Virtual School
Trampolining – Summer 2021
The girls of course are very disappointed not to be performing live at Open Evening . However, they were pleased their efforts would be seen virtually.
Advanced Voluntary Routine
Set Routines
Summer 2020 & Spring 2021
Last summer, St Catherine’s closed the school temporarily due to the first national lockdown; however, our Virtual School was soon up and running, allowing our pupils to continue their education with remote learning, pastoral support, co-curricular activities and assemblies operating as usual.
In the current, second period of school closure, St Catherine’s has picked up where we left off with our excellent remote provision for Prep and Senior pupils. Our Virtual School continues to operate a full school timetable with new clubs and activities added to our Virtual School. The staff and pupils of St Catherine’s are very proud to showcase some of the excellent provision across the school and the fantastic work that the girls continue to produce in these challenging times.
Headmistress’ Summer Term Assembly
History – Year 7
PE Fitness Challenge
A novel routine for workout Wednesday from Lea
Another entry to the twist and shout challenge from Poppy
Our key worker girls are also getting into the twist and shout challenge, well done girls!
Twist and shout challenge with Tia kicking off the race with an impressive 32 twists!
Setting a ferocious pace for our skipping challenge.
More and more of you are getting involved in our lockdown fitness challenges! How many jumps can you do in a minute?
One of our girls is pushing her lockdown exercise regime to the limit by Planking in super speed!
Our prep girls show off some high intensity 1 minute exercises to inspire you to keep fit and healthy! Great hustle girls!
Food and Nutrition Lessons
An Americana themed Apple Pie made by Mei in Year 9.
A delicious curry cooked by Mei in Year 9.
A gorgeous Risotto cooked up by one of our Year 7 Girls.
Pre A Level and University courses for our students
During the second half of the Summer term, we are launching a new initiative for Year 11 and Year 13. As they will have finished their GCSE and A level courses, we are offering Year 11 girls the chance to take part in pre A level classes, and the Year 13 girls are being offered pre University classes.
Departments have been working hard to ensure that the girls will be able to enjoy stimulating lessons about their academic passions. These lessons will include discussions, project work and guidance in reading around the subject. We are confident that the girls will find these classes to be both enjoyable and academically enriching and ensure they are able to hit the ground running as soon as they are back in the classroom!

Extra-Curricular Provision
Our extra-curricular provision is continuing as usual for the girls with some new additions to our usual programme. See below for some of the updates that our teachers are regularly posting for pupils:
Creative Writing Club
I am delighted to announce that Creative Writing Club will be continuing this term, and that we have two very exciting competitions coming up – one for short stories and one for poetry. The intention is that this will operate very much like a writers’ salon, with contributors posting their ideas and drafts in the classroom for others to read and discuss. I shall also suggest creative writing exercises, post links to video clips, and the details of further competitions and challenges as I find them. Come join in the fun!
House Science Competition:
It has been great to see some entries coming in already, but there is still time for yours! Details of the competition are on the slides posted in this classroom.
Earlybird Yoga is back via Google Meet
Just because we can’t currently go to the theatre doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the vast array of productions available at the moment! We will be watching one production per week by a certain time, and then having a Google Doc based discussion about various aspects of the production including acting, costume, set, and use of tech, amongst other things.
St Catherine’s Theatre Society
Just because we can’t currently go to the theatre doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the vast array of productions available at the moment! We will be watching one production per week and then having a Google Doc based discussion about various aspects of the production including acting, costume, set, and use of tech, amongst other things.
Calling all filmmakers!
We are launching a short film project, open to anyone from Year 7 upwards. Get creative: make a short film (lasting no more than ten minutes) about anything you like. It can be a comedy, a tragedy, horror, sci fi – it’s entirely up to you!
A Guide to Healthy Eating in Lockdown
