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Junior School News
Girls' Hockey Matches, 13th Oct
Date: Monday 18 October 2010
On Wednesday (13th October) 48 girls from Forms 5 to 8 took part in competitive Hockey matches against other schools...Mountain Biking Club, Michaelmas Term
Date: Saturday 16 October 2010
In the Mountain Biking Club this term our Friday evening rides have taken us along a variety of routes in Clowes Wood and Church Wood. Each week we sought out different routes and one ride at a time we extended both distance and range of technical skills. We laboured up some big hills and learned to keep going rather than dismount and walk, and we learned about risk assessment on the fast descents. We loved the beautiful sunny autumn evenings in the woods and we loved even more some epic rides in really grim, wet and muddy conditions...Form 5 Victorian Day at Quex Park
Date: Thursday 14 October 2010
On Thursday 7th October Form 5 arrived at school in Victorian outfits to match the theme of our day out. We went to Quex Park and it was a very informative day. I learnt about the Powell-Cotton family and we learnt how the Powell-Cotton family was landed gentry in Victorian Times. They were a family with unique eyes for nature but the most famous of the family is Major Percy Powell-Cotton who had a keen eye for nature and science. By combining these two loves he created the Powell-Cotton Museum - an interesting and amazing place with stuffed animals and films packed full of information on what he found on his hunting trips in Africa and India. I found when I walked into the room that the animals were frozen in time and it was amazing how many different species there were when you look closer. We learnt in a fun way and interacted with characters of the house. The guide said a funny punch line every chance he got! The day was filled with lots of smiles and I would recommend it as a fun day out...Form 8 Cross-Curricular Study Tour to France
Date: Thursday 14 October 2010
The annual Form 8 French study tour went exceptionally well in September. Perhaps we had a narrow escape from a miserable Channel crossing when, only a few hours later, a terrific gale blew up, making for a spectacular scene at the beach near our hostel on the Picardy coast on the first evening. Earlier in the day during our visit to Boulogne we had been very impressed with the current design of the garden in the central square of the old city: it was set out as a "jardin de Gulliver", with gigantic gardening implements and vegetables. Everyone loved posing for photos next to them. ...Form 7 Biology - Specialised Cell Models
Date: Sunday 10 October 2010
We have been learning about cell structure and the function of specialised cells and their special features. Form 7 pupils had to design and make a cell for prep (part of a two-week prep). They had to follow a strict brief as shown below. Once they had completed their model they had to evaluate it and say who produced the best model and why. (see below)...Colts Football Round-up, 6th Oct
Date: Saturday 9 October 2010
On Wednesday (6th October) the U11 Colts A and C teams played Junior Kings Canterbury for the second time this season, this time at home. The A team had a convincing win of 4-1, the goals coming from Timon Staehler, James Nordin and Ethan Hunt, who scored twice. The C team played well and the game ended with a 1-0 victory, the only goal of the game coming from Kier Waugh...Jacqueline du Pre: The Making of a Legend
Date: Friday 8 October 2010
On Thursday 7th October, members of the school community had the opportunity to hear insights into the...St Edmund's Primary Schools Year 6 Maths Competition
Date: Wednesday 6 October 2010
Yesterday's inaugural St Edmund's Primary Schools’ Year 6 Maths Competition was a resounding success! Teams from six local primary schools met for an exciting afternoon of maths problem solving. For 25 minutes, the four members from each team were given a series of problems to solve, one at a time. Once the team worked out a solution, the team's runner ran the answer to one of our Lower Sixth and Upper Fifth judges and were either given the next problem to solve or given the chance to try again. ...Colts Footballers Still on Top
Date: Saturday 2 October 2010
On Wednesday 29th September the Under 11s played Northbourne Park. The A team secured a 3-2 victory with goals coming from James and Mattie Nordin and Symeon Papa Adams. The B team took a 1-0 victory, the only goal of the game coming from Hugo Reeve. Both good results in the end and well deserved wins. ...Morocco '10 - Sixth Form Expedition to the High Atlas and Sahara
Date: Friday 1 October 2010
During the summer holiday ten members of the Sixth Form, with Mr and Mrs Bacon and Mr Roe, spent a fortnight in the mountains and desert of Morocco. The physical aims of the expedition were to traverse the Central High Atlas range from north to south, climbing Jebel Mgoun (4,068m) and exploring the Tessaout Gorge en route, to continue south to sample the northern Sahara, and to explore Marrakech...1 2
