We are delighted to welcome and recommend the new School Library Twitter account @IPSLIB as the place to go for pupils for many great ideas for good reads and holiday activities over the weeks ahead. You are not alone!
Our thoughts are with the frontline NHS workers at St George's and, of course, the staff at all our local GP surgeries who are coping under great strain. A small contribution we have been able to make is to supply 124 pairs of IPS laboratory safety spectacles. Thank you to all.
@fireflylearning's downtime at the start of the week notwithstanding, pupils, staff and parents have shown outstanding creativity, resilience, patience and industry over the last four days of #IPSonline. We congratulate and thank them all for their efforts. You are not alone!
@fireflylearning say Firefly is up and running but some still reporting problems. If that's you, they say: "In many cases, reloading the page (potentially multiple times) resolves the issue and we advise you to do so." You could also try access via Firefly app (e.g. on iPad).
We apologise to pupils, parents and staff for @fireflylearning's continued downtime. We wait to hear when their service will be restored. Pupils are being contacted via email by their teachers with work this morning. Zoom, on the other hand is proving a great success.
...we have just been advised by @fireflyteam that maintenance work will take place overnight tonight from 8pm to 6am and that Firefly may be unavailable for some of the maintenance period. We certainly hope for a smooth start on Tuesday morning.
Some solace to be drawn from Firefly's announcement that this morning's operational difficulties covered Europe, Middle East and Africa not just SW London and delighted to say it's now up and running. We also hope to build on our success with Zoom today with Firefly tomorrow...
The latest from Firefly has just come through... Like all #FireflySchools affected this morning, we hope for better news very soon. In the meantime we thank our pupils, parents and staff for their patience. We hope it won't be too long. Watch this space. @fireflylearning https://t.co/MiUdBcSE9I
For those of you struggling to get started with #IPSonline this morning - please accept our apologies. Firefly tells us that this is a "global issue happening across all Cloud-based Firefly systems". It's not just an IPS issue! They are working on it... @fireflyteam
Senior School pupils are requested to prepare for online teaching from Monday by visiting your Firefly home page: https://t.co/6n8OwaiX2D over this weekend to get up to speed with how things will work. We are here to support you. #IPSOnline
In line with HM Government's directive, IPS will close after teaching ends this afternoon. We shall activate contingency plans to enable distance learning throughout the period of closure and remain in contact with pupils and parents to support them in whatever ways we can.
It was such a thrill to hear 14 great PVI IGCSE Music compositions played and sung by five top professional musicians this week. Well done to all the pupils involved and many thanks to: @nik_preston, @AbiPJP, Nick Tomalin, @AndyGJonesMusic and Paul Robinson for all your work. https://t.co/FcutOAaPh0
The PVI, Sixth Form and Staff Quiz took place on Thursday of this week in our spectacular new Great Hall. The Headmistress was quizmaster. Mr Kerr's briliant 'Herbs' round stole the show. Overall winners? Findlay House. Table winners? The 'Let's Get Quizzical' Findlay team. https://t.co/xCRyUM91PY
Senior 8 Anvi put in a #spellbinding performance to win the IPS #YoungLinguistChallenge. Her task was to create an original spell in at least two different languages. Let's hope it's reversible! Thanks go to the MFL Faculty and #IPSLibrary for organising the event. https://t.co/hKCKAqThyG
Congratulations to Greta who was a runner up in the Creative Response competition with her monologue inspired by @pennyjoelson’s @TSBA_UK winner 2020 'I Have No Secrets’ https://t.co/9K7jnWrlws
Hot on the heels of @worldbookdayuk, we are delighted to launch our #IPSLibrary podcasts at https://t.co/5LMUIiuLTP. Well done to all the pupils who contributed to this landmark first podcast.
Our post-exams @worldbookdayuk events today have included a visit from Geraldine McCaughrean, whole school story-time (Graham Greene's 'Case for the Defence') and a busy 'Book Doctor' clinic. Librarian Mrs Cleave is off to @TSBA_UK awards tomorrow to round off a book-tastic week! https://t.co/jXNRlFDvhh
Several of our IPS Master Dance Programme dancers were involved in a #RAD Senior #Ballet Competition for the #RuthFrenchAward. First Place went to Zara Scott with Isla Burr runner-up. The Musicality Award went to Phoebe Chubb Rudd. A hat-trick for Miss Goodhew's MDP pupils!
Two pupils from IPS's Master Dance Programme took Gold and Silver in the Solo Section of the #ISTD competition las Sunday and we congratulate: Chloe Ellam and Anna McMurry, respectively. Well done, girls!
Great success to report at the #ISTD #Choreography competition for Senior 7s Evie and Maya who won the Bronze Medal for the Group Dance Section. Maya also won Bronze in the Solo Section, completing heroically after a heavy fall from a complex jump. Well done both! https://t.co/JCMgJZNl1x