No. 382
The weekly newsletter for
The Junior King’s School, Canterbury
7 October 2016
From the Headmaster
Our sports teams have enjoyed
considerable success this week;
the U13 boys winning The
Shapira Cup against strong
opposition from nine other prep
schools. The U13 girls’ hockey
team also performed with great
skill to gain third place in the
East of England Championships
– well done to all those
involved!
Above: 1st team who won the Shapira Cup on Wednesday beating Holmewood House 4-0 in the final.
Below: U13A Hockey team with their Bronze medals from the Regionals IAPS.
Bottom: Scenes from Outings Day.
Our Outings Day proved to be
hugely popular, once again, this
year and it was good to see all
the classes enjoying some great
activities. Our Harvest theme in
Chapel this week has focused on
those less fortunate than
ourselves and what we can do to
help. The Harvest Festival on
Friday provided all members of
the school with a chance to
contribute items of food for
those in need.
We had a
generous response to send to
our charities, Catching Lives and
the Canterbury Food Bank.
The school service this Sunday
will be led by Canon Norman
Woods at 10.00am in the Herbert
Music School. We look forward
to a lively message and a choral
contribution. Parents are always
most welcome.
My thanks must go to Gill
Staziker and Verity Rowe from
the Friends’ Committee for
organising the special EGM and
breakfast for parents to vote in
the new Friends’ Constitution.
This was unanimously approved
and so the Friends’ organisation
is now a fully-fledged charity.
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National Poetry Day 2016
The school celebrated National Poetry
Day on Thursday 6th October and this
year the theme is ‘Messages’.
The
students have enjoyed special lessons
linked to exploring how different forms
of communication have inspired poets in
different ways in the past: from the
flippant, to the emotive, to the surreal.
As in previous years, the English
Department are running a competition to
tie-in with the theme of National Poetry
Day. There will be three categories
(Junior House, Middle School and Upper
School) and three prizes per category.
Students may only enter one poem each
and the deadline is Friday 11th
November.
We have been very
impressed with the standard on show in
previous years and hope to see the talent
of Junior King’s on display once again.
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
This is a vitally important area
for all parents and children in
this day and age.
Next
Saturday we are delighted that
Mr Murray Letham, known to
many of us, is returning to talk
to all parents who are able to
come, and all pupils in The
Middle and Upper Schools.
These talks will take place in
The Barn at the following times
(please note these are slightly
different to the ones published
in the calendar):
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
by William Carlos Williams
/RA
Internet Safety
8.50-9.50: Parents
10.00-10.55: Middle School
11.20-12.15: Upper School
Please make every effort to
attend.
/ST
Year 8 Trip to Rye
Above & below: Year 8 at Rye
Year 8 set off for Rye under grey skies,
but happily spirits were anything but
leaden. Although the weather was a little
disappointing, the children had a
wonderful day out. They spent half the
day doing either windsurfing or
kayaking at Rye Watersports Centre
(sadly it was too windy for the sailing
option), and the other half of the day
exploring the beautifully quaint and
picturesque centre of Rye.
We were treated to a Son et Lumière
history of the area in the Heritage Centre,
involving an unbelievably detailed
model of the town that a retired couple
had spent four years making. There was
then the opportunity for a bit of retail
therapy and the chance to compare the
relative merits of the sweets and ice
creams of Rye with those of Sturry.
The staff at the Watersports Centre sent
an email saying how impressed they
were with the children, and the staff of
Junior King’s would like to echo that
sentiment. You were a delight to take
out, and thank you for being such willing
participants and such excellent company.
/ST
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From Junior House
Junior House stars of the week this week
are: Edward, Sam T, Oscar F, Auberon
and William S. Well done to all of you.
This week we have held our hustings and
elections for the school committees and
the results will be announced next week.
I would like to thank all the Junior House
children and parents for contributing so
generously to the harvest collection. We
have been overwhelmed by the amount
of produce stored in our form rooms this
week!
There will be Year 3 parents’ meetings on
Monday and Mrs Chandler and I look
forward to seeing parents to discuss
progress and next steps.
I hope you will enjoy the photos from our
school outings day. The children had a
wonderful time!
Have a good weekend.
/LAW
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Year 7 Trip to Howletts
The Year 7’s embarked upon an intrepid
adventure into the depths of Howletts
Wild Animal Park.
