On Thursday afternoon some boys and girls from Year 5 and 6 took part in SportsHall Athletics at Edmonton County. There were 14 Schools from across the borough who part over a number of weeks. The teams took part in a range of events from track and field and scoring points. The children had a great afternoon competing in the different events. Well done to all the children who took part.
Well done to St David's for winning the inter-house football. This was the first of our inter-house events, well done to all who took part. There was great excitement as the final match went to penalties. There was a great team effort!
Code Club used the BBC micro:bits to code decorations for our ICT Christmas tree. The micro:bits spell out Merry Christmas in different languages. We sent details and photos to EU Code Week and have received a certificate from them for our submission.
Well done to the girls in the Year 5 and 6 football team. They played in a football tournament at the power league. They played four matches; they played against St Andrew's and drew 0-0, against North Star and drew 0-0, against St Monica's and drew 0-0. Our final match was against Raglan, but unfortunately we lost 3-0.
They played really well as a team and tried to score goals, with lots of near misses! Well done girls, you are playing really well as a team!
Year 2 took part in an exciting event as they visited Edmonton Fire Station. The children learnt lots about the important job that firefighters do and they even got the chance to spray the hoses and go on the fire engine! Once again, a huge thank you to the staff for organising and leading the trip and to all the parents who helped to support. The children came back to school extremely excited with huge smiles on their faces! You can see some of the photos of their day bellow.
We were joined by members of the Leytonstone branch of the Royal British Legion for our Remembrance assembly on Monday 11th November. Some of the Year 6 children read poems written at the time of the First World War while we listened to music and watched a PowerPoint presentation. At the end of the assembly we were presented with a Certificate of Affiliation so St Edmunds is now officially a member of the Youth Organisation of the RBL.
Children and staff from St Edmund's took part in the Remembrance Sunday parade and service in Edmonton Green on Sunday 10th November. After a moving service, two of the Year 6 children laid a wreath on the War Memorial alongside those from the Mayor and Councillors, Members of Parliament, the Police, Royal British Legion, Air Cadets and other uniformed groups. We were the only school to participate this year, so we were honoured to represent all Edmonton schools.
On Thursday 7/11/24, the girls football team had their third round of matches which they played in the Power League. They had two games, the first was against Wilbury, and we won 1-0. It was a great game, and the score could have been higher. We had a few near misses . Our second match was against Fleecefield, and we drew 1-1. Again, it was a great game. The team played brilliantly. A great team effort, girls!
The girls football team played their second league games in the Power League. They played two games, the first against Eldon we drew 0-0. The team played a fantastic game and had a few misses! The second match they played was against Raglan. Again they played a brilliant game, but unfortunately lost 2-0. Our goalie made some fantastic saves with the help of our defence. Well done girls, you all played well as a team!
Well done to the Year 5 and 6 girls football team. They played their first league games. They did very well in defending and attacking and nearly scoring a goal against Eldon, but Eldon got a penalty and won 1-0.
We continued our attacks against Edmonton Co, but lost 1-0. Our final match was with Highfield and we lost against them 3-0.
We still played a great match and our goalie saving many goals throughout the matches. Well-done girls, a great team effort!
Well done to the Year 5 and 6 football team, yet again they played well, in defending and attacking. Unfortunately, they lost some matches. They played against Prince of Wales (POW) scoring the first goal. Before half -time, POW equalised, it was 1-1. POW scored in the last second of full time, making it 2-1 to POW. The second match with Eldon was again another great game, with constantly attacking trying to score goals, missing a few times. We drew with Eldon 0-0. The last match with Raglan was also exciting, with great attacking and fantastic defending from the boys at the back and great saves from our goalie. Unfortunately, we lost 4-0, but not without putting in a great fight. Well done boys, you should be proud!
Today in Year 6, we focused on mental health and discussed why it’s so important to take care of our minds and well-being. We also talked about all the exciting and positive activities we get to experience this year, like the PGL trip, school production, awards assemblies, pizza parties, and of course, the much-anticipated school disco with a DJ!
As part of our lesson, we created personal affirmation posters, filled with messages that are unique and meaningful to us. Some of the affirmations we shared included:
We also took the opportunity to celebrate our uniqueness by creating superhero names and designing stickers for ourselves and our friends. For example:
Once we had our superhero names, we made special stickers and handed them out to our friends during break time—even some of the teachers got one! It was a fun and uplifting way to remind each other just how special we all are.
