News & Events
Harbour Rise Inter-Generational Project – Prep Rec
We had great fun on our last trip for the year to Harbour Rise Care Home. We played lots of board games which involved memory and counting, which proved a useful activity for the residents and children. Mr Bellham brought the Boccia balls, a game from the para Olympics, where you have to rolls the…
Under 9’s Rounders v Bramdean
A successful afternoon at Bramdean – lots of improved fielding and communication resulting in St Christopher’s winning all four matches!
Summer Fair 2019
A successful Summer Fair today despite the rain trying to ruin it! Thank you to everybody who came and supported us. Some of the past Children even came back to throw sponges at Mr George!
Pearl
Hannah was excited this morning to ride her horse Pearl to School this morning. It’s always lovely for the Children to show off their animals!
Lamda Results
This week we found out that of 35 of our children (that’s almost 1/2 of our School) that took the LAMDA exams all achieved a grade of Merit or Distinction. This is a fantastic result and shows the dedication of the teaching staff and the pupils to achieve such a high level.
Poetry Assembly – Summer Term Prep 3 to 6
A fantastic way to end the Summer half-term with some poems about food. The children all did a great job to learn their poems. Prep 6 ended their final poetry assembly at St Christopher’s by getting the whole school to join in with the song (made famous by Mr Lewis) “Spaghetti and Meatballs”, very well done!
Woodland Club – Raft Building
In yesterdays woodland club, Preps 3 & 4 were challenged to make rafts out of natural items which had to float well enough to keep a small puppet dry! Some interesting rafts were constructed with various levels of success!!
Lower School Poetry Assembly – Summer Term
On Monday the lower school (Nursery to Prep 2) got a chance to read the poems they have been learning to friends, family and the whole school during assembly. All the children did exceptionally well and seemed to enjoy the chance to perform!
Prep 1 – Soundart Radio
During Enrichment Week Prep 1 spent Friday down at the Soundart Radio studio in Dartington. The children couldn’t wait to take part in the follow up day working on the recordings we had made at school when the radio team visited us last term. They also made storybooks and crowns and talked about them on…
Nursery & Prep Reception – Forest School
Wet weather didn’t dampen our sense of adventure this week with two exciting days of forest school. We learnt so much and got to explore Mrs Cleave’s farm, learning to light a fire, then roasting popcorn and marshmallows – delicious! We have great fun in the mud, building dens and making clay nests, as well…
