pupils will score points per event according to the distance they throw or the height they jump. By the end of the events, they will have 6 separate scores and those points will all go to their individual Houses. There will be awards for the boy and girl who achieve the best throw, the best jump and the quickest time per event in each year. There will also be a Victor Ludorum and Vitrix Ludorum trophy for the boy and girl with the highest scores in both Junior School (Y3/4) and Upper School (Y5/6). Lunch will be from 12.00 p.m. to 12.30 p.m. Pupils will be able to sit and have a picnic with their families or with a nominated friend’s family at lunch, or a packed lunch can be provided by the school.  The Year 3/4 events include: High Jump, Long Jump, 60m hurdles, 60m sprint, Vortex Throw, Javelin. The Year 5/6 events include: High Jump, Long Jump, 60m hurdles, 80m sprint, Shot Put, Javelin. After lunch, the six fastest boys and girls in each year will race in a 60/80m final and there will also be a 400m final for Years 3 & 4 and an 800m final for Years 5 and 6. The children in these finals are selected from their times recorded in PE lessons earlier in the term. There will also be a ‘Through the Years 4 x 100m Relay’ and a whole school house relay.    We anticipate finishing at approximately 3.00 p.m. Parents should take children home directly from the stadium after the prize giving ceremony. There will be no Funtasia After School Club available for Years 3-6 on this day. We hope very much that parents will be able to attend the event but, if you are unable to attend, please make arrangements for your child to go home with friends on this day.  You are warmly invited to join us for Sports Day to watch your children compete and enjoy a picnic with them. We hope to see you there. Calendar Reminders There are a number of events to look forward to next week, as ever! Monday 19th June - Ark Farm visit to Ducklings. Tuesday 20th June - Year 1/2 play rehearsals; Year 3/4 Sports Day practice. Wednesday 21st June - Year 1/2 play rehearsals; Year 5/6 Sports Day practice. Wednesday 21st June - new parent information evenings for: New Ducklings parents (5 p.m.) New Nursery parents (6 p.m.) New Reception parents (7.30 p.m.) Thursday 22nd June - Year 1/2 summer play performances at The Compass Theatre. Details for the Year 1/2 summer play arrangements have been sent to parents previously. TVC Basketball Sessions For Girls Thames Valley Cavaliers are starting an All-Girls basketball session this Saturday, 17th June. The sessions will be running at Uxbridge College from 12-1.30pm every Saturday. The first session is free! Full details are on this flyer. Staff Lantern Making Several members of staff followed in the footsteps of Year 2 and created their own stunning lanterns in the Upper School art studio at the end of last week! Many thanks to Mrs. Pruce for organising this social event...it was lovely to see staff creativity being inspired after school on a Friday!
Posted on: 9/06/2023

