We were delighted to learn this week that two of our Senior School students, Noureen and Prithika, have won the London Education and Arts Programme (LEAP) Summer Camp Competition. Both girls produced posters based on the Olympic and Paralympic values, which were selected as winning entries, with Prithika’s coming in … Read more
Highlights of the week in Junior School have included the Swimathon, involving girls in all years and raising money for Sports Relief and Emma Wiggs ‘Seated Volleyball’. The girls had to swim as many widths as possible in 20 minutes and some very impressive totals were achieved. Also this week, … Read more
At 5.30pm on Wednesday 25th April, the St. Helen’s Singers sang Evensong at Southwark Cathedral, with music by Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Archer and Timothy Blinko. This was the St. Helen’s Singers’ fourth Evensong in four years, and the Cathedral clergy commented on how impressed they were with the girls’ singing, … Read more
Reception had a fantastic Child Initiated Day on Monday. The girls all looked fabulous in their outfits and enjoyed having a ‘giggle’ at their teachers who were dressed up as different ‘people who help us’. They were able to explain to the rest of their class who they had come … Read more
On Thursday 26th April, the Jewish Society invited Gerald Granston, a Holocaust Survivor, to speak at St. Helen’s School. He spoke to a packed, highly interested audience about his experiences of his voyage on the St. Louis to escape Nazi Germany, as well as his exposure to anti-Semitism. He was passionate in getting the message across that we must … Read more
Last week, Year 6 students were challenged to design their dream bedroom. Mrs Lassman, an interior designer and mother of four St. Helen’s girls, introduced the project to the students before break. They were given a budget and then had to draw up design plans, calculate their expenditures and create a … Read more
Year 12 IB Art student, Iman, recently had her work selected to be displayed and sold at the Ideas Generation Gallery, Shoreditch, as part of Record Store Day on 21st April. The project, named Secret 7“, saw 700 unique vinyl sleeves being exhibited, to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. The … Read more
Jeremy King visited Junior School on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th April, bringing a STIXX machine, to run a number of activities with girls in all Years 3, 4 and 5. The girls rolled up sheets of newspaper and coated the ends with cellulose paste. They then placed these rolls in the machine, which, when … Read more
This year’s Phab Week, during the first week of the Easter holidays, was a great success. Sixth Form pupils from St. Helen’s and Merchant Taylors’ Schools, supported by staff, ran a residential week for physically and mentally disabled young people. They took their guests skiing in Milton Keynes, to Chessington World … Read more
The Joint Orchestra and Choral Society Concert with Merchant Taylors’ School last Monday 26th March was without a doubt, an outstanding concert. There were excellent performances of Prokofiev’s March from The Love of Three Oranges, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending (in which the solo violinist was Rachel Whalley) and Grieg’s Piano … Read more