News
Congratulations to Year 10 Pupil
Tuesday 24th January 2012
Congratulations to Lucy Morris in Year 10, who has come third in the Jowett Sendelar Classics Essay Competition 2011. Entrants had to write a 2,000 word essay on a range of topics and there were over 300 entries from 30 top ranking schools so this is an outstanding achievement. Lucy was the winner in the Greek Gods category for which this year's essay title was: "'The Greek Gods cause more trouble than good when they intervene in the lives of mortals.' To what extent do you agree with this view?"
The Judges wrote of Lucy's essay: "Several candidates hit upon inventive and creative ways of dealing with the challenges of this essay. Lucy Morris went one step further, arguing her case from an ancient perspective and concluding that the Greeks would not have regarded the atrocities committed by their gods as a bad thing. To support her case she made ingenious use of secondary literature; graphs; illustrations; comment boxes; and even a quotation from ABBA - an excellent advertisement for the relevance of Classics in the modern world, and of the modern world in the study of Classics."
To read Lucy's essay, please click here.
The competition is for pupils up to Year 9. For further information on this year's competition, please visit http://www.jact.org/competitions.html
New Sixth Form Centre to be developed at St James Senior Girls' School
Monday 16th January 2012
St James Senior Girls' School is pleased to announce exciting development plans! We have just bought the site on which Avonmore Youth Centre is situated in Marcus Garvey Park, adjacent to the school. We plan to demolish the present structure and rebuild to create a new Sixth Form Centre which we aim to be completed by September 2013.
This development will also allow us to re-house the Year 11 classes within our main school building thus restoring the playground to its former size. Once the Sixth Form has moved into their new premises, we will also be able to establish a larger library, an additional science laboratory and increase the size of our Year 10 classrooms.
We really welcome this positive news and will keep everyone updated as developments proceed.
Congratulations to Two Former Year 13 Pupils
Thursday 12th January 2012
Congratulations go to two of our former Year 13 pupils! Anu Henriques has just been offered an unconditional place at Wadham College, Oxford to read Sanskrit and Hannah Azuonye has accepted a Vice Chancellor's Scholarship for Music at Durham University. Although Hannah will actually study modern languages, she gained an A* in her music A Level last year and will be required to perform and contribute to the music department at the university.
We wish Anu and Hannah all the very best of luck for next year!
Hammersmith Flyover Closure
Wednesday 4th January 2012
School timetable and minibus / coach services as normal, until further notice.
Congratulations to Former Pupil
Monday 19th December 2011
Our congratulations and best wishes go to former pupil, Yang-Yang Lu, who graduated in July with a First Class Honours degree in Land Economy from Cambridge. She is currently doing a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics at Cambridge and hopes to study a Master's in Economics next academic year. Well done!