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Easter 2012
May you all have an
enjoyable and
restful Easter Break
Physical Education Celebrating Success Charities Week
Cross Country Plus our successes in All the fun we had, raising
Hockey Design Technology, money this term.
Mathematics and Business
The King's (The Cathedral) School
Easter Messenger 2012
Celebrating Success 3-7
Oxbridge & Mathematics 8
Notes from the Chaplain 9
Contents
Physical Education 10-13
Music Department Notices 13
Drama 14-15
Business & Economics 16-17
Junior Department 18-19
Charities Week 20-23
Design Technology 24
Religious Studies 25
End of Term Arrangements
Friday 30th March 2012
Term will end at approximately 12.30, following our final assembly.
Contract buses will arrive at school at their normal times.
The Summer term begins on Tuesday 17th April 2012 at 8.35 a.m.
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Celebrating Success
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to
‘Celebrating Success’, where students’
achievements outside school are given the
recognition they deserve.
Well done and Congratulations to you all!
Marcus Arnold - 7OAC
In February 2012, Marcus took part in the Northamptonshire
County Youth Epee Championships and fenced his way to a Gold
medal. Later the same month he took part in the East Midlands
Regional Championships at which he won a Bronze medal. This also
earned him a place at the National Youth Epee Championship in
Sheffield in May 2012.
Oliver Bell - 8STS
Entered the Bible Reading Class for 13 and 14 year olds at this
year's Peterborough Festival and achieved a score of 82 marks (First Class).
Hannah Brigham - 11MWB , Matthew Brigham - 9NDC , Zara Bailey - 11MWB and
Molly Norman - 11DJH
Were part of a strong team from City of Peterborough Swimming Club and City of
Cambridge Swimming Club that took part in an open meet in northern France. The
swimmers came away with a good number of medals and enjoyed the experience.
Abbie Brooks - 11DA
Has been promoted to the position of Corporal at Air Cadets, and has passed an exam
to obtain her green badge in first aid. Abbie also attended a NCO course at RAF
Henlow, where she not only passed but also gained a merit for her efforts.
Luke Cameron - 7OAC
Passed his Grade 2 Classical Guitar exam with Merit just before half - term.
Hannah Clark - 11DJH
Passed her Grade 8 Flute with Distinction. She continues to enjoy playing in both the
County Youth Orchestra and the County Wind Orchestra.
Elizabeth Cunningham - JD2
Passed Royal Academy of Dance Grade 2 Ballet with Merit.
Lorcan Elliott - 8CJS
Succeeded in passing his orange belt, rank 7th Kyu in Go-Kan-Ryu karate.
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Celebrating Success
Gabriel Francis-Dehqani - (7AKA) – has earned
Distinction in his Grade 7 cello exam.
Matthew Gladders - 12 HJM and Luke Hagerty - 9NDC
Competed in the Central Zone Schools’ Trampoline Competition in Shrewsbury. The
top 3 individuals for each age group from the Eastern, East Midlands, West Midlands Ben Jennings sails to victo
& Wales Regional rounds were competing in this round. Both boys competed well and
came 2nd in their respective groups - Matthew in the Elite U19 boys and Luke in the
Novice U15 boys. In both groups the top two boys were well ahead of the field with
Luke only 0.5 behind the leader in the U15's and whilst Matt achieved a personal best
score he was just pipped to the post by his close rival and fellow East Midlands team
mate, Jake Chattaway from Nottingham.
As the top three qualify to go through to the next round, Luke and Matt have both
qualified to go through to the National Finals in Bristol in March. We are all very
excited by Luke as he has improved tremendously in the last 3 months and also has an
excellent work ethic, putting 100% effort into his training. We will keep you posted on
his progress.
Annie Gray - 9FEO
Passed her Grade 5 Violin exam.
Charlotte Grieco - 13 AEP and Laura Smith 13PJF played lead roles in The Miss
Terroni School of Dance Show - The Wizard of Oz. Charlotte was Dorothy and Laura
was the Lion. Both danced for 2.5 hours for 3 shows on 25th and 26th February at
Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts. They dance en-pointe, ballet jazz and tap. The girls
also passed Grade 8 Ballet last summer both with distinction. Charlotte also passed
Lizzie Pam, Tayside Open
Intermediate en- pointe in London and a tap exam last summer.
Christian Grieco - 11GEG
Had a successful football season in Richard Scott’s Soccer School Under 16 team,
playing with determination in mid-field.
Edward Ingham - (Junior Department Year 5 - JD2) plays for Parkside Blue Under 10's
football team, who have just won the Peterborough and District Junior Alliance Under
10's Green Zone League 2011/12. With two games remaining in the season, they
cannot now be beaten.
