News & Events
Echo Clubs – Lego
This term, we have been focusing on the Character Values: Teamwork, Creativity and Adaptability. In our opening week, the children were asked to construct the tallest, free standing tower that could withstand wind. The tallest structure belonged to Giles and William (Year 6) standing at an impressive 90cm. All the other teams successfully completed the…
Year 6
Year 6 had an amazing time at The Science Museum on Tuesday. The children’s new Science topic this term is Electricity and the children had the opportunity to experience a wonderful hands-on experience in the museum’s Wonderlab. Exploring the many practical activities, the children got to create working electrical systems by exploring the circuit boards…
Year 3 – Egyptian day
On Friday 2nd December, Year 3 came to school dressed in their best Egyptian attire, ready for a fabulous day of learning and fun linked to their Humanities topic: ‘Ancient Egypt’. To start off, the children enjoyed learning a dance to some Egyptian music as part of their PE lesson. The children were able to…
Year 1
Year 1 have been looking at the work of Piet Mondrian and tried to emulate his work using primary colours and lines. His ‘Boogie Woogie’ paintings using yellow for the lines and painting the primary colours on top were very inspirational and Year 1 have created their own interpretations of his work.
PE and Sport
ISA Swimming Championships Congratulations to the whole team who took part in the qualifying round at Beckenham Spa last week. We had some very exciting races and also two swimmers Ethan Lee and Nicole Martinaityte who have qualified to represent the South London ISA school swimming team. Bromley Schools Swimming Championships Congratulations to the…
ECHO Clubs
Monopoly (Pre-Prep) The children in Pre-Prep have been enjoying learning all about the rules and strategies of playing Monopoly. They have been practising their counting and mental maths skills and thinking about budgeting their cash. We definitely have some budding property magnates at St Christopher’s!
Harrisons Football Promotion
Our catering company, Harrisons, are running a football promotion starting from November 21st. On Tuesday 22nd and 29th, we will draw a raffle for the Pre-Prep and if they are lucky then they will win a football. Thursday 24th and December 1st we will draw a raffle for the Prep school and if they win…
Pre-Prep Cookery
As part of our ECHO clubs, the Pre-Prep children have been thoroughly enjoying our Cookery Club. The children have been developing a range of basic cookery skills and methods, sharing recipes, being creative and learning simple hygiene around food. We have made a selection of foods from dough to butter as well as sweet treats…
Reception
This week, Mrs Dubeck brought her wizardry to the Reception classrooms. The children learnt how to name pets in French and enjoyed being detectives to work out which pet puppets had been magicked away by Mrs Dubeck’s spells in a game of `qu’est ce qu’il manque?’. They worked really enthusiastically to pronounce the key vocabulary…
PE and Games
On Tuesday 4th October, our U11 Girls football team took part in the ISA National Football Tournament. Our journey took us to another lovely part of the world in Ascot. In preparation for this, the girls needed to get some Astroturf trainers to help them get to grips with the new surface. In our initial…