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Scientist Day Live 2024

The Excel Centre hosted New Scientist Live Schools Day on Monday 14th October. Eight of our Year 5 pupils were lucky to attend and be immersed in the range of scientific careers available to them. The...

Year 4 at British Museum

Year 4 went on an exciting trip to the British Museum this week, linked to their Anglo-Saxon learning. They went round one of the rooms on a tablet tour which involved scanning artefacts and finding o...

Bank of England Trip

Years 3 and 4 went to the Bank of England and were treated to an immersive storytelling of the gold laying in the vaults, bringing some of its history to life. The children could then explore the muse...

West Ham v Arsenal

On Wednesday 1st November 2023, 40 of our Key Stage Two children were lucky enough to experience a Carabao Cup game at the Olympic Stadium, Stratford. The children had an incredible time and got to wa...

Fr Dan Visits Year 4

Thank you to Fr Dan who kindly agreed to come in and answer our Year 4 students’ questions about Confirmation. Year 4 have been learning about the call to Confirmation and how this links with being ch...

Scientists Live at the Excel

On Monday 9 October, 12 of our Year 5 and 6 pupils went across to the Excel Exhibition Centre for the dedicated Schools Day of New Scientist Live. New Scientist Live organised a brilliant programme of...

Year 4L Evacuee Day

On Monday 3rd July, Year 4 held an Evacuee Day in school filled with immersive activities and lessons centred around the experiences of an evacuee child of the sae age in London at the start of World ...

Year 2's trip to the Royal Mews

As part of our Humanities Project, Y2W had the opportunity to visit the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace. After a catching a glimpse of the King’s Guards outside the palace, we attended a workshop to l...

Festival of Voices - Seven Schools, One Theatre , Hundreds of Stars

In this season of big music festivals, who needs Reading, Glastonbury or the Isle of Wight-one of the very favourites is the music extravaganza starring the children from 7 Newham Schools -the Festiva...

Year 2 Lourdes at The Royal Mews

In preparation for the upcoming Humanities Project, Year 2 Lourdes went on a trip to The Royal Mews, a part of Buckingham Palace. They had a workshop all about royal coronations where they learnt abou...

May is The Month of Mary

Catholic tradition being May is the month of Mary is a very revered tradition. During this month it is traditional to crown statues of Mary with flowers and say the rosary daily. Tradition also says, ...

Year 6 Residential Day 4

Year 6 enjoyed their last full day in Wales and the sun shone for them. They enjoyed seaside walks and were even treated to an ice cream as the weather was so lovely. Some children made bug hotels to ...

Year 6 Wales Residentual Day 3

Year 6 continued their adventures in Wales yesterday. They had a very busy day full of lots of activities. These ranged from a beach visit with a local walk, canoeing, gorge walking, swimming in the l...

Year 6 Wales Residential Day 2

The fun continues for Year 6 who are away on their residential in Wales. Yesterday they got stuck into some outdoor adventures. They scaled new heights and enjoyed a touch of abseiling alongside scram...

Year 6 Wales Residential Day 1

Year 6 left for their final residential to Ogwen Cottage in Wales. After a busy morning navigating the tube and the train with all their luggage they arrived in sunny Wales. After settling in quickly ...

Year 5 and Year 6 Boys Handball

On Thursday 18th of May, children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a Handball competition at Langdon Academy. The competition consisted of 10 schools from Newham. St Joachim’s showed composure and grea...

Year 5 & 6 Basketball Competition

On Wednesday 17th of May, children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a Basketball competition at the Sportsdock at the University of East London. The competition was attended by 11 different schools fro...

Brilliant Club

The theme for The Brilliant Club this year was Nature in Literature. The children had 7 sessions with a PHD tutor in which they learnt and discussed how nature was portrayed in literacy using advanced...

King Charles III Coronation

On Friday 5th May St Joachim’s celebrated the Coronation of King Charles III. The children arrived at school dressed in red, white and blue, many even came dressed to take over the role of King or Que...

Year 2 Fire Safety Workshop

Year 2 has a visit from a member of the London Fire Brigade for a special fire safety workshop. The officer showed them how to test a smoke alarm and how to call for the emergency services. They learn...

First Holy Communion

This week we celebrated the Pupils at St Joachim's who are making their First Holy Communion. Part of the process of preparing for their First Holy Communion is for them to make the Sacrament of Recon...