Joel Jordan - 7LAV
Joel swims for Huntingdon. At his club trophy night he received 2 trophies, one for the
IM (Individual Medley), and one for Freestyle. He now has 2 Gold medals, 6 Silver and
5 Bronze medals for the year ending 2011. Lizzie Pam Cambs U12 Co
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Celebrating Success
Ben Jennings - 8CJS
Has achieved the following:
GB National Championship- 2nd Under 13 - August 2011, including a place in the
prestigious Gold fleet for that event. This event involves 6 full days of sailing, where
sailors are out at sea for up to 6 hours each day, requiring great levels of stamina and
concentration.
GB National Series - 2nd Under 13.
This series comprises 12 days of racing at locations across GB, March - September
2011 North of England Championships, 3rd place and 1st Under 13 Sept 2011
Midlands Area Racing Series - 1st Under 13; March - October 2011.
ory
Elizabeth King - 7LAV
Passed her Grade II Ballet Exam with Distinction.
Alex Langford-Pollard - 11GEG
Was awarded the Mark Wright Trophy for Solo Improvisation at the 2012
Peterborough Drama Festival.
Danae Larham - 9NDC
Is an active member of The Angles Theatre in Wisbech. Their production this Easter is
'Joseph and his Technicolor Dream coat' and Danae has been given the title role. She
has done over thirty shows in total but this is her most challenging and exciting, she is
over the moon.
Suzy Lockwood - 12NPR
Won the Peterborough Drama Festival with a duologue. The piece was from Lettice
and Lovage, Suzy playing the part of Lettice and Jordan Louis-Fernand (Oakham)
playing the part of Berdolph. They gained the highest mark in the competition
of 89 and won the Doris Jouning Trophy.
Alix Middleditch - 10AMK
Became organist at All Saints' Paston this year, and plays regularly for services, while
n winner May 2011
studying for her Grade 4 Organ.
Max Malone - 7OAC
Passed his Grade 3 Singing exam for the Associated Board of the Royal School of
Music.
Elizabeth Pam - 8CB
Achievements in Year 7 2010/2011
Elizabeth was outstanding in tennis during the year. She trained very hard, attending
Hills Road High Performance Centre in Cambridge three afternoons a week and
competing in East Anglia and around the country most weekends. She competed in
both 12 and under girls’ singles events and also 14 and under. She won the following
U12 tournaments:
Tennis Tayside Annual Tournament, St. Andrews Lawn Tennis Club, Fife, Scotland
ounty Cup Team 6/5/11
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Celebrating Success
SGPB Cambridge Easter Tournament, Cambridge LTC 19/4/11
Donarbon Open Tournament Cambridge, Cambridge LTC 22/8/11
Cambridgeshire County Closed Tournament 29/8/11
Lizzie was favoured to win the Wigmore Moor Park Open in August 2011 but had to
withdraw in the semi-final owing to ill-health. She recovered enough to reach the Simi Pam wins AAA Ou
quarter final a week later at the Radlett Open Tournament, Hertfordshire.
A highlight of the summer season in 2011 was the AEGON 12 and under 12 County
Cup. Lizzie captained the Cambs team to be placed fourth nationally in the Bolton
Indoor Arena. In spite of stepping up an age group to 14 and under Lizzie won the
Cambridgeshire County Closed and was runner - up at the Donarbon Open and
Letchworth Open all in August 2011. Phew! The icing on the cake was being invited to
the national talent ID in Bolton in September 2011, having been placed within the top
25 nationally in AEGON ranking.
SImi Pam - Year 12
The highlights of Simi's National Shot Putt season (2010/11) last year were:
- Silver in Amateur Athletics Association (AAA indoors) Feb 2011 at Birmingham Indoor Simi Pam with the Olym
Arena
- Bronze in English Schools’ at Gateshead July 2011
- Bronze in AAA outdoors August 2011 in Bedford Stadium
- Silver in UK School Games, Sheffield September 2011.
Simi was selected by Lloyd's Bank to present the Olympic Torch in Jack Hunt School,
Peterborough in July 2011. She spoke about her sport and fielded questions from an
enthusiastic audience, who later took pictures of her with the Olympic torch.
James Parker-Bishop - 12NCK
Elizabeth Steele in ac
Won first prize in the Oundle Festival of Literature Competition for his prose entry in
the 6 Form category.
Natasha Parkinson - 9NJB
Has passed her Grade 3 Piano Theory exam.
Amy Sedgwick - 8CJM
Has been competing in the Junior Team England tour for tenpin bowling this season
and is on target to qualify for the England U16 trials. She has had further successes at
U14 level, coming 2nd in the doubles for Cambridgeshire (with a personal best series
score) at the County Championships and 3rd overall at the South of England
Zara wins Gold for 200 M in France
tournament.
Elizabeth Steele 10 AMK
Has been reselected for the FA Elite Performance Camp. In the Autumn she was
selected for the first camp and there are three camps throughout the year. At each
camp you are under trial and not everyone gets re-selected. She has been delighted to
be selected for all three camps and for a fitness trial. The camps are very intense but
enjoyable with training by England coaches, who are looking for potential England
players.
