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Children’s Charity this year
Our chosen school charity this year, ECHO (Evelina Children’s Heart Organisation), has seen us collect money from many events such as the Easter Egg competition; Year 3 and 4 concerts; the Lower School and KG Nativity and our Penny Post at Christmas. On Monday, we welcomed back Sinead from ECHO to our ‘Teamwork’ assembly. She…
Essa National finals
There was an early start for the St Christopher’s swim team on Saturday, as we met in a whirlwind of nerves and excitement when we met at St Pancras to catch the 9.02 to Sheffield. We had qualified to race at the ESSA National Championships in both the medley and freestyle relays against the entire…
Visit from Mexicolore
After a two year absence, Mexicolore returned to St Christopher’s last Friday for their 15th visit to the School. For a few hours, the Years 4s and 6s were taken back in time to learn about the Aztec and Mayan culture. Ian Mursell, the Director of the company, has the most amazing knowledge of the…
Year 5 – Bowles Trip
Last half term, Year 5 were lucky enough to venture to Bowles for their residential trip. Even though it was wet, all the children had a marvellous time taking on many challenges including skiing, rock climbing, kayaking, orienteering and team ropes. The children were outstanding ambassadors for the school and they thoroughly enjoyed every moment.
Mental Health Workshop
Fantastic Fred Workshop Last Friday, children from Reception to Year 6 were entertained by “the Professor” and Fantastic Fred to remind us of why it is important to look after our mental health and how we can do this. We learnt that FRED was an acronym for Food, Rest, Exercise, Devices. Having a healthy mind…
Year 4
Year 4 take to the Water!! On Friday, Year 4 walked to Beckenham Place Park to take part in a workshop on Rivers, organised by the Field Study Centre based at the park. They learned about the general features of rivers and designed experiments to observe how the River Ravensbourne behaved and changed along its…
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Year 3 Residential
Last week, our Year 3 went to their residential at Frylands Wood Scout Outdoor Centre, in Croydon. This is what our Year 3 had to say about the experience: Please enter some content for your news story her Year 3 Residential Trip to Frylands Last week, I went to Frylands Wood Scout centre. It was…
Receptions Giant Turnip!
The Giant Turnip! This week, Reception has been looking at the book ‘The Gigantic Turnip’. The children came up with some very inventive ways that we could try to get the turnip out of the ground. We then made our very own batch of ‘Turnip Stew’ and the children worked together to write a set…
Year 5 writing
Take an peek at this amazing writing from our Year 5s Over the past few weeks, Year 5 have been studying a book called ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies. They have had the opportunity to write free verse poetry, improve and edit parts of the story using figurative language, write in role, describe contrasting settings,…