Celebrating Success - Head's Blog

Celebrating success is something which I do think we can be quite modest about  here at St. Helen’s College. I often pick up educational publications and read about what is happening in other Prep Schools and think to myself - well we have been doing that for years...it’s just part of what we are known for! Perhaps the reason that we are  not ‘blowing our trumpets’ in publications is that our teachers are just so busy with the most important thing of all and that is working with your children to support them in their learning.

I would like to offer you this list below to take your pick from - what interests you?

History of Cricket	Powerpoint
Music	Website, songs
Showcasing My Art	Book
Fermat's Last Theorem	Website, quiz, timeline and video
William Shakespeare	Website,model, quiz and playscript
5 mass extinctions	Website, papier mache
Gymnastics	Website,quiz and photo album
Architecture around the World	Website, photos, Lego
The Cold War	Model, quiz and website
The History and Techniques of Basketball	Website and video
The History Of Walt Disney	Powerpoint
Turtles	Short edit and Powerpoint
Women in Science	Models, information and books
Art Tutorials (human faces and features)	Website, video
Inspirational Women	Powerpoint, quiz, books
Coral Reefs	Powerpoint and model
The History/Present day of the BAPS London Mandir	Book, video a quiz
Dreams and Phobias	Website
Planes
The Evolution of technology	Website, model and video (stop motion), also pictures
Sharks	A lot of writing and a few videos
The History of Video Games	the history of popular video games through the past and present
History of Code	History of code, code now and I will make a game using Fuze
LEGO	Website with Lego movie, quiz and model
Python Bootcamp	On-screen recording software and website
The History of Consoles	Website, video, quiz
History of Fifa	Powerpoint
Glaciers	Powerpoint/model
WW2	Website and art
The Universe and Discoveries Inside It	Website with video
The Life of Alexander Hamilton	Video, Powerpoint
Tsunamis	Website and model
Pokemon	Papier mache model
Rugby	Website containing video
Star Wars	Website and model
The History of Disney	Website
The History of Mcdonalds	Website
History of clothing	Board
The History of Animation	Website, video (an animation)
PCs and how they are made	Website
The History of Marvel	Website
The Gulf War:1990-1991	Website, poster with pictures and quiz
Running Clothes	Website, model of human in running clothes

You may well be wondering why I have shared this list with you!  Well now I AM blowing our trumpet...this is the vast array of projects which our current Year 6 pupils have been working on this half term and how they will present them. They are topics chosen entirely by the pupils themselves because they have a passion for or interest in the subject. They will be presenting their projects to their parents and the pupils and staff next week as the culmination of their learning at St. Helen’s College, after they have delivered their Year 6 production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Compass Theatre.  

I cannot express how proud I am as the Head Teacher to be able to learn from our pupils about subjects I may not be familiar with. I am so enthused by the dedication and commitment of our pupils as they utilise all the skills which they have learnt over the years to present to an audience on a subject they have a genuine interest in. 

As we enter our last week of this academic year I truly am in awe of all of your children - their achievements and success in so many areas of learning are outstanding. Parents from Year 1 to 6 will receive your children’s reports next week; our EYFS parents have already received theirs.  Enjoy reading them - use them to celebrate your children’s successes but also to empower them to keep striving to be their very best - to keep developing their ‘Habits of Learning’. These ‘habits’ when truly established and secure will give them such a great platform to achieve their dreams!

Mrs. Drummond