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• Reception welcome visitor for RE lesson

  Tue 28 Feb 2023

  Today Reception Darling and Shakespeare had a visitor from the charity Red Balloon as part of their ongoing RE topic on 'Special People'. Eyrusalem sat with the children and talked about what she believes, what job she does and what things are important to her because she is a Christian. She then enjoyed spending choosing time with the classes and drawing the people that are important to them.

  

• Rights Respecting School Councillors Visit New City Hall

  Tue 28 Feb 2023

  Following on from recent visits to Waltham Forest Town Hall and the Houses of Parliament, our Rights Respecting School Council members made the long journey to New City Hall today, home of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly, to find out more about governance and democracy in the United Kingdom.

  The children were met by our host for the day, Richard Nicholson, who besides instructing the children about the role of London's Mayor and the London Assembly in governing the city, took the party into the debating chamber to see members of the London Assembly debating the capital's transport issues.

  As part of our trip to New City Hall, the children also received free tickets for a return journey on the IFS Cloud cable car ride.

  Year 4 councillor, Ethan, said, "I really enjoyed finding out about how London works. The cable car trip was really cool."

  Year 3 councillor, Rebecca, added, "It was really interesting attending the meeting to see how things are debated. I was a little bit nervous at first about the cable car ride but found it fascinating seeing the planes landing and taking off at London City Airport from 90 metres above the River Thames."

  

• Stay & Read

  Fri 24 Feb 2023

  The school held another well attended Stay & Read opportunity today for parents and carers to come into school and read with the children The focus this time was on reading comprehension and information retrieval.

  

• Brunel Class Assembly

  Thu 23 Feb 2023

  Year 4 Brunel class performed a class assembly today to invited parents, carers and family members. The children focussed on what they have been learning about in class recently. Louis spoke about the Shang dynasty and told the audience about a powerful called woman called Fu Hao who led an army. Classmate, Ella, showed off some Shang dynasty style clay pots the children had made. "I was very nervous," she said, "but I really enjoyed speaking about ancient art."

  

• World Thinking Day

  Wed 22 Feb 2023

  Many children at the school celebrated 'World Thinking Day' today by coming to school dressed in their organisation's uniform. World Thinking Day is a global event where children are encouraged to celebrate international friendship, and speak out and raise awareness for issues facing young women and girls. Each year World Thinking Day has a theme, between 2022 and 2024, the theme is on the Environment and Climate Change. 

  World Thinking Day is celebrated around the world by 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 150 countries. Additionally, some boy-orientated organisations also celebrate this day. 

  

• Year 5 Ash Wednesday Church Service

  Wed 22 Feb 2023

  Year 5 pupils along with parents, carers and other family members marked the beginning of Lent at the Parish Service with a special Ash Wednesday service today led by Father Justin.

  

• Football Tournament at 'Goals'

  Tue 21 Feb 2023

  Yesterday twenty-nine excited footballers from Years 3-6 descended on the 3G artificial football surfaces at 'Goals' to take part in a 6-aside football competition designed to allow all children, regardless of ability, the opportunity to participate in competitive sport against other local schools.

  C of E fielded 4 teams who competed in two leagues organised by the Waltham Forest Schools Sport Network - one for Year 3/4 children and the other for Year 5/6 children. Our Year 3/4 'B' team took 2nd place in their league with our 'C' team finishing 3rd. Our Year 5/6 'B' team came 6th in their league with our 'C' team finishing 8th.

  Year 3 footballers Hugo, Alex and Matthew were delighted to take part in the tournament. Hugo commented, "I really enjoyed the day at 'Goals' especially when I scored!" Classmate Alex added, "It was my best ever day going to school!" Matthew was just as pleased with the day saying, "I was really proud when I received a medal for coming third."

   

   

   

  

• Reception children visit Discover Children's Story Centre

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  Reception classes, Darling and Shakespeare, recently went on a trip to the Discover Children's Story Centre. They had fun exploring the immersive play space, creating their own class story and enjoying the story garden.

  

• Swimming Success

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  A group of swimmers from the school recently took 1st place competing in the Waltham Forest Primary Schools' Discovery Swim Gala 'Pentathlon Challenge' held at the Aquatic Centre, Stratford. 

  As well as returning to school with a fabulous trophy, the children were rewarded with gold medals and swimming towels by the organisers. Well done, children! 

  

• Earthquake Appeal

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  Our collection outside school this morning has already raised over £400 to help support the victims of the terrible earthquake experience by those living in Turkey and Syria. Thank you for your support.