March 5th, 2010
Yesterday was World Book Day and girls across the school celebrated with a variety of book and literature related activities. In Little St. Helen’s, the girls were very excited to welcome much-loved children’s author and illustrator Jane Hissey to school. She talked to the girls about her books and also signed copies of her books for the girls after school.
Meanwhile, in Junior School, the girls had great fun dressing up as their favourite book characters and, in Senior School, teachers read passages from their favourite books to the girls at the start of lessons. There was also a hotly-contested House Literature Quiz at lunch time and the library offered pupils the chance to take part in a book ‘Lucky Dip’ where they could choose a mystery book to take home and read. The girls were delighted with their choices, with many of them selecting books they wouldn’t normally have read.
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March 4th, 2010
Over 20 girls met for Photography Club yesterday and had a great session on abstract photography where the girls had to compose their own photographs using a set of props such as jewellery, coloured paper etc. They were very creative.
The winning photo was taken by Kristin, Palvi, Ashni and Shivani in Year 7.
Rebecca, Year 12
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February 15th, 2010
Make do and mend: if you have holes in your clothes don’t throw them away, repair them. Better still, revamp them into a new, up-to-date style. Also, only buy what you need. Pass clothes onto relatives and friends. And only put clothes in the wash when they are dirty.
Savannah and Lydia, Year 6
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February 15th, 2010
Last week’s Photography Club meeting saw over 20 people heading off to Little St. Helen’s to take some wonderful photographs for the ‘photo of the week’ competition. The winning photo was taken by Krishna Gokani, Emma Wearing and Mihika Athalye.
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February 15th, 2010
Today, Year 12 IB students from St. Helen’s are in school with fellow IB students from Riverview High School, Sarasota, Florida working on a number of projects as part of their CAS programme. Tasks include preparing a fundraising pack for students hoping to take part in an expedition; planning a quiz evening to raise funds for a local hospice; putting together an induction programme for new IB students; and preparing an activity day for junior school children.
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February 8th, 2010
Over the weekend, use up all the leftover vegetables in your fridge to make a wonderful healthy soup. You never know – spinach and turnip may be the next taste sensation!
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February 2nd, 2010
Fundraising for the Haiti disaster relief fund has been continuing with more money coming in from our non-uniform day and a cake sale last week organised by the girls in Year 7. We’re really pleased that our final total stands at £4,459.94 and are glad that we were able to do something to help the people of Haiti who are suffering so much.
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February 1st, 2010
Last week, the Photography Club, which is run by Year 12 students Rebecca Shapiro and Mei-Kim Lee, looked at macro-photography and angles. The winning photograph in the Photo of the Week competition was taken by Raveena Patel in Year 12.
The winning photograph
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January 25th, 2010
Last week was, as always, a busy one at Little St. Helen’s. Whilst Nursery looked for rectangle shapes, practised the number 3 and focussed on the nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill, the girls in Reception were really excited to receive a visit from the Dogs Trust and the vet. They were shown all the things that a dog needs and how to stroke a dog properly. They then had the opportunity to stroke Kanga the dog. When the vet came, the girls learnt all about what a vet does and how to look after different pets.
In Year 1, the girls continued with their ‘Around the World’ topic and have been learning about France this week. The girls began by locating France on the globe and discussing where it is in Europe and which countries are next to it. They watched ‘Barnaby Bear’s’ trip to Paris in which he travelled on the Eurostar and visited several well known places. They then wrote postcards home from Paris which contained information about famous landmarks and traditional delicacies. In Art, the girls learnt about Cezanne and his love of drawing still life. They used oil pastels to create their own images based on his style and enjoyed discussing what they liked most about their own work. This week they are off to Australia!
Finally, in Year 2 the girls learnt about weighing in grammes and kilogrammes. They found lots of things to weigh around the classrooms and had fun estimating the weights beforehand. In English, they started to write their own non-fiction books about materials.
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January 19th, 2010
When we heard about the terrible disaster in Haiti and the suffering of the Haitian people, we decided to hold a whole school non-uniform day to raise money to send to the Disasters Emergency Committee. Our non-uniform day took place yesterday and we are delighted to be able to report that, at the last count, we have raised over £4,000! This is a fantastic sum of money to be able to contribute to the relief efforts in Haiti with more still to come… Thank you to everyone who has contributed.
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