News & Events
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…
Easter Hatwalk
We are already looking forward to our second annual Easter Hatwalk. It was such a roaring success last year, when we started it, and it really made the last day of the term a day to remember. The themes have been amended for this year, so dust off your hat and get decorating. The timings…
Library use at lunchtimes
Lunchtime library sessions have been up and running since February half term and have been a popular option for many pupils across the school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. When visiting the library at lunchtime, pupils can browse the broad range of books on offer, read quietly or do some drawings in a calm and…
E-safety
Last week, we celebrated Safer Internet Day for the first time. Reception created their Magical Windows, creating amazing views of what they would like to see in an online world. We held an assembly for the whole school on the theme of “Making Space for Conversations About Life Online”. Year Two interviewed each other about…
National Number Day
Friday 3rd February was the NSPCC National Number Day and all the children (and adults) embraced the day through their learning and with their outfits. We raised a total of £125.20 for the SPCC, which is fantastic! The children were invited to wear number inspired clothing / costumes and there were some magnificent mathematical marvels…
E-safety Tip – Safer Internet Day
Next week, we will be joining schools and youth organisations across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2023. Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on children and young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to help…