News Archive
Round the Island race 2017
Category: Events, News, SportsFor the sixth year running King’s entered three boats in the Round the Island Race – one for parents, one for pupils and one for the OKS. The parents were in a Bavaria 45 and set off at 6.10am with the pupils and OKS in Jeanneau 43s on the 6.40am start. The OKS and pupils were More »
OKS Careers Day
Category: Events, NewsThis June Old King’s Scholars from far and wide came back to the School to talk to current Sixth Form pupils at the OKS Careers Day. The careers on offer ranged from medicine, technology start-ups and veterinary practice to finance, real estate, and business; from the military and civil service to journalism, theatre, and the arts. More »
Partnerships leading the way
Category: NewsA recent report from the Department for Education looking at the impact of Independent State School Partnerships highlighted the good practice of our ongoing Canterbury Primary Science Partnership Initiative (CPSP). The initiative, a collaboration between The King’s School and ten local primary schools was devised as a means to help improve teachers’ subject knowledge, pedagogical More »
Celebrating Mind’s Eye 2017
Category: Events, NewsThe writers of Mind’s Eye 2017 joined editor Hector O’Neill (GR, 6a) for an electronic preview of the magazine before it was published in hard copy during King’s Week. On a big screen in the Maugham Library, English teacher Anthony Lyons scrolled through the pages for a brief summary of each article while the audience nibbled More »
Reaching to the Cathedral Spires
Category: Events, NewsThe Spires Academy, King’s School and Canterbury Cathedral have been working in partnership over the past year to host Year 7 students in learning about all aspects of Canterbury Cathedral. 30 children visited the Cathedral every Thursday afternoon over three terms. They looked at key architectural features, learning how to identify the older parts of the building More »
Heading in the right direction
Category: NewsFormer pupil Jac Clinch (CY 2005-10) attended The Cannes Films Festival in 2016 with his graduation film from the National Film and Television School, where he had studied Directing Animation MA. His film was in the Cinefondation selection for new directors, and had a wall in the British Pavilion. ‘The Alan Dimension’ is about a retired accountant who can More »
