Category: Senior School

22 October 21

Two of our III Group (Year 9) students, Krish and Maya, have been attending our 3D Design Department after-school “Shed” workshop sessions this week – making a display as part of their English project on the Suffragettes. They used a power saw and sander to shape the recycled wooden off-cuts, plus our laser cutter to…

22 October 21

Our III Group (Year 9) students have been working hard in 3D Design – bending, cutting, brazing and MIG welding components for our steel candle holder project. These should hopefully be ready for the end of term – with pupils motivated by the fact that they make a perfect Christmas gift!

21 October 21

Pupils in the Senior School are looking forward to next week’s half-term Spanish climbing trip, and recently got some practice in at Big Rock in Milton Keynes!

7 October 21

The 3D Design Workshop has been busy this week with pupils working on their projects. Bertie in Year 10 (IV Group) has been working on some raised aluminium hands as part of his 3D Design Natural Forms project. Izzy in Year 13 (Upper Sixth) is starting to build the steel armature for the jaw of…

7 October 21

Huge congratulations to Noah Jones in Year 7 (I Group) for being nominated for the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2021.   He has been selected as one of this year’s 85 commended poets, out of 15,000  entrants to the competition. To be in the top 100 is a fantastic achievement.    Noah’s…

14 September 21

Congratulations to Henry in Year 9, who came third last weekend in Round 5 of the Ultimate Karting Championships (UKC).   The 6th (and last) round is being held at the end of October. This is Henry’s first national karting championship and we wish him every success in the final round and a final position in…

10 September 21

This Thursday saw the return of the St Chris Options programme in the Senior School, where pupils from I Group (Year 7) to Lower Sixth (Year 12) take part in a weekly afternoon of activities with pupils from across the school, to learn and develop new skills and discover new opportunities. This term pupils are taking…

14 July 21

In the last weeks 0f term we were lucky to be able to hold our Summer Ball for students in Years 11 – 13 (V Group to Upper Sixth). A huge thank you to student Leila Barbaro who documented the evening with camera and got some brilliant pictures. You can see the whole gallery following…

2 July 21

On Wednesday students in Year 8 (II Group) took part in an illustration workshop with Old Scholar Tabby Wall and teacher Rebecca Twiston-Davis. They gave students a fascinating presentation about how their own work has developed. Tabby took part in the illustration project when she was a pupil at St Chris and has since gone…

2 July 21

We had an incredible night last night at our outdoor Summer Ball for pupils in Years 11, 12 and 13. Delicious food by the catering team, and food trucks, combined with music and dancing and the chance to catch up with fellow pupils and staff, made for a magical evening… and luckily the sun shone!…