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19 May 22

Last week, the School took part in Mental Health Awareness Week. A highlight for the Junior School was learning breathing and relaxation techniques with the Letchworth Centre for Healthy Living.  In addition to the Parent Forum and Morning Talk, classes explored the theme of ‘loneliness’ from the youngest, Nursery children who read ‘Larry’s Left Out‘…

19 May 22

Some students in Years 7 & 8 took part in the Junior Maths Challenge last month and the results are now in!  Overall, we were awarded 5 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze certificates.  Well done to all those who took part, but special mention to Arjun, Dillon, Robert and Mabel whose high scores meant…

19 May 22

Our Year 12 Biologists went on a residential trip to Juniper Hall, near Box Hill.  It was a busy weekend looking at ecological sampling techniques and biodiversity. Highlights included setting small mammal traps (no mammals were harmed!); looking at river invertebrates; identifying moths and spending some time in the sunshine!

17 May 22

Our Year 11 and Year 13 PE Theory students had some fun with trampolining and volleyball before their study leave.  Their PE teachers wish them all the very best in their upcoming exam!

11 May 22

Some of our Senior Netballers (Year 11 – Sixth Form) challenged staff to pre-study leave game of netball this week!  Many thanks to the staff who came to play and to support and the students had a great time.   It ended up being a closer second half than we’d planned for, after the students picked…

27 April 22

‘Be Green’ in the Junior and Senior School’s are running ‘Rhubarb Fest’ this April and May! This involves lots of rhubarb picking across all year groups. If you would like to try some St Chris rhubarb, sticks will be ready to pick up outside the school, for as long as it is available. You could…

1 April 22

This week the Be Her Lead group participated in an online event celebrating the work of author Francesca Cavallo. Francesca, co-creator of the Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls series, among others, spoke live over Zoom with BHL groups from around the country on Thursday afternoon, discussing the need for diverse and accurate representation of all…

1 April 22

We had some Easter fun with our GCSE and A Level PE classes: they all had to solves ten cryptic questions, find the Easter carrots/eggs with letters, determine the ‘red herring’ letter and solve the 9-letter anagram!  And a couple of classes even had time for some egg & spoon races – they definitely earned…

1 April 22

Well done to our U14 (Years 8 & 9) Girls Footballers who were so keen to take part in the District Tournament and won two of their games, even with one player down!  They had a great time and we are all keen to get some regular practices in for next season.

25 March 22

Congratulations to the Year 8 (II Group) Netballers for achieving 4th place (out of 10 teams) in the District Netball Tournament on Thursday.  They were Runners Up in their pool and then sadly missed out on a medal in the play-offs.  However, considering the team started with only three players back in September, and only…