French Day

For the last instalment of our International project and celebrations, on Monday we had our annual French day. Year 5L was turned into 'Le Riviera Café', where all of the children were able to visit a...

International Week

During April, as a school we celebrated International Week. Each class were given a different country from all different continents to study. Our project ‘seven continents, one school’ aims to celebra...

Year 3 & 4 Girls Football

On the 19th of April some of our Year 3 and 5 children took part in a Girls football tournament. The children performed really well and worked hard to progress to the final where they played St Edward...

Year 1 Lourdes at Pizza Express

On Tuesday 18th April, Year 1 Lourdes went on a trip to Pizza Express as part of their learning for DT. Led by an expert chef, the children learned about food hygiene, safe practices in the kitchen an...

Stations of the Cross - London Churches

As part of our learning and preparation for Holy Week, our Year 5 and 6 children were joined by St Helen’s on a pilgrimage around central London for a challenging Stations of the Cross service where t...

Year 6 at The Globe

This week, Year 6 had a great opportunity to visit The Globe Theatre as part of the Shakespeare Project. The children went on a tour of the theatre and learnt about its history. This was followed by a...

Year 4 Shakespeare Walk

Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed a trip into central London to see lots of sights associated with our focus poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. We were lucky enough to be shown around by William Shakes...

Year 3 Walsingham at the Grant Museum of Zoology

This week, Y3 Walsingham visited the Grant Museum of Zoology. This was part of our science week learning. The children looked at different animal skeletons and were set a challenge to complete an anim...

St Joachim's and St Helen's Joint Pilgrimage to Rome

At the end of February, 20 of St Joachim's year 5s together with 20 St Helen's Year 5 pupils as well as Fr Dan Kelly and Fr Tony Grant, spent 5 days in Rome on a very special pilgrimage. During their ...

KS1 and EYFS Role Model Play Day

During our most recent Citizenship Project Key Stage 1 had been learning all about their responsibilities to their younger peers. Year 1 and 2 focused on how to be good role models to the children in ...

Year 3 Walsingham at Pizza Express

On Tuesday 7th February, Year 3 Walsingham went to Pizza Express at the O2, as part of their D&T scheme. The pupils had the pleasure of meeting one of their head chefs who spoke about the history of t...

Reception at Cookie Island

As part of the citizenship project, Reception has been learning about UNICEF'S article 31: every child has the right to play. We visited Cookie's Island to play with our friends. We took turns, played...

Year 4 at the Royal Opera House

On 14th December, in the lead up to Christmas, Year 4 were treated to a special matinee performance of The Nutcracker for schools at the Royal Opera House. They attended alongside Year 4 from St Helen...

Year 3 at the Natural History Museum

As part of our science fiction project, Year 3 visited the Natural History Museum to investigate how volcanoes and earthquakes work. They discovered the origin and changes to the tectonic plates, as w...

Year 2 at the Science Museum

On the 23rd November, Year 2 went to the Science Museum as part of the Science-Fiction Project. We had an interesting workshop called Destination Space where we learnt all about the fascinating experi...

Year 6 at the Natural History Museum

As part of their science fiction project, Year 6 visited the Natural History Museum to investigate how science has developed and changed through time. They discovered the origin and changes to the sol...

Year 4 at the Science Museum

Year 4 enjoyed a trip to the Science Museum on the 21st November as a celebration of the Science Fiction Project. Both classes were treated to a Wonderlab experience in which they were inspired by dif...

Remembrance Day

Friday the 11th November was the 104th Armistice day, a day to remember those who have given their lives in sacrifice that we might enjoy the freedoms of today in the UK. Our school councillors and so...

Reception at Discover

As part of the science fiction project the children in Reception went on a visit to the Discover centre in Stratford. The children heard stories from outer space and even had the chance to create thei...

West Ham United at London Stadium

Our KS2 children had a fantastic opportunity to go and watch West Ham United live at the London stadium. They were able to watch an EFL cup game between West Ham and Blackburn the game was very exciti...

St. Joachim’s at Battle Abbey

On Saturday 15th October 2022, 60 KS2 children of St. Joachim’s visited Battle Abbey and watched a re-enactment of ‘The Battle of Hastings’ which was fought on 14th October 1066, 956 years ago. The ch...

Choral Poetry Performance

On Thursday 13th October and Friday 14th October, children from St. Joachim’s and St. Helen’s came together and took part in choral poetry performances to celebrate the culmination of our black histor...

