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BBC and St Helena School 500 word story competition
 Last week saw the
launch this year’s St Helena School 500 Word Competition. We hope that even
more children than last year are inspired to put pen to paper and enter this
competition. The St Helena 500 Word Competition is held alongside BBC Radio 2’s
500 word competition, which we encourage you to enter at the same time so you
will have double the chance of winning a prize!For full details of what to do please visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1 You can also download a fantastic resource pack to help you write your story. https://global.oup.com/education/500-words/?region=uk Stories for the St Helena competition must be returned to Mrs O’Brien by Monday 4th March. If you would like to enter the same story you will need to upload it to the BBC website at home with an adult. Good Luck! |
Tea making at Kendall - Chinese Multicultural week
Friday, Zhong Wang from the Manager of Essex’s China Educational Links and the Jiangsu Centre for Chinese Studies taught the children about the importance of ritual in tea making ceremonies in China. They looked at many different teas and tried some for themselves! |
Kung Fu at Kendall!
On Wednesday, we welcomed martial arts instructor Martyn Morrison of Phoenix Freestyle Kung Fu who ,alongside Miss Tokley, led workshops in self-defence for Key Stage 2 pupils. The children showed excellent effort and discipline throughout the day, learning a few basic strikes, and kicks and blocks safely on the training shields. Martyn has recently returned from the world championships in China being ranked 5th in the world! |
Welcome to Reverend Lorraine
 We welcomed Reverend Lorraine at her official
induction to the Parish of St Stephens on Sunday 3rd February at a
wonderful service at the church. I know that she is very much looking forward
to working with our school community and will be coming into school to take up
her role on our Governing Body and lead worship in our assemblies. |
Multi-cultural week
 During the week beginning 11th February we celebrate Spring Festival
and Chinese New Year during our multi-cultural week. We have many Chinese
activities taking place. Children will be taking part in various workshops and
we launch on Monday with our much loved ‘Round-Robin’ day, where children in
mixed age classes move around to each classroom and take part in different cultural
activities led by the class teachers. There is also a special Chinese menu on
Monday for the children to experience. |
LGBT 2019
 This week
the children have been learning about LGBT history month.
This year's
theme for LGBT History Month is Peace which fits in perfectly with our Core
Christian Values. On Monday the children received a visit from Tracy from
Outhouse East who led them in workshops thinking about ‘What is love?’ The
children also had some time to learn about different types of families and
reflected that we all have different families but they are all special to us.
In worship Mr Rodger spoke to the children about his family and we thought
carefully about what equality means. |
Reading Raffle reminder
 Please note the 5 times a week read now
runs from Thursday to Thursday (instead of Friday to Friday) for children to be
able to enter the ‘Reading Raffle’. The
raffle will still be included, as usual, in Friday’s Celebration Worships. |
Writing PIE and Mental Maths awards
  Thank you to everyone who attended our
Writing PIE – we received some very positive feedback. I hope that
you found it useful. Please look out for more of our Parent Information Events
(PIEs) coming up later in the year. Well done to all of those children who
received Mental Maths Awards in assembly this morning. I know that many
children have been working hard to meet their targets and this is a great way
to celebrate their achievements. |
Year 5 Ancient Greek Day
 On Thursday 24th January, 2019, Year
5 stepped back in time to become Ancient Greek slaves. For this special day, our school hall was
transformed into a Greek ‘Agora’ market place, where we became sculptors,
doctors, and mosaic makers and were able to have a go at making wax tablets and
wine vessels. A great day was had by
all! |
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