27th March 2019

Dear Parents

What can we do better?

It has been a great pleasure to continue the parents’ lunches into their third year – I can honestly say I have

enjoyed every one of them. I always encourage parents to tell me if they are concerned about an aspect of

King’s, whether at these lunches or simply by writing to me, and in recent years a complaint that came up most

often concerned the school’s support or otherwise of football. We have made a real effort to right the balance

here, and I would be surprised if boys and parents have not felt the difference. In a single weekend this term

we had 32 King’s football teams playing – Mr Thomson tells me that this is a record for any HMC school. Of

course, in the same weekend, there were plenty of other teams playing boys’ hockey and girls’ netball, not to

mention rowing and other activities. We have also held our first girls’ football fixture.

This year, our lunch parties have been very positive indeed, and it is difficult to think of any issue that has arisen

with any great vehemence, but if I had to select this year’s main concern it would probably be computing: why

don’t we teach it at GCSE or in the sixth form? Or, could we run more computing activities beyond the upper

fifth coding course and the lunchtime programming club overseen by senior pupils? I asked the heads of about

fifteen leading UK schools recently for their comments on whether they offer GCSE or A level computing,

their results, and the ease or difficulty of finding good staff to teach the subject. Most offered computing at

GCSE and/or A level, but whereas the heads of schools in the north of the UK found it easier to recruit

computing staff, many of the London and south east heads seemed to feel this was a significant difficulty. Finally,

with a few exceptions, computing results were described as “okay”. None of this leads me to feel we must

rush to introduce computing as a public exam subject, although we will continue to consider this. I will,

however, redouble my so far unsuccessful efforts to find someone expert in computer science who can develop

further our provision of computing to our pupils. Some parents have already been very helpful in making

suggestions, and I am grateful to them.

Another question that has come up a few times is: do we feel that admissions to Oxford and Cambridge are

getting tougher for pupils from independent schools. In a single word, I am sure the answer is “Yes”. However,

I should point out that this year 47 King’s students gained such offers (against 44 last year). Although there

were certainly plenty of examples of pupils who we felt deserved an offer but missed out, this is always the

case, and we have hovered around the figure of 25% of the upper sixth gaining offers every year for the last

seven years or so.

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Focus and effort will pay dividends

As we always point out, there are lots of brilliant universities around the UK and the world, and the offers our

pupils have had this year look very impressive by any account. The question now is whether they can meet the

grades required: for A level offers at the best Russell Group universities, the requirements for A*s seem to

grow every year, and the leeway given in the summer is often virtually non-existent for top universities and

courses. IB offers can be more flexible, but not for the most competitive courses. Incidentally, in the last two

years alone, 37 King’s pupils have applied to US universities and six to Canadian universities reflecting a steadily

growing interest in universities abroad. We will be running a North American universities conference and fair

on Thursday 26th September 2019.

I have seen a number of upper sixth formers this year, as I always do, and tried to encourage them to see

that there are very few periods as potentially life-changing as the months before A level or IB and so it is

worth throwing yourself into the final months of preparation. Tutors and subject teachers are all giving their

pupils the same message where we feel they need to lift their efforts.

Lost property

Although this was not mentioned to me at a parent lunch, several parents mentioned our lost property system

at a Year 7 parents’ evening. Since that date, we have tidied the lost property room in College Court, and I

would like to thank Nick Gardner and the prefects of Glenesk house who have done so much to reorganise

the system: the area is currently very tidy and easy to operate in. However, a real problem for prefects is that

so much valuable kit is unnamed. Please could I ask all parents and pupils to ensure coats, bags, calculators and

so forth are named before their first venture to school? I know some things will still go missing, but it will

make it much more likely that a mislaid item is returned to the right person.

Items that are lost on site are taken to lost property and sorted into boxes, which are periodically returned

to form rooms. Unnamed items also go to lost property for pupils to reclaim and then, if unclaimed, to the

school shop to be sold as second-hand. Pupils may visit the lost property store themselves to look for their

item. The lost property store is open between 1:15-1:45pm (staffed by prefects). At all other times the store

is locked.

Are IGCSEs fit for purpose?

IGCSEs are GCSEs aimed at the international market but adopted years ago by many independent schools

like ours when we felt the GCSE syllabuses were too vapid and coursework-dependent. At King’s, we now

take a mixture of GCSEs (10 subjects) and IGCSEs (12). Since the summer, IGCSEs have been criticised by

politicians and some others as being “easier” than the newly-reformed GCSEs, although the evidence they

cite seems tenuous. Earlier this term, The Guardian published my letter on this topic, and I include it at the

end of this section. We have also invited a representative of the Department for Education to come to

King’s early next term to speak to heads of department about our experience of both IGCSE and GCSE

exams; I hope this will help them to put the facts in perspective. If the evidence is clear that IGCSEs are a

soft touch, then of course we would not want to take them. If there is an easier way through public exams,

such as reducing the number of subjects or emphasising “easier” ones, then King’s has never taken it.

Brexit

We have formed a Brexit planning group and all trips are being monitored. However, rather like the

government, we haven’t the faintest idea what is likely to happen.

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When Love Speaks and the Spring Bookfest at King’s

When Love Speaks attracted an audience of 200 to a black tie reception and performance. This enabled us to

raise nearly £10,000 towards bursaries: thank you to everyone who came along. Many staff and parents have

told me it was one of the best things they had ever seen at the school, and it is true that the performance

of every pupil – acting, reciting, singing or playing – was phenomenal. It was a fantastic experience for our

pupils to perform alongside two leading actors from the RSC, Leah Whitaker and Nicholas Bishop.

Christopher Luscombe – OK, King’s fellow and one of this country’s most successful directors – directed

the project. His musical partner, Nigel Hess, composed the music for this collection of Shakespearean

extracts only ever performed once before – for HRH The Prince of Wales. Particular thanks go to Hugh

Bonneville who joined the reception, chatted happily to guests and gave the opening recitation of the event.

Mr Phillips and Miss Barron deserve our deepest thanks for preparing the whole event and, in Mr Phillips’

case, for accompanying on the piano with his usual deft brilliance, always enabling the performer to shine.

