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The 性用社r 13s Girls鈥 Hockey team travelled to听Millfield听School in Somerset to take part in this year鈥檚听IAPS听National Hockey Finals. 16 schools in total took part in the Finals and were divided into four groups. The听性用社听team came second in their group and qualified for the main Cup competition. Head of Girls鈥 Sport, Mrs听Nikki听Taylor said, 鈥淎fter a tense golden goal the girls were delighted to leave the听IAPS听as the top 8 Prep schools in the Country for hockey.鈥
Form 1 came together for an interactive and hands-on learning experience to find out what听Diwali听is, who celebrates it and how it is celebrated. They enjoyed three activities including retelling the story of听Rama听and听Sita, creating听rangoli听patterns and Indian dancing. They used masks and took on characters and acted out the听stories听in groups and performed this to their peers. 听
Parents and pupils alike were enchanted by T1鈥檚 rendition of their Russian Christmas story, Babushka. Babushka lived in the countryside and opened her door, one snowy night, to find three men standing before her. She wanted to join them in giving gifts to the King of Kings but had too much cleaning to do.
A group of Form 5 性用社 took part in a Design and Technology (DT) trip to听Oakham听School to experience their state of the art facilities, including their workshop tools and machinery, electronics and their CAD software. The group, led by Head of DT Miss听Kohler, alongside听Oakham听DT staff, had the opportunity to design and create their own iPod dock.
For their nativity play this year, St John鈥檚 Kindergarten performed The Grumpy Sheep, a re-telling of the Christmas story through the eyes of one of the shepherds鈥 flock.
Our festive 鈥楽ervices in Preparation for Christmas鈥, held over two days in the magnificent Chapel of St John鈥檚 College, once again heralded the start of the season with a range of carols, poems and readings all presented by the 性用社. The carols and readings were interspersed with 5 congregational hymns. The Services provided a sense of calm from the hectic nature of this time of the year and conjured up a quiet contemplative mood to help prepare for Christmas.
Parents and friends of the School were treated to two Christmas musical feasts at our annual 鈥楶iazza Brass鈥 Concerts at Byron House and Senior House. 听Our brass players were also joined this year by many of our other talented young musicians to get the crowd into the festive spirit.
The St John鈥檚 Charities and Community Links Committee hosted its annual Christmas party for elderly people living in the Cambridge area to bring on the festive cheer. Committee members from both Byron House and Senior House provided merriment, conversation and entertainment for the guests. The Christmas party is part a rich and long tradition St John鈥檚 has of helping the local community.
On 14 November, 32 invited Sixth Form pupils delivered their vibrant performance of Twelfth Night, a Shakespearean comedy both revered and ridiculous, at the Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF). Shakespeare originally wrote Twelfth Night for the close of the Christmas season and to lift spirits in the dreary winter months. The creative process of developing the play was thorough and challenging and few would deny its worth with the Headmaster, Mr Chippington, describing the production as 鈥榤agnificent.鈥
Form 3 turned back the clock to 1536 and lived a day in the life of Tudor times in the reign of King Henry VIII. The life and times of this period, including the worry of being caught up in a plot or being treated by the best in medical expertise at the time (i.e. being given very bad medicine and being given a hole in the head!) was brought to life for Form 3 with a 鈥楬istory Off the Page鈥 Tudor Workshop.