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Firefly Racing
After qualifying for the Greenpower International final at Goodwood in October, Firefly Racing won the Ford International Engineering Award.
The Fifth Form team, FF03, qualified earlier in the year by podiuming at Ford Dunton, but it was a suspenseful wait to see if FF02 had also qualified, based on distance travelled. After qualifying at Castle Combe, the Sixth, Lower Eighth and Upper Eighth forms were also able to race FF02 in the final.
The team wowed the judges with the projects they have worked on this year, from rack and pinon steering systems to full working CAN Bus and live telemetry being beamed to the data centre. This is now the third time the team has won the Engineering championship and the second year in a row.
Since the international final, the team has welcomed new members and been busy preparing their new cars, FF05 and FF06, for the 2024 season.
Ensembles Concert
This term’s Ensembles Concert featured performances by 146 pupils across Wind Orchestra, String Orchestra, Baroque Ensemble, Big Band, St Paul’s Voices, Motley Croon and more – the first big concert for many students and an incredible display of talent.
Black History Month
From 9 – 13 October, we celebrated Black History Month across St Paul’s, and what a week it was! Black History Month is an annual event in which we reflect on the history, contributions and experiences of Black communities in the UK, and think critically about how we progress conversations around race and anti-racism. Whilst it is often (and rightly) an opportunity to reflect critically on our personal and institutional efforts to advance race equality, Black History Month is first and foremost a celebration.
Throughout the week, we hosted a number of events, talks and workshops to highlight the diversity of black cultures in a range of exciting ways, including:
- Musical celebrations – gospel performances and African djembe drumming
- Presentations from black athletes, including former rugby union player, Maggie Alphonsi MBE
- Student-led talks on significant moments of black history and culture
Volunteers of the Term
We congratulated the following students, who have been awarded ‘Volunteer of the Week’ throughout the Autumn Term.
Yusaf Hassan (Lower Eighth) for his Reading Mentorship at Brackenbury Primary School. Fellow volunteers and staff all commented on the fantastic job he was doing with a Ukrainian student. Yusaf was also recognised for a second time for being of exceptional help at the Run in the Dark charity running event in Battersea Park.
Alexander Harring (Lower Eighth) for his dedication to working with the Ukrainian School.
Aleksa Djakovic (Lower Eighth) for his terrific work with the Primary School Lego League.
Inian Dhandapani (Fifth Form) for volunteering to teach Maths in an Indian school.
National Youth Orchestra Success
Richard (Lower Eighth) and Nayan (Fifth Form) were both accepted into the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, a remarkable accomplishment given the competitive audition process against other talented musicians from across the country.
Viita Prizes
The winner of the 2023 Viita Prize for Drama was Theo Frankel (Lower Eighth), with his play The Recluse. This year’s adjudicator was Eve Cowley, whose theatre company, Footprint, has toured venues such as The Manchester Royal Exchange, The Crucible, HOME and Northern Stage. In her feedback on The Recluse, Eve praised its “impressive, driving action” and “sharp sense of anxiety”.
Jamie Zheng (Upper Eighth) was awarded the Viita Prize for Music Composition. His piece ‘Beijing Cycle’ for solo piano was commended by the adjudicator, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, as an extremely impressive piece with a great variety of texture, rhythm and emotion.
City Harvest Food Drive
The City Harvest food drive was a huge success thanks to the generosity of the school community. A representative of City Harvest said it was the largest amount of food ever collected from a school, so much so that they had to send two extra vans to pick it up!
Special thanks go to the Pauls4All representatives, who spent their time advertising the drive through guerrilla marketing and House assemblies, and to Mustapha (Upper Eighth), who started the whole thing off by sending an email saying he wanted to do something to celebrate Challenge Poverty Week.
30th Whitley Awards
In November, seven students in the Lower Eighth had the opportunity to attend the 30th Whitley Awards, during which they had the privilege of listening to prominent figures like David Attenborough, Stanley Johnson, and Deborah Meaden, along with numerous other experts who shared their insights on topics such as conservation, sustainable development, and the future of our planet.
Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is a UK fundraising and grant-giving charity, which supports conservation leaders working in their home countries across the Global South. Over 30 years they have channelled £20 million to more than 200 conservationists in 80 countries.