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Celebrating Success
Jasmine Weedon - 8PB
Jasmine and her younger brother Edward were pleased to be amongst the first
well-wishers to cheer the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year. During the half-term
holidays they were in London when they saw the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
utdoor Bronze coming out of The Guildhall, where they had been attending a lunch to celebrate the
bi-centenary of Dickens' birth. They believe this may have been the Queen's first
public engagement in her Jubilee year. In any case they were pleased that her car
drove right past them and that she waved back at them !
Anna Wilkinson - 7AKA
Passed her Grade 3 Ballet exam with Distinction.
Anna also won the verse - speaking class, in her age group, at Peterborough Drama
Festival.
Celebrating Success Update
mpic torch Zara Bailey - 11MWB
Since the last ‘Messenger’ Zara has continued to train hard, working towards her
swimming goals. She took two weeks off over the Christmas holidays to try to recover
from 60 weeks of non - stop training. Once back in the water she worked towards an
important meeting in Corby - one where Liam Tancock and Rebecca Adlington were
competing. Not quite back to her best, she achieved some medal placing's and her
coach was pleased with where she reached. Zara did however gain a Bronze medal in
the 400IM where she broke the Club record. Continuing with her training, she was
fortunate to be nominated for the Peterborough Evening Telegraph Awards - Young
Sportswoman of the Year Award. She made it to the final three and attended the
ction. ceremony at the Cresset. Coming a runner - up was fantastic and a real feat being up
against some amazing athletes.
Over half - term Zara, together with other City of Peterborough Swimming Club
team - mates, went to take part in an International Gala in France. The team
participated in 5-6 events each over a three - day period. During this time, Zara made
the final in all her events:
200 M Gold medal; Bronze in 50m Free; Silver 200 Breast 100 Fly national qualifying
time for the first time. Her 400IM time was 5.04.74 and national record for her
age group. Returning from this success, she then went on to train for over 20 hours
during half - term. The reason for this was that she was working towards the British
Championships - Trials for the Olympics. She is one of two other members of her
squad who have qualified for this event.
Zara arrived at the British Qualification meeting in London, feeling nervous and excit-
ed. She was ranked 55 out of 65 for the 200M Individual Medley. Going into the heats
her aim was to do a 2 second PB. She swum amazingly well and did in fact achieve her
2.19 time.
She moved up the ranking to 35th and is now ranked 4th in her age - group in the UK.
The pool and the whole experience were amazing - now she moves forward to shave
another second off her time... still hoping for the Olympics.
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Oxbridge Success This year our students have been very successful in gaining Oxbridge offers. We have had two offers to read PPE and Biochemistry at Oxford; whilst at Cambridge students gained seven offers to read Medicine, Natural Sciences, Law, Linguistics and Geography. We wish them and all our A-level students the best of luck in their forthcoming exams. May they all earn the university places they have worked so hard for. Oxford: Tara McKay (Not Pictured) - New College John Rolfe - Wadham College Cambridge: Stephanie De Kremer - St Catharine’s College Charlotte Grieco - Newnham College Amy Harber - Girton College Meiyi Lu - Selwyn College Ella Mi - Gonville & Caius College Emma Mi - Trinity College Jessica Wing - Homerton College (Thursday 22nd March) Jasper Bailey, Max Rippon, Lorcan Elliott and Morgan Sauer attended the UKMT Regional Team Challenge at TDA. They competed in four gruelling rounds including a Head-to-Head round and a relay. The boys were required to work under pressure and time constraints, think laterally, and also do a considerable amount of running around too! Eighteen teams from the region attended and our King’s School team took first place! This is a fantastic result for the team as they were up against some stiff competition and it means that they have now qualified for the National Team Final in London in June, requiring them to do it all over again! 8
The Cathedral School
As we approach Easter I am drawn to reflect on our Cathedral Christmas service at
the end of last term where we celebrated the joy of the birth of Jesus and
reflected on the way God brings new life into our world. It was a service in which
we had a very visible sign of the new life God has brought into our school this
year, when members of the Junior Department made a living nativity tableau in
the service.
Easter is also a time when we think of the new life God brings into the world – it is
the culmination of the Christmas story with many shared threads. The innocence
of the baby Jesus is reflected in the innocence of the crucified Jesus. The cloth left
behind in the empty tomb on the morning of the Resurrection reminds us of the
swaddling clothes of the baby. Perhaps God’s prayer for each one of us, as we
grow up (or older!) is that our innocence will be regained and that whatever the
pain and suffering of life, we will always rise above it and find the fulfilment of his
promise of new life.
Helena del Pino
School Chaplain
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Physical Education
Cambridgeshire Cross Country Anglian Schools’ Cross Country
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Championships - Saturday 14 January 2012. Championships - Saturday 4 February.
