School News

Beggar’s Opera

Channing Senior School’s Autumn term production of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera was a triumph.

The acting, the music, the set and the lighting were all superb. In a production with many outstanding performances, praise...

Penelope Lively visits Channing School

Mrs Brown writes:“My characters do exactly what I tell them to do,” was the answer from Channing’s latest Literary Society visitor when she was asked how much of her work came from unconscious regions. Penelope Lively felt that...

Literary Society welcomes Sheenagh Pugh

Mrs Brown writes:

Channing's Literary society welcomed the acclaimed poet Sheenagh Pugh on 6 November for lunch and to give a reading of her work. Over lunch, Literary Society girls discussed with Sheenagh the relative merits of...

Fireworks Light Up The Night Sky

One of the highlights of the Autumn calendar at Channing is the fireworks display,organised by the Channing Association.

This year, the rain dispersed and the November night was lit up by a dazzling and awe-inspiring range of...

Barbados Banishes Winter Blues

Lara Pearson and Martha Williams in Year 11 write:During the October half-term, Channing’s Netball team left behind the gloom of London for the blue skies and balmy climate of Barbardos. Or so we thought at first, until we...