October 2021

Oct 2021
St John’s College will continue its reputation for musical excellence by featuring male and female voices – both adults and children – in its world-renowned choir for the first time. Founded in the 1670s, The Choir of St John’s has a rich, warm and distinctive sound. Known internationally for its broadcasts, concert tours and more than 100 recordings, the choir is made up of around 20 choristers, who join from the age of eight, and around 16 adult choral scholars who are largely students at St John's College, one of the 31 constituent Colleges of the University of Cambridge. The choir
Learning French with the Flying Theatre Company
Oct 2021
Children in Forms 5 and 6 enjoyed a wonderful afternoon ‘en français’ as part of their French learning. The Flying Theatre Company visited St John’s to put on an extraordinary hour-long show for the pupils, conducted in French at a suitable level for Key Stage 3 learners. The Flying Theatre Company has been touring and performing Modern Foreign Languages productions throughout the UK for 20 years. Curriculum French based subjects are cleverly woven into the storyline, which follows the day preparing for the village fete - 'Vive la France'. Using a unique Tour de France narrative, the
SJCS Art trip to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford
Oct 2021
Sixth Form spent the afternoon at the Imperial War Museum Duxford as part of their Art and English studies on World War One and Two. Duxford is set within the spacious grounds of the famous former First and Second World War airfield and the trip allowed the children the time to wander through the hangars, which contain many of the world’s most iconic aircraft. The trip encouraged the pupils to spend the whole afternoon being inspired by the land warfare exhibits, and to focus on the diverse colours, shapes and forms on display. The children worked hard, drawing in many different
Byron House Harvest Festival, Charitable donations for Cambridge Food Bank and Harvest competition
Oct 2021
The joyful sounds of the Harvest hymn, 'Combine Harvester', filled the hall as the children celebrated this year’s charitable giving at St John’s in our Byron House special service. The food donations came flooding in and after the services the goods were delivered to the Cambridge Food Bank, a local charity, who will redistribute to various voluntary and charitable groups throughout East Anglia. 10,185 three-day emergency food supplies were given to people in crisis by the charity in 2020. ​The monetary gifts will be sent to a charity chosen by the children in the Charity Committee
Form 6 pupils perform C S Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Oct 2021
The Sixth Form performed C.S. Lewis’ famous children’s classic tale, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (six months after originally planned due to Covid restrictions) with two nights of mesmerising performances in front of a captivated audience. In this spellbound landscape, filled with creatures of myth and fable, the evacuees face temptation and fear, but learn deep lessons of courage, unselfishness and wisdom that help them grow in spirit and prepare them for life in our world. The music score was composed specifically by our Senior House music teacher to aide the choreography of a