Our park guide for the day was wild
animal expert Sam who delivered three
incredibly interesting and informative
talks regarding the monkeys, the Red
River Hogs and the elephants. We learnt
a great deal about the conservation
efforts of the Aspinall Foundation, their
successful breeding programmes and
reservation projects in Africa and Java
where they help to protect some of the
world’s most endangered animals.
Howletts is home to the largest African
elephant herd in Europe and between
them they eat 100 kilos of carrots every
single day!
Our thanks to Miss Scott-Kilvert for organising such a great day and for being chief
photographer. A huge well done to Year 7 for their exemplary behaviour and good
spirits.
Some of the animals were a little camera
shy and it was sometimes tricky to spot
them in their enclosures, however we
had some fantastic views of the
elephants, rhinos, lions, tigers, deer,
bison, monkeys, wolves and gorillas.
/FL & CB
The heavens opened whilst we enjoyed a
tasty packed lunch outside the Pavilion
Restaurant. However, the rain could not
dampen the Year 7’s spirits as they
tackled the Tree Tops Challenge,
climbing swiftly and easily like monkeys
through the obstacle course in the heights
of the Kentish woodland. There were
numerous challenges to test their agility
and balance and many of the pupils
commented that the Treetops Challenge
was the highlight of the day. Even the
staff undertook the challenge – Miss
Martin definitely won the prize for the
most graceful zip wire descent unlike
many others who landed with a thump
upon the muddy mound at the end!
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Year 5 Outings Day
The Year Five pupils enjoyed a
wonderful morning at Chatham
Dockyard followed by a fun afternoon of
bowling.
The children were captivated by the
opportunity to walk through the
submarine, Ocelot and to experience
being onboard a warship, HMS Cavalier.
Another highlight of the trip was our
rope making workshop; pupils learnt to
make rope and how to tie bowline and
reef knots. They were amazed by the 500
metre ropery, the longest brick built
building in Europe.
After the obligatory visit to the shop it
was time to head off to bowling.
There were some interesting techniques
and some impressive scores. Try as he
might, Mr Pollard couldn't achieve the
top score and was beaten by both Nathan
and William!
It was a fantastic day and one that was
enjoyed by staff and pupils alike.
/CP
Clockwise from above: Year 5 at Chatham Dockyards; Learning how to tie bowline knots; Steering one of the ships.
Below left & right: Action from the Shapira Cup on Wednesday which Junior King’s won beating 9 other schools to gain this prestigious trophy.
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Aspire Channel Swim
I am currently taking part in the Aspire Channel Swim, which involves
swimming 22 miles, the distance between Dover and Calais, over a 12
week period. This equates to swimming 120 lengths of the King’s
Recreation pool, each week!
I am now finding it much easier and well on the way to reaching the 22
mile target by December. What really motivates me to go swimming
either at 6am or at night after a long day at work, is the knowing that
the money I raise will help support people suffering from spinal-related
injuries. Having seen the lasting impact of such spinal-related injuries
on people I know, I feel compelled to do something for a good cause.
I would like to raise £500, having already reached my previous target of
£200 and would therefore welcome any further donations, using this
link, to help such an important cause. Many thanks.
