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The 11 members of St John's College School staff who competed in the mixed category at the Cambridge Half Marathon have recently been informed by the organisers that they came first with a fantastic time of 05:59.19. The staff entered and ran to raise money for the school's current charity, Humanitas. For more information about this charity: https://www.humanitascharity.org/
International Development Manager at Humanitas Charity, Ms Genevieve Jones-Hernandez, delivered a talk for children in Forms 4 and 6 about the work the charity is doing in Ghana and, in particular, at Ayensuako School in southern Ghana for which St John's has been raising money. This is as part of a larger humanitarian project by the charity to help provide much needed resources for the school and to help it continue to succeed. Humanitas Charity believes that, “Everyone is entitled to healthcare, an education and a family. We strive to provide these 3 keys rights in countries and areas
Form 3 visited St Giles’ Church in Cambridge as part of their Religious Studies focus on Christianity this term. The main aim of the visit was to witness the different aspects that make up an Anglican church, such as the font, nave, pew, lectern, chancel and pulpit amongst others and learn why they are important to Christian worship. In school, Form 3 have discussed the different forms worship can take and identified that it is an external expression of Christians' faith, demonstrates their respect and brings a sense of togetherness as a community, making them feel closer to God and helping
St John’s pupils have supported Sport Relief charity this week by rising to the challenge set by Director of Sport, Mr McComb, and Head of Charities Committee, Miss Anne Orange, to total the distance travelled in all the sports activities during lessons and to work out how far can St John’s can 'travel' virtually in the space of a week. The children found out that when you donate to Comic Relief or Sport Relief you are supporting people living incredibly tough lives in the UK and around the world. Whether it is mental health, homelessness, domestic abuse or children struggling to survive,
On 6 March the whole of Kindergarten visited Hamerton Zoo near Sawtry. The zoo stretches over 20 acres so there were many different wild and domestic animals for our youngest children to explore, from looking into the eye of a tiger to venturing into cheetah country, as well as giant anteaters, wallabies, Corsac foxes and the more familiar donkeys, rabbits, sheep and alpacas.
The U11 Colts VII Boys' team had a fantastic day at the East Round Hockey Tournament Finals on 6 March. The team travelled to Gresham's School and played 6 group games with the winner of the group then playing the winner of the other group in a Final.
Eleven members of staff completed the Cambridge Half Marathon on Sunday 8 March. Headmaster, Mr Neil Chippington, explained, “This was an amazing feat and the team effort, as well as individual successes, are part of what make working at St John's College School such a joy and privilege.” This is the second year in a row that the school staff have taken part and raised money for Humanitas and the school in Ayensuako, Ghana. There is still time to donate (https://www.justgiving.com/SJCSHumanitas). Form 1 teacher, Miss Dempster, said, “Running the Cambridge Half Marathon with the St John’s
The art department at Senior House is a lively place where the children experience a wide range of media and materials through a stimulating curriculum. Housed in a spacious room with ample natural light, the children gain experience in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics through the study of both historic and contemporary art practice. Each child keeps a sketchbook which is used to record observations and to research and plan project work. Weekly lessons last for an hour and different topics and processes are studied each term. Some projects use digital media both in the
Each Form 4 class was fortunate to have an hour and a half long workshop with actor, composer, writer and beatboxing violinist Faz Shah on 3 March. Form 4 gained a new insight into creating music, one that was instant and absolutely unique. The beatboxing violinist led each class through an engaging session exploring vocal percussion and beatboxing and how to layer sections, develop basic core rhythms in various musical genres and explore techniques to nurture musical creativity.