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Tower of London
6th Jun 2022

On Thursday 2nd June 2022 children from St Edward's and St Winefride's had the honour of performing at the beacon lighting ceremony at the Tower of London as part of the Commonwealth Children's Choir. Following the lighting of the beacon the children sang a song for the Commonwealth commissioned specifically for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, their performance was televised live on Sky News. Well done to all of our children on their fantastic performance.
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Diocesan Citizenship Award
17th May 2022

All the schools from the Newham Deanery were represented at the Brentwood Diocese Citizenship award. A child from each school was presented with their award by Bishop Alan in recognition of their service to the school and others. Haniya was delighted and honoured to receive her award from Bishop Alan.
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Her Majesty's Children's Commonwealth Choir at the Windsor Horse Show
15th May 2022

On Sunday 15th May 2022, pupils from St Edward's and St Joachim's sang as part of Her Majesty's Children's Commonwealth Choir at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. They were joined by other local schools, including Little Ilford Secondary school. This was part of the Queen's 70th, Platinum Jubilee celebrations and was broadcast live across the world on ITV, with potential viewing figures of over 1 billion people. Sincere congratulations to them for such a professional performance, we are extremely proud of them all.
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International Day & Jubilee Playground Party
12th May 2022

Please click on the leaflets below for more information.
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St Edward's Donation to the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal
29th Apr 2022

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
28th Apr 2022

As part of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, pupils from St. Edward's, St. Joachim's and St. Winefride's travelled to Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday 23 rd April 2022 to perform as part of the Commonwealth Children's Choir, accompanied by the Central Band of the Royal British Legion.
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World Autism Acceptance Week 60th Anniversary
25th Apr 2022

A huge thank you to all the pupils, staff and parents for taking part in the World Autism Acceptance week that took place during the week between 28 th March to the 3 rd April 2022. As this year marked the National Autistic Society 60th birthday, the school put together a collection of 60-themed fundraising activities. To help pupils understand the difficulties some people will autism face, the school went into darkness on Wednesday 30 th March from 9.15 - 10.15. Sensory issues are common in people with autism which may include sensitivities to: Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, Touch and Balance.
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Scientists of the term
7th Apr 2022

The wonderful faces you see here are our KS1 & 2 mini-Scientists of the term! They have been working extremely hard all term in Science and have been leading the way with their enquiry skills, knowledge and commitment to lessons this term.
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Commonwealth Choir
17th Mar 2022

The Commonwealth Choir were rehearsing and recording their performances pieces at the Guards Chapel in preparation for their performance on Commonwealth day on March 14 outside the horse guards parade in Whitehall.
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Jean Michel Basquiat
16th Mar 2022

Jean Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) is the historical street artist behind these colourful and vibrant ‘Street Art’ pictures by year 6. The children were eventually able to lose their inhibition about wanting to create the ‘perfect’ picture and learned to be fearless - drawing with vitality the pictures they wanted to create. They were bold in their line drawing. Sketching quickly and be undaunted by their use of colour.
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