Black History Project

Year 1 at the Fire Station

This week as part of our 'Local Environment' topic in Humanities both Year 1 classes visited our local Fire Station. The fire fighters showed us around the station and spoke to us about their role, an...

Bishop Alan visits St Joachim’s

This week the staff and pupils were delighted to welcome the Bishop of the Brentwood Diocese, Bishop Alan. He spent the afternoon looking around the school meeting the staff, and answering the childre...

Y3 at Pizza Express

On Tuesday 4th October, Year 3 Lourdes went to Pizza Express at the O2, as part of their D&T scheme. The pupils had the pleasure of meeting one of their head chefs who spoke about the history of the m...

Year 5 Pilgrimage to Bradwell on Sea

St Helen's and St Joachim's started the year with a joint Pilgrimage to Bradwell on Sea. We visited St Peter's Chapel for a Liturgy and Prayer Service, and then spent the afternoon taking part in a ra...

Year 1 Fire! Fire!

Year 1 enjoyed their journey back through time to see what it would have been like living in the 17th Century during The Great Fire of London. The children were able to try on clothing, enjoy watching...

Festival of Voices

After months of hard work, Year 4 finally performed for Festival of Voices at the Hackney Empire on Monday 11th July 2022. Year 4 performed amazingly and left the crowds speechless, as they announciat...

Southend Winners 2022

On Friday 8th July, the children chosen for various awards of excellence celebrated with a day trip to Southend fun fair. The children had a really fun time, going on rides which ranged from water rid...

St Joachim’s hosted an inter school chess competition with St Helen’s

St Joachim’s hosted an inter school chess competition with St Helen’s on Friday 24th June. It was an enjoyable day in which the children showed great skills and determination. A number of our children...

Science Fair

Our wonderful school community celebrated St Joachim’s Science Week last week. This involved lots of trips, workshops, quizzes, practical learning and competitions! The week culminated in St Joachim’s...

Hyde Park Education Centre

Year 4 enjoyed their science exploration trip to the Hyde Park Education centre. The children were able to explore and classify insects and their living habitats. They enjoyed finding insects in the p...

Year 5/6 took part in the Commonwealth youth games

Year 5/6 took part in the Commonwealth youth games held by our sporting partners at Langdon and Newham. The children took part in two events; Badminton and Hockey. The children performed extremely wel...

MFL Day

Bonjour tout le monde! St Joachim’s celebrated a wonderful French day with class quizzes and engaging French lessons. The children were also able to attend a French mini market where French food was s...

Year 5 at the Royal Observatory

Year 5 have been discovering the wonders of the universe at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Their day began by watching a demonstration of how the universe came to be and everything that can be fo...

Mini Vinnies Sleepover

On Friday 17th of June a number of our school Mini Vinnies took part in a sleepover in the school to help them understand a little bit about homelssness and how much of an issue it is in today's socie...

Year 6 visited the Royal Observatory.

During the visit we had the opportunity to take in the beautiful scenery of Greenwich. We then attended the Meet the neighbours show. A live planetarium show presented by an astronomer from the Royal ...

Reception Rocket Blast Off

Smashing Science!Children in Reception took part in a scientific workshop this week with a real scientist. The scientist helped us understand and learn all about energy and how it can be used. We made...

Reception Art

During Arts week Reception have been looking at jungle landscape art. They have used a variety of different materials to make their art. At the start of the project they talked about the different col...

Year 3 at the Newham Clean Air Event

Year 3 were fortunate enough to celebrate Clean Air Day at Newham Dockside. They learnt about air pollution and how they can pledge to help the environment. The children were able to try the Formula E...

London Youth Games

Four children from Y3/4 represented Newham and took part in the London Youth Games for Tennis this past week. They were up against all boroughs from around London. All the children that took part play...

Year 3 at the Science Museum

Year 3 Lourdes and Year 3 Walsingham enjoyed an exciting trip to the Science Museum as part of their arts week focus on ‘Arctic and Landscape Art.’The children were able to experience a 3D documentary...

Year 5 & 6 Tennis

Children from Y5/6 took part in a Tennis tournament hosted by our sports partnership Langdon Academy. The children played very well narrowly missing out on claiming the trophy but finishing 2nd place....

Year 5 Art

As part of the Arts project, Year 5 have been looking at how to use mixed media to create ‘Ocean Wave’ art. They took inspiration from Japanese artist Hokusai and his ‘Great Wave’ painting. They used ...

