On 21st April 2011, Team Aspire (consisting of Prina, Shaya and Sarita) attended the Annual WOHAA Awards Ceremony. Team Aspire have raised over £3,000 through various fundraising events, including shoe shining, busking and their main event: a Fairytale themed Tea Party. Their efforts were recognised as they received an award … Read more
On Monday 4th April, St. Helen’s Symphony Orchestra and Merchant Taylors’ School joined forces to present a Joint Concert at St. John’s, Smith Square, London. The programme included Stitch in Time by Simon Couldridge (Head of Strings at Merchant Taylors’), Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor by soloist Kenneth So from … Read more
On Thursday 31st March, Year 9 went on a trip to Ypres in Belgium. Anisha from Year 9 tells us more about the trip… At 4.15am on Thursday, Year 9 ardently set off for a phenomenal History trip to Ypres in Belgium, to have a clearer insight into the First World … Read more
This week has been Japanese Fundraising Week, with a variety of activities and fundraisers occuring at St. Helen’s. On Tuesday 29th March, the Japanese Department and some Senior School girls made vegetarian and fish sushi and provided a demonstration. The sushi was then sold at breaktime and lunchtime for the rest of … Read more
On Tuesday 29th March, St. Helen’s were delighted to welcome Lord Woolf to the school to meet students from Years 11-13, as part of the Peers in Schools Programme. The Peers in Schools programme aims to raise awareness of the role of the House of Lords and to encourage young … Read more
The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy at Little St. Helen’s, especially with the arrival of nine fluffy chicks…just in time for Spring! The Nursery classes were very excited by the arrival of an incubator and eggs, and by Tuesday, Nursery Red and Yellow had also seen a chick … Read more