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Year 5 have been taking part in an exciting project called ‘Architecture in Schools’. Five brilliant architects from London firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris supported the children on a field trip and two in school workshops to design and model bridges that would bring connections and community between the two different sides of the River Thames. …

Last summer, St. Francis’ was part of Art Matters – an annual Newham-wide schools’ art exhibition. Members of our student Arts Council selected art from all year groups to be exhibited at University of East London’s art studios and then backed the work and mounted it on special display boards. Some of the Arts Council …

A group of year 6 children recently took part in a competition for East London schools called the Money Wise Challenge. They competed against teams from other schools by speed-answering questions on personal finance topics. St Francis’ sent two teams; one team came second in the competition and the other team came third. Well done! …

The theme for this year’s Maths Market Week was the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The children used their calculation, reasoning and problem-solving skills to overcome challenges throughout the week. After designing and making a product, they took them to the market to sell. Fun was had by all and it enabled the children to see the …

Congratulation to Rhianna; she is the KS2 winner for the No Smoking Day Poster Competition. The competition received nearly 100 entries which were done to a high standard, but Rhianna’s poster stood out as one of the best in the borough. Her poster will be displayed on bus stops, our social media page, website and …

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 …