The whole school has been looking at the PSHCE topic of Anti-Bullying. This year's theme was One Kind Word. This is such an important topic and it shows us how something as simple as a kind word to someone can make such a huge difference.

Here at the Herald, we want to stamp out bullying!

In 1976, Sesame Street included National Cookie Day on its calendar for the first time on November 26th. Then in 1987, Matt Nader of the Blue Chip Cookie Company out of San Francisco created Cookie Day, celebrating it on the 4th December.

This day is now celebrated each year by cookie lovers across the world!

(We love Cookies)

On Thursday 11th November 2021, the whole country celebrated Remembrance Day, this is a day when we remember the soldiers that died in all the wars. We hold a 2 minutes silence as a sign of respect.

The School Council and head boys and girls went to Central Park in East Ham with lost of other schools for a special service at the cenotaph. The rest of the school gathered on the playground around our special poppy garden in silence to show their respect.

On Friday 5th of November, years 4, 5 and 6 visited the Royal Opera House to watch a ballet called Giselle.

Giselle is a story about a young girl who falls in love with an imposter but realises she loves him for him.

The children that attended reported that there were sad parts of the ballet but overall they enjoyed it. For most children this was the first ballet they have been to. Such a great experience for them.

Thank you to all the teachers that made this amazing trip happen.

The story that the pre school, nursery and reception told us was called Whoopsie Daisy Angel. This was about an angel who was really clumsy and was late for every thing. Children loved Whoopsie Daisy Angel because she was so clumsy and made people laugh. Everyone enjoyed the play that they performed to us. It was about the story of Jesus being born but with a little twist that the angel was really funny.

Well done to Pre-school, Nursery and Reception children for putting on a great show!

Year 1 and 2 have been working so hard on their Christmas play and we had the opportunity to watch their wonderful play.

Their play showed the stars telling us the story of Jesus' birth in the stable and how they watched over the shepherds, wise men, Mary and Joseph on that special night.

Everyone enjoyed this play and thought all the children did very well for their first nativity performance. We were impressed by them learning how to say Merry Christmas in different languages.

Well done year 1 and 2!

Year 3 and 4 have also worked really hard on their play which tells the nativity story in the form of song and dance. The story is told from the perspective of the people of Bethlehem, they tell us why their town is so famous.

We really enjoyed listening to their catchy songs and how they told us the story of the birth of Jesus.

Well done to years 3 and 4 for all your hard work with your play, those catchy songs will be stuck in our heads for a long time.

This year's five and six Christmas play showed a storybook that was being read by children about the story behind Christmas and the birth of Jesus.

Teachers and students have commented that the play was extremely funny and enjoyable. Characters such as the talking donkey, dancing wise men and knock knock doors have had everyone laughing.

The children in year 5 and 6 created all the dances themselves and used their own ideas to bring the characters of this nativity to life.

Well done to them all!