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Speed Strike Fundraising Event - posted 18th Aug

On Thursday 19th June St Helen’s took part in the Speed Strike Event. Children from Reception to Year 6 took part and have raised an estimated £1700 for the school! Children had a lot of fun trying to kick the ball as hard as possible. Some classes will even be using the data collected with the speed trap in their maths lessons. We would like to thank Sporting4Schools for the opportunity to take part in the event.

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International Evening 2025 - posted 24th Jun

Our annual International Evening was once again a wonderful evening of celebrating. We are so grateful to all the families who brought delicious food for us to share and the children really enjoyed the inflatables. The evening gave us all an opportunity to come together as a community and celebrate our cultures.

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Gardening at St Helen's - posted 13th Jun

Gardening club have been hard at work preparing the vegetable garden! Children are re-seeding, weeding and clearing the beds. We have also planted lots of wild flowers to encourage bees and insects to have a lovely habitat.

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Geography Focus Weeks - posted 9th Jun

The theme this year was ‘Protect Our Species’ and children throughout the school have been learning about various endangered species around the world. Each year group also had fun raising money in order to adopt an endangered animal through the WWF charity! A huge well done to all the children for their hard work throughout these weeks.

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VE Day 2025 - posted 9th Jun

Children from Years 5 & 6, took part in a special celebration for VE Day. We heard readings about how WWII and the Blitz affected East London and we remembered all of those who fought in the battle.

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Chess Semi Finals - posted 15th May

On Sunday 11th May both teams from St Helen's (Under 9s and Under 11s) took part in the semi final of the National Primary Schools Chess Championship. All of the players used their skills and knowledge to try to beat their opponents from their 5 rounds of games. Between rounds we had a chance to practice our moves and tactics to prepare for the next round. It was an exciting and intense day that we all thoroughly enjoyed and we did very well on the leader boards too!

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Easter Celebrations - posted 15th Apr

As we prepared for Easter at the end of term, each phase prepared to retell the story in various ways. Children in Reception retold the story of Holy Week to Easter in their assembly, KS1 put on a production of the Easter Story and Years 3 & 4 took us on a journey through the Stations of the Cross.

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Art Club Exhibition - posted 14th Apr

The Art Afterschool Club have been working hard this term to create their pieces of work for their exhibition. On the last day of the club, they invited their parents to come along to showcase their amazing art skills. We are very proud of the wonderful art they created!

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Drama Club Performance - posted 14th Apr

Some of the year 5s and 6s put on a wonderful performance of Macbeth at the new drama space opening at the Beckton Globe. The children devised their own pieces and responded to different feedback to tweak their drama’s. They showed great dedication and hard work by giving up their lunchtimes to rehearse. They were a fabulous team and that showed in their performance. Watch a clip here

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Citizenship - posted 17th Mar

As part of our citizenship week project, year 2 have been researching people who help us in our local area. We have also been researching charities to help our local community. We took a trip down to Age UK where we asked some prepared questions, enquiring about the services and work the shop provided. We found out that the shop raises money for the elderly, and that the money goes towards something as simple as a phone call to those who might be lonely. We were very inspired by the volunteers who work in this shop for free.

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