Girls Enjoying Success

2025 - 2026 Highlights: Junior School Geography

Junior School geographers have enjoyed a year of discovery, developing their curiosity about the world through classroom learning, trips and hands-on activities. From exploring the school grounds and investigating weather, rivers and the British Isles to studying life in Kenya and India, pupils broadened their geographical understanding. Year 5 became global detectives, mapping food miles and considering the environmental impact of transporting produce around the world. Orienteering activities and the residential at PGL brought learning to life, building fieldwork, navigation and teamwork skills. It has been a fantastic year of exploration, adventure and thinking across the Junior School.

2025 - 2026 Highlights: Geography

Geography at Channing has taken students far beyond the classroom this year, with fieldwork spanning Kew Gardens, Battersea Power Station, the Natural History Museum, Epping Forest, Brick Lane, Walton-on-the-Naze, Ipswich and Hampstead Heath. Pupils developed practical skills while exploring plant adaptations, sustainability, climate change, rivers, coastal processes, regeneration and place identity. Enrichment continued through Origins Society and Senior Geography Society, alongside inspiring visits from Professor Lewis Dartnell and geopolitical author Tim Marshall. From measuring infiltration rates to debating global challenges, students have approached the world with curiosity, critical thinking and enthusiasm, making this a memorable year of geographical discovery.

2025 - 2026 Highlights: Junior School English

From Reception to Year 6, Channing Junior School pupils have embraced writing with creativity, confidence and growing technical skill. Inspired by texts ranging from Supertato and Meerkat Mail to Street Child, The Adventures of Odysseus and The Origin of Species, the girls explored letters, diaries, reports, playscripts, journalism, myths and persuasive writing. Along the way, they developed richer vocabulary, stronger grammar and greater writing stamina, while using empathy and imagination to bring characters, events and ideas to life. We are incredibly proud of the joy, curiosity and ambition they have shown throughout a remarkable year of English across the school.

2025 - 2026 Highlights: English

It has been a year of exploration, reflection and creative risk-taking in the English Department. From National Poetry Day celebrations, riddle-writing and literary discussions to creative writing workshops, debating and theatre visits, students have discovered new ways to engage with language and literature. Highlights included trips to see Hamlet, a John Donne walking tour, Creative Arts Week with author Stephen Kelman, and World Book Day activities. Students also achieved success in national and international writing competitions, while the Senior Debating Team demonstrated impressive critical thinking in the English-Speaking Union competition. Congratulations to everyone who made this such an inspiring year.