It was also a pleasure to welcome around 3000 people to the school for the Spring Bookfest a few weekends

ago. The concert hall was full for Gina Miller, as it was for Not for the Squeamish with Chris Van Tulleken

(OK), Lucy Worsley’s talk on Queen Victoria, and many other very successful events. I enjoyed being asked

to defend independent schools in a public debate with David Kynaston and Francis Green whose new book,

Engines of Privilege has received much coverage. Thank you to the King’s parents who came along to support,

and to former King’s parent and BBC correspondent, Razia Iqbal, who chaired the discussion. By the way,

King’s did not receive any income at all from the festival. We not only sponsored the event but also provided

all facilities and support free of charge – we felt this was an important way to share our facilities with our

neighbours, and help support a fantastic local venture too.

The march of progress… nearly there!

The ten-year master plan is now virtually complete, two years early. The new six-court sports hall and six-

lane swimming pool, fitness centre, studio, changing rooms, reception area and new lawn are all set to be

handed over soon, with our intention to have the whole sports complex ready for the boys and girls in

September. Later this year we will organise visits so that pupils and parents can see what a fantastic new

addition this is to school life. It is the single most expensive part of the master plan, and, unfortunately, costs

have risen significantly for us on this project since construction commenced, despite our best efforts, but it

is perhaps the part that will have the most impact on the greatest number of pupils. Meanwhile, the King’s

music school has been shortlisted for the 2019 RIBA London regional awards.

What exactly has been achieved under the master plan?

The first step was building the 2011 pavilion at Kingsway, along with new and refurbished all-weather

pitches and a major relaying and draining of all the grass pitches. This was followed by a new front

entrance opposite the Common, a re-landscaping of the main site including the addition of the quadrangle

and repositioning of the war memorial. We constructed a much larger playground also facilitating three

netball courts, and then invested £3m in a major expansion and refit of the dining hall and kitchens. This

was followed by the new teaching building with a hall, offices and six classrooms, a new fascia to the

1950s science labs providing a lift and corridors on all three levels, and, most dramatically to date, the

new music school, concert hall and porters’ lodge. This freed up space for drama and other school

functions in the old music school. Last summer we expanded the sixth form centre, laid a new 1st XV

pitch, and this summer we will open the new pool, sports centre and tennis courts.

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A key part of our plans was that all this building over the last eight years would occur with as little disruption

to the daily lives of the pupils as possible. The fact that in all this time I have almost never heard a parent or

pupil complain about the works suggests we achieved this.

It has been an enormous investment made with the incredible support of so many in the King’s community,

especially the generosity of the many hundreds of parents and OKs who have donated to the school over

the years. All together, the costs of all these works is well in excess of £50m, and of course in addition there

has been lots of perhaps unnoticed day to day maintenance and endless minor projects affecting everywhere

from the library to laboratories and classrooms.

Is all this money well spent? My old school, a comprehensive in Birmingham, was new built when I started

there as a boy in 1970 – within thirty years it was dilapidated, and within forty years, every part of it had

been demolished. Cheap buildings are invariably a false economy, as this shows. I am very proud that every

building at King’s since we started the master plan has been built to the best standards we could afford, and

should take their place alongside the original buildings of the school in the value they provide over time.

Nothing we have done has been a short-term fix. Every change or improvement was designed to follow four

principles: it should address the foreseeable needs of the school; it should be handsome; it should be in

keeping with the campus and the local area, wherever possible helping to harmonise what was once a

muddled aesthetic; and it should be enduring.

The school is now resourced in a way that not only reflects and encourages the ambition of its pupils and

teachers, but leaves it future-proof for years to come. It has been a tremendous effort by all concerned, not

least the two excellent bursars, Mr Armitage and Mrs Clarke, who have worked alongside the governors,

Dr Silverlock and me in this time. The governors have been imaginative and courageous in supporting and

guiding the many projects involved, led by Mr Owen Carlstrand and his colleagues on the Estates Committee.

Mr Guy Slimmon, as chair of the Finance Committee, has provided exceptional understanding of, and

guidance on, the financial issues underpinning all we do, as have all his colleagues. We have a fantastic

governing body led by Lord Deighton, and I don’t know how we could achieve the successes we do if we

did not have their support and good advice to lean upon.

But we always need your help

If you think you or your family would like to make a contribution to the sports complex, the bursary

programme or any other aspect of school life, please either let me know directly on adh@kcs.org.uk or

write to Mrs Laura Cottrell, Development Director on l.cottrell@kcs.org.uk. Only last week, a former

parent made a donation of £180,000 to support a boy aged 11 all the way through his senior school career,

including all costs associated with uniform, school lunch, visits and so forth. They wish to remain anonymous,

but such acts of kindness have the most profound consequences. Several current parents have expressed

similar intentions – please join them! Even tiny gifts, not remotely in the region of a full bursary, add up

amazingly over time if enough of us make them.

Highlights of the term

As ever, the spring term rocketed off from the start-line and won’t slow up until it hits the finish. In that

time, we have held an enormous number of concerts in the new concert hall. The spring concert featured

Oliver Gerlach playing two movements of Grieg’s piano concerto – a beautiful and elegant performance. A

superb chamber and symphony orchestra were led, respectively, by Miranda Porter and Jamie Frost, each

with great musicality and calm authority. The wind band were also excellent. I must also refer to the

outstanding musicianship I witnessed at Jazz Club, especially the beautifully nuanced performance of the

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senior school combo, featuring Ben Morren, Alfie Insall, Malachy McEvoy, Max Florez and Rupert McKay,

and the fine playing of Max Florez, Josh Law, Hugo Robijns and Oscar Stewart in the saxophone quartet.

James Murray, Jonathan Cheng and Lucas Dick won the U16 competition in the Pro Corda National Chamber

Music Festival for Schools. Five King’s teams reached the semi-final. There were 176 entries in total, and both

Mr Nixon, Mr Smedley and Mr Bricht should be thanked for all the time they have devoted to the winning trio

and so many other areas of King’s music. Yousif Razin won two gold awards at the Richmond upon Thames

Performing Arts Festival along with the award for Young Pianist of the Year. James Roberts has been awarded

the prestigious ABRSM diploma for violin performance. I felt privileged to attend the impressive premiere of

Tom Little’s composition, Shades in Time, performed by the Kingston Chamber Orchestra last Saturday. In the

John Evans String Prize, winners were Julian Ketelsen and Jamie Frost, with Sassan Bhanji and Gareth Siddle

highly commended by the adjudicator. Meanwhile, the woodwind competition sixth form prize was won by

James Hazell and Rupert McKay, and the intermediate prize by Fraser White.

