Prep Sport and Extra-curricular

PREP SPORT AND

EXTRA-CURRICULAR

Some excellent at-home practice of throwing skills from Iris.

Jasper taking his wheels for a spin. Ted making the best of a rainy day during lockdown learning.

Prep 6 navigating their way through the Hertfordshire countryside.

Anup getting some extra shooting practice in at home.

Prep 6 taking a moment to celebrate after completing a tricky CCF activity.

Prep Sports:

Athletics Basketball Cricket Cross Country Fencing Football Hockey Rugby Rugby 7s Swimming Tennis

.. and another group puzzling over what to do next!

Pupils enjoy kayaking at Lea Valley White Water Centre.

Prep 5 and 6 Inter-House Cricket Tournament at Radlett Cricket Club.

A beautiful sunrise over Aldenham Common on an expedition.

A pupil enjoying the zip line at Go Ape! A Prep 6 pupil braving the high ropes at Go Ape.

Monjola representing Becket House at Lower Prep Sports Day.

Prep After School Clubs: Mr. M. Turpin Head of PE & Games, Extra-Curricular Activities Co-ordinator Twitter: @StColumbasPSpo

Art Brainiac Chess Computer Construction Cross Country Drama Fencing Football French Funky Fingers Golf Gymnastics LAMDA

Lego Mindfulness Music Bands Music Groups Music Tech Science Tennis Warhammer Young Enterprise

PREP MUSIC AND DRAMA

It has been a strange year for music and drama in the Prep School. We have continued to sing and perform, but only in classes and small bubbles. Concerts, Masses and other performances have not been possible, but we have continued to create virtual performances for every event in the calendar.

HYMNS

Individual classes have sung hymns, which have been recorded and edited into communal performances and then displayed in online Masses. Solo performances in assemblies have continued via video link directly into form rooms.

CONCERTS

Instrumental and small vocal music groups have performed outdoors, or in small groups indoors. These have also been recorded to contribute to virtual concerts. Creative video editing and green screen techniques have been employed to enhance the nature of the recordings for parents.

Michaelmas Concert

NATIVITIES

The Lower and Upper Prep Nativities were recorded for families to watch at home, and we now have these as a wonderful keepsake of this unusual festive period.

Lockdown came again, but this didn’t stop us performing music in the Prep School. Upper Prep instrumental groups continued to practice at home and individual performances were combined to form lockdown performances. Lower Prep performed the musical ‘Croak’ online and Upper Prep performed mini musicals including World War II; Florence Nightingale, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, The Anglo Saxons, Pirate Versus Mermaids and Eddie the Penguin Saves the World, to name a few.

STAR WARTS

Prep 6 learned the songs for their end of year musical Star Warts online. Back in school we continued with intense rehearsals aiming for live performances to parents. Unfortunately, due to extended restrictions, we could only perform to internal bubble audiences and not to parents. The two performances were recorded, and green screen techniques used to capture a precious memory for parents to enjoy many times over.