Year 4 on The Orwell Lady

Year 4 pupils had a lovely morning travelling down the river today.  They found out a little more about their theme rivers and enjoyed the calm waters and lovely views.

Bat Class Poetry Reading @ The Cult Cafe

Pupils from both Bee and Bat class have now performed their poetry at the Cult Cafe and I was lucky enough to be part of the audience today.  We really have got a talented bunch of children (and staff).  Big thank you to the Cult Cafe for hosting us and all the parents who came to listen.  Hopefully we can upload some of the readings to the website soon!

Busking at St. Peter's Street

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of the children who helped at the St. Peter's Street Christmas Market singing session yesterday.  It felt very odd singing Christmas songs when the sun was so bright.  The children were fantastic as usual and we raised just under £60 in total. A special mention goes to Wiktoria and Amelia for 'Silent Night' sung in Polish.  We will start practising now for Festive Friday.

St. Helen's v Britannia Cup Game

Well done to our boys football team.
We may have lost 1:4, but you played wonderfully and showed great sportsmanship. Britannia have been the team to beat for a long time and you should be proud of today's game. Big congratulations to Liam for scoring a great goal. Onwards and upwards.

Football Success

Apologies for the delay.  Huge well done to our football team who competed in their first competition. We came joint 2nd in our group. We won 3 games and drew 2. We only lost 1 game and that was to the team who won it last year, so that isn't too bad!  Good luck to the girls team next week.

Excellent Writing in Year 5

Please take the time to read this excellent piece of writing by Scarlett - her first draft! Mr Babbs is so proud- he gave her a Headteacher Award and he isn't even the Head!

International Day of Peace 21st September

In Monday's assembly, the children discussed International Peace Day.  All of the children wanted to mark this important day in some way. The children came up with some fantastic ideas.  On the 21st, they sang a song about peace in assembly; some pupils read a poem of peace to the KS2 children; Miss Benjamin and some of the children planted bulbs in our planters to create peace gardens and our children posed for a Peace photograph.  Well done St.Helen's, hopefully one day every day will be a day of peace across our world.

Year 6 children enjoyed a textiles workshop with spinning and a sheepdog!

Inspirational Visitor

Key Stage 2 children were treated to a visit from local singer Matt Bayfield yesterday, who shared his inspirational story and a song.  Matt was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in December 2012 .  Last January, he embarked on a 'Walk and Talk' fundraising challenge to raise £1000.  He started on January 1st with approximately 15 people joining him on a countryside walk.  He walked every day in January, no matter the weather.  By the end of the month he appeared at Glemham Hall to be met by 540 walkers, including Mrs Hodgetts, Ms Shete and Mrs Hancocks. The total raised in that month was a staggering £20,734.  The children were inspired by his moto 'Life is no rehearsal' and the message of always being the best person you can be.  The children joined him in a song about holidays 'Are we nearly there yet?'.  Matt has said he will return later in the year and we hope to join him on a walk next January.

Year 5 have started practising their sports day throwing technique.

The stage is set for the Rainforest production of The Tempest,

Year 5 and 6 children are well into their rehearsals for the Tempest!

Year 5 Christian Life festival

Year 5 are at the Christian Life festival at a church in our local area. The community here are sharing what they believe about life. Our pupils, who are of many faiths, learn all about and to respect different people's beliefs. 

Year 5 Visit to Northgate

Year 5 have recently visited Northgate to take part in some Science lessons- a taster of what high school life is like.

Year 5 children have been working on using money in a real life context

Recently at St Helen's year 5 children have been working on using money in a real life context.

Year 6 Collaborative large-scale art.

Year 6 children have been working on some pieces of collaborative large-scale art based on this photo of Judy Garland from the Wizard of Oz.

Year 5 visit to Pizza Express

Year 5 children visited Pizza Express recently, and were able to make their own pizzas!

Year 6 visit to Northgate

Year 6 children showing the Northgate High School teachers the high level of work we have been doing in History and Computing. They were very impressed. 

Emergency First Aid at Home

An Emergency First Aid at Home workshop is being held at St. Helen's on Friday 7th July.  The workshop is for parents and carers to develop confidence in how to deal with first aid at home,  the workshop is 3 hours and will run between 9.00 am - 12.00 noon.  There are 12 places available, so if you would like to join please contact the office to book a place.

Year 6 children imagined what was inside stones and branches and made marks with chalk and charcoal.

Clubs

A reminder that this week 22/05/17 is the last session of the year for the following clubs:

Football, Science, Netball, Dodgeball, Futsal, Eco Club & Philosophy.

Clubs continuing after half-term are:

Singing Stars, Swimming, Squash & Drama.

Pirate Lunch

Today's Pirate Lunch.

Voice Projection

Fruit Bat class practised voice projection in the playground and read their inspirational speeches aloud.

Clubs

If you wish your child to attend a club this summer term, please book their place on-line by Sunday 23rd April 2017.

Readathon

Please remember to return your sponsor money by Friday 31st March.

Tree Frogs using dance to help remember verb forms

Tree Frogs ASCII art

Y5 Share Afternoon

Y6 Share morning