The house play festival was one of the best I have seen in terms of every piece being of a high standard and

focusing on strong acting, imaginative direction, and a real sense of purpose to each piece. Maclear, who

have kept our spirits up year after year with their brilliantly cast comedies, were deserved winners this year

with The House Play That Goes Wrong. Best ensemble went to Layton, whose Incident at Vichy was directed

by Max Straesser. Best actor was Luka Sheppard. Congratulations to everyone involved.

Andrei Reid won the U14 boys’ Wilton Open singles tournament in tennis and Tommy Evans was selected

to represent The Independent School Lambs in rugby fixtures against The Boys Club of Wales and the Irish

Exiles. Asa Gosal has been selected for the Harlequins Developing Player Programme. Lynn Vanderstichele

has been awarded a hockey scholarship to Stanford and in netball, Seyi Ogunyemi was voted player of the

Lord Wandsworth Tournament. The U14A football team, captained by Will Belton and Zac Arney, remain

unbeaten, as are the U15A hockey team, captained by James Southorn.

I was touched to be invited to the premiere of The Kid Who Would Be King, starring King’s fourth former, Dean

Chaumoo; it is a tremendous film, directed by Joe Cornish, and gaining very positive reviews from The Times

and Daily Telegraph among others. Dean also helped present parts of the WE day event at Wembley Arena,

celebrating a year of young people transforming communities and changing lives.

Harry Palmer, Arianna Cox and Alex King all received gold Awards in the Chemistry Olympiad and Babar Haq

won silver. Ollie Khurshid has got into the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT). Harry Northcote was

placed first in the Erasmus Essay Prize, 2018, and attended the prize giving in January.

Harry Karmel, a member of the RAF section, took part in a residential flying course in Dundee for the Air

Cadet Pilot Scheme. The flying school described Harry as the best cadet they had ever seen on the scheme

and he has been awarded a Sir Michael Knight Flying Scholarship. Theo Sinclair has been selected for the

England U16 bridge team playing in the World Bridge Foundation Online Youth Championship. The Young

Enterprise team came third nationally out of 150 teams in the spring sale competition.

Isaac Loose, Fergus Kirman, Amit Saini and Finn Fallowfield have, between them, reached the finals of both the

Oxford and the Cambridge Union Societies debating competitions – a fantastic achievement. In our first House

Art competition, Glenesk were overall winners, with Jack Billingsley taking first place for his outstanding

illustrated tortoise. Other prize-winners were Maggie Bao, Ella Horncastle and Caitlin Man who all displayed

exceptional draftsmanship in their work.

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The Friends’ Quiz Night was a huge success as ever – thank you to everyone involved including quiz masters

Neil Fox, parent, and Matt Gibson, head of Kingsley. The Friends continue to support many aspects of King’s

life and I would like to thank Mrs de Boer and all her team for the way they give up so much time for the

school. King’s Has Got Talent and the community production of Macbeth are still to occur at the time of writing,

but I hope these go well for everyone involved.

As last year, I would like to thank Mr Cawley, Head of Science, for overseeing a whole week devoted to the

study and exploration of science: Science Week was another great success and I am grateful to everyone

involved. Lorenzo Rangone and Giacomo Rossetti recently won the French debating final at the Institut

Français; Lorenzo also reached the semi-finals of the Spanish inter-schools debating competition, this time with

Milan Kaushal; and King’s won the Hispanic Theatre Festival for the second year running. Thomas Morgan won

Best Supporting Actor.

Last Friday, the CCF was inspected by Colonel John Catto, the Regimental Colonel of the Royal Artillery. The

cadets put on an excellent show for the Colonel and the 120 parents and friends who attended the event and

our visitors were full of praise for the cadets’ confidence and their standard of presentation. The final activity

was a gun run competition between the three services held on the main field. The Army section cadets won,

and were each presented with a Royal Artillery medal by Colonel Catto.

I can’t thank Alex King, Georgia Street and Bash Steele enough for their help, guidance and good humour

all year as captain and vice captains of school. They are unfailingly supportive, attentive to the issues in their

year and the school, and, just as importantly, they are also a real pleasure to chat with when they come to see

me!

Update on the new Year 7 entry to the senior school

We again had a record number of applicants – this time 430 for the 11+ places in next year’s Year 7. We had

foreseen high numbers and so I wrote to all prep schools in the autumn saying we were now expecting to take

around 60 at 11 and a further 30 or so at 13. In fact, we had a very high uptake of our offers at 11+ and so we

now have 69 Year 7 pupils joining us in September. The boys and their parents came for an introduction to

the lower school last week, and the enthusiasm and goodwill was overwhelming! I must here thank the

incredible colleagues we have in the admissions office: Ms Dowling and her team are friendly, wise, and

exceptionally efficient. This year has really tested their endurance, simply because of the enormous numbers

we are dealing with at every stage. Many prospective parents tell me how kind the admissions staff have been

throughout. Thank you!

International schools

Our two schools in China continue to do well, and building is well underway with the new school in Bangkok.

We receive significant and growing income from all three, and the surplus goes straight into our bursary fund.

Prize Giving

Prize giving will again be held at the Cadogan Hall. It will start promptly at 11am on Saturday 7th

September. Prize winners will receive further details from Mr Mitchell next term.

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Some (familiar) thoughts on revision and exam preparation

Next term is of course a busy exam term for the fifth and sixth form, and examinations start very soon after

the Easter break. IB examinations start on Thursday 2nd May and are completed before the half term break

and many of the IGCSE examinations are early in the term, with Geography and History on Tuesday 7th May

and Wednesday 8th May respectively. The full details of examinations for the lower fifth and above are

presented on the parent portal, but it is certainly important that your sons and daughters make good use of

the break for exam preparation as well as rest. I now repeat some revision advice I give each year:

Revision can seem daunting or just dull, but real effort, even late in the day, is invariably rewarded.

I hope that knowing this helps your son or daughter to stay focused and confident in the next few months.

