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For their People Who Help Us topic, the children in Nursery and Reception had a visit from the men and women of our local fire brigade. The children were given an opportunity to explore the fire truck and even have a go with the fire hose! I think I see some future fire fighters in …

On Wednesday, 27th February 2019, the world renowned Watoto Choir visited St Francis’ Catholic Primary School. We were treated to a fantastically inspirational concert and the children at St Francis’ were honored to be able to spend some time getting to know the Watoto Choir a little bit better. This was a day we will …

As a gold reward visit, a few very lucky children were chosen to attend the Bloomsbury Big Top Christmas Spectacular sponsored by the Variety Club. To say it was spectacular, would be an understatement! We were entertained by the Rock Choir, had a chance to do some juggling, learned some magic tricks, had our face …

On Friday, 9th November we joined our fellow Deanery Schools and other Newham Schools to take part in the 100th Armistice Day in Central Park, East Ham. Armistice Day marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. A two-minute silence is held at 11am …

The Winter Reading Challenge launches in all Newham Libraries this Saturday 1st December. The aim of the challenge, similarly to the Summer Reading Challenge is for children to read x3 books of their choice from 1st December until 11th January, collect stickers in a special reading log Christmas card and to review the books they …

Feast of St Francis’ – October 2018 On Thursday, 4th October we celebrated the feast of our patron saint, Francis. Throughout the week, each class looked closely at the life and work of St Francis and focused specifically on significant places he had visited included Assisi and Gubbio. We attend a special school Mass on …

The staff and parents at St Francis’ painted the town pink on Friday, 28th September in support of Macmillan’s Coffee Morning 2018. Some Baked It and others Faked It, all in support of cancer. The staff feasted on cakes and other goodies as they had breakfast together. The celebration carried on with a well-attended parent’s …

In preparation for Maths Market Week, children were given the challenge to make their very own Maths game.  They then played the games in class so that their peers could evaluate them against the given criteria.  We had some really creative and challenging Maths games that inspired and motivated us to think about Maths beyond …

Dear Parents/carers, For World Book week children were asked to make a story box on a well-liked story. It was really amazing to see them walk in on Tuesday carrying their boxes with such pride and confidence. Children worked really hard and it was delightful to see how many of you parents had clearly helped …