Month: October 2020

23 October 20

Opportunities to run trips are limited at the moment, but our intrepid A Level Geography students ventured into London this term for their first data collection day. The location was Stratford in East London, where the areas around Stratford New Town and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park were studied against a range of criteria. A…

23 October 20

Twins Alfie and Dylan, currently in Year 9, are the joint recipients of the title Poet Laureate this year. We caught up with them and Head of English Dave Ilott to discuss their award. Dave explained, “We wanted this award to be a celebration of poetry. We have the Gouldstone Prize for writing every year, and…

23 October 20

Over the last two weeks our Reception class (K Group) have been learning about Elmer the elephant. Today we rejoiced all things Elmer, with a celebration of all things colourful and bright on Elmer Day. We dressed up in as many different coloured cloths as we could, some of us even coloured our hair! Then…

22 October 20

Congratulations to Olivia in Year 11 (V Group) whose image has been voted the winning photograph in the Youth Urban Life category of the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards in partnership with The Sunday Times Magazine. Her incredible photograph, titled Chinese New Year, was voted best in category by the judges, and has won a…

16 October 20

In a lovely (and random) moment last week, the pupils in Ian’s Year 5 (E Group) class came to school in their onesies, having arranged it themselves the day before! A lovely moment of community organisation!

16 October 20

Last night we held a Boarders Quiz in the school theatre. Lots of boarders joined in and competition was fierce! Picture rounds included “identify the badly drawn film poster”, “celebrity mashups”, “logos” and “name the biscuit”! It was a tightly fought race with Team Kiwi coming out on top with 39.5 points – Well done…

16 October 20

This half term we’re running a pumpkin carving competition to raise money for our charity partners in Rajasthan, India! Entry costs £2, and there will be prizes available for the best Junior School pupil, Senior School pupil AND the best parent entries! Judging will be by our scary Sixth Form Major Officials! To enter, please…

7 October 20

It’s St Chris apple juice season! Pasteurised apple juice from the St Chris orchard will be on sale for parents picking up from the Junior School this afternoon and tomorrow. £2.50 a bottle with profits going to charity – please bring the correct change! Congratulations to Amelia in Year 6 (D Group) who designed the…

1 October 20

At the start of each academic year, we run a bonding trip for those new to the Senior School in Year 7.  This year’s trip, to the Herts Young Mariners Base in nearby Lee Valley, started with beautiful sunshine despite the dreadful weather forecast and the torrential rain overnight. The 49 very excited Year 7 pupils were accompanied by…

1 October 20

Last week our Year 12 (Lower Sixth) pupils had a trip out of school for their start of term bonding trip to the Herts Young Mariners Base in the Lee Valley. The students took part in kayaking, stand up paddle boarding and climbing on their day trip! They were extremely lucky with the weather and…