St Helen's Herald
Welcome to the third issue of the St Helen's Herald!
We hope you enjoy reading!
We're back!!!
(a belated Happy New Year to you all)
Events
Ooh La La... French Day
BONJOUR, we had an amazing French day, with an amazing French atmosphere and extremely tasty food. We celebrate French day every year at St Helen's and we all love practising the language and learning about French speaking countries (and eating the yummy food too!).
On the day, the year 5's went round to spread the French spirit to their peers. The year 6's worked in the French market, there was: chocolate, cheese, bread and sausage (Chocolat, Fromage, Pain et Saucisson) , all the French favourites. What was your favourite from the collection? (answer below in our poll!)
London Youth Games - The Finals
The St Helen's athletics team has been flying high recently. On the 22nd March 2022, they represented the whole of Newham at the London Youth Games Finals. This competition saw all the best schools from 12 London boroughs compete to find out which team was the best in London.
After a a really tough day of both track and field events, our team placed second! They missed out on first place by only 6 points. When speaking to the team they said "we are gutted that we didn't get first place, especially because we were so close to first, be we are still proud to have qualified to the next stage".
The coaches, teachers and all of us at the newspaper are really proud of the team. We hope to see some of them in Team GB in the future.
Shakespeare, Oh Shakespeare
The past few weeks the whole school has had Shakespeare spirit! Every year group has been looking at a different play by William Shakespeare. We have took part in great workshops that allowed us to act out the plays that we were studying.
Year 1 - A Midsummer Nights Dream
Year 2 - The Tempest
Year 3 - Twelfth Night
Year 4 - Macbeth
Year 5 - Romeo and Juliet
Year 6 - A Midsummer Nights Dream
Keep a look out for all of your lovely Shakespeare work on the display boards around the school!
St Helen's are money WISE!
Six year 6 pupils recently went to a Moneywise challenge at Stratford Youth Centre, hosted by Dot Dot Fire. This competition involved our two teams battling against lots of other Newham schools on an app. They had to race around a virtual neighbourhood and answer questions about money and saving.
The competition started very close with both of our teams jumping around the leader board. In the final moments it was clear we had thrashed the competition. Team 1 placed first and team 2 placed fourth (missing out on the bronze medal by only 50 points).
Well done to both the teams on bringing home another trophy for the school!
World Book Day 2022
PJs for WBD!
To celebrate World Book Day 2022, the children at St Helen's had a school pyjama day!
Everyone loved coming to school feeling all cosy and warm in their pyjamas and slippers. It was also a great opportunity to share our favourite books and authors with our classmates and also hear about our teachers favourite stories.
We interviewed some children on the day to find out more about their favourite books and their reading habits.
Oheji - Reception
"My favourite book is 'The Gruffalo".
Oheji loves to read in class and his favourite book character is the Gruffalo.
Laila- Reception
"My favourite book is Rapunzel".
Laila likes the character of the Queen and also enjoys reading in her class with her teacher.
Zara- 1Y
"My favourite book is 'The Rainbow Fish'".
Zara likes to read at home with her family.
Jailson - 1B
"My favourite book is 'Elmer and The Stranger'".
Jailson likes to read in his bedroom and enjoys other books from the Elmer series.
Tia - 2Y
"My favourite book is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Tia loves to read in her bedroom and her favourite character is Hermione.
Andela 2B
"My favourite book is Beauty and the Beast"
Andela likes to read at the library and loves books with princesses in.
Evie 3B
"My favourite book is The Little Mermaid"
Evie loves to go to Newham libraries to find new books to read.
Marco 3Y
"My favourite book is PJ Masks"
Marco enjoys reading with his older sister after school.
Matthias - 4B
"My favourite books are Diary of A Wimpy Kid".
Matthias likes to read in his bed at night. His favourite character is Greg (from DoaWK).
Lucy - 4Y
"My favourite book is Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare".
Lucy reads in her bedroom and also enjoys lots of other stories by Shakespeare.