The Cambridgeshire Schools’ Cross Country This event was held at Ipswich on an extremely cold
Championships were held at King’s Ely on Saturday day and in slippery conditions. The School had a
14th January 2012.When we arrived the ground was number of pupils representing Cambridgeshire in this
white and completely frozen, however the sun was event which includes the four other counties of the
out and by the first race it had started to thaw. The region. In the Junior Boys’ Ollie Bowling and James
event has the top 16 runners from four areas within Barkshire took part finishing 41st and 46th respectively,
Cambridgeshire, 26 King’s School pupils took part on outstanding results as they have another year
the day, a few who had been selected could not take competing in this age - group.
part. As the day went on the ground became softer
and in places quite slippery but it was perfect Three of the Cambridgeshire Senior Girls’ team came
conditions for cross country running. from King’s – Eleanor Smith finished 8th, Emma
th th
Randall 15 and Penelope Ford 36 and in the Senior
From this event athletes are selected to represent
Boys’ Callum Reid finished 34th.
Cambridgeshire at the Anglian Schools’ Cross Country
Championships; to be selected athletes had to finish in
the top 10. There were some outstanding
Rowing Challenge.
performances, Ollie Bowling and James Barkshire
finished 4th and 5th respectively in the Junior Boys
We have recently been attending some of the Rowing
( Year 8 +9), both in Year 8 and will have another year
competitions that have been held throughout the
to compete in this age - group.
year. In January the venue was Hampton College, it
was split into two age groups, Year 7/8 and Year 9/10.
In the Senior Girls, Emma Randall finished 2nd and
The Year 7/8s rowed for 2 minutes, trying to cover as
Eleanor Smith 3rd with Penny Ford 6th and so all three
great a distance as possible whilst the Year 9/10
qualified along with Callum Reid and Henry Morton
rowed a distance of 1000m in the shortest time.
who finished 9th and 10th respectively in the Senior
Boys’. Ella Blake in the Junior Girls’ finished 9th and
The second part of the competition was a relay in
was also selected. The Anglian Championships will be
teams of four covering 2012m, we had a group of Year
held in Ipswich on Saturday 4th February 2012.
7 girls and a group from Year 9. The Year 7 girls
finished 2nd and the Year 9 mixed team 4th.
Well done to the following who took part: Alison
In the individual challenges the Year 7 girls rowed
Stokoe; Alice Hardy; Georgia Hilton; Isabelle exceptionally well with a very high score for the 2
Deansmith; Milly Tovey; Ella Blake; Hannah Randall; minute event. Overall The King’s School has now
Jess Amps; Annemarie Ash; Sarah Chan; Katie Tre- moved up into 3rd position.
varthen; Emily Fisher; Poppy Tovey; Eleanor Smith;
Emma Randall; Emma Chan; Alex Chymbai; Joshua St John Fisher hosted the February rowing with the
King’s pupils eager to perform well. They had been
Akinwumi; Ollie Bowling; James Barkshire; Philip
practising the change - overs for the relay and this
Wilson; Artem Chymbai; Callum Reid; Henry Morton; benefited us, as both the Y7/8 relay team and the Year
Andrew Steele. 9/10 team finished 2nd . Combined with the individual
results we have maintained our 3rd team slot with just
one race left during the last week of term.
Relay teams: Year 7 Girls –Jassica Enum, Martha Page,
Amy Von Dongen, Tomi Kehindie, Sophie Hobday.
Year 9 Mixed – Emily Sims, Timi Kehindie, Alfie Page,
Liam Green, Alistair Jones.
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Maxifuel Super Sixes Indoor Hockey
Trip to Wembley Arena.
The 2011 Super Sixes Finals were played out
in dramatic fashion in front of a near - full
house of 5000 hockey fans at the iconic
Wembley Arena on Sunday 30th January.
Among these 5000 passionate hockey fans
were 48 King’s pupils ranging from Years 7-13
and 6 members of staff.
The format of the day consisted of 3 Men’s
matches and 1 Women’s final. The first
semi-final saw East Grinstead V Old
Loughtonians with an 8-3 result. The second
Men’s semi - final was between Reading and
Beeston with a score of 3-3 leading into a
very nail biting penalty flick competition.
Beeston came victorious with a 2-1 lead.
The Men’s Final was between East Grinstead
v Beeston with a 8-5 victory for East
Grinstead . The Women’s Final was between
Bowdon High Town and Reading with, similar
to the men’s game, a 5-5 score - line leading
to penalty flicks. Bowdon High Town's
women and East Grinstead's men were
crowned champions on the day, overcoming
strong opposition to lift the coveted trophies.
In between games there were activities
planned to inspire our up and coming hockey
players with Beat the Goalie, a blow up
relay race, video presentations and
numerous merchandising stalls. This is our
second visit to the indoor competition, and it
has certainly gathered interest for Miss
Naismith’s indoor hockey sessions on
Wednesday mornings.
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Year 7 and 8 girls’ winning team.
Fenland League Relays.
