The number of co-curricular activities open to Junior School pupils is extensive. Hobbies range from Badminton to the Current Affairs Club to Dance to Debating to Fencing to Football to the Chinese Dragons Club to Groovy Greeks & Rotten Romans to Skateboarding and beyond. The children have also had many opportunities to engage in dance (e.g. the annual St Benedict’s Dance Show), drama (e.g. the Form 2 production of Bugsy Malone), music concerts (including the annual Music Festival Finalists’ Concert) and sports fixtures (athletics; cricket; fencing; hockey; netball; rugby; and swimming). St Benedict’s hosted an U10 Hockey tournament (for girls), an U11 Cricket tournament and an U10 High 5 netball tournament (for girls). Alas, the U11 Rugby Sevens Tournament (U11 Boys) was cancelled due to poor weather and waterlogged pitches. The boys’ senior swimming squad competed in the National Swimming Championship (English Schools’ Swimming Association) held in Sheffield. Upper Key Stage 2 pupils benefited hugely from cookery classes provided by the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts as part of their Adopt a School programme.
Activities, such the WiseUp Leadership and Teambuilding Day (Form 2 and Form 1) the PGL trip (Upper Prep), the French trip to Normandy (Form 1), the Outward Bound activities in the Lake District (Form 2) and the Ski Trip (Form 2) complement the termly school trips to enrich the learning experience of the children. Charity fundraising was organised for Aid to the Church in Need; Caritas, Mary’s Meals; Teenage Cancer Trust; and The Sick Children’s Trust. We were also privileged to welcome Joe Simpson (Wasps, Gloucester and England Rugby Union Scrum Half) to the Junior School Prize Giving, who gave an uplifting address about the importance of community and being empathetic. St Bernard’s On 1st January 2019 St Benedict’s School also took on responsibility for St Bernard’s Preparatory School, Slough. The Governors of St Benedict’s are now therefore also the proprietors and charitable trustees of St Bernard’s. There are significant opportunities for the sharing of good educational practice between St Benedict’s Junior School and St Bernard’s Preparatory School. This acquisition also offers opportunities for economies of scale.
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