Year 6 at Queens House

On Tuesday this week Year 6 visited The Queens House. The children were given an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Queen’s House galleries and learn how the sea had inspired spectacular artwork...

Year 5 at Queens House

This week, year 5 visited Queen’s house for a ‘Sketching at Sea’ workshop. First, they had a tour of the building and discussed all the different types of art present. Their workshop then moved on to ...

Year 1 at St Pauls Cathedral

This week Yr 1 had a lovely visit to St Paul’s Cathedral. They were lucky enough to sit in private areas of the Cathedral to study the beautiful and intricate mosaic art that covered the ceilings and ...

Year 2 trip to Chalkwell

As part of arts week, both Year 2 classes had a great opportunity to visit Chalkwell Beach. The children drew some wonderful landscape art on the beach-front, inspired by their focus artist, William T...

Year 4 at Tate Britain

Year 4 went to Tate Britain during our Art weeks project. They enjoyed looking at different art and artists throughout the day. The children said that they have enjoyed looking at different landscapes...

Art Skills Fair

During Art week the children visited our Art skills fair and were lucky enough to learn some different art techniques from some of our teachers and our Art ambassadors. The children learnt how to wate...

St Joachim’s Celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

“Thursday’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Street party for the children was great fun and a great success. The children certainly turned up in an impressive array of clothing, with many of the boys and gir...

Sporting Success

On the 24th May four of our Year 4 children were invited to take part in the Borough mixed Tennis Finals. The children performed really well and worked hard to dispatch opposing schools. They progress...

Year 6 in the Lake District Day 4!

Today was Year 6’s last full day in the Lake District. They have had an amazing time and have grown and overcome many challenges.Miss Joseph said her group's favourite activity was gorge walking. Afte...

Reception's Fluffy Friends

On Tuesday we had a very special delivery of some eggs. We talked about all the things they thought might be inside the eggs. They had some very good ideas such as dragons, turtles and a bird.When the...

Year 6 in the Lake District Day 3!

The adventures continue for Year 6 on their third day in the Lake District, they have been very lucky and have enjoyed some wonderful weather.They enjoyed gorge walking, mountain hiking, rowing, canoe...

The Month of Mary

St Joachim’s have been remembering Mary during this month of May.We have been running rosary clubs during lunch and break times for Reception, KS1 and KS2. These are well attended by the children and ...

Paired Reading Y3L and RL

This morning Reception Lourdes were visited by Year 3 Lourdes. The children were placed into pairs and the Year 3 children read them stories. The children were all very well behaved and Reception love...

Year 6 in the Lake District Day 2!

Today was Year 6’s full day of adventures.They have enjoyed a range of activities from mountain hiking, gorge walking, tunnelling, rowing, canoeing and forest conservation.The children have enjoyed be...

Year 6 in the Lake District Day 1

Year 6 arrived at the Lake District in the early afternoon and were very eager to get stuck into lots of different activities. They started the evening's activities with some fun team building challen...

Cambridge Graduation

This week, 11 of our Year 5 pupils attended their Scholarship Programme graduation at Cambridge University. Over the last few months they have been taking part in lectures and writing their essays bas...

St Joachim's Sings at the Windsor Horse Show for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

On Sunday 15th May 2022 7 members of our school sang as part of the Her Majesty's Children's Commonwealth Choir at the Windsor Horse Show as part of the Queen's 70th, Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Th...

Holy Communion

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world - John 6:33On Saturday the 14th of May a group of children from St Joachim’s made their First Holy Communion at...

Reception's Wiggly Visitors

Reception Lourdes and Reception Walsingham have had some small wiggly visitors over the last two weeks. We have learnt all about the life cycle of a caterpillar and we have got to watch it happen in o...

Citizen of the Year

On 13 May, Catholic schools in the Diocese were invited to the annual diocesan Citizenship Award ceremony for pupils. Schools were invited to nominate pupils who had displayed outstanding awareness of...

St Joachim's Sings at Salisbury Cathedral for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

On Saturday 23rd April 2022 children from St Edward's, St Joachim's and St Winefride's travelled to Salisbury Cathedral to perform at Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Celebration Concer...

Following Christ's Footsteps - London Stations of the Cross Walk

As part of the Catholic tradition during Lent, many Catholics participate in a special church service called the 'Stations of the Cross' which involves focussing on and reflecting on Christ's final jo...

