Month: April 2019

29 April 19

On Saturday 16 March, we headed off to Birmingham to spend an exciting day at the Big Bang Fair, where various science and engineering companies were to present and talk about their work with hundreds of students passionate about STEM. We were particularly nervous to present our own project which we had created as our…

26 April 19

VIAJE 2019 A EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA Muy temprano en la mañana del domingo 7 de abril de 2019, 35 alumnas de Middle 5 y cuatro profesores partieren en un viaje al sur de España que todos recordaremos con mucho cariño. Después de un corto vuelo a Málaga y un viaje en autocar más…

25 April 19

Congratulations to Anjali in Lower 6 for being awarded Highly Commended at the Christopher Tower Poetry Competition Final last night. Here’s her entry: the lost sailor’s ecstatic drowning   silence collects on my skin in flakes. in the background,      her soporific humming. the ticker-timer of my heartbeat is frantic;    my fingernails are purple.   we…

24 April 19

The Junior School ended last term with their Performing Arts Evening. The evening was a fantastic celebration of music, dance and drama, featuring all of our junior music ensembles and soloists from Year 6. The audience were treated to monologues, poetry (written by Year 6 pupils) and dances choreographed by our pupils. There were some…

8 April 19

The Classics Department were honoured to welcome Professor Matthew Leigh, Fellow and Tutor of Classical Languages at St. Anne’s College, Oxford, for what proved to be an invaluable lecture on Virgil’s Aeneid. For the GCSE and A-level Classicists present, the talk provided the opportunity for sensitive and detailed analysis of sections of Virgil’s poem, namely…

3 April 19

At the end of term the Music Department wowed us with two varied and contrasting concerts. The first featured some of our senior ensembles including Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra and St Catherine Singers. Special congratulations go to Upper 6 student Catrina for her stunning virtuoso performance of the first movement of Grieg’s Piano Concerto. St…

2 April 19

This year’s netball season was brought to a close by the annual Habs 7 competition, which took place at Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby Academy. This tournament is between the different schools in the Haberdashers’ Company and is always a great opportunity to not only play some competitive netball, but also to meet students from some of…

1 April 19

Debating is a brilliant opportunity for young people to think on their feet, improve their public speaking and engage in topical discussions. A group of our Lower 6 students took advantage of  an opportunity to do just this on Saturday 23 March by participating in the London Schools’ DebateMate competition.  Kalila and Elisa tell us…