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The Reception classes were very excited when the Happy Chick Company delivered some eggs as part of our Science Week. The children wrote special cards to welcome the chicks upon their arrival and were very surprised to watch the chicks hatch from their eggs. The children are please to say that they have 19 ‘cute’,...

On Friday 15th March, year 3 had a special visit from a photographer who works for Tate Britain. Year 3 have entered a very special learning project, being led by the world-famous artist, Steve McQueen. Under his leadership, several photographers are travelling around many London schools and taking photos of the school's year 3 class....

As part of the Charles Dickens project, the classes received a special visit from a Victorian teacher, who taught them in the style of the Victorians! The children learnt all about discipline, physical fitness and the Victorian curriculum​. The lessons were rather strict but everyone enjoyed going back in time!

On Friday 8th March, the children in year 3 were extremely lucky to visit Laura Ellen at Stratford Library. Laura Ellen is the author of the increasingly popular Amelia Fang books. Indeed, the internet reports that, “2019 is set to be the year of Amelia Fang!” We loved listening to Laura as she discussed how...

On Friday 8th March, the children in year 4 and 5 were taken on a wonderful Dickensian tour of London. The tour guides for the day were the magnificent Eugene and Lizzy Wrayburn (Mr Helliwell & Miss Pape), two Dickensian characters, from the book Our Mutual Friend. It was really exciting for the children to...

St. Joachim's choir helped the festivities begin at Custom House library, by singing carols and Christmas songs at the annual Christmas tree lights​ switch-on.​ It was a lovely performance and everyone was very impressed by the singers!  

On Friday 9th November, in remembrance of those who gave their lives in conflicts – particularly World War One – the school council and our Head Boy and Girl attended the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice Service at Central Park, East London, to pay their respects. In school, we had a special assembly to mark...

This afternoon, all the classes celebrated the end of the RE topic: Baptism and Confirmation. The classes came together to share what they had learnt, and develop their understanding of the sacraments.  

The pupils of St. Joachim's very generously donated lots of food items for the Harvest Festival 2018. This year the donations went to RAMP (Refugee and Migrant Project). ​Thank you to everyone who donated.