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• Rights Respecting School Council Trip to Town Hall

  Fri 28 Feb 2025 HN

  Today the RRS school council went to Waltham forest town Hall.  We met the mayor in the debating chamber. Her name was councillor Sharon Waldron. Her sister was her consort. 

  This year the mayor’s charities are:

  The Waltham forest dyslexia society and charities that work with people who are affected by dementia.

  She was very inspirational and also wanted to raise awareness on neurodiversity due to the fact that she has been diagnosed with this.  One of our council members informed the mayor that we had raised money for the dyslexia association and that he himself had dyslexia.

  William said that what he took away from this trip was ‘That even if you have challenges in life you can still accomplish great things and help the wider community’.

  What Anthony thought was that ‘Even if you have faced many challenges in life you can still follow your dreams’.

   

  We asked her lots of questions like: 

  What is it like being Mayor?

  What is the best part about being Mayor?

  What is the difference between the Mayor of London and Mayor of Waltham Forest?

  What has been your favourite food? (She is invited to lots of different functions)

  What was your best accomplishment so far as Mayor?

   

  All of our RRS school council very much enjoyed the trip to Walthamstow town hall.

   

  This report was by William and Anthony.

   

  

• The Shivers

  Thu 27 Feb 2025

  Today Year 6 had a fantastic opportunity to watch a performance called The Shivers by Emma and PJ, who are a company that have been commissioned by Primary Arts to deliver workshops based on topics inspired by Primary age children. Highlights of the day were the spectacular performance and the chance to take part in developing and performing their own scenes inspired by the play, The Shivers. 

  

• Forgotten Women charity

  Thu 27 Feb 2025

  Supporting children in war torn parts of the world is very close to the hearts of the children at CCofE. We have successfully raised much needed money and resources for the children of Ukraine and the children of Gaza in the past. We are very keen to support one of our parents, Ms Mehreen Khan, on a very brave and humanitarian journey. Please read Mehreen’s message and help if you can:

   

  Join Me in a Mission of Hope!

   

  As a single mother of two and a dedicated member of our CofE school community for six years, I’m taking a deeply personal step. Next week, I’ll be travelling to Palestine with the charity, “Forgotten Women” to deliver urgent food and medical aid to those suffering in refugee camps amid the ongoing war.

   

  With support from both the UK and Israeli governments, our charity team has been granted access to provide critical assistance where it’s needed most. Your donations will have a direct impact on the lives of women and children in desperate need.

   

  Please join me in making a difference:

  https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/love4gaza_2?src=3726904

   

  Every donation helps!

   

   

• Visit from Sir Ian Duncan Smith

  Thu 06 Feb 2025 HN

  Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Sir Iain Duncan Smith to our school. The Rights Respecting School councillors asked him questions about being an MP, such as:

  What did you do before politics?

  What problem is most prominent in our constituency, and how are you planning to resolve it?

  Why did the public vote for you over other candidates in this constituency?

  Will you help us with our traffic campaign? (It was a really big yes and we gave him a letter detailing what we would like him to do!)

  He talked to the whole junior site about all these issues. It was really interesting and inspiring.

  He said he wanted to come back and look round the whole school to find out the exciting work that we do as a Gold Rights Respecting School. Mikayla and Ella presented with a book let that explained what a Gold Right Respecting School looks like.

  Report by Ella, Indy and Arthur