As part of the Fenland League Series a relay is held The Year 7/8 girls also did very well with the A team
each year, this involves teams of 4 with each person finishing 3rd and this consisted of all Year 7s, Alison
completing 1 mile. It is an event that the pupils look Stokoe, Alice Hardy, Izzy Deansmith, Georgia Hilton.
forward to and is always very exciting. In this event The B and C team finished 10th and 11th respectively. It
the boys and girls compete at the same time but score was the time for the Year 9/10 relay; we had been
separately. In the Year 7/8 boys the competition was successful in the Year 9/10 girls for the past few years
very strong, after the first leg the King’s team was in and keen to retain our title. The girls set off strongly
3rd, the team was still in 3rd when Ollie Bowling took and led from the front for the entire race finishing at
over for the fourth leg with quite a gap between the least 50 metres ahead of the next team. Winning
first 3 runners. Ollie ran a very fast last leg and the team: – Annemarie Ash, Sarah Chan, Ella Blake and
team finished 2nd overall. The team consisted of James Hannah Randall. The B team finished 4th and the C
Barkshire, Alex Chymbai, Jacob Smith and Ollie. The B team 8th which shows the strength of the two year -
team finished 9th. groups. The Year 9/10 boys finished 5th and 11th.
Year 9 and 10 Fenland Relay Match. Year 9 and 10 girls winning team.
12London Marathon 2012
Teachers running in the 2012 London
Marathon
Miss Naismith and Mrs Amps are running in the
London Marathon this year, while Mr Harrison is
running in the inaugural Milton Keynes Marathon one
week later.
London Marathon 22nd April 2012
Milton Keynes Marathon 29th April 2012
In addition to their own personal goals, they are
looking to raise money for ‘Hope for Children’.
You can sponsor Miss Naismith and Mrs Amps by
visiting
http://www.justgiving.com/KingsPeterborough
We all wish them the very best of luck.
MUSIC NOTICES
GRADE 5 MUSIC THEORY CLUB - a new group will start in the first week of the Summer term. This will take
place in M2 on Friday lunchtimes. It is aimed at those students who need to take Grade 5 Theory in order to
move on with Practical Grades. Email Mr Kerrison, if you wish to be part of the group.
Changes to Music Calendar:
Now that work on the Main School Hall has started the programme of concerts has had to be changed. It is
hoped that the Primary School Concerts (where schools come to KSP to hear our instrumentalists) and the
Spring Concert (scheduled for May) will take place in June. The Summer Concert will take place on
Wednesday, July 18 at 7pm in St John’s Church, Cathedral Square. In this concert the new Junior Department
Orchestra will perform, along with Concert Band 2, the Year 7 & 8 Choir and soloists from all year groups.
Please book the date!
13Drama After a short lunch in Covent Garden it was finally
time for the performance. We were seated on the top
tier looking down onto the stage. A lot of us were
The Woman in Black Drama trip shocked at how small the theatre was and how
minimalist the set was, it comprised of a clothes rail, a
In February Year 11 GCSE Drama students were given couple of chairs and some boxes. Many of us were
the great opportunity to spend the day in London wondering and even sceptical about how this simple,
watching the chilling ghost story ‘The Woman in Black’ stripped - back set with just two actors could carry off
on the West End stage. a two - hour long, exciting performance. However, as
soon as the play begun, all of these thoughts
Originally a short novel written by Susan Hill, ‘The disappeared and we were captivated instantly and
Woman in Black’ was adapted for the stage in 1987 amazed with the incredible, seemingly effortless multi
and was only intended to run for a very short amount - rolling the two actors took on; they could instantly
of time over the Christmas period in the small transform into different, completely believable
Stephen Joseph Theatre-In-The-Round. however it characters just by a change in voice and movement.
was a massive success and was moved to the West By the interval most of us were so drawn in we were
End Fortune Theatre in 1989 and has been running too scared to leave our chairs or go to the bathroom
there ever since. alone!
The first part of our day was an hour - long workshop The story goes that an old man hires an actor to help
in the Fortune Theatre (where we would later be him tell his story of the ‘Woman in Black’, hoping that
watching the show) with an actor who talked to us this will help him move on from his haunting past and
about the history of the play, before we were given exorcise the ghost. We learn about how the old man
the chance to get up and perform on the stage! We in his youth as a solicitor visited Eel Marsh House to
were taught about creating fear in an audience attend the funeral of Mrs Drablow, when he noticed a
through the use of tension and suspense; we did an ghostly figure dressed in black... this is the beginning
activity to show how something as simple as walking of a whole series of ghostly events!
to and knocking on a door can be twisted and made
into something scary for the audience, just through Rebecca McAuliffe - 11DA
the use of suspense and tension. The workshop left us
feeling spooky and looking forward to the
performance in the afternoon.
The performance was filled with surprises and
moments that had us jumping and on the edge of our
seats, and ended with a shocking twist that had us all
frozen to our seats in terror. It was an incredible
experience which left everyone feeling very shaken
and had us all
discussing the play the whole journey home.
However, as well as being thoroughly entertained we
took a lot away with us to help inspire us with the rest
of our Drama GCSE; we learnt that extravagant props
and sets are not always needed to create a realistic
atmosphere and scene, all that is needed is energetic,
convincing acting to draw your audience in. We learnt
about the simple effectiveness of using silence and
tension to create scary, spine - tingling emotions in
the audience. It was an inspiring day and we would all
recommend The Woman in Black to anyone brave
enough to watch it!
