Getting to know you: Meet Anna Helm

Blackfriars is delighted to welcome a number of new staff members in 2023. We look forward to getting to know them – and here’s a head start.

Name: Anna Helm

What is your role in 2023? ESO EL Senior School.

Where are you joining us from? I have been working at Henley High School for the past five years. I have worked at DCP and for nine years at St Catherine’s Primary School, in Stirling.

What do you hope to bring to Blackfriars? My experience working with students that need support with patience, empathy, adaptability, understanding and a side of humour.

What’s the best thing about working in a school? Seeing students flourish, students having a sense of pride in their accomplishments and making a difference in their learning journey.

What’s your favourite song and why? My Sweet Lord, by The Beatles, as I played it incessantly as a child, am a bit of a ‘hippy’ and it has an uplifting and joyous melody.

Your favourite movie? Any of the James Bond movies due to the simplicity of the formula and they are just good fun.

What would we typically find in your lunchbox? Lots of vegetable or fruit salads, quiches, fritters etc, anything that is left over from dinner. I was a chef in a past life, so I love to cook.