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Celebrating 5 years of Minilympics
More than 150 Year 5 pupils from 10 local primary schools were treated to a day of team sports at the end of September at The King’s School playing fields to encourage active and healthy lifestyles. Postponed from June due to torrential rain we were rewarded with a bright sunny day for our Minilympics event…
Read MoreStudent Philosophy Conference A Huge Success
We were delighted to host our second student philosophy conference and teacher CPD in October in conjunction with the University of Kent Philosophy department. We welcomed 90 A level philosophy and RS students from across 7 local schools to join our philosophy students in a busy day of talks and discussion groups. Topics covered by…
Read MoreSounding Out: sharing the joy of music
Our Head of Partnerships, Christina Astin, writes: Music partnership projects are on the increase, with some wonderful joint workshops and performances organised across schools. These are fantastic opportunities for young instrumentalists to link with others and make music together. These projects are great for those who can already play an instrument. But what about the…
Read MoreCelebrating 7 Years Of Saturday Smarties
We were delighted to welcome 44 local year 5 and 6 pupils to our first two Saturday Smarties Session this year. Saturday Smarties is our annual series of science masterclasses at The King’s School with 3 sessions of science fun across the year. Each class is taught by our science staff supported by 12 student volunteers.…
Read MoreTaking part in the Big Explore
Pupil Harry Cordeaux tells us of his first experience of attending an EKST event: On the 12thNovember, me and 12 other Shells ( year 9s) travelled to the Pines Calyx near Dover to take part in the East Kent Schools Together’s first ever Big Explore. We were split into four teams, together with students from St.…
Read MoreSounding Out launches
Sounding Out, the new King’s School partnership initiative to bring instrumental tuition to children in Canterbury, launched on Saturday. Fifteen excited children and their parents arrived at the Music School ready to be issued with a brand new instrument and music case and were met by their teachers. After a short introduction from Julie Evans,…
Read MoreTea With The Gods
To celebrate the first year of our Exploring Classics project we invited our year 8 Classicists from Spires Academy and their parents/ carers to a tea in the Headmaster’s office. The students have been coming to the King’s School Classics department fortnightly over the past year to learn about ancient Greek and Roman civilizations and…
Read MoreLike Ducks to Water…
We were pleased to welcome 12 Spires Academy students who joined 3 of our sailors on Westbere Lake recently for an afternoon learning how to sail. The idea of inviting Spires students to to sail with us was that of Ed Shapcott (6a) who wanted to give Spires students an opportunity to give sailing a go…
Read MoreScience Boxes loan scheme launch
Teachers and technicians from 10 different schools gathered at King’s today at the start of a new scheme to lend apparatus to support science teaching. The Science Boxes scheme will launch in September and schools will be able to borrow 10 different boxes of kit, all chosen to help support GCSE physics. Membership of the…
Read MoreKing’s pupils in harmony with EKST Big Sing
It is widely reported that singing in a group can greatly enhance an individual’s well-being, build confidence and improve physical health. So what’s not to love! The EKST Big Sing partnership choir is made up of students from each of our partner schools and in our second year of rehearsing and performing the choir is…
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