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

• The Brilliant Club Graduation

  Wed 10 Jul 2019

  On Monday 8th July, twelve Year 5 children travelled to Oxford for a very special event. They were the members of this year’s Brilliant Club, and the visit was for their graduation!

   

  The Brilliant Club is a programme that places university researchers (PhD Tutors) in schools. who teach university-style tutorials to groups of six pupils. Many of these researchers are lecturers to students at university level, so it is a unique opportunity for children to experience university-style teaching. During the programme, pupils visit two leading universities, and at the end of the programme they complete a final assignment of 1,000 words which is marked and graded in the same way as a degree.

   

  The launch trip was to Goldsmiths University, back in March, when the children were introduced to the programme and spent time with their tutor. Over the course of the next term, the tutor came into school and worked with the children on the topic “What is Fairness?” As well as having an hour’s tutorial each week, the children also had homework to complete, which all helped with the final assignment. At the end of June, the tutor came in for a final tutorial with the children, discussing their assignments and telling them their grades. Of course, all the children passed, and two even managed to achieve a first!

   

  The graduation trip to Oxford was a fitting end to the programme. The morning was spent at St Anne’s college, where the children had a tour, and a mini-lecture from a member of the university staff. In the afternoon, we joined with other Newham schools for the graduation ceremony.

   

  Everyone was very proud of their achievements, and glad that they had put in so much hard work during the programme. Well done Brilliant Club!

  

• Summer Fayre

  Wed 10 Jul 2019

  Thank you to everyone who came along to our Summer Fayre on Wednesday 3rd July!

   

  There were lots of exciting activities taking place, including our tombola, penalty shoot-out competition, archery challenge and face painting! Our refreshment stalls were extremely popular and we hope you enjoyed the popcorn, candy floss and snow cones!

   

  Thank you to everyone who came to the fayre and those who donated items for sale! We are pleased to say that the school raised £560.30 from the fayre which will be put towards new school resources.

   

   

  

• Final Day at Gilwell Park

  Fri 28 Jun 2019

  It's our final day at Gilwell Park and we can't believe how quickly the time has gone!

  We spent our final night celebrating around the campfire and cheering for the Lionesses in their match against Norway.

  Today we are looking forward to our final water activity and seeing our families again!

  Here are some photos from our adventures yesterday. 

  

• Gilwell Park Day Two

  Thu 27 Jun 2019

  Today we have had a wonderful time taking part in group challenges to build our resilience and team work skills!

  Our first activity was an orienteering challenge. We needed to use our map reading and grid reference skills to find various points to complete the activity.

  Our second activity was a high ropes crate building challenge. We worked together to build a tower whilst on the high rope course. We needed determination and resilience skills to overcome our fear and work together to complete the challenge.

  We are looking forward to this evening where we will enjoy celebrating our adventures so far around the campfire. 

  Our teachers are extremely proud of us and are pleased with how well we are behaving and looking after each other; the children are a credit to the school and their parents/carers. 

  (Pictures to follow). 

• Gilwell Park Day One

  Thu 27 Jun 2019

  We have already had lots of fun on our first day at Gilwell Park. After arriving at our destination, we explored the grounds and met our instructor for the week - Fic, who is all the way from Brazil!

  Once we settled into our spacious lodge, we all showed resilience and risk taking by taking part in a free fall activity.

  After enjoying a scrumptious dinner, we got ready for bed.

  We will update you later today to show you the adventures we have been on!

  

• Year 5 Eid Assembly

  Fri 07 Jun 2019

  Well done to all of our Year 5 children for their excellent Eid assembly today! The children even wrote the assembly themselves, which explained the importance of Eid, and included giving out gifts and singing Harris J's song, 'Eid Mubarak'!

   

  It was a great performance, well done to all the children!

   

  Thank you to all the parents/carers who came to watch the assembly, we hope you enjoyed the performance!

  

• School Closure: Thursday 23rd May

  Wed 22 May 2019

  Reminder that the school will be closed on Thursday 23rd May due to the premises being used as a polling station. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

   

  School will re-open as normal on Friday 24th May 2019.

• Year 1&2 Football Festival - REVISED EVENT

  Thu 09 May 2019

  Dear Parents/Carers

   

  Due to the bad weather and the grass being unsafe we have had to revise our plans for tomorrow. Parents will now be invited to take part with their children at the times stated below. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT SCHOOL.

   

  The children will be having a football picnic, so please bring a packed lunch if you did not request one from school.

   

  • Purple Class Parents are invited to take part from 9am-10am
  • Yellow Class Parents are invited to take part from 10.45-11.45am
  • Green Class Parents are invited to take part from 1pm-2pm
  • Orange Class Parents are invited to take part from 2pm-3pm

   

  We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

• Tesco funding for our mini-bus!

  Fri 05 Apr 2019

  The school has received the £4,000 funding from Tesco for our mini-bus!

   

  Thank you to everyone who voted for our cause in Tesco stores across Newham!

   

  We are very excited to receive this funding and look forward to getting a mini-bus very soon!

• Online Safety Workshop Materials

  Fri 29 Mar 2019

  Did you want to attend our Online Safety Workshop on Monday 25th March, but were unable to be there?

   

  You can access all of the resources we shared with parents on our online safety page : https://www.sirjohnheron.newham.sch.uk/online-safety/

   

  Simply follow the link to find all of the materials from the workshop! We hope you find this useful.