In April members of our Chapel Choir took part in a mammoth Sponsored Swim to raise funds for their Tour in August. Monies have been counted and the total amount raised has just been announced!

Last term our Head of RE received details of an art competition for Lasallian schools from Jo Millea, the Head of Art at St Helen's.

See the St John's entries here

Year 10 student and violinist Conroy is one member of the newly-formed group ‘The Hampshire Youth Swing Trio’.  Together they played a concert at the Great Hall, Winchester, on Saturday the 11 May.

Last Friday, 3 May, was the inaugural St John’s Singing Day which took place all day in the NBH.

In total over 150 children aged between 9 and 13 years spent a day of fun and music making.  Of the 150 children, approximately 100 were visitors to St John’s. The choirs of Oakwood School, Sherborne House School and King’s Court School joined our St John’s Junior School Choir, Girls’ Choir and the Chapel Choir.

On Friday 26 April, Year 10 and 11 Drama students went to see John Godber's Teechers at The Berry Theatre in Southampton.

The St John’s College performance of ‘Crime, Lust and Pixie Dust’ at the 2013 Be Your Best Rock Challenge on Monday 22 April won two awards – a superb achievement for the school’s second entry to the UK Rock Challenge dance competition.

This week two of our A Level students performed a piece of Theatre of the Absurd for their A2 exam. The Cellar was written and performed by Katherine Bement, who was joined by fellow student Katie Hall.

During Easter Week our Chapel Choir became the ‘choir-in-residence’ of St Paul’s Cathedral in London. 

The Choir were invited by the Cathedral to deputise for the Cathedral Choir for the week, after they sang a one off service there last summer. It is an enormous privilege to sing in such a world famous building, but to be invited to sing all the services for the week is a wonderful achievement for our Choir.

St John’s Chapel Choir has been busy raising thousands for charity and good causes over recent weeks.  As well as raising funds for their choir tours, the Chapel Choir has raised money for Rotary charities; St Mary’s Church; Portchester Castle, and Canine Partners.

Musicians Have Talent 2013 aims to showcase some of the great musical talents at St John’s College and the performances and talents presented throughout the evening most definitely lived up to expectations. The judges of the competition – the Head of Music at Portsmouth High School, the Sub-Organist of Portsmouth Cathedral and Mr Kennedy - had the daunting task of choosing winners from the many exceptional performances that showed great musicianship, maturity and skill.

One of this year’s GCSE Textiles coursework projects was entitled ‘Time for Tea’. Each of the four Year 11 students approached the project in different ways.   To get started, students conducted some heavy research in the café at Staunton Country Park – many cups of tea and slices of cake were consumed, purely for coursework purposes of course!

Drama students in Year 11 have been studying this exciting form of contemporary theatre, as championed by popular companies such as DV8 and Frantic Assembly. They gave two performances this week as part of their controlled assessment.

Pupils at St John’s College Junior School put their creative skills to the test in a bid to support children’s charity Barnardo’s and their work in caring for young people in the local area.

Our Chapel Choir once again achieve excellence at the 2013 Portsmouth Music Festival.

The 42 boys entered two categories – the free choice and religious songs. There were many choirs who entered on the day ranging from Primary Schools, Secondary School, Prep Schools and open age choirs. 

Love was well and truly in the air during our House Music concert on Wednesday 13 February.

Each House performed a 15 minute programme of music and song to the theme of love – for Valentine’s Day. Each programme included a traditional Choral piece; an instrumental; a pop song; the School Hymn, and an item of choice.