Category: News and Events

St Francis’ had an fantastic week celebrating the Queen’s 70 year reign. We learned all about the Queen and her contribution to the United Kingdom, about her dedication and service. We had a fantastic Jubilee Day where we wore our red, white and blue and sung our knees up East London melody in the playground.

For World Book Week, the children at St Francis’ showed all the different hats they wear! We celebrated the occasion by making up our own hat to reflect a favourite story or character. Can you guess what the story is by looking at the hat? Please click on the link to view.

During Citizenship Week we put our faith into action. To start the week we reflected on our own beliefs and celebrated by baking bread. We believe that bread is a divine gift, a symbol of generosity and sharing. The children were able to reflect on this as well as have a fantastic time making and …

Year 5 took part in an exciting project called ‘Architecture in Schools’. The project aimed to get the children thinking about the architecture around them and how it can be made more sustainable. The children worked with professional architects to design their own building, using many problem solving skills as well as learning about our …

The staff and pupils at St Francis’ were humbled to participate it the Remembrance Day service in Central Park, East Ham to mark the 103rd anniversary. We remain grateful for the sacrifices of others for our freedoms.

Anti-Bullying Week 2021 This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’ On Monday, 15th November children were asked to wear their favorite odd socks to symbolize that we are all different and that children should be themselves, accepting one another and celebrating differences. #Anti-Bullying Week 2021   Please click on the images to view larger images. …

On Friday 28th May we celebrated our Annual Science Day. This year’s theme was ‘Innovating for the Future,’ On the day, the children worked as junior scientists, carrying out science experiments and STEM challenges, evaluating the results, and drawing conclusions. In addition, our Year 5 and 6 students conducted research for a presentation on Covid …

At St Francis’ we are committed to our physical health. We have a goal get more active so we can stay well physically and emotionally. Year 3 and 4 had Bikeability training to develop their cycling skills. They were even brave enough to try their skills out in the local area!    

St Francis’ had a very exciting visit from Beth Rigby at Sky News when we reopened to all pupils on Monday, 8th March 2021. We were feeling excited and a little anxious about seeing all our friends again, but we had a great day and were happy to share our school.   (video provided by …