Judith - 5Y
"My favourite book is The Giant Tea Party"
Judith's favourite place to read is on the couch.
Ezra - 5B
"My favourite book is called Bad Guys"
Ezra's favourite character in this book is the Big Bad Wolf. He likes to read when he is at the library.
Ryan - 6B
"My favourite books are the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series".
Ryan likes to read in his bed at night.
Valance - 6B
"My favourite book is Mr Stink by David Walliams".
Valance also enjoys books by Roald Dahl like The Witches, he too enjoys reading in bed.
Jowita - 6Y
"My favourite book series is Dork Diaries".
Jowita's favourite place to read is in he bedroom as it is peaceful there.
Angy - 6Y
"My favourite book is Dork Diaries: Popstar!"
Angy's favourite book character is Chloe Garcia (from Dork Diaries).
Get to know...
For this issue we met with the one and only, Mr Myers!
Q: What inspired you to become a teacher?
A: When I was younger I went to China and started to teach English to Chinese people. It was there that I realised that teaching was the job for me. So, I came to work at St Helen's and trained to be a teacher.
Q: We all know you love teaching Maths, but if you had to do another job, what would it be?
A: I would love to be a cricket player, or someone who makes crosswords. I also wouldn't mind being a university lecturer.
Q: What are your hobbies outside of school?
A: My hobbies outside of school include cooking (and eating), watching and playing sports such as football and cricket. I also enjoy cycling and often ride my bike to school.
Q: What was your most embarrassing moment when you was a child?
A: My most embarrassing moment has to be when I was at school and I was using a compass (a tool used to draw accurate circles) and it went straight through my thumb.
Q: If you could go back in time to any date, what would it be and why?
A: I would probably go back in time to around 1730-1750's. This is because Hogarth William was alive in this time and he is my favourite painter. His paintings made that time look like a cool time to live in.
Have your say!
Here at The St Helen's Herald, we like to know what you, our readers, think about different aspects of our school, life or current events.
This issue we want to know which French food (from our market) is your absolute favourite!
Results are in...
The results from our last poll (What is your favourite subject?) are in. The results were...
Tied 1st - Art and Forest School
Tied 2nd - Maths and P.E
Upcoming Events
Athletics Regionals
Our year 5 and 6 athletes have their next challenge coming up in June where they will represent London at the South East Region championships. Our dedicated athletes have given up lunch times to train with the coaches and we wish them the best of luck for the next stage of the competition!
GO ST HELENS!!!
Easter Plays
Coming up soon are our Easter plays all about the Easter story and Jesus dying on the cross. These amazing performances will feature children from Reception to year 4.
Parents will be allowed to come to watch so make sure you tell them to come and see these Oscar worthy performances.
Easter Egg Raffle!
Coming up soon is our annual Easter raffle. Keep an eye out for your tickets because you might be the lucky winner. They will be given out by your class teacher in April.
Make sure you put your name and class on each ticket as you have a chance to win lots of Easter eggs!
The raffle will take place on Thursday 7th April 2022 on zoom. Good luck!!!
Saint of the Month
Saint Patrick
St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, Nigeria and Australia. On the 17th March each year, we celebrate St Patrick's day, so in this issue we wanted to give you some more information about Saint Patrick himself.
The feast day of St Patrick is on the 17th of March and is celebrated around the world. Saint Patrick was a slave in Ireland. After he was free he become a priest. He later become the first Bishop of Ireland.
Legend believes that Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland. We hope that every had a great St Patrick's Day!
Joke Corner...
A cheese and tomato sandwich walks into a restaurant and orders a milkshake.
“The bartender says “We don't serve food here.”
What did the plate say to his friend?
“Dinners on me!”
Why can’t you tell a window a joke?
“It would crack up!”
What would a lawyer wear?
“A lawsuit!”
RIDDLE TIME
How can you make Six into an odd number without doing anything to it’s value?
Remove the S and you get IX which is 9 in roman numerals.
Thank you for reading! See you all for our next issue of the St Helen's Herald in April!