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Thrilled Fourth Form pupil and member of the National Youth Choir, Clara Foo, was one of 40 children chosen out of 400 boys and girls aged 10 to 13 from across the country to sing for the Queen as part of the Diamond Jubilee Service at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Broadcast live on television, the children performed a specially commissioned piece, “The Call of Wisdomâ€, with words by Michael Hampel, Precentor of St Paul's and music from British composer Will Todd.
Ten magnificent metal sculptures made their home in the Byron House playground for five days and kept watch as the children played happily amongst these splendid beasts. Local artist Mr Tom Hiscocks sculpted these heraldic statues as representations of the original ‘Queen’s Beasts’, sculptures created to flank Queen Elizabeth II´s entrance into Westminster Abbey for her coronation on June 2nd, 1953. These statues symbolise the genealogy of the bloodlines from the most important of her ancestors.&nbs
Â鶹Դ´ College School has been named winner of the SATIPS (Support and Training in Prep Schools) Poetry Competition 2012, a national competition aimed at children in Years 3 to 8. Anna Mullock, 12, was awarded 1st place in the Years 7 and 8 category for her poem ‘Typewriter’ and Lucy Howard, 11, was awarded 3rd place in the same category for her poem ‘Quiet’. Commendations were also received by William Hogarth and Eloise Lipscombe, both 11, and Isabella Greenwood, 13.