Soho Parish School

Our pupils took part in an art competition with construction company West + Vitorri. The theme was ice cream as the site they are working on at 30-32 Mortimor street, built in 1884, was the site where Agnes B. Marshall, inventor of the icecream cornet, began a cookery school. The winners visited their artwork today and met the site and project managers, who kindly presented us with a huge cheque donation for the school, which the children proudly carried back to school! They have been invited back in July for a tour of the site and icecream! Thank you West and Vitorri for your generous donation!

A huge congratulations to Alan in Y6 who won our competition with Randall and Aubin to design a poster celebrating their 30th Anniversary! The winner was announced in our celebration assembly on Friday, where we were joined by Ed and Jamie who presented Alan with his prize of lots of exciting art materials. Alan was very excited to have won as he absolutely loves art and drawing! Thank you again to for this fantastic opportunity.

Today our student Arts Council visited two exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery: Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life and
Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart. They explored the themes present in the artworks of memory, journeys, identity, sense of place and dreams, in order to get inspiration for our annual art week. Next they’ll be presenting their ideas to the teachers in order to help plan art workshops for art week next term.

This week our Student Arts Councillors were invited to the for a special filming opportunity with art historian Katy Hessel on a tour round the gallery! Katy has written a fantastic book called ‘The history of art without men’ celebrating women artists. She has created a family trail around the gallery to find portraits by women who changed the world with their incredible art. This will be available during the school holidays from their Family Art Cart. The trail will introduce visitors to fascinating women artists with a range of fun activities. Our Arts council had a fantastic time exploring and discussing the portraits with Katy! Thank you to and for this opportunity!

Our fabulous winners enjoyed a trip to today to chose their prizes from

We are very excited to be taking part in a compeition with to to design a celebration poster for their 30th anniversary which they are celebrating this year. Last week our KS2 student Arts councillors visited the restaurant to gather inspiration by taking lots of photos and asking owners Jamie Poulton and Edd Baines lots of questions. This week the arts council will be launching the competition in one of our whole school assemblies! We are very excited to see what creative designs the children come up with. The winner will win an amazing hamper of art materials for themselves and £1000 for the school. We are extremely grateful to for this opportunity and their generousity.

The best World Book Day 2026! Here is a sneak peak while we get the children’s pictures ready! Great staff engagement today- not sure who had more fun!!

A lovely morning in Early Years! Themes of Spring across the curriculum are making us feel warm and sunny 🌞

Robin Class are loving this Art Project! Thanks Harry! The children explained how they printed the patterns and materials they used. I was amazing how articulately they explained the process.

Eco-Council met yesterday and plans are thoroughly underway to celebrate Earth Day 🌳 🌎 and discussions had over how we ca be more sustainable.