Year 3 Visit Gunnersbury Museum for a Victorian Day

On 7th March 2022, both Year 3L and Year 3W journeyed to Gunnersbury Museum for an interactive and immersive experience about the life of a Victorian child. The visit began with a workshop where the c...

Year 2 Gunnersbury Museum Trip

As part of the Charles Dickens’ project, both Year 2 classes went to Gunnersbury Museum in West London. This is a big house where many rich Victorians used to live, including the Rothschild family. We...

Year 3W World Book Day Celebrations: Book Tasting

Year 3 Walsingham spent the afternoon of World Book Day, on the 3rd March 2022, having a book tasting event in the classroom. Books from our classroom library were spread out and the children were abl...

St Joachim's School Council Visit the Refugee and Migrant Project. (RAMP)

St Joachim's School Council representatives went on a visit to The Refugee and Migrant Project (RAMP) as part of the OLOG Citizenship project on Building Bridges. They went to see how they operate and...

St Joachim’s Classic Poetry Project 2022

On the last week of January saw the conclusion of St Joachim’s annual Classic Poetry Project – an English project which is focussed on reading, analysing, and reciting classic poems. On Friday 21st Ja...

Carol Singing at Trafalgar Square

St Joachim’s Choir sang their hearts out on a cold and damp evening in Trafalgar Square. On the 8th December 10 children from Years 4&5 choir sang beautifully at Trafalgar square to raise money for FO...

Nativity

This week we were lucky enough to get to see our Early Years and KS1 children perform their Nativities.Nursery and Reception performed ‘The Big Little Nativity’ All the children sang beautifully and u...

The school Mini Vinnies are back in Action!

This Christmas the children who are part of the Mini Vinnie’s society decided they wanted to create a small gift for the elderly or vulnerable people of our parish. They wanted to put a smile on the f...

Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

Today we enjoyed our school Christmas lunch. They wore their festive jumpers and tucked into a traditional turkey Christmas lunch with all the trimmings. They listened to Christmas music, popped crack...

Chess

A huge congratulations to the 10 children who took part in the London Chess Classic tournament on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at the Cavendish Centre.It was a rather enjoyable day, starting from 8:30am ...

Guildhall Art Gallery

Last week Year 3 had the pleasure of visiting Guildhall Art Gallery as organised by Mrs Corbin. They were treated to a drama-based workshop where they focused on how their bodies communicate with othe...

Year 5/6 Hockey

On the 1st of December some of our Year 5 and 6 children took part in a mixed hockey competition. The children performed really well and worked hard to progress to the final where they played Sandring...

Custom House Library Year 1

Year 1 had a lovely time in Custom House Library. They were reminded about how the library works and how they can borrow books to promote reading for their personal interests. They also had a story wi...

Year 2 Custom House Libary

Year 2 had a lovely time in custom house library. They were reminded about how the library works and how they can borrow books to promote reading for their personal interests. They also had a story wi...

Year 6 Tate and Lyle refinery site

This week Year 6 visited the Tate and Lyle refinery site for the Junior Citizens Programme run by the Metropolitan Police, it focused on safety awareness, and how the pupils can be smart citizens in s...

School Council Newham's Remembrance Service

The school council attended Newham's Remembrance Service at West Ham Park on Thursday, in remembrance and appreciation of the fallen soldiers of British conflicts and wars. In school, all the children...

London Zoo

Year 5 visited London Zoo as part of their science topic: ‘Circle of Life’. The children explored the zoo in order to find mammals, amphibians, insects and birds, to see if they could identify the dif...

Sports is back!

Last week On Wednesday year 2 children took part in the first sports competition of the new school year. The competition was Hot Potato. The children perform excellently and as a result came 3rd place...

Sparkle Award

Sparkle Award Last year we were visited by the Mr and Mrs Mizen who founded the Mizen foundation in memory of their son Jimmy. They work closely with children in London to end violence and knife crime...

Year 6 Camping 2021 Day 1

Year 6 Camping 2021 - Day 1Together with the Year 6 pupils from St Helen’s we arrived we safely at the camp site in East Sussex. The children spent the day completing a range of science lessons which ...

Year 6 Camping 2021 Day 2

Year 6 Camping Trip - Day 2On the second day the children took part in more outdoor learning in the glorious sunshine, they made shelters from the natural environment. The pupils went on a walk on the...

Year 6 Camping - Day 3

Year 6 Camping - Day 3 After completing more lovely activities in the morning we travelled to the famous Seven Sisters Cliffs. This involved another walk which the children persevered through. We firs...

