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Spanish Primary Bee
On Tuesday 27th June, four of our finest linguists from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Spanish Primary Bee National final at the University of Cambridge to compete against the most proficient language learners in the country. This fantastic initiative aims to support and inspire children to practise and improve their vocabulary, pronunciation…
Spanish ECHO (Prep)
This term, a group of keen linguists from Years 5 and 6 have been improving their Spanish memory and pronunciation skills in our Primary Bee ECHO Club in preparation for the national final, which will take place at the University of Cambridge on Tuesday, 27th June. The children have participated in fun, whole-class vocabulary games…
Path to Play
We were delighted to see our Path to Play installed over half-term. The personalised bricks are now in situ with pupils’, family, and teachers’ names, both past and present, and they now mark a little place in the fabric of our school. The paths can also be extended should we wish to in the future….
Preschool
The Preschool enjoyed an exciting workshop about ‘Heroes’ last week. We thought about what makes a hero and how we are all heroes every day. We dressed up in capes and masks and passed all the hero tests. Everyone had a super time!
Design Technology
‘Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.‘ Robert L. Peters This term, we have launched a brand new and exciting subject into our curriculum…Design & Technology! DT is a practical subject that is focussed on problem solving and developing creative and critical thinking. It also feeds into our big drive in…
St Christopher’s In The Community Initiative
We will be using the milestone of the School’s 130th birthday to launch a new initiative called ‘St Christopher’s in the Community’ – an opportunity for our children/staff to give something back to our local community by pledging 130 hours a year to help those in need in our community. This initiative is not about…
STEM workshop: Dr Badiger Human Body workshop
On Thursday 27th April, Dr Badiger (Anaiya’s mother (Yr2)) kindly delivered STEM workshops for the children in Years 4, 5 and 6. Dr Badiger delivered three amazing workshops to the children to further their learning about the human body and the importance of medicines and patient care. She spoke about her role as an anaesthetist…
St Christopher’s wins an award!
It gives us great pleasure to let you know that, at the annual Private Education Awards 2023 for LUXlife, our school was awarded Most Nurturing Preparatory School 2023 – Greater London. The judging panel and research team take into consideration the commitment, expertise, and innovation shown by nominees and spotlight the institutions and educational professionals…
Year 3 and 4 Show
Congratulations to Year 3 and 4 on a wonderful Music and Drama showcase, on Wednesday. The morning consisted of several musical solos, including piano, violin, singing, guitar and drums! We also heard group recorders, poetry, and an entertaining radio play version of ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’, where the children created all the sound effects to…
Science Week
Years 5 and 6’s focus – as part of this week’s STEM celebration of Connections – was to look at Parachutes. This culminated in some daring science experiments, amazing pieces of art and some very impressive needlework worthy of Paris Fashion Week; to name but a few of the excellent outcomes from this week. The…