Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Ancient Egyptian Art in Year 4

  Tue 30 Nov 2021

  You might remember reading about the art topic in year 4 a couple of weeks ago. After creating layers with cardboard, pupils applied two layers of Mod-roc to the product. They then added details such as patterns and painted their reliefs. Next, their work will be displayed in a mini-art gallery and they will evaluate their own and each other's work against set criteria. 

  Have a look at the finished reliefs!

   

   

  

• Non-uniform day - Fri 3rd December

  Tue 30 Nov 2021

  We will be having a Christmas Disco for pupils on Friday 3rd December. Children can come in wearing their party clothes on this day.

   

  If your child is participating in the Year 3&4 Handball competition in the afternoon, please ensure they have their PE kit with them on the day so that they can get changed.

   

  

• Open Evening for Reception 2022 starters

  Mon 29 Nov 2021

  Are you looking for a Reception place for your child, starting in September 2022?

   

  Come along to our Open Evening on Monday 10th January 2022 from 3.30pm- 4.30pm where you will:

   

  • Have a tour of our wonderful school and see where your child could be learning.
  • Sample our healthy school meals—all of our dinners are freshly prepared and homemade by our catering team.

   

  Please call the school on 020 8514 9860 to book your place at our Open Evening. 

  

• Baking Bread in Reception

  Wed 24 Nov 2021

  This week some Reception children made bread. They followed a recipe, mixed the flour, yeast, and salt together, stirred in the oil and water and then kneaded it. The children then had the opportunity to eat the freshly baked bread in the afternoon on the snack table. Pupils enjoyed getting messy and making bread to share with their friends.

   

  

• Children in Need!

  Tue 23 Nov 2021

  Thank you for supporting us on Friday 19th November to raise money for Children in Need!

   

  We are pleased to have raised a total of £357 for this worthy cause. Thank you for your donations for the charity, as well as your donations for the local food bank!

  

• Keeping Fit at SJH!

  Tue 23 Nov 2021

  At Sir John Heron, we know that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind. In Years 5 and 6, children have been participating in a range of aerobic exercises in PE. Have a look at what Nightingale class did in this morning's lesson!

  

• Anti-bullying Poster and Poetry Competition

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  This week was Anti-Bullying Week!

   

  Children took part in an anti-bullying poster and poetry competition and the winners were announced in assembly today. 

   

  Well done to our winners: Justine, Hana, Dhanyal, Tehana, Malaika and Niladri!

  

• Stay and Play sessions at SJH!

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  If you have a child who is 18 months+ and has not yet joined our school nursery, why don’t you come along to our Stay and Play session! Our sessions run every Tuesday and Friday from 9.30-10.30am and 1.15-2.15pm.

   

  

• An afternoon at the opera!

  Thu 18 Nov 2021

  The Year 6 trip to The London Coliseum

   

  On the 16th of November, both Year 6 classes went to the London Coliseum to watch a dress rehearsal of The Valkyrie, by train. We left school at 12:00pm and walked to East Ham station and took the train to Embankment. When we arrived at the Coliseum, we were astonished by how colossal the inside of it was and how fancy the whole theatre looked.

   

  The play was about a warrior who was injured and a woman let him in and healed him. When her husband arrived, he was furious at his wife and challenged the man to a fight the following day. As the husband was going to sleep, the water he drank was poisoned by the woman so he died. After that, the warrior was able to draw a magical sword out of a tree, which is how Act One ends. In my opinion, I liked this play but I thought there were still some things which I would have changed.. 

   

  After the opera, we spent a little while in Trafalgar Square, looking at the fountain and Nelson’s Column. Lots of us had never been there before. We came back to East Ham station and arrived back at school at 5:00pm. In my opinion, this was a very enjoyable trip. It was exciting to listen to opera singers and a large orchestra.

   

  

• Cooking with Chef Gavin Gordon!

  Thu 18 Nov 2021

  This afternoon, our Year 6 pupils took part in an exciting cookery masterclass with chef, Gavin Gordon, who trained at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen and grew up in the borough of Newham.  

   

  He has racked up more than ten years in top kitchens, having gone on to work at Gordon Ramsay’s the Narrow, as well as Mac & Wild and Bonnie Gull in London.  In 2018, Gordon made it through to the quarter finals of BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals.

   

  Children got to taste test delicious biscuits before making their own cookie dough! The children plan to make their own biscuits to sell at our Christmas Fayre later this year!