Year 11 students on the West End stage.
14Blood Brothers Drama trip play which Michael then directed as he had been
taught by the actual director Bob Tomson.
On the 14th March the Year 10 Drama students and I
went to watch the hit West End musical ‘Blood We started off by playing our childish games then the
Brothers’, as well as doing a workshop with one of the selected volunteers played different roles, and we all
cast members, Michael Southern who played Sammy, participated in one of the childish chanting ensemble
a troublesome little boy! scenes where we all had to work together to create
the affect of a stroppy young gang. This was great and
When we arrived in London we made a brief stop in allowed us to see how directors in the West End
Covent Garden before going to Pineapple Studios to create the world in their show.
do the workshop. The Studios were crammed packed
with lycra, people stretching, dancing and showing off Later we watched the show which was amazing, it was
their extraordinary flexibility, which made you feel as so emotional that we all literally couldn’t stop buzzing
if you had walked into the film ‘Fame’. and crying about it all the way back to school. I also
loved seeing the cast do the scene we had rehearsed
Acting like a 7 year old and playing primary school in the workshop, as it made you feel like part of the
games can be a pretty large ask for a large group of performance. All in all, it was an incredible day.
teenagers...but after playing Cowboys and Indians for
10 minutes we were in the right frame of mind. After
the fun and games we were given an extract from the Jessica Bacon, Y10
Year 10 students with ‘Sammy’ from Blood Brothers at Pineapple Studios .
15Stock Market Challenge 2012
Year 11 Stock Market Challenge Friday 10th February, 2012
Year 11 enjoyed the opportunity to trade like brokers on trading floors
and online all over the world. Teams of four were given £15,000 to
invest in nine fictitious companies and followed media and stock
market reports over a week of trading. The pace became frantic as the
day went on, as groups interpreted the media reports and tried to
outdo each other in guessing which company would beat the others.
Bonuses were awarded throughout the day for good record - keeping
– and fines for groups which had not kept accurate records. The high
standard of record - keeping reflected the commitment pupils showed
to succeeding in the hothouse atmosphere. The groans of dismay
when shares went down, and yells of enthusiasm when they went up,
echoed round the Hall. The frantic dash to the trading tables, even at
the end of a long half-term, showed that these pupils enjoyed the day
- as well as appreciating a practical experience in how the economy
works.
The winners, having amassed over £4 million profit, were Max
McKillop, Alex Cook, Alexander Langford-Pollard and Matt Elderkin. If
only the real stock market did as well!
The trading floor
question.
To buy or not to buy, that is the
Longman.
The winning team pictured with Mr
Business at the trading desks.
‘When you’re ready, I’d like to buy’
16The Bank of England Challenge
On Tuesday 28th February our Target 2.0 team (John Rolfe, Dhilpreet Phagoora, Will van
Es, Phil Carter, Owen Beale, Alex Potkins and Alex Rutter) attended the South East and
East of England regional final in Cheshunt. After presenting to a team of 3 judges who
included Dr Ben Broadbent (a current Monetary Policy Committee member) the team
was awarded second prize. As a result the team has won a £650 cash prize for the School
and a Bank of England pen! This puts the team amongst the top 12 in the country, out of
the 300 teams that were competing. Deserve congratulations go to the team, who have
spent endless hours preparing for this competition since September.
For more information visit:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2012/019.htm
Rolls Royce Apprenticeship Success
Year 13 student, Samantha Burns has gained a place on the Rolls Royce Higher
Little did Samantha Burns know that when she submitted her application for the Rolls
Royce Higher Apprenticeship in Supply Chain Management in December, that a few
months later she would become one of the twelve selected students to be employed by
Rolls Royce. As well as this she will be sponsored to complete her Management and
Leadership degree at Nottingham Business School, starting in September 2012.
Samantha completed an arduous application form and following this out of the
hundreds of applications Rolls Royce received, a shortlist of thirty people was chosen to
attend an assessment centre in Derby. Samantha prepared herself tirelessly for the
assessment centre and upon arrival undertook various psychometric tests, several
interviews, a team - building activity as well as a ten - minute presentation about herself.
A week later Samantha was informed that her hard work had paid off and she had been
successful in her pursuit of a place on the Rolls Royce Higher Apprenticeship.
Samantha’s journey will begin in September where she will commence full-time
employment with Rolls Royce and during this time also attend Nottingham Trent
University’s intensive study blocks of between three and sixteen days to complete her
degree modules. The degree will be fully sponsored by Rolls Royce and all tuition fees are
paid for whilst Samantha will also receive a competitive salary.
A fantastic achievement for Samantha and we wish her all the best. her future.
17Enjoying the snow.
