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16 January 20

 After School on Tuesday, 14 January we held a Years 7 & 8 (I & II group) Swimming Gala vs King James Academy in Royston. The St Chris Swim Team did a fantastic job achieving great times in their events.  The final result was very close with King James winning by just 3 points –…

7 January 20

On Thursday, 12 December Alaine Anderson’s Year 9 (III Group) Company held a Bake Sale to support the Salvation Army Christmas Present Appeal.  Despite the dreary weather the students stayed cheerful, singing Christmas carols and selling cakes and cookies and raised a wonderful 143.50 which was delivered to the Salvation Army Church after School had…

11 December 19

Amar  in Year 9 (III Group) was selected to represent the U14 East Region Water Polo Team! His first Inter-Regional Competition, in Walsall, was this weekend and although his team played strongly, they lost to Scotland in the last few seconds of their last game so came ninth instead of fifth. Well done to Amar…

6 December 19

The Senior School Knitting Club (AKA ‘Knit and Natter’) have been busy knitting hats for babies and children in Rajasthan – they made over 60 this term! The hats are ready for the Sixth Form students to take with them on their trip to Rajasthan today and will be distributed in the villages and organisations…

22 November 19

The PE Department would like to say well done to all the students who represented St Chris in the annual District X-Country on 7 November.  We are still awaiting the official results from the organisers, but our students all gave 100% during their courses of between one and two miles. I Group (Year 7): Millie,…

21 November 19

Last Friday, the Senior School raised an amazing £472 for Children in Need. Donations were raised from a cake sale, Positivity Fair donations (part of Anti-Bullying Week), face painting and a ‘Puppies for Pudsey’ raffle (which raised a fantastic £287 alone!). Congratulations to Megan and Erin who won the raffle, which was a lunchtime visit…

28 March 19

On Tuesday 26 March St Chris Senior School pupils took part in the HSBC National School Rugby 7’s at Rosslyn Park. The team, made up of Sid, Louis, Tom, George, Jake, Leon, Charlie, Kip, Jude, Ben and Stefan played four games, losing three and winning one. The team first had a narrow loss against The…

22 March 19

So what IS the best book in North Herts Schools? Eight St Chris Book Club members from years 7 and 8, accompanied by Linda and Liz from the library, headed over to Fearnhill School on Wednesday for the annual North Herts Schools Book Award.  This event, organised by school librarians from all over North Herts…

14 March 19

Rugby 7’s is a fledgling but increasingly popular sport at St Chris. Last week nine Senior School pupils and coach Sebastian Aguilar headed to the Society of Heads U18s Rugby 7’s Tournament. The event went really well considering the smaller size of our team and that we were playing against well established rugby schools with…

14 March 19

Last week in the Junior School we celebrated World Book…Week! During the week we held a sponsored read-a-thon, a Big Booky Breakfast in the Hall, made bookmarks, held a daily story session in each class and spent time exploring the Library. On Thursday 7 March we shared stories between classes and everyone came dressed as…