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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 Fazakerley Butterworth-Toast' to a panel of 4 VIP judges: Adam Kammerling (poet), Allie Esiri (actress), Tim Shortis (AQA examiner) and Julie...

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 read with great dignity and pathos. The event was attended by the Mayor of Newham, and special guest speakers were Mr John...

As part of the Citizenship project, Year 6 visited the Houses of Parliament. It was such a fantastic trip, and the children thoroughly enjoyed it. During the visit, the children were taken on a tour of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Great Hall - where Guy Fawkes was once on...

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 project, there was the opportunity for pupils to participate in a recital competition. Over 40 children took part in the competition and the judges...

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 their focus and great co-operation in mixed school groups and to have expertise from St Bon's to guide and support them.  

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 the children showed great skills and determination. All the pupils from Year 2 to Year 6 had to compete in...

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 and changes to the solar system, as well as how humans and other animals have evolved over time or even become extinct....

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 place to stay and sleep overnight. The children who took part in the event were sponsored...

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 part in a Remembrance assembly, and made wreaths and prayers to convey their respect and deepest gratitude. DSC 0536

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 Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle. The project was launched by the Hobgoblin Theatre Company, who presented a very informative and entertaining play: The History...