Weekly News - Friday 9th June 2023

  Eco Schools Green Flag Retained! We are delighted to let you know that St. Helen's College has once again been awarded the Green Flag by Eco Schools, recognising our commitment to the environment. In our award statement, Eco Schools said the following about our school. Electing an Eco-Committee democratically is a mature and fair approach that will raise the status of committee members, building their confidence and empowering them to deliver environmental action...It’s great to read that minutes were kept from your committee meetings...It's brilliant to read that the Environmental Review helped you and your pupils to highlight and celebrate everything that your school is already doing to benefit our environment whilst also allowing you to identify areas to work on in the future. The comments on your uploaded document were thoughtful and pertinent and gave our team a glimpse into the discussions that took place amongst young people whilst completing it, and eco-life at your school. Great work everyone! It's fantastic to read that your Eco-Schools work and your Action Plan in particular were used as a means to get the entire school community involved in work to help protect our planet. This will surely have helped to achieve maximum impact and raise awareness amongst the school community. Your Action Plan is ambitious and substantial. The real highlight for us was the whole-school activities planned for the Energy topic to reduce your energy consumption. You have provided some brief descriptions of curriculum sessions linked to Eco-Schools topics and environmental issues. We are pleased to see these spanning many different areas of the curriculum and the EYFS Framework, and the activities and lessons planned sound interesting and practical. We loved seeing your Eco-Board – this really brought your application to life for us. It’s a really attractive and engaging display and it’s good to see all of your efforts being celebrated...Time is a common challenge, familiar to all educators. It creates a pressure and takes resilience to keep going. Within this context, your achievements this year are even greater and we feel lucky that you’ve committed to our programme and worked hard to produce some fantastic results. In particular, your efforts to reduce single-use plastics across the school are to be commended; well done. Everyone at St. Helen’s College should be proud of the Green Team and the amazing and inspiring work that they’ve delivered this year. You’re more than worthy of your Eco-Schools Green Flag. Congratulations. Maths Day Nine children from Years 2 and 3 attended an A.I.M. High Mathematics Day at Colham Manor Primary School on Wednesday. They spent the day collaborating on mathematical challenges that made even the adults attending have to think carefully. They thoroughly enjoyed the challenges and meeting the children at Colham Manor. Sports News Pre-Prep Sports Day Our Pre-Prep Sports Day took place on Thursday at Court Park. The children from Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 had a super time in the sunshine competing in their round robin of events and were very proud of the rosettes they achieved! The overall House Shield was won by Hibernia and the points totals for each house were as follows. Hibernia 95 Windsor 82 Cambria 79 Caledonia 78  Borough Best Team Cricket On Wednesday, our cricket team attended the Borough Best Team Cricket tournament. The team played brilliantly and won all of their games, scoring 888 runs. We were very proud of their efforts! Karate Achievements KML Karate Club have contacted St. Helen's College this week to express their admiration for the outstanding achievements of some current and former St. Helen's College pupils. Their remarkable performances have earned them national and international recognition, with many securing podium finishes in the past six months. Myla K (Year 6) is now a fully established member of the EKF SE squad team, and Old Helenian Kylah O-A is currently on a three-month trial with the EKF national team. Once completed, Kylah will be eligible to compete at next year's European Championships. The KML team, comprising a number of St. Helen's College pupils, will be competing at the British International Championships and the International Banzai Cup in Berlin. The selected team members from St. Helen's College are Myla K, Inaya S, Grace O'H, Avleen P, Freya K, Naiya L, Dylan C, Daynan C,  Aleya S and Rania Q. KML Karate Club have agreed to perform a demonstration at the upcoming summer fete, where they will showcase their team's talent and skills. Pupil Performance Ashvika A (Year 4) was one of the performers in Dreamcoat Stars last Friday at The Beck Theatre. She had an amazing time and was so pleased to share the stage with professional actors. She also received a signed poster for being a part of the cast. Well done Ashvika.       PA Summer Fete The PA Summer Fete is only two weeks away and preparations are almost complete. To help make this the best event possible, we really need parents to help man their class's stall (if you are unsure what timeslots still need to be filled, speak to your class rep).  We also need parents to help set the fete up (we'll be there from 8am and any help will be gratefully received) - if you can help, please get in touch with your class rep or email us at pa@sthelenscollege.com.  If you are able to, we are also looking for general donations of: cakes soft toys for the toy tombola new and nearly new toys old school uniform in good condition for the uniform stall new items or unwanted gifts for the tombola and hoopla stalls These events are only possible to thanks to the amazing support from parents! We hope to see you there. Calendar Reminders Our Singers' Concert will be on Monday 12th June at 7.00 p.m. at All Saints Church. We hope many of you will be able to join us for the evening. The Kingfishers coffee morning and class assembly will take place on Thursday 15th June in the Lower School Hall. Also on Thursday 15th June we have a Year 3 - 6 author visit. Details were circulated last week and are copied below. Don't forget to pre-order your child's book for signing if you would like to buy a copy. Author Visit On Thursday 15th June, author Nazneen Ahmed Pathak will be visiting us to speak to the children in Years 4-6 about her book City of Stolen Magic and to answer their questions about being an author and the writing process. We are sure this will be very inspiring for our children. There will also be an opportunity for the children to buy a signed copy of City of Stolen Magic. If you would like to pre-order a copy of the book ready to be signed and dedicated at school on the day, please click the link below and place your order through Chiltern Bookshops by 5 p.m. on Wednesday 14th June. Please note that only books purchased through this link will be signed and dedicated on the day. All orders will be delivered free to St. Helen's College. Please note that new advice from the bookshop is that this book is age appropriate for children in Year 4 and above. If you had pre-ordered a book for a Year 3 child, you will have been refunded and the book will not be supplied. https://schools.chilternbookshops.co.uk/events/nazneen-ahmed-pathak-15th-june/  Uniform & Equipment The uniform and equipment list has been updated for the next academic year. Please take a look at the new list here and ensure that children have the correct equipment from September. We are working to reduce the amount that children carry to/from school and parents of Upper School children are reminded that, while children have a free choice of pencil case itself, pupils are not permitted to bring pencil case items to school which are not on the list.  School Run Reminders Please would all parents be sure to follow the school's parking, drop off and pick up regulations which are permanently published to the website here. Parents picking up from 227 Long Lane are asked to ensure that children, including siblings, do not kick or play with the gravel/stones on the driveway there. The Tempest - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre One of Miss Rackham's friends is an actor and his upcoming show is The Tempest - reimagined for children aged 6 and up - at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. If you are interested in taking your children to see this production, you can find details at the link below. https://openairtheatre.com/production/the-tempest-reimagined  Summer Netball Camp Blaze Netball Club, which is attended by many St. Helen's College pupils, will be running a netball camp over the summer holidays (21st to 24th August) at Douay Martyrs School. This is open to children from Reception upwards and you can find full details here.    
Posted on: 9/06/2023

Embedding A Mindful Culture

  Tomorrow I am presenting at a conference speaking to other educators and leaders about ‘Embedding a mindful culture in your school’.  I am passionate about aspects of wellbeing for pupils and staff and it is incredibly heartwarming when we have feedback from parents who notice the impact of how our pastoral care and ‘mindful’ culture impacts upon them as a family. I am grateful to one of our families who has contributed to my presentation tomorrow by participating in a short video. You can see their contribution in my presentation which is linked here. You will also be taken through a mindful practice by their daughter Arshia (our Head Girl)  who has written this meditation practice as our ‘Mindfulness Amabassador’.  Arshia is currently working with another pupil in Year 3, Gurdaya, who is also eager to spread her mindful awareness with her peers. My talk/workshop tomorrow is not only about mindfulness but also about how we embed a culture of wellbeing and I hope that some of you may enjoy the slides and it gives you all food for thought as to how your employer looks after you as an employee.   Mr. and Mrs. Crehan are committed to ensuring that all the staff and pupils at St. Helen’s College are looked after well to ensure that the school continues to flourish. I for one certainly feel that, as a community, we are unique and we look out for each other and all strive to do our best.   Have you found your ‘ikigai’? Happy weekend everyone! Ms Drummond

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