Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Sports: Autumn Term Week 8
Category: News, SportsSports Results for Autumn Term Week 8 Further information including fixtures, teams and events can be found via the new Sports Website. More »
Prep school hockey fun
Category: Events, News, Sports55 Prep school girls enjoyed an excellent afternoon of hockey at King’s just before the half term break. Pupils from Junior King’s, Saint Ronan’s and Lorenden were treated to some top class coaching from Heads of Hockey Susie Rowe and Jen Wilson. Further expertise was provided by former pupil, James Oates (CY) who is currently England More »
Skydiving for charity
Category: NewsCurrent pupils and twin sisters, Amy (6b, WL) and Lulu (6b, BR) Hinshelwood, spent their half term break taking part in a skydive for charity. They raised some £300 for Pilgrim’s Hospice and described the experience as ‘the best ten minutes of their lives!’ More »
‘Where words fail, music speaks’
Category: Events, News, The Arts‘Where words fail, music speaks’ – Hans Christian Andersen Half term drew to a musical conclusion with the annual House Song Competition, judged by Paul Smith (Founder of VOCES8) and Spencer Payne (Director of Music at St. Edmund’s School), seeing boys’ boarding house Meister Omers crowned winners for the second, successive year. A wonderful display of More »
An adventure through time!
Category: Events, NewsPupils venture through time portals to save the Lance of Longinus – with a little help from Babbage, their friendly robot guide Eight willing volunteers from Dr Johnson’s activity group were brave enough to let the Librarians send them on a voyage through time in an immersive gaming experience at Time Run, London. They left More »
Blood is thicker than the wafer
Category: NewsKing’s was visited by Dr Conrad Leyser of Worcester College, Oxford, who gave a talk on the significance of the Virgin Mary in how we perceive the family. Speaking to Historians, Classicists and Religious Studies students, Dr Leyser explained how the family, a legal rather than biological group in the Roman Empire, shifted to being seen More »
Broughton House 40th Anniversary
Category: Events, NewsFormer pupils and staff came together to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the opening of Broughton House. Attendees were given an opportunity to tour the House, which now accommodates 52 girls. The event was attended by a number of Broughton’s founding members who moved from Riversleigh Waiting House with Broughton’s first Housemaster, Mike Hodgson, in October More »
The official opening of Kingsdown House
Category: Events, NewsThe official opening ceremony of Kingsdown House took place on Saturday 8th October. Amber de Ruyt (5th, KD) writes: ‘Despite the clouds and rain, the atmosphere throughout the House on ceremony day was electrifying. The girls’ and their Housemistress had been preparing for days, excited to help out and show off their beautiful new house More »
Sports: Autumn Term Week 7
Category: News, SportsSports Results for Autumn Term Week 7 Further information including fixtures, teams and events can be found via the new Sports Website. More »
Partnerships project at Canterbury Cathedral
Category: NewsCathedral-Spires Project A group of Year 7 pupils from Spires Academy in Westbere have been on a journey of discovery at Canterbury Cathedral with King’s teacher Diana Francis and 6th Form students Hugh Collins (LN) and Laurie Reeves (TR). The pupils have visited the Cathedral four times already, where they have been captivated by the tale of Thomas Beckett, More »
