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St Joachim's School Council Visit the Refugee and Migrant Project. (RAMP)
17th Feb 2022

St Joachim's School Council representatives went on a visit to The Refugee and Migrant Project (RAMP) as part of the OLOG Citizenship project on Building Bridges. They went to see how they operate and learn about their special work supporting the most needy people in our society. This is the charity which St Joachim's have traditionally supported by donating their Harvest Festival collection to them. The children were able to gain an insight on what services they offer to refugees and migrants.
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St Joachim’s Classic Poetry Project 2022
31st Jan 2022

On the last week of January saw the conclusion of St Joachim’s annual Classic Poetry Project – an English project which is focussed on reading, analysing, and reciting classic poems. On Friday 21st January children from Reception to Year 6 came together to celebrate the project with class recitals of famous poems such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred Lord Tennyson; which were of the highest standard. It was a delight to welcome so many parents to the celebration assembly as it was fantastic for the children to have such a large and appreciative audience. Children from Reception to Year 6 all recited their poems with great enthusiasm and joy. There were some particularly powerful recitals, and all the children had learnt their class poem off by heart.
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2022
27th Jan 2022

Representatives from St Joachim's and St Helen's attend the Newham Holocaust Memorial Day at the Old Town Hall in Stratford. The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 is One Day
One Day – 27 January – is a day that we put aside every year to come together to remember, to learn about the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur, in the hope that there may be One Day in the future with no genocide. We learn more about the past, we empathise with others today, and we take action for a better future.
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Architecture in Schools at St Francis’ – Working in Our Community
18th Jan 2022

Year 5 , at St Francis’, took part in an exciting project called ‘Architecture in Schools’. The project aimed to get the children thinking about the architecture around them and how it can be made more sustainable. The children worked with professional architects to design their own building, using many problem solving skills as well as learning about our local area. They visited the Olympic Park with professional architects and viewed the architecture around Stratford New Town, visited Chobham Academy (which the architects involved designed) before making their own models.
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30th Anniversary of the Jolly Christmas Postman
21st Dec 2021

Mark, a postman of thirty years, went to St Helen’s in Plaistow to read the story to a class of children. The Jolly Christmas Postman, written by the Allan and Janet Ahlberg, has been a Christmas favourite for 30 years. All the children featured also received a copy of the book thanks to Puffin Books.
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St Antony's- Dot Dot Fire Financial Literacy
16th Dec 2021

Bring financial literacy to your classroom.
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Supporting Parish Communities
14th Dec 2021

Staff at St Helen’s volunteered to host the Parish Christmas Lunch. This was put on for the pensioners and Sisters in our community. After a 3 course meal, they enjoyed singing and dancing as well as a game of bingo.
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St Antony’s children and staff are recognised as London Living Wage employers
24th Nov 2021

Children at St Antony’s have campaigned, through their music videos, to promote the London Living Wage. Staff at the school have supported children to understand the principles of Catholic Social Teaching and through their voice to raise issues of poverty and injustice. Their work was recognised in an assembly and in the Newham Recorder. Living Wage Week: Forest Gate school marks accreditation | Newham Recorder
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Armistice Day 2021
18th Nov 2021

Children representing the Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust joined with other schools in Newham to remember those who died in World War I and other conflicts. The Last Post was played followed by the two minutes silence, which was reverently observed by all attending the service. Monseigneur John Armitage presided and children from all the Trust schools read poems, prayers and reflections as everyone remembered those who gave their lives for our freedoms.
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Trustees & Senior Leaders Meeting across the Trust
27th Oct 2021

On Saturday 16 th October governors, trustees and senior leaders across the Trust came together to review the successes of the previous year and spend time reflecting on the values, vision and mission of the Trust. They also agreed on some next steps to ensure that all schools in the trust can provide the best education for all the children they serve.
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