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The year 6 production this year was High School Musical. The children showed their superb singing, dancing and acting talent as they wowed their parents with their performance. Leading roles were played by: Ella (Gabriella), Jeziah (Troy), Alina (Gabriella) and Jayden (Ryan). They were accompanied by the amazing pianists Jana and Feiming. Everyone's performance was wonderful; everyone at St Helen's is extremely proud of them.

Year 6 pupils attended their Transition Day at the St John Bosco Camp. Participating schools included: St Bonaventure’s, St Angela’s, St Helen’s, St Francis, St Michael’s and St Winefride’s. Pupils had the opportunity to participate in team building games in preparation for secondary school. They also enjoyed celebrating mass together. 

On Friday 28th June we held International Evening and invited families to come along and share the fun. We started the celebration with a special mass in the chapel and then all classes from Nursery to Year 6 provided the entertainment in the with song and dance performances from different countries.

Year 3 have studied movement and the skeleton. We have enjoyed making our own skeletons and reading the traditional classic book; Funny Bones. The theme has allowed us to learn about our skeletal bodies and how we are made to be who we are - unique!

Year 2 pupils worked with the artist Vickie Keeble to develop their artistic skills. They used water colours to recreate paintings in the style of Quentin Blake the illustrator of Roald Dahl books.

Nominated citizens from each KS2 class attended the annual awards at Brentwood Cathedral celebrating the outstanding awareness of being good citizens through their faith. They joined other Catholic schools from the Diocese reflecting on the personal achievements and attributes of all pupils. Bishop Alan praised the pupils courage and determination recognising the hard work taking place in our schools.

Class 4B went to St Bon’s for a design and technology workshop. The children made acrylic key-rings by using a range of tools and techniques. Their finished products look amazing.

Pupils from Year 5 took part in bike training with Cycle Confident. In the sessions children learnt to cycle safely with qualified instructors learning basics, building skills and gaining confidence to be able to navigate around the local area.

On Thursday 9th of May we had a power of pictures focus day. We were given the opportunity to create our picture books based on a story we read as a class. We created either a prequel/sequel or an adaptation of the story.