December 2018

Dec 2018
Our festive ‘Services in Preparation for Christmas’, held over two days in the magnificent Chapel of St John’s College, once again heralded the start of the season with a range of carols, poems and readings all presented by the children. The carols and readings were interspersed with 5 congregational hymns. The Services provided a sense of calm from the busy nature of this time of the year and created up a contemplative mood to help prepare for Christmas. Before and after the services, organ music was played by Senior House pupils: Thomas Watkin (Year 7) and Jaylen Cheng (Year 8)
Dec 2018
St John's College School continues to support a primary school located in the remote, rural community of Ayensuako in southern Ghana as of the charity Humanitas’ Education Matters programme. Anna Butterworth from Humanitas visited St John's to provide an update for our pupils to learn about the success of the project with talks in assembly and workshops for some year groups. Anna shared with them that the school buildings at Ayensuako have now been painted and a library is being established which will be used by the entire village.  As part of the assemblies, St John's children found
Dec 2018
Parents and pupils alike were enchanted by T1’s modern nativity, Christmas with the Aliens. The traditional Christmas story is retold to some alien visitors. Stranded on earth with their broken spaceship, they meet a group of school children about to rehearse their Christmas play. Invited to watch, the aliens discover an amazing story they want the whole universe to hear. But will the aliens be able to mend their spaceship and travel back to outer space? The play provided a variety of roles for the children to inhabit and they responded to the challenges with enthusiasm and
Dec 2018
It's a far from silent night in the stable – until Mary and Joseph arrive, bringing peace among the animals. Parents and pupils alike were treated to a magical nativity of colourful costumes, clear voices and tuneful, catchy songs with KG’s rendition of their Christmas story. The children performed the familiar nativity story but with a twist. Not Such A Silent Night is the story of Larry the lamb who runs away from his stable in Bethlehem. Larry soon realises that he’s made a terrible mistake and decides to return with some help along the way. In Bethlehem, there is a very noisy