At the heart of all revision is organisation. Many pupils feel they are naturally “disorganised”, even though

they are not. In any case, it is not so difficult to get the different subject files, textbooks, exercise books and

bits of paper in subject order out on a table, check them off against the syllabus, and ensure that any

significant gaps are filled by contacting teachers, asking friends, or checking textbooks and study guides. The

next stage is to write a rational revision timetable, dividing each subject into smaller parts, and allocating

enough time for each sub-section of each subject, increasingly taking account of the order in which the actual

exams occur. That is really all organisation for exams involves, but the earlier it is done, the easier the next

stage is.

The next stage perhaps requires more will-power. It comes down to reading the material, understanding it,

summarising it, slowly memorising it, and practising test questions. The more a pupil interacts with his/her

revision material, the more of it is retained – this might involve summary notes, rephrasing or explaining

meaning to a friend. Slowly, detail and technique are absorbed, and boys and girls, every year, often do even

better than they had dared hope.

King’s and costs

Even though we have started and now nearly finished a complete overhaul of pretty well every area of the

school estate, the highly respected Baines Cutler schools’ benchmarking guide shows that over the last six

years King’s has kept its fee rises below those of its peer group. We will do our best for next year, too, but,

like all major independent schools, we are impacted by the government’s decision to raise the employer

contribution to teacher pensions by over 40%. For King’s, this results in an additional cost of over £680,000

pa. Finally, for the first time since I became head master of King’s, we are now borrowing, as planned, to

complete the master plan: we have taken on a loan of £4.5m to complete the sports hall construction. The

terms of the loan require us to repay this within five years, although we are able to repay early with no

penalties if we wish to do so. We are in a robust condition to face the future, but the governors will expect

me to ensure that all we do is calibrated to need.

Staffing

In addition to those mentioned in the autumn term newsletter, the following staff joined us this term:

Jenny Seed Teacher of Psychology (maternity cover)

Terrence Brown Temporary IT helpdesk

Zachary Cadman GAP student – music

Terence Downes Gardener

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New starters next term include Jane Blythe, head of Biology, and Julia Mason, teacher of LE. Arabella Stewart

returns to the Biology department from her maternity leave.

Leavers include Lizzie Elwell (during her maternity leave), Liah Bond (porter), Jonathan De Oliveira (science

technician), Adriana Williams (deputy development director) and Heidi Lissamore (senior development

officer).

Internal promotions include the following:

Acting head of History Ros Davis

Deputy Director of Co-Curricular Education Matt Cole

Assistant head of partnerships and outreach Hannah Cocksworth

Acting head of A level Adam Hedges

Director of public occasions Chan Ramgoolam (from September 2019)

Head of French Samy Etienne (from September 2019)

Head of girls Lily Tozzi (from September 2019)

Magazine editor Montserrat Kidwell (from September 2019)

Looking ahead

Our next sixth form Open Evening is on Monday 10th June. All are welcome; there is no need to book. For

further details, please contact Stephanie Dowling on 020 8255 5352 or email sixthformadmissions@kcs.org.uk.

Girls and boys who wish to take up sixth form places at King’s in 2020 and who are not currently at the school

are asked to register by Monday 21st October 2019.

Our induction programme for all lower sixth pupils will take place on Monday 2nd September. Parents of

pupils currently in the junior school and the lower school should also note that next year’s fourth form will

be starting at 8.30am on Monday 2nd September. Further details for the autumn term appear in section two. If

your son or daughter is in Year 8, the lower fifth, upper fifth or upper sixth, his or her report will be

released on the last day of term. You will be notified by email as soon as these reports are available for viewing.

Lower sixth, fourth form and Year 7 pupils have grades only this term, rather than full reports. These

grades will also be released on the last day of term and you will be notified as soon as they are.

In conclusion

Thank you to all the boys and girls, teaching and support staff for their positive spirits all term. I would like

to thank the upper sixth for staying committed to the school even as they must be thinking more and more

of their A levels and IB exams. They are another great group of boys and girls and I wish them, along with

the boys in the upper fifth, all the very best for their exams next term.

Finally, may I wish you and your family a very happy holiday and to thank you again for all the support you

offer my colleagues and me throughout the year.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Halls

Head Master

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APPENDIX A (letter to The Guardian published 08.01.19)

Dear Sir or Madam,

It is untruthful to suggest that private schools take IGCSEs because they are easier (Labour demands enquiry

into how GCSE reform has benefited private schools 31.12.18). Until 2010, grade inflation had been rampant at

both GCSE and A level for at least a decade. During the years of New Labour, syllabuses were increasingly

dumbed down, with simplistic coursework a key requirement of almost every subject. For a few unhappy years,

GCSEs even became modular, as A levels then were too, so that the nation's children took public exams every

single summer from year 10 to year 13. Those were the main reasons that many independent schools moved

to IGCSE in the middle school, and some, like King’s, introduced the International Baccalaureate in the sixth

form. We wanted to encourage teaching that was more stimulating and more demanding; we thought we were

making things better – not easier.

Finally, we should remember that the difficulty or otherwise of an exam rests partly on the generosity of

marking. In 2016, to gain a C in the “easier”, pre-reform GCSE maths, you needed to get 34% of your answers

right. In 2017, under the reformed system, just 17% was considered enough for a grade 4 – or “standard pass”.

To the glory of neither, I suspect the difference in difficulty between reformed GCSEs and IGCSEs is

infinitesimal.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Halls

Head Master

King’s College School

Wimbledon

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SECTION TWO contains important details for all public exam cohorts and key dates

The summer term 2019 – teaching time, study leave and results

1. U6 IB Diploma Programme pupils

U6 IBDP pupils will have their exams briefing with Mr Allen on Thursday, April 25th. Their final scheduled

lesson will be period 6 on Wednesday May 1st and study leave commences from then. Pupils are not required

to go to games unless there are required to do so by their games coach in advance of a sporting fixture. SL

Political Thought pupils will begin study leave on Tuesday 30th April. The IB diploma examination session runs

from Thursday May 2nd until Friday 24th May. Results may be downloaded by pupils on Saturday 6th July. Mr

Allen has already written to parents outlining arrangements post-results on July 8th & 9th.

2. U6 A level pupils

The final compulsory lesson for U6 A level pupils will be period 6 on Friday 10th May. Lessons will then be on

an opt-in basis for the week commencing Monday 13th May, with study leave formally beginning on Monday

20th May. Pupils are expected to attend CCA on the afternoon of Friday 10th May.

Where pupils are sitting a written A level examination up to and including Friday 10th May, they may take 24

hours prior to each examination as study leave.

IB and A level teachers will continue to be available for their usual teaching lessons thereafter until the exam

period commences, but boys and girls should email staff they hope to see during study leave to ensure they

coincide.

Results for A level exams will be released on Thursday 15th August.

3. L6 A level pupils

There are internal L6 A level exams during the week Monday 3rd June – Friday 7th June.

Rossetti morning takes place on Monday 1st July for all L6 pupils. Pupils will not be given permission to attend

university open days on this date.

21st June: King’s Essay afternoon in school

The UCAS forum runs the Monday -Friday, commencing the 24th June

25th – 26th June: King’s Essay writing days

27th June: King’s Essay hand-in (before 9AM)

King’s essay presentations will be Tuesday 2nd July

Term ends on Wednesday 3rd July.

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4. L6 IB pupils

Maths Studies exams are on the afternoon of Monday 13th May and the morning of Tuesday 14th May, which

means SL Maths Studies pupils will be on study leave on the morning of 13th May. Maths Studies results may be

downloaded to pupils on Saturday 6th July.

Group 4 (science) projects are completed on Friday 24th May and must be completed by all L6 IBDP pupils.

There will internal IBDP exams during the week Monday 3rd June – Friday 7th June. UCAS predicted grades will

be largely based on the outcomes of these exams. After exams pupils will be working on aspects of the core.

The week beginning June 17th is devoted to the writing of the Extended Essay, and much of the week beginning

June 24th will be devoted to the final preparation and delivery of the ToK presentations. Feedback for extended

essays will be delivered by supervisors from Friday, June 28th.

UCAS preparation for all pupils starts on Monday 24th June with draft personal statements due to be completed

by June 26th.

Rossetti morning takes place on Monday July 1st for all L6 pupils.

Term ends on Wednesday 3rd July.

5. U5 (I)GCSE pupils

(I)GCSE study leave commences on Friday 3rd May.

All members of the U5 will come back in to school for much of the morning of Friday 21st June. A few pupils

will additionally be required for the afternoon to support new pupils.

Results for (I)GCSE exams will be released on Thursday 22nd August.

6. L5 pupils

(I)GCSE French takes place on Tuesday 14th May in the morning (08:30 to 11:00); the L5 will be excused school

on Monday 13th May to provide study leave for their exam. For those boys not taking (I)GCSE French this

year, the internal end of year exam will also take place on Tuesday 14th May in the morning, with Monday 13th

May to be taken as study leave. Supervised study will be provided at school on Monday if preferred and a brief

questionnaire will be sent to parents should they wish to request this for their son.

Internal exams week from Monday 3rd June – Friday 7th June.

L5 Activities week runs from Monday 24th June to Friday 28th June. Further details will follow next term.

Results for (I)GCSE exams will be released on Thursday 22nd August.

7. Fourth Form

Internal exams week from Monday 3rd June – Friday 7th June.

Fourth form activities week runs from Monday 24th June to Friday 28th June. Further details will follow next

term.

8. Lower School

Internal exams week for both year 7 and year 8 from Monday 3th June – Thursday 6th June.

Games as normal on Tuesday 4th June

Friday 7th June all lower school pupils will be at Kingsway for house sporting events all day.

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Important summer term dates, 2019

Term begins: Tuesday 23rd April – normal school day (roll call 08.30)

Bank holiday: Monday 6th May

Half Term: Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May

End of Term: Wednesday 3rd July

Some other dates for summer 2019

Monday 29th April Introduction to applying for Oxford and Cambridge

Thursday 16th May Lower school production

Friday 17th May Farewell dinner for U6 leavers and their parents

w/c Monday 3rd June Year 7, 8, 4, L5 and L6 internal examinations

Tuesday 11th June L5 information evening re sixth form curriculum options

18th – 20th June Middle school production

Thursday 20th June Summer orchestral concert

Monday 24th June 4 and L5 Activities week

L6 Careers evening

25th – 26th June Sixth form production

Autumn term 2019

Tuesday 3rd September Full term begins

Saturday 7th September Prize Giving

Saturday 14th September Open Morning

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SECTION THREE contains further details of the term’s sports, music, drama and activities.

Music

At the start of the spring term we welcomed our new gap year student, Zach Cadman, who is taking a break

mid-university and will be returning to Lancaster to study in the autumn. He is both a saxophonist and cellist

and is already contributing in many ways to the department.

The first musical event of the term saw seven of our Music scholars perform in a lunchtime recital at St John’s

Church, as part of their established series of monthly concerts. There were superbly played solos, duets, trios

and a quartet from some of our most talented musicians. We were then honoured to be able to host the first

round and semi-finals of Pro Corda’s National Chamber Music Festival. Eight groups from King’s took part in

this prestigious event, the first time King’s has participated for fifteen years. Four groups progressed to the

semi-finals and then one trio made it to the finals, eventually returning victorious and winning the U16

category. This is a splendid achievement. In the second half of term, there was a chamber Music weekend of

masterclasses and then a recital at the end of March showcasing this flourishing side of King’s Music.

The chamber choir sang Evensong for Candlemas in St John’s Church and, a week later, in Southwark

Cathedral. Meanwhile, Coro was rehearsing for an exciting choral concert on the final night of term, including

songs from Rent and The Greatest Showman.

For King’s pianists, there were two inspirational masterclasses, in which pupils benefited from individual

coaching from two internationally renowned pianists. This year’s theme was Spanish music and over thirty

pupils were involved in this ambitious and successful project. Later in the term, the pianists performed in a

concert demonstrating all they had learnt. Three music competitions took place during the term for organists,

woodwind and string players as well as the eagerly-anticipated annual Battle of the Bands, won by Maclear.

The senior jazz combo has been performing in the local community this term, including at several schools and

on Aspirations morning. Big band made its annual visit to perform at The Bull’s Head in Barnes, a popular

centre of jazz excellence, whilst Jazz Club was held at the beginning of March featuring a number of impressive

groups. Two pupil bands, one middle school and one sixth form, played in assemblies this term, both proving

popular.

This term’s main orchestral concert featured the symphony, wind and chamber orchestras. Oliver Gerlach

performed part of Grieg’s Piano Concerto with panache, whilst there was also superbly played music by Britten

and the Mexican composer, Arturo Marques.

The Music school has been open for business for nearly a year now, but the final event to mark its opening

was a fruitful collaboration with the Drama department of an evening of Shakespeare poetry and music. Eight

instrumentalists and three singers performed superbly in music by the renowned film music composer Nigel

Hess, in a black tie gala performance of Love Never Speaks on 22nd March.

Drama

92 pupils dedicated their time and talent to one of the dramatic highlights of the year, the House Play Festival:

Glenesk performed a gripping 1984; Alverstone delivered a strong and impactful performance of Jez

Butterworth’s Jerusalem; Kingsley impressed and delighted with a musical adaptation of John Carney’s Sing

Street; Layton’s excellent ensemble work brought Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy to life; Major adapted Jessica

Swale’s Blue Stockings with a host of charming and cheeky performances; and Maclear had the audience in

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stitches with their iconic and hilarious The House Play That Goes Wrong. This year’s adjudicators were the

talented Mark Jones (OK) and his comedy partner Christy White-Spunner, who together form Sisters – “A

fantastically dark sketch duo with a bright future” (BroadwayWorld.com). Those lucky enough to see them at

the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the last sold-out few years (Sisters – White Noise and Sisters – On Demand) will

agree with reviewers: “Stands out as a must-see… A genuinely exciting new voice in sketch comedy”. They

offered excellent reflections on the night’s performances, praising the bravery of the directors’ challenging

choices, the creativity of design and the audacity and talent of the performers. They awarded the following

prizes:

Best Play: Maclear for The House Play That Goes Wrong

Best Actor: Kingsley – Luka Sheppard for his performance as Brendan in Sing Street

Adjudicator’s Award for Best Ensemble: Layton for Incident at Vichy

The U6 IB Literature & Performance group performed a beautifully crafted transformation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s

novel Never Let Me Go alongside the L6 Theatre Studies and Literature & Performance classes who presented

coursework scenes from Shakespeare (in full original costume) in an evening to showcase sixth form academic

drama. The Theatre Society thoroughly enjoyed by A Slight Ache and The Dumb Waiter at the Harold Pinter

Theatre, and Moliere’s Tartuffe at the National Theatre. The Drama department has organised a wide variety

of academic theatre trips this term: the sixth form Drama pupils have been to see the acclaimed revival of

Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke in the West End, as well as edgy physical theatre at The Barbican by

the inventive company Gecko; the fifth form Drama pupils visited the West End stalwart The Woman in Black,

a bold gender-swapped reimagining of The Crucible at the Yard Theatre, and a challenging new piece of political

theatre, Shipwreck, playing at the Almeida and featuring Khalid Abdalla (OK).

March saw a sensational evening in the New Concert Hall: When Love Speaks - a collection of extracts around

the theme of love produced by leading RSC and West End director, Christopher Luscombe (OK and fellow)

with music written by his composing partner, Nigel Hess, showcased talented King’s pupils, who were joined

by two members of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as host. There is

also the exciting Community Partnerships Production Macbeth (led by Director in Residence Becky Cooper),

the sixth form scholarship workshop and the 13+ scholarship assessment day before the end of term, and

rehearsals/auditions for summer drama, which include the U5 and U6 final exam scenes, the sixth form directed

play, the lower school production (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), the middle school production (Romeo & Juliet)

and the hotly anticipated Edinburgh Fringe production.

Partnerships and Outreach

Partnership work continues to flourish. This term around 160 partner school pupils in Year 11 have attended

GCSE reinforcement classes taught by our staff after school on Thursdays. The new cohort of Year 9 senior

aspirations pupils began their three year course with an introductory session at King’s at the beginning of term.

Our annual senior aspirations morning took place on Saturday 2nd February, with 70 partner school pupils in

Years 9-10 attending lessons in eight subjects taught by our staff, and a member of the Coombe Boys staff,

before enjoying a snack lunch with their parents whilst listening to jazz played by the partnership combo

group. 50 Year 11 senior aspirations pupils from five schools attended an afternoon of workshops run by

Future Foundations on Friday 1st February focusing on preparing for university. 70 Year 9 pupils in the

aspirations project attended a performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe theatre on 4th March which was

preceded by workshops about the play, held at King’s on 1st March. 70 Year 10 pupils in the project took part

ballet workshops at King’s run by members of Matthew Bourne’s company, New Adventures, before visiting

Sadler’s Wells theatre for a performance of Swan Lake. 45 more able students in Year 8 from three partner

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schools followed a second inspirational science course devised by King’s and taught by our sixth-formers on

Friday afternoons.

380 pupils in the lower fifth and above have continued to work on community projects every Friday this term.

Most projects involve mentoring pupils in secondary, special and primary schools in subjects that include Maths,

Mandarin and English as an Additional Language. The creative projects will reach a climax at our fifth partnership

production on 29th March. Supported by the Friends and directed by Becky Cooper, Macbeth brings together

pupils from Raynes Park High School, Coombe Girls’ School, Ricards Lodge High School and RR6 secondary

schools as well as Bond primary and pupils from Perseid and Cricket Green special schools and King’s.

The director of the programme is on the steering group of the Schools Together Group and chairs the group’s

policy and research subcommittee. This voluntary group is currently liaising with the Systems Partnership Unit,

within the Department for Education, to ensure that cross-sector partnerships receive full recognition and

also to secure startup funding for schools new to cross-sector partnership work. The group is carrying out

research into the impact of cross-sector partnerships with the Independent Schools’ Council.

Games

Football

The with a remarkable 172 matches having been played across the age groups throughout this year’s football

campaign of the football season, this could have been even higher number of opportunities with a total of 206,

however the weather put pay to 34 of the fixtures. Numbers in each year have been outstanding, with 464

boys selecting football as their games.

There have been many highlights thus far with the U14s having an unbeaten run and the 2nd XI reaching the

Semi Final of the Trinity Cup. The ISFA campaigns for the U13, U15 and 1st XI. In particular, the U15 who

managed to reach the last 8 Independent schools in the whole of the UK only to lose narrowly in the last

minute to Hampton School.

A highlight of the season was the “Friday Night Lights” at Sutton United FC and “Super Saturday” fixtures with

Dulwich College. This saw us set an Independent School Football Association (ISFA) record of 32 fixtures in

one weekend with the combination of U12/U13 within the Junior School with an impressive 1000 boys playing

football from both schools.

In February half term the 23 mixed ability U14s set off for a development camp at the world famous Etihad

Campus, home of Premier League Champions Manchester City Football Club. The boys took on three local

teams in competitive fixtures, training under lights at Etihad Campus with MCFC coaches, stadium tours at

Manchester United and Manchester City, a match experience with Bolton v Norwich and the chance to see

Pep Guardiola in action training with the MCFC 1st XI. It has been an exciting time with the girl’s football

programme. Chelsea FC coaches took on the weekly lunchtime session followed a competitive fixture against

Charterhouse School with more to follow next term.

The season was brought to a close with a celebration evening with FIFA/Premier League Referee Anthony

Taylor as special guest.

Boys’ Hockey

Boys’ hockey has gone from strength to strength this term well with over 100 boys involved in fixtures every

weekend. Kings have had a number of block fixtures against the likes of Dulwich, Reigate, Caterham and others.

The 1st XI captained by Marcus Ng have put in a number of excellent performances throughout the term. This

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was on the back of an excellent tour to Madrid, where the boys played three fixtures against top Spanish sides.

The 2nd XI and 3rd XI have been improving week by week, with a 2-1 victory over Reeds being their highlight

of the term.

The U15A, captained by James Southorn, have had an excellent term, losing only one game and being unbeaten

in Saturday fixtures. They put in an impressive performance against Whitgift in the 2nd round of the independent

schools’ cup but unfortunately were beaten by a better team. The U14A had a tough start in terms of results

but have had an excellent end with victories over St John’s, Caterham and Lord Wandsworth, with Alex Adair

putting in a number of superb performances. The U14B have really impressed this term, and have had a great

second half with positive results against Lingfield, Alleyn’s and Ardingly.

The lower school hockey program commenced after half term, and it has been great to see every single boy

out representing their school on a hockey pitch. The have had competitive fixtures against Reigate, Caterham,

Alleyn’s and Dulwich.

Netball

The school has had six netball teams this term and the girls have been working hard both off and on the court.

We have had a lot of success, playing 65 matches, winning 44 of them and drawing 3. This equates to a win/

draw rate of 72%, which is excellent.

The 1st team, captained by Fenna Agnew, have had a challenging term, winning 6 of their 12 matches and

narrowly losing three of them by a couple of goals. The 1st team has been built from scratch this year with

several L6 players coming into the squad. They had some good wins against Woldingham, Gordon’s and St.

Benedict’s and lost out by one goal to St. George’s, Weybridge. The 2nd VII, captained by Emma Green have

been strong team, having won all but two of their matches to date against schools’ 1st teams and also 2nd teams.

Special mention should also go to the 4th team, captained by Ansa Khan who won all but one match and drew

one.

At half term, nine girls departed for the United Arab Emirates, where they played in a tournament and four

other matches. This was fantastic for the girls and set them in a good position ready for a competitive rest of

the season.

Rugby

The 2018 rugby season ended on a high with really evenly matched block fixtures against RGS Guildford and

St John’s, Leatherhead. The 1st XV, after a tough season, held their own against some fierce rugby playing

schools and were unlucky to not record a victory against a strong Trinity School side in the last fixture of the

year. The U14, U15 and U15 year groups had particularly successful seasons winning a large number of their

fixtures whilst continuing to field three of four teams in each age group. The quality and determination of these

successes was epitomised in the U15A team’s NatWest cup run. This group managed to beat a number of

school’s including Haileybury and Dulwich College en route to a fantastic performance, but ultimately a loss to

a first class Whitgift side. The school celebrated the season’s success at the annual Rugby Awards Evening

where we welcomed back BBC rugby correspondent and old boy of the school Chris Jones to talk to the staff,

boys and parents about his time following rugby around the world.

The lower school rugby season is now drawing to a close having started after the October half term. With

extra numbers in Year 7 we have regularly fielded an U12D team which has been very pleasing to all involved.

It was also great to see so many of our original lower school intake carrying on with rugby in the fourth form,

as many of these boys had never played the sport when they joined the school in Year 7.

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Rugby Sevens

The rugby sevens programme was hit with particularly dire weather this season and unfortunately the surrey

competitions were cancelled at U15 and U16 age groups. The senior squad, ably supported by a number of U5

boys, performed well at Reigate, Worth and the Surrey Sevens. A special mention should go to the U14 squad

who won 7 out of 8 games at the Surrey Festival. Well done to Tommy Evans (U6L) for being selected to

represent the Independent School Lambs and Asa Gosal (8B) for being selected for the Harlequins Developing

Player Programme.

Rowing

The new fourth form rowers have taken to the sport well, with good numbers attending Sunday’s extra water

sessions. Recently two KCS octuple sculls had their first racing experience at Dorney Lake, putting in very

respectable performances (27th and 34th of the 43 boats racing) against much more experienced opposition at

the scullery head race.

The L5 rowers have switched from sculling to sweep oar rowing and can now boast three competitive VIIIs. It

has been a very successful term for the squad, with a solid 1st and 4th for roughly matched J15 VIIIs at Quintin

Head, an agonizing 2nd place (0.1s behind the victors) for the 1st VIII at Hammersmith Head and finally a big win

for the 1st VIII in Championship J15 VIIIs at the School’s Head of the River Race (where unfortunately the 2nd

and 3rd VIIIs divisions were cancelled due to poor marshalling conditions).

The U5 rowers have taken a hit to their numbers during the first phase of the season, but have individually

been building momentum and making some big steps on technically. Their VIII placed 8th of the 14 J16 boats at

Quintin Head, 16th of 22 in Hammersmith Head before placing 6th of 10 in the J16 first VIII competition at

School’s Head.

The sixth form rowers are in a very healthy position. The girl’s squad enjoyed a varied spring term, with a trip

down to the houses of parliament (by rowing boat, of course) and a race for their top IV+ at Hammersmith

Head. The school 2nd VIII is strong this year, coming third quickest 2nd VIII at Quintin and ending the head race

season with a solid 8th of 16 2nd VIIIs at School’s Head despite two last minute substitutions due to illness. The

school 1st VIII is highlighting just how promising a prospect they are for the next two years, with a 3rd/11 in

Quintin Head, 9th/26 at Hammersmith Head and a fantastic top 10 (9th/36) finish in the School’s Head of the

River Race.

Basketball

The two term season has ended on a high with the U14 team being crowned LISBA league winners for their

age group and the U16s putting in a good showing during their play-off finals. After beating City of London 44

– 24 the U14s faced Alleyns in the final, who had defeated us twice this already season. During an exciting

encounter, Kings played some excellent basketball and came away with a 53 – 47 victory, to win the U14 LISBA

league for a second time. With a heavy U15 representation, the U16s lost out to eventual winners, City of

London, in their semi-final, and then the 3rd / 4th place play off against Whitgift 24 – 26, but would have gained

valuable experience from these games.

Looking ahead to next year, we will be looking to significantly improve on the win ratio, which will be achievable

with the same levels of commitment shown by the boys and a new sports hall for extra training sessions. I

would like to thank all boys for their efforts this year and wish the leavers the very best of luck for the future.

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Squash

The U15 V have had a strong term so far with strong wins against Reeds, Charterhouse and Dulwich. In

particular #2 Toby Ward had an excellent win against a Charterhouse player he lost to last term. They also

gave Trinity a good battle. The 1st V lost narrowly to Charterhouse and had a convincing 5-0 win over CLFS,

with a particularly strong win by #1 Vivek Desai. They also lost against strong St Paul’s and Reed’s sides. The

first team played in the Roehampton invitational tournament, fighting valiantly and coming 5th despite missing

our U5th players. Vivek Parmar has made great progress this year, often playing for both the U15 V and 1st V.

Layton were victorious in 4th and L5 house squash, while Kingsley won the senior competition.

Golf

The third round of the HMC Foursomes took place with six students competing. Despite good performances

from a number of players, at a very frosty Royal Wimbledon Golf Course, we were unable to beat a very

strong St Paul’s team who have been finalists in each of the last 4 years. The hope is that the experience gained

by our young team will stand the players in good stead in future years.

Badminton

Badminton has yet again come on leaps and bounds this term with another 10 students representing the school

for the first time. It is looking very promising on the results front to, with a great win for the U15s versus

Hampton and a superb U18 draw versus RGS Guildford. A special mention must go to the six boys who played

in the U18 Saturday fixture versus Epsom College as they also had further sporting commitments in the

morning, the passion displayed by all the students was superb and the competed brilliantly despite playing

several years up, good signs for the future. The sport is certainly growing and the term will finish with the

Parent & Child Easter Badminton Competition to celebrate another successful campaign.

Water Polo

The U18 squad has won three, drawn two and lost one of their matches this term. They also made the semi-

finals of the National plate where they beat Harrow but, unfortunately, lost to London Oratory and QE Barnet.

The U15 squad, which consisted of a few U14s, also made the semi-finals of the plate this year, missing out on

the final by one place in the semis. The U13s team, which included some of the year 7s from the lower school,

qualified second in their ESSA competition and are now through to the semi-finals, which will take place after

the Easter break.

School Trips

During the Christmas holidays, the boys’ ski team competed in the British Schoolboys Ski Races in Deux Alpes,

France, with boys from both the senior and junior schools. Fabulous snow was enjoyed apart from on one day

where the race was cancelled due to unsafe conditions. The remaining races had to be condensed into two

days as opposed to three. This presented the event with a logistical challenge but it was dealt with effectively

and all boys were safe at all times as a result. In terms of the race results, King’s won five medals in total and

also one team prize. Lucas Farmer (L5) deserves special mention for captaining the team and winning two

individual medals (one bronze and one silver in the U16 category).

The Art department enjoyed a fantastic trip to see works of art which can only be seen in New York city. The

variety of galleries visited were perfect for students who are studying art and those who are applying for

architecture. The hockey teams toured Madrid where had fixtures 3 evenings and went to watch a basketball

game on the other which the boys really enjoyed.

This term the CCF completed the Duke of Edinburgh gold practice at Church Stretton and the civilian Duke

of Edinburgh bronze practice took place at Richmond Park together with camping on the School ground. The

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Art department have made a number of visits to galleries around London and various theatre visits, debating,

fencing competitions and public speaking competitions have taken place.

Arthur Wellesley Society

The Arthur Wellesley Society organises talks at school, theatre visits, exhibition trips and, from time to time,

celebratory dinners for the parent body of both the junior and senior schools, in addition to former pupils and

parents. In past seasons, events have included three trips to Glyndebourne Festival Opera, private views of the

Queen’s gallery at Buckingham Palace and a six-day visit to St Petersburg In the Footsteps of the Last Tsar.

Members are entitled to priority booking with annual family membership costing £15. The society continues

to flourish with a membership of over a hundred families and many Arthur Wellesley Society events are sold

out to members within days. For further details on membership, please contact the Vice-Chairman, Eleanor

Sturge, at awsociety@kcs.org.uk

At the beginning of term, the Derek Paravicini Quartet gave an inspirational jazz concert with performances

of the highest quality in the concert hall to an audience of parents, staff and pupils. Derek demonstrated his

gift of being able to improvise on a given theme and play any piece at first hearing.

Next term will begin with a talk by Dr Michael Lynch, Honorary Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at

the University of Leicester, assessing the impact of the Treaty of Versailles in sowing the seeds for a second

world conflict. We will also make our first visit to Grange Park Opera for a performance of Porgy and Bess.

In March 2020 the society will undertake its fourth foreign trip, Poland: From Partitions to Solidarity. In the

centenary year of the establishment of The Free City of Danzig, now Gdansk, under The Treaty of Versailles

the trip will allow us to discover more about this fascinating nation which has been at the centre of both world

wars and was highly influential in the fall of communism thanks to the Solidarity movement led by Lech Wałęsa.

We will be accompanied by the historian Dr Jim Bjork, senior lecturer in Modern European History at King’s

College London, who has written extensively about Poland and Central Europe. Almost 50 people signed up

for this trip in the space of less than a week.

The Friends of King’s

The Friends have allocated over £60,000 so far this academic year to projects and items benefitting King’s

pupils as well as those at our partnership schools. We expect to allocate additional funds in May. The ever-

popular Quiz Night included more participants than ever before and we look forward to the reinstatement of

a family Fun Run on Sunday 24 March. Second hand uniform sales continue to be extremely popular and

profitable with all proceeds donated to Bursaries. Our next collection and sale will be on Friday April 26th.

We are incredibly grateful to parents for donating their time and efforts to help raise these funds and create

the community that is King’s.

Compiled from colleagues’ reports .

ADH

March 2019

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