Written by Mr David Ludford, Head of The Junior Department
The Junior Department has enjoyed a busy term with a great deal of cross - curricular learning taking
place. Mrs Callaghan’s class has enjoyed studying Earthquakes and Volcanoes through the term, and
have developed quite a fascination with natural
disasters.
Throughout the term groups of pupils have been working to develop the outside environment at
school, planting bulbs, feeding birds and with the help of the Science department, connecting up a
video-linked bird box on the side wall of the Junior Department. Within school, anyone can view the
The Junior Department Orchestra.
Blow– boat racing in Science Week.
18bird box contents live from the Junior Department home
page. We are hopeful that spring will see birds nesting here
for the first time.
Shrove Tuesday saw our inaugural pancake race. The event
was well - attended by parents and staff, and after some
very competitive racing Declan Greene was presented with
the prestigious golden frying pan.
Science Week saw some excellent logic being applied to a
blow-boat race, as teams competed to design, build and
race their own creations.
Many of our children have enjoyed taking part in Junior
Orchestra with Mr Kerrison and Mr Jenkins. Our children
also took the opportunity to join clubs in Art, Chess,
Gymnastics and Karate.
The School Council’s choice of playground equipment has
proved popular, with many children taking the chance to
improve their skipping skills. Healthy snacks at break
continue to be popular, with children devouring plenty of
fresh fruit. However, the Charities Prefects ran a very
successful ‘cake break’ for us which unsurprisingly proved
very popular.
Year 6 pupils had a visit from the Safety Challenge team,
whose enthusiastic actors brought real power to the
messages being delivered. Years 3 and 4 walked to the local
Mosque, and were made to feel very welcome as they
experienced their RE work first - hand.
Other notable events this term –
JD1 received a visit from a publishing specialist.
Music exams saw many successes.
Year 6 took part in an outdoor activities morning at St John
Fisher school.
Boys from Year 4 and 5 took part in a football competition.
Year 5 pupils took part in a table tennis competition.
All children attended swimming lessons at the Regional Pool.
Year 6 on the climbing wall at St. John Fisher.
At The Natural History Museum.
19CHARITIES WEEK
So how much milk can a cow produce in 30 seconds?
Monday 19th March to Friday 23rd March marked our
annual Charities Week. Typically one of the most fun
events of the school calendar, this year’s Charities
Week was no exception. The usual, sweet stalls and
cake stalls, were present every break - time and were
joined by some great new events from years 7, 8 and
9. Year 7 produced some good fun with their
‘cow - milking’ and their fun - fair featuring the
What? There’s a water shortage? It’s quite cold today? ‘human fruit machine’. The Sixth Form however
It’s for charity? Well let’s get wet then! managed their usual role of lowering the tone of the
week holding a less than appetising eating
competition. Here’s how the week panned out...
Monday:
The main daytime event on Monday (not the
warmest of days) was ‘Soak the Prefects’ in the
Technology Quad, students came from all around
to soak the Senior Prefects, Head Boy & Girl and
the House Captains, although how George
Pearton avoided this indignity on the grounds
of “photographic duties” is open to question.
Monday evening brought Ice Skating for Years 7-9, a
good time was reported by all.
Tuesday:
How they managed to arrange it, who knows, how
they conspired to fail to produce any photographic
evidence beggars belief, but on Tuesday lunch-time
the Charities team hosted a gig by the ‘Top 40’
Christian Band LZ7, which took place in the Drama
Workshop.
20Teachers vs Students, let’s quiz...
Tuesday evening pitted the wits of the Sixth Form
and teachers teams head to head in the 6th Form
Quiz. With a plentiful supply of ‘brain food’ , the
teaching staff conspired with great style to snatch
defeat from the jaws of victory to hand a deserved
win to Jonathon Taylor, Philip Carter, Patrick Wright,
Matthew Forsyth and Paul Blower.
Wednesday:
Wednesday was a relatively quiet day, but kept alive
during Sixth Form activities afternoon and the Charity
Rugby Match. A fiercely fought game, pitching the Are they ready to take on the Eggheads?
Year 12 boys against the Year 13 boys, by the final
whistle the Yr13s emerged victorious with a
resounding 31-12 score line. You can read more
about the game in this term’s issue of SCORE, the
Sports Council newsletter.
Year 7 present ‘The HUMAN FRUIT MACHINE’
The Year 13 Girls, Boys? indulge in a bit of competitive
eating. Baked Bean jelly anyone?
21Thursday:
Arriving at school to see girls dressed as boys and boys
dressed as girls is not a worrying as seeing just how
comfortable some of the boys look wearing a skirt,
especially one made for a girl half their height! But the
Sixth Form had paid for their Uniform Swap ‘permits’
and they were going to make the most of it.
A little more intellectual was the evening’s fixture, the
Charities Week Lecture and Meal, featuring this year’s
guest speaker, David Lammy MP, more on that
opposite.
Friday:
Friday, as always in Charities Week, is Non-uniform Day.
The whole school paying their £2 to dress how they like.
