Month: June 2019

14 June 19

This week Resident Tutor Kirsty Short took a group of Year 10, 11 and 12 boarding pupils to Renegade Fitness Academy in Stevenage for an evening of boxing and fitness. Next term we will be offering this as a weekly evening activity for all boarders! St Chris Boarding House – Boxing Trip, June 2019 from…

14 June 19

Last week pupils from the Junior School performed Little Shop of Horrors. The cast, crew, musicians and behind the scenes team worked really hard on the production and the performance was fantastic – well done to all involved!

14 June 19

This week boarders of all ages went on an evening trip to a local paintball arena. As well as being a fun filled outing, it was also an informal farewell to our Year 13 boarders who are currently finishing their final exams. And although recent rain made the arena a bit of a mud-bath – sliding around only…

14 June 19

The Royal Society of Chemist’s Spectroscopy in a Suitcase (SIAS) scheme came to visit St Chris this week as part of our enrichment program for our Sixth Form chemists. A team of chemists from Cambridge University, headed up by Dr Glyn Williams, tasked our pupils with identifying a variety of substances using spectroscopic techniques such…

14 June 19

This weekend our boarders went on a day trip to Brighton by train. They all had a blast getting ice-creams, exploring the beach and experiencing the Brighton Palace Pier. They then split up to either sunbathe on the beach, or retreat inland for some window shopping in the Lanes. It was great to experience the English seaside with all its sights and…

6 June 19

The Senior School Knitting Club are busy making tiny bobble hats for the The Big Knit organised by Innocent Smoothies, which raises money for Age UK. Pupils and staff have made nearly 200 in the last six weeks, and our deadline is 28 June if anyone would like to join in. The group started knitting…

6 June 19

Pupils in Year 8 had a great day today meeting new pupils who will join their year group in September. The day was full of fun activities, including a visit from the Animal Man who brought some other new friends…who won’t be joining Year 9 in September!  

3 June 19

Pupils in Year 5 (E Group in the Junior School) recently took part in a Virtual Reality Workshop on Ancient Rome. Below is a report from pupil Matilda Temple: “We walked in from break and there were VR headsets in our classroom. I was so excited! We sat down in pairs and we got told…