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As part of our citizenship week project, year 2 have been researching people who help us in our local area. We have also been researching charities to help our local community. We took a trip down to Age UK where we asked some prepared questions, enquiring about the services and work the shop provided. We found out that the shop raises money for the elderly, and that the money goes towards something as simple as a phone call to those who might be lonely. We were very inspired by the volunteers who work in this shop for free.

Young Voices is the world's largest children's choir concert, offering primary school children an unforgettable musical experience, fostering a love for music, and empowering them to discover their voices. Our choir took part in one of the shows at the 02 in February and thoroughly enjoyed singing with 9000 other children to a huge audience that sold out the 02. The children learnt a range of songs from different genres and eras as well as some songs written for the event.

Maths Focus Weeks this year focused on real-world application of maths through fundraising for charity. This was linked to our Gospel value of Option for the Poor. All classes used their maths lessons to organise a fundraising event to raise money for their charity.

On Saturday 8th February, our Chess Teams took part in a tournament in Orpington. The children played very well, using all of their skills and knowledge.

The children got to experience playing in a basketball match for the first time against Britannia Village school. We played three matches winning 10-0, 4-2 and the final 2-0. Elio was voted by the coaches as the St Helen's player who embodied fair play the most.

Football - Our year 5 and 6s had the opportunity to represent St Helen's in the first of a series of events against children from Britannia Village and Royal Wharf school. The majority of the players were going to play in their first ever football match with St. Helens winning all six matches on the day earning five points for our school.

We have had a very busy month of December, with lots of exciting activities taking place.

Our School Choir raised over £600 for charity with their Carol Singing event at Stratford Station. We raised money for HCPT, a charity that takes children to Lourdes at Easter.

Our pupil representatives took part in their first day at Newham Pupil Parliament held at the Old Town Hall in Stratford. They listened to some debates, as well as preparing their own arguments to put forward to the panel.

The local residents wanted to prevent fly tipping on our streets and together with Newham Council, decided that creating an art mural would be a good way to do this. A few children from St Helen's spent two days helping the Street artist ‘Otto Schade’ to create a beautiful elephant mural in the local area. The children worked hard to scrape the old paint off the wall before painting it black.