St Christopher’s School News

Summer Term 2009

Please click here to find out what the Reception class has been doing this Term.

There have been a number of exciting activities and outings for the pupils at St Christopher’s.  Early in the term, Year 4 visited The Tower of London and just before Half Term the Museum of London.- reports to follow.

Year 6 went to the Imperial War Museum and both Years 5 and 6 are at Harrow House Activity Centre in Swanage - they are lucky to have chosen the earliest sunny week of this Summer.

Years 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 have enjoyed sitting SATs and we expect excellent results.

Years 3, 4 and 5 sat their LAMDA exams and all but one was awarded a Merit or Distinction.  Everyone did their best and should be congratulated.

During the first Half of Term the school took part in Readathon for the Roald Dahl Cancer Research Charity and collected over £300.

At present children can be seen skipping as if their lives depended on it.  Towards the end of June our children will ‘skip for charity’.  This event in aid of the British Heart Foundation has proved to be the most popular of all activities we have enjoyed for charity.

Reception have been enjoying their study of the lifecycle of the tortoiseshell butterfly.  They received butterfly eggs which quickly turned into caterpillars [the larva stage] and then into the pupa stage before breaking out into beautiful butterflies.  This whole process took no more than 4 weeks.  The children were fascinated. 

We have plenty of activities arranged for the rest of this term including a visit to the Greenwich Planetarium, our Sports Day, Summer Fête, Prize Giving and Speech Day, but before that our summer term musical production of ‘Oliver’.  As you can see from the photo, the children have greatly enjoyed the rehearsals. 

We were visited by MiMi – a music teacher from the north of Thailand, who listened to our ‘Oliver’ practice, went to see the show in the West End, courtesy of our friend, Rev Eric Thorn, and is now fully intending to introduce English musical comedy to Thailand. 

It was very pleasing to hear that our commitment to extra-curricular activities bears fruit.

Research published byISCat itsAnnual Conference 2009 [2nd June] revealed a link between the amount of extra-curricular activities undertaken by pupils and their academic performance. The study of over 500 independent schools revealed that pupils in the top-performing schools took part, on average, in 50 per cent more activities than those pupils at less successful schools.

Lastly, congratulations to Jai. Kishan Patel who is a senior prizewinner in St.Christopher's Art Competition for his Fruit picture - looks delicious!

St Christopher's School 'NOSE' best!

Red Nose Day assembly! We had a fun day and managed to raise a fantastic £75.30!

St Christopher's School gets Top Exam Results!

We are very pleased to announce that pupils from St Christopher's School gained excellent secondary school placements at the following schools:
Girls won places at: North London Collegiate, Haberdashers' Aske's for Girls, St Margaret's, Peterborough and St Margaret's, St Helen's, Henrietta Barnet Girls, Northwood College, Heathfield, Watford Girls Grammar, Kingsbury High School and Parmiter's Grammar School.
Boys won places at: Aldenham, John Lyon, St Clement Danes, Watford Grammar, Merchant Taylors, Queen Elizabeth Boys School, Barnet and Haberdashers' Boys School.

This is a fantastic achievement and we are very proud of all our pupils.

Former pupil experiences 'A Journey of a Lifetime' during her trip to Hajj

Ten year old Saleena Nurmohamed, who joined the 2006-7 European Hajj Mission of the Council of European Jamaat took the initiative to record a diary of her entire journey. The rituals of Hajj are common to al Muslims and millions perform them every 7 years. The experiences are unique to every individual and the booklet that was produced records Saleen's experiences in her own words.
The European Hajj Mission has thought it fit to publish her diary and make it available to a wider audience, for two reasons. Firstly, it is to inspire other children, and equally important - adults too, to consider performing this spiritual and life changing journey at the earliest opportunity. Secondly, from within the Hajj's community, there are very few such recorded experiences, from a child's eyes, and it is hoped that readers of all ages will find her narrration interesting.

On behalf of St Christopher's School, we would like to congratulate Salenna for her diary.

Congratulations to Gabriella Marshall

Gabriella has been very busy in the world of Ballet. Being recognised as an exceptional talent she has performed in a series of international events over the past 6 months.
She has been awarded 'Best performance' for her performances in Moscow, New Jersey and Barcelona. She is presently booked to perform in Israel at Easter time. All of this dancing has been for the Young Ballet of London.