Schools out for summer

Support over the holidays 

During the summer break you can access support from the safeguarding team by emailing safeguarding@astreastivo.org The safeguarding team are working through the summer break. I’d like to remind you that a lot of support options can also be accessed via our student support booklet in ‘Supporting our Students’

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Message from our principal

I’d like to make one last staffing announcement; this week we have appointed Dr Lucy Smith, as our SENDCo. Dr Smith is currently Second in department within the science department, and she is delighted to be moving into the role of SENDCO in September. Mr Robertson is one of my senior leadership team who has been in the role of SENDco this year, and Mrs Robertson will remain working closely with Dr Smith as she settles into the role. Our Send team will be in touch with families in September to invite you to a drop in coffee morning, where people can come and meet Dr Smith.  

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all families a lovely summer break.   Thank you for your support, and in particular for all the gifts, cards and flowers that I have seen students giving to staff today to say thank you. It is a lovely gesture and very much appreciated when students say thank you to staff – with or without a gift. 

I hope everyone has a relaxing summer break, and we will see students back in September (see dates/times below for specific year groups). 

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September return times

We look forward to welcoming back students on either 2^nd, 3^rd or 4^th September.

Wednesday 2^nd September

Year 12 sign on to courses at 1.00pm in the sixth form common room.

Thursday 3^rd September

Year 7 – meet on the science playground at 8.30am. Please note that students will have individual school photos taken on this day.

Year 11 – meet on the basketball courts at 8.30am.

Year 13 – meet in the sixth form common room at 10.00am.

Friday 4^th September

Year 8 – meet on the craft playground at 8.30am.

Year 9 – meet on the resource centre playground at 8.30am.

Year 10 – meet on the basketball courts at 8.30am.

Please note that individual school photos for years 9 and 11 will take place on this date.

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Timetables for September 2026

As some families have seen we are starting to populate timetables for September. This process will be completed during August.

Please note that some students have moved ‘year halves’ (north/south). This is to ensure we have an appropriate spread of abilities and can therefore best support all students in their learning.

Please also be aware that due to timetable coding a set ending in “1” may not necessarily be a top set and so on.

There will be further reviews of classes following assessment points during next academic year.

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Food Room Update!

We are excited to announce the food rooms are taking shape! Site team have been fantastic over the past few weeks preparing the rooms for their facelift including ripping it all out and painting! The electrician has finished installing the new electrical boards for the oven upgrades, the gas and plumbing has had its initial work and today we got our first look at the new cabinets! We will be sharing some more updates over the holiday but it is all on track ready for September!

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Year 10 Food Mock Exams

Year 10 GCSE food pupils had a busy and hot half term completing their mock NEA2 practical exams. Their brief was to design a 2 course meal using seasonal produce as part of a young chef competition. Over 6 days, 100 pupils prepared, cooked and served some fantastic dishes showing a wide range of culinary skills, we are so proud of how hard pupils worked. Mrs Evans

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Music Room Refurb

The music team have been working hard to transform our music department rooms and practice rooms. We now have fully equipped rooms with pianos, guitars, working recording studio, steel pan classroom and some exciting extra-curricular activities coming in September!

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Robot Dog comes to St Ivo

Our Year 10 Computer Science students had the opportunity to meet a Robot Dog in their lessons! fantastic opportunity to see how technology is advancing! It can jump, make a heart, shake your hand and run!

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Dance Workshop

After graduating from London Studio Centre in 2016 Isaac made his debut in the UK Tour of Into The Hoods: Remixed(ZooNation). He later went on to play the featured dancer as part of the original west end cast of Bat out of Hell the Musical (Jay Scheib), Killerwatt in the German production of Starlight Express(Arlene Phillips) as well as being dance captain on the London returns of We Will Rock You(Ben Elton) and Starlight Express London(Luke Sheppard). 

Alongside theatre work Isaac has worked commercially for companies such as Netflix, Honda, Sony and FIFA and has performed with artists such as Busta Rhymes, Swedish House Mafia and David Guetta.