Blog Author: Cait Chamberlain

If you are anxious about coronavirus or need tips on looking after yourself and your family while self-isolating, click on these links:

Students:

Every Mind Matters

Headstart Newham on Twitter

Coronavirus advice and mental health support 

Parents:

Supporting your child during the…

Fearless is a project administered by the charity Crimestoppers.  Young people can call or message Fearless to provide information to either protect them or others.  It's not all about young people being involved in knife crime or violence, it covers everything safety related and fearless will…

This month is Non Fiction November to encourage us all to read more factual books and increase your knowledge of the world around us.  The theme this year is "The Planet we Share" and Mr Seagull, our Little Ilford maths teacher and libraries champion, has produced a video about the advantages of…

In collaboration with Newham Libraries, over the summer holidays all Year 7 students were invited to participate in the Summer Reading Challenge, and were tasked with reading more than 6 books.  Iqra in 8.4 and Mohammed in 8.6 managed to achieve this and enjoyed every book in the process.  They…

The term word gap refers to those children whose vocabulary is below age-related expectations. As a result they are disadvantaged in a range of ways. Government studies and reports have recently identified that having a limited vocabulary can have a huge impact on a child’s life.
These studies…

Keyan in Year 8 has written an incredible spoken word piece to mark Black History Month. 

You can listen to it here.

Are you a parent from the black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Community living in Newham?  Newham London is offering an opportunity for parents to communicate openly and transparently in a safe non-judgemental environment about your experiences of racism and inequality in Newham.   The group events…

Our drama department ran online live lessons last week for Year 7 and 8 students.  The students were taught and set a task of writing monologues on the theme of being 'trapped'.  Below are some of the ones that the students have given us permission to share as we think they are really…

The June Headteacher Challenge was to write a short story between 200 and 500 words.  The story needed to stand by itself without any need for further explanation.  The winner is Marjanah in 11.2 for her excellent piece below.

There were some fantastic entries for this month's Headteacher Challenge, the theme of which was  'My View'.

Ms Marriott and Mr Wilson were so impressed by both the thoughtfulness of our Little Ilford students and the quality of your entries, particularly given the difficult…

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Mental Health Awareness Week is the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health and mental health problems especially during this current COVID-19 pandemic.  If we were all at school we would have had more presentations and interactive talks on the subject but instead I have provided a…