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Queen’s Jubilee Portrait Competition

As part of the school’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations before the half-term break, an art competition was held for Infants and Juniors to submit a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The winning entries were announced during this Monday’s assembly. Congratulations to Ella (UP), who had the top portrait for Infants and Anna G (Y4), whose portrait was selected for Juniors. Each will receive a copy of the newly published DK book, Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration.

The following pupils were also commended for their excellent artistic representations of the Queen, and received a commemorative Platinum Jubilee bookmark during the assembly.

Lower Prep: Lexie and Lydia M
Upper Prep: Donald, James, Mila, Donald, Tomasz
Year 2: Esther and Phoebe
Year 3: Alice, Dom, Jamie, Jessica, Olivia, and Toby
Year 4: Anna M, Hanna, Hannah, and Jane
Year 6: Izzy

A full gallery of the portraits is included below.

Senior Camp: Return to Normality

By Mr Jonathon Bell, Former Heritage Parent/Volunteer

The Senior school spent the week before the half-term break at the fabulous Bragger’s Wood scout campsite in the New Forest surrounded by rhododendron bushes in full flower, baby ponies and other wildlife. And what a tremendous relief it was to be back to normal after two years of having our camp routine affected to one degree or another by the pandemic.

Hopefully by now parents will have been regaled with stories of cooking pizza from scratch in a wood fired oven, crab fishing (including record catches of 108 crabs by the Year 9s), cycling, hiking, and watersports. They may even have taught the parents the odd song about Pirates or Yellow Birds.

The camp is an essential part of your child’s education. In five days friendships strengthen, resilience and good humour grow, and seeds of interest in new activities are sown. Through participation in the DofE children develop things to put on their curriculum vitae in the future which will strengthen their applications for both University and future employment. And most importantly, we all have a great time.The thing that makes the camp special though, is the fact that whilst we use specialist providers for the adventurous activities the bulk of the programme is delivered by staff and volunteer parents. Huge thanks go to Mrs Atkinson, Mr Bayley, Mr Bell, Mrs Bruce, Mr Buchanan, Mr Burden, Mr Fletcher, Mr Seth Fletcher, Mrs Hulett, Mr Hulett, Mrs Lowe, Mr Pitcher, Miss Rogers, and Mrs Scarlata. Please let us know if you want to be involved next year!

View our Senior Camp photo gallery

Year 9 Trip to Westminster

Yesterday, Year 9 took an exciting trip to London to find out about the history, heritage and work of the UK Parliament. During their visit, they toured Westminster Hall, St Stephen’s Hall, the Central Lobby and the House of Commons.

The group were also able to meet Daniel Zeichner, the Labour MP for Cambridge (pictured here). Four of the pupils readily took up the invitation to quiz him on Labour policies.

What a valuable experience and educational day for our pupils!

Introducing the New Senior School Student Leadership Team

Congratulations to the new Senior School Student Leadership Team which includes Head Boy Calum, Head Girl Livia, and Prefects Ilias, Jonathan, Emma and Madeleine.

Each member of the team will serve as important role models for our younger pupils and will act as ambassadors for the school. They have already been very active in helping us prepare for our Open Morning that was held on 14th May and, along with other pupil volunteers, helped guide our visitors throughout the school during the event.

Spotlight on Community Sport

Year 9 pupil Emilie is a dedicated community footballer, training three days a week with the Histon Hornets U14 Squad and Cambridge United PDC.

On Saturday, 14th May the Hornets advanced to the final of the Cambridgeshire Women’s and Girls league Cup at Newmarket Football Club, where they faced Leverington Sports Youth U14 Girls in an incredibly exciting, close, and demanding match.

Unfortunately the result wasn’t as the girls had hoped – with the final score resulting in 2-0 to their opponents – but they performed exceptionally well and deserve recognition for their determination throughout the entire season.

Photo Credit: Aspire Cambridge