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The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event, where the charity asks people across the UK to hold a coffee morning and raise money for people living with cancer. In 2017 the charity’s coffee mornings raised over £27 million. Since the first Coffee Morning in 1990, the Coffee Mornings have raised over £200 million for Macmillan.
An action-packed trip to Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club served to inspire some of our Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Formers to strive to become the premiership rugby stars of the future. The day began with an intensive coaching session run by Leicester Tigers’ Academy Coaches, which focused on handling, defensive organisation, tackling and evasive running skills.
The School is proud to announce that the Headmaster, Mr Neil Chippington succeeded Mr Paul Smith, Headmaster of Hereford Cathedral School, as Chairman of the Choir Schools’ Association (CSA) on 1st September 2018 in its Centenary Year. CSA is the umbrella organisation for 35 choir schools educating choristers for cathedral and collegiate foundations in the UK. A further 11 choral foundations and schools have Associate members to CSA which was founded in 1918 to oversee the welfare and educational needs of choristers.
Form 6 pupils were eager to get their hands dirty and wade into the river, despite the heavy rain, when they visited Epping Forest Field Centre, a Special Area of Conservation.
The music scholars' concert seeks to provide an excellent opportunity for the potential music scholars to perform their audition repertoire in front of a supportive audience in the days and weeks before their auditions take place.
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.
This year marks the School’s fifth year of participation in the Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF), which is the world’s largest youth Drama Festival. This year’s play from the St John’s team was Romeo and Juliet, the classic tale of the ‘two star-crossed lovers’ from opposing families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The production incorporated live music, composed and conducted by Ms Harris. Parents described this year’s performance of as “truly wonderful” and “just amazing”.
Fireworks Night at St John’s College School always marks the real start of winter and is, without exception, the most splendid display in the area. This year parents, children and friends came out in large numbers to marvel at the rockets and Catherine wheels in a cold, clear sky. There was barely time for the Headmaster, Neil Chippington, to count down before the first blast of colour rocketed upwards.
Form 4 visited Wandlebury Country Park, a 110 acre estate in the Gog Magog hills, just south of Cambridge for an orienteering activity and to learn about the history of the park and park management.
Three St John’s Choristers, one aged 13 and two aged 11, performed an organ recital at the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, known affectionately as OLEM, on 3 October 2017. All three performers have been taught by Mr Nigel Kerry, Director of Music at OLEM.
The music included: