Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
KMUN conference 2018
Category: Events, NewsThe King’s School Model United Nations Society hosted its second annual conference and welcomed 70 students from schools across Kent; it provides a great opportunity for pupils aged 13-18 to discuss global politics. The King’s MUN Society has signed a partnership with the University of Kent and committees were chaired by university students who have More »
Rugbylympics – our first try!
Category: Events, NewsFollowing on from the success of the annual Minilympics event, sixty two girls and boys from five local primary schools came for a day of rugby games and mini-matches and the first ever Rugbylympics. This partnership event between The King’s School and Canterbury Christ Church University was aimed at Year 6 pupils to help with the More »
King’s Talks
Category: Events, NewsUnder the leadership of Mr Owen Moelwyn-Hughes, Head of Politics, the aim of The King’s Talks is to broaden intellectual horizons and develop wider concern, particularly with regard to global affairs. The new talks season has been launched by two distinguished guests. Michael Stephens, Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the RUSI (Royal United More »
First Prize in EKST Bake Off
Category: Events, NewsCarolina Padilla has won the EKST Bake Off held at a St. Anselm’s School, which is a local school in Canterbury. Carolina wowed the judges with her triple-layered chocolate and vanilla cake, filled with butter cream and topped with raspberries and blueberries. There were four other contestants in the final in which all contestants were More »
‘Baileys ‘n’ Screen’
Category: Events, NewsDue to the popularity of this event last term, Bailey House hosted another open-air cinema event for charity. This time the film was ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, which was released in 1986 and first watched all those years ago by Mr Ocock (Head of Maths and Tutor in Bailey). All pupils in the school were invited by the More »
First Year birthday celebration for EKST
Category: Events, NewsKing’s and its East Kent Schools Together partners celebrated one year of partnership at an event at The Beaney on Thursday. The People and Places Gallery was a fitting (and spectacular) venue to mark a year of bringing people together across East Kent with the aims of widening horizons and raising aspirations. Alongside the schools and More »
Adventures In The Deep Ocean
Category: Events, NewsThe growing importance of the Canterbury Primary Science Partnership with state primary schools was highlighted by a fascinating talk in the Shirley Hall by Greg Foot, who is one of the leading science communicators in the UK Over 420 pupils and their teachers from seven local primary schools listened to Greg speaking about his aquanaut adventures, using More »
The King’s School International College
Category: Events, NewsThe start of term this September has seen an historic moment in the illustrious history of The King’s School with the opening of The King’s International College. 24 pupils are being housed temporarily in the old Mitchinson’s House, converted to boarding, at the heart of the Precincts while the innovative College building is completed besides More »
Memorial Service for Theodore Frobert OKS (GR 2010-15)
Category: Events, NewsThe King’s School, Canterbury are holding a Memorial Service for Theodore Frobert (GR 2010 – 2015) who sadly died while in Croatia in August 2017. The service will take place at 2pm on Thursday 6th September 2018 in the Quire of Canterbury Cathedral. Anyone who wishes to remember Theodore is welcome to attend but it would be More »
Colours, Creatures and Cameras
Category: Events, NewsThe King’s School invited over 60 children, parents and carers to take part in science experiments together in their annual Family Science Day aimed at raising aspiration in science. The event has grown out of the King’s School’s successful series of science masterclasses called “Saturday Smarties” – now in its fifth year. The Year 5 More »