Year 6 Camping Trip - Day 4

Year 6 Camping Trip - Day 4 On our last day we packed up and tidied the campsite. The children took part in a Liturgy Service to spend time in prayer, being grateful for all the wonderful gifts we hav...

Art Matters Online Exhibition 2021

St. Joachim's pupils have been busy working on some wonderful artwork for this years Art Matters exhibition. Usually, the exhibition takes place in the University of East London, however this year tak...

Classic Poetry Project: Record-breaking entries!

This year, our annual Classic Poetry project saw record-breaking entries for our recital competition! Over 50 pupils entered, and it was truly fantastic to see such enthusiasm and passion for the poem...

The Myths and Legends Project 2020

St. Joachim's have now concluded the wonderful 4 week Myths and Legends project which is part of this year's Autumn English curriculum. During the project, the children explored the exciting tales of ...

Year 6 Science Trips and Special Pilgrimage

Normally our Year 6 start their school year with a 4 day science camp and a one day pilgrimage to Walsingham. This year we couldn’t do this as we are not permitted to have residential trips. So the ye...

Reception to Year 6 Admissions

Throughout the year we do have families move out of the area and so from time to time we do have vacancies at St. Joachim’s in other year groups. If you know anyone who has a child and would like to s...

Reception, Year 1 ,Year 2 Admissions

We currently have vacancies for pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Forms can be downloaded from our web site: www.st-joachims.newham.sch.uk and returned to admissions@st-joachims.newham.sch.uk wi...

SSAT Educational Outcomes Award

St Joachim's Catholic Primary School is one of the highest performers in England, winning national awards for Children's Progress - top 10% St Joachim's Catholic Primary School has been recognised nat...

Poetry By Heart 2020 - Newham Primary School Winners!

On Thursday, 2 of our Year 6 pupils took part in the Newham round of the national poetry competition: Poetry by Heart, held at Lister Community School. They performed 'A Smuggler's Song' and 'Colonel ...

Holocaust Memorial Day 2020

This morning, five pupils from Y6 attended Newham’s Holocaust memorial. During the service, our Head Boy represented the pupils of St. Joachim's with a recital of Refugee Blues by WH Auden, which he r...

Poets and Recitals 2020

This week saw the conclusion of our annual Classic Poetry project – an English project which is focussed on reading, analysing, and performing famous and well-regarded classic poems. As part of the pr...

Primary Robotics

A group of children from St Joachim's, along with Miss O'Flaherty have joined with children from the other Newham Catholic primaries schools to investigate programming and robotics. It is great to see...

St. Joachim's win 2nd Place at London Chess Classic Tournament!

A huge congratulations to the 18 children who took part in the London Chess Classic tournament on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at Kensington. It was a rather long day, starting from 8:30am to 5pm, but th...

Science fiction project: KS2 visit the Natural History Museum and Science Museum

As part of our current Science fiction project, Years 3, 5 and 6 visited the Natural History Museum to investigate how science has developed and changed through time. The classes discovered the origin...

Mini Vinnies Sleep-out

This Friday members from our Mini Vinnies club took part in a sleep-out at St Helen's. The children wrote prayer cards and took part in a liturgy to remember all the homeless people who do not have a ...

Remembrance Day Service

The school council attended Newham's Remembrance Service at West Ham Park today, in remembrance and appreciation of the fallen soldiers of British conflicts and wars. In school, all the children took ...

Science fiction project: The History of Science in 60 minutes

This week saw the launch of the English project: Science fiction. During the project, the children will be studying a number of different science fiction books, with authors including: HG Wells, Jules...

St. Joachim's pilgrimage to Rome

This week, over 20 of our year 5s spent 5 days in Rome on a special pilgrimage, joined by St. Edward’s and St. Michael’s primary schools. During their pilgrimage, the pupils visited the Vatican, share...

St. Joachim's celebrate Harvest Festival

This half-term, St. Joachim's celebrated the annual Harvest Festival through a whole school assembly. Everyone gave very generously to the harvest - it was a magnificent collection and it has all been...

Bishop Alan blesses the official opening of the Walsingham Wing - 26th September 2019

Today was one of the most significant days in the history of our school. After two years of building works, today we officially opened our brand-new Walsingham Wing! The occasion was made even more ...

Prefects 2019-2020

We are pleased to announce that our new school prefects of 2019-2020 have now been appointed. Applicants for the roles were interviewed by the School Council, and the members then convened together an...

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