Earlier one of the teachers had taken photos of different parts of the building, and the children had come primed with a host of questions, ranging from what does the lady in the office do? to why did Jesus die?
They loved climbing up into the organ loft.
They loved the bell ropes.
They also liked the Noah's Ark mural in the creche room, meeting the lady who works in the office, and handling the silver communion flagon.
They were an incredibly well-behaved, lively, and curious bunch - a credit to their school.
At the beginning of the week I had set them a task (by video): why was the school building built like it was in 1876?
Now the children were going to show me their presentations about the amazing story of E.R. Robson and Alexis St School (previously mentioned in this blog here) and I had to choose the best one in each class.
They had done some great work and the winning presentations will be shown to the whole school at assembly on Monday.
Some of the children had uncovered a new fact about the school's architect: he was offered a knighthood twice. Both times he declined.
His reason?
The architect of nearly 300 London schools (including our one) said he had done it for the children.
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