This year the theme was ‘Best of British’ and so we
were greeted by more boys wearing girls clothes, with
Year 12 boys as the Spice Girls. We were also joined by
Sir Isaac Newton and perhaps, oddly, Gandalf (not as I
had first assumed, a white hatted American racist). The
best thing with Non-Uniform Day is often that the
teaching staff get involved, this year being no exception
and most wonderfully demonstrated by Mrs Burlington
and Miss Smith dressed as men, dressed as ‘Ladies’.
The big difference this year was the absence of the
‘Slave Auction’ but all was not lost as the event was
replaced by a KSP’s GOT TALENT extravaganza to round
off a great week of fund - raising.
Images from the Sixth Form, Charity Rugby Match
22Sixth Form Lecture
David Lammy MP
By Patrick Iddison—Yr12
When riots flared up across London in August last year, both David Cameron and
Boris Johnson were on holiday. David Lammy, Tottenham’s MP, said that for a short
while “it felt like I was running the country.”
Mr Lammy, an ex-pupil at The King’s School, delivered a thought-provoking talk to
members of the Sixth Form about Britain, its place in the world and its population.
As we have all seen, social discontent can build up over years and then be vented
overnight, with results that shock communities to the core. Numerous theories
abound, but few can say for certain what caused the rioting in August last year, first
in Tottenham, then across London and to Manchester, Birmingham and smaller
cities and towns across England. David had first-hand experience with the build-up
to, and aftermath of, the rioting, and was one of the first to condemn the actions of
those who saw no wrong in vandalising and looting their own city.
That was not all that he had to say, though; Mr Lammy spoke frankly about Britain
today, the NHS and the reforms taking place, university and rising tuition fees, and
shrinking pensions. Britain is changing; he believes that ‘Generation Y’ will live very
differently to the ‘Baby Boomers’ of optimistic, prosperous, post-war Britain.
The cultural reforms of the 1960s and the economic liberalisation of the ‘80s, Mr
Lammy believes, have led to greater individualisation and a loss of the community
cohesion this country once had. The increased dominance of capitalism has put self
-interest first and led to the ‘push-and-grab’ mentality which fuelled the rioting last
year.
In the often heartless world of politics, David Lammy gave a talk which was
personal, interesting, but above all it challenged the Britain we live in today.
23design technology Technology Challenge 2012 On Tuesday 7th February 8 students from Year 9 set off to Cambridge to take part in the Cambridge Rotary Club's annual Technology Challenge. As in previous years they were given a one word clue, 'sorting'. Other than that, the engineering challenge they were to face was a mystery. As it turned out, the challenge they faced was a seemingly simple engineering challenge of creating a coin - sorting device. Seemingly simple that is until you notice they have only two hours to create it, using only a few lengths of balsa wood, plastic cups, some card, plasticine, a few saws, a rather antiquated hand - drill and a glue - gun. Teams were to be judged on quality of design, effectiveness of their solution, overcoming adversity and on their design portfolio. Our two teams faced a much wider field of opposition than in previous years, when King's first visited the Challenge three years ago there were about 8 teams from 6 different schools, this year there were at least 8 schools competing and upwards of 16 teams. So to win the trophy for 'Best Portfolio' was no easy challenge and was well won by King's Team 1. Congratulations go to both our teams on the effort they put in and the quality of the designs they produced. Our thanks go to STEM Cambridgeshire and Cambridge Rotary Club for holding this event, which stands as a great demonstration of the potential of our aspiring designers and engineers. 24
Friday 27th January 2012 Religious Studies Lecture.
The King's School welcomed Professor Tariq Ramadan to deliver lectures on the Quran and
Mohammed. Ramadan is a Swiss academic, poet and writer who is currently a Professor of
Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford, as well as a teacher at its Faculty
of Theology. An eloquent orator, he inspired the audience with rational arguments delivered
with un-paralleled zeal and ardour. Being himself a fervent believer on reform within Islam,
he stressed the importance of knowledge of the historical context surrounding the Quran
and Mohammed, in order to understand and combat many issues faced today and
ultimately fill the chasm between Muslim orthodoxy and secular democracy.
Alina Panjwani 13NMW
Here is a short biography of Professor Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and
Studies at the Oxford University (Oriental Institute, St Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active at
Antony's College) and also teaches at the Oxford academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively
Faculty of Theology. He is Visiting Professor at the throughout the world on theology, ethics, social
Faculty of Islamic Studies, (Qatar), Mundiapolis justice, ecology and interfaith as well intercultural
University (Morocco) and Senior Research Fellow at dialogue. He is President of the European think tank:
Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan). European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels.
He holds an MA in Philosophy and French Literature Latest books: “L'islam et le réveil arabe”, Presses du
and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the Châtelet, (2011), “The Quest for Meaning, Developing
University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received a Philosophy of Pluralism” Penguin (2010); “What I
one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic believe” OUP USA (2009); “Radical Reform, Islamic
scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars. Through Ethics and Liberation” OUP USA
his writings and lectures Tariq has contributed to the (2008). Website : http://www.tariqramadan.com
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