Friends of St John's News
The Fives Courts were built in 1908 in memory of Charles Churchill, Chairman of the Governing Council and a key supporter of St John's. They were one of the first developments on the School site after the main School buildings. Having never been refurbished in over a century, they were falling into disrepair and were beginning to become unusable. Thanks to generous gifts made by OJs, Parents, Friends of the School and current and former staff the Fives Courts have now been fully refurbished and are ready for another several decades use by future generations of pupils at St John's.
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Generous donations to the St John's Foundation have enabled the School to refurbish the Fives Courts over the summer holidays, ready for the start of the Autumn term.
On 8 June a small group of OJs and Friends were privileged to be given a guided coach tour of the Olympic Park site just outside London near Stratford. The tour guide began with a very infomative talk about the origins of the site and initial challenges that had to be dealt with before construction could begin in summer 2008.
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Viv Haxby, 2009 Blue Badge Guide of the year, gave an enlightening and informative guided tour to two groups of St John's Friends around the St James's Palace area. Beginning with the statue of George IV in Trafalgar Square, she retraced the steps of English monarchs and their paramours and recounted tales of the 300 year history of St James's and the Royal Court explaining how todays aristocracy owes its existence almost exclusively to the philanderings of yesterdays monarchs. |
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 A group of 25 former parents and friends visited the much publicised Hannah Peschar Sculpture gardens in Ockley on a wonderfully sunny summers evening on Thursday 4 June. After a glass of wine and a brief introduction to the garden they were led by Hannah Peschar along woody paths streaked by dappled evening sunlight to view some of the various sculptures, where she explained their composition and gave a brief insight into the particular artists work. |
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On Tuesday 9 February seventeen Friends of St John’s met at The Lightbox in Woking to explore both the building and the exhibitions on display in the Galleries.
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