Bye Bye

Thank you to all the staff and students who have contributed to making the Sir John School such a success this year! We have all had a fantastic 8 weeks and hope to see you again in future years!

Sir John Pantomime

Congratulations to all students and teachers for their fantastic production this afternoon. In each of the different classes, students learnt a classic fairy tale and then changed some parts to add a special twist. Last night's activity involved the costume design for their outfits which was a huge success as you will be able to see. There were four in total, 3 student plays and 1 staff play.

Here are some photos:


Teacher Paul, our charismatic Master of Ceremonies (one of the 4 dwarfs' is stage smoking-see below)



Mark's class: Little Red Riding Hood

In this tale, the wolf was also the boyfriend of Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother.

Little Red Riding Hood knocking on the door of her Italian Grandmother's house

The big bad wolf in the striped polo

Sangseraima's class: Cinderella

Cinderella ended up marrying the "fairy godfather". Also in this tale there was music and dance scenes.

The stepmother, two ugly sister and their father. Ksenia played the narrator.

Part of the dance routine

The happy couples....and the moral of this tale is that "love is blind and causes you to do crazy things"

Paul's class: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Three dwarfs were on holiday and snow white had killer heels (pardon the pun!) which were written into the script.

Snow White's mother on the phone to the driver that was supposed to be taking her to boarding school

Snow White and the four Dwarfs

The tortoise, the prince and Snow White before she wakes up and marries Prince Harry.

Teacher's Panto: The Three Little Pigs

Paul dressed as the wolf/(dog)/(pirate)

Mark as the narrator and Sangseraima as the little piggies

The third little pig in her house made of bricks. The audience tried to huff and puff and blow her house down but it did not work, "not by the hairs on her chinny chin chin". In a twist at the end, the little piggy drew a sword...

A group photo of all the students and staff from the final week. Well done everybody!!

London 3

On Saturday we had two different excursion itineraries. Students who had already done the first excursion went to the British Museum and Madame Tussaud's in the afternoon, before taking the London Underground ("the tube") to meet the rest of the students before returning to Cambridge.

Polina and Kristina outside the British Museum eating lunch

Vince 

The entrance hall of the British Museum

The main hall with the cylindrical reading room in the centre where exhibitions are held. The current exhibition is on William Shakespeare.

A piece from an exhibition on Life to Death, put on by the Wellcome Trust

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Polina, Tom Cruise and Kristina

Binnaz, David and Victoria Beckham

Where did Bashar and Vince go?

There was a room on Andy Warhol

Charlie Chaplin

Tom Daley, British Bronze Medallist Diver from London 2012 Olympics

Can you guess who the man in the middle is?

Henry VIII

Have a wax model of your hand made

The Beatles

Group photo on the Underground at Baker Street station just before we got on a train

Bowling

For yesterday's activity, we all went Bowling. It was lots of fun and we had a lot of very talented bowlers!



Oooops - two staff members dressed the same.. 




Lane 2 Bowlers!



Basel...going for a strike?

Ekaterina and Binnaz

Tatiana

Arseniy, Roman, Andrea, Bashar

Vince and the staff

Basel and Alexey

The Sir John Corner

Fun at the Basketball

After inspiration from watching the Olympics (maybe!), the students enjoyed competitive games of basketball.

Punting!

On Saturday night the students went punting! It was great fun, and nobody managed to fall in!

Agata, Tatiana and Aleksandra

King's College, Cambridge

 We had a brilliant trip to King's College, where we saw the impressive chapel, designed by Henry VI, and enjoyed the grounds in the sun!



Polina, Kate and Haru in the grounds of King's College

 

Happy Birthday Anastasia

Here is her blowing out her candle! We hope she has a lovely day and enjoyed her cake!

Happy Birthday Polina!!

Before she blew out her candle and made a wish! We hope you enjoyed the rest of your day!!

Mask Making

On Thursday night, students had the opportunity to show their creative side and design their own masks whilst watching some of the olympic events that were on that evening, here are a couple of photos:

As usual on Friday evening, we had a couple of films on in the common rooms of the residences as well as showing the Olympics in CCSS.