/Chris Lapthorn
Sports Results
Monday 3rd October
Football
Colts A v St Edmund’s
Junior King’s won 3 - 0
Football
1st XI Shapira Cup
Junior King’s won
Players of the Tournament: The Whole
Team
Wednesday 5th October
3rd XI v Yardley Court
Match drawn 1 - 1
Hockey
U13A Regional IAPS
Junior King’s were bronze medallists
Players of the Tournament: The Whole
Team
U13C v Northbourne Park
Junior King’s won 3 - 0
Players of the Match: The Whole Team
U13D v Northbourne Park
Junior King’s won 3 - 1
Player of the Match: Lande
U11A v Ashford
Ashford won 2 - 1
Player of the Match: Freya
U11B v Ashford
Ashford won 6 - 1
Players of the Match: Maddie & Zahra
U11C v Ashford
Ashford won 6 - 0
Player of the Match: Caitlin
Thursday 6th October
Hockey
U9A v Spring Grove
Spring Grove won 3 - 1
Players of the Match: Emily & Iris
U9B v Spring Grove
Spring Grove won 8 - 0
Players of the Match: Sophia & Darcey
4th XI v Yardley Court
Match drawn 0 - 0
Players of the Match: Osakwe &
Harrison
Football
U9 Lions v St Faiths
Junior King’s won 3 - 1
Players of the Match: The Whole Team
5th XI v Yardley Court
Yardley Court won 4 - 2
Player of the Match: Santi
U9 Pumas v St Faiths
Junior King’s won 5 - 0
Players of the Match: The Whole Team
Colts A v New Beacon
New Beacon won 7 - 0
Player of the Match: Nathan
Friday 7th October
Colts B v New Beacon
New Beacon won 8 - 0
Player of the Match: Noah
Colts C v New Beacon
New Beacon won 10 - 0
Players of the Match: Ben, Esphandiar
& Daniel
Hockey
U11A Regional IAPS
Junior King’s reached the Quarter
Finals
Players of the Tournament: The Whole
Team
Colts D v New Beacon
New Beacon won 7 - 0
Player of the Match: Faisal
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From the Upper School
This has been a fantastic week for our
sports teams. We are delighted for the
boys that they won The Shapira Cup on
Wednesday, and many congratulations
to all those who took part. Well done
also to the U13A hockey team who were
placed 3rd in the recent East of England
IAPS competition.
On Thursday many people enjoyed a
lovely informal concert, and well done to
all who performed. The church looked
amazing this morning with all the
donations for Harvest. Thank you to all
of you for your support not only for that,
but also for the Macmillan Coffee
Morning and non-uniform day last
Friday.
Looking ahead to next week, the annual
Inter-House X-Country competition takes
place on Friday at 3.15pm, and all
spectators are of course very welcome.
Next Saturday Mr Murray Letham is
coming to talk to parents and pupils
about internet safety. The parents’ talk
will be in The Barn from 8.50 to 9.50, and
all are warmly invited to attend this very
informative and important talk. A letter
will be e-mailed out to parents with a
request to let Mrs Jerman know if you are
coming.
Finally, it is lovely to see so many Upper
School pupils wearing the new jumper.
Blazers must still be worn at all times,
however; these are compulsory, whereas
the jumpers are optional.
/ASK & ST
Ex JKS Fencers in record breaking Fencing event
On Sunday the 25th September 2016 the school hosted the 2nd of this seasons British
U17 Ranking Fencing event. The event sponsored by Bang & Olufsen Canterbury,
broke all records for an Under 17 Fencing event in the UK, with over 500 fencers,
parents and spectators. The refereeing team was led by recently retired Olympic
referee Mike Thornton, featured several recent OKS and also Jake Evans (Year 8) as a
referees assistant.
In the hardest U17 girls event in over 20 years, Douce De Boisesilin of King’s
Canterbury finished 9th, narrowly losing 14-15. Hjalmar Johansson still only 14,
finished 33rd in the boys event. King's South African International and form JKS pupil
Liam Brazier finished 37th.
The event also saw recent leavers from JKS at this age group who aquitted themselves
well with Roman Sokolov (13) winning 2 of his 6 fights in the group stages, with
Constantin d’Orleans, Ethan Snee, George Yeh and Finn Mullen also performing well.
Headmasters Peter Wells, Peter Roberts and Bang & Olufsen's Jonathan Hill presented
the prizes and medals to the winners. The event also raised £458 for The Great
Ormond Street Hospital.
/JMiller
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From the Middle School
Thank you
This has been another busy week both in
and out of the classroom. The Year 5’s
had a lovely trip to the Canterbury
Heritage museum as part of their
Humanities programme. We are so lucky
to have so many wonderful resources
available to us to help bring the
curriculum alive. I would like to thank
Mr Finnis and his team for all the effort
they put in to making these trips so
enjoyable.
to all who contributed to our Macmillan
Cancer Support fundraising on 30th
September. We raised a magnificent
£1328.42 through our coffee morning and
non-uniform day.
Our Assembly this week was in year
groups and we discussed the importance
of the student voice. The children were
told about the different opportunities
there were for them to become involved.
The elections for the School Council and
the Arts and Catering Committees will be
taking place at the end of next week. It is
important that those pupils wishing to
put their names forward contact either
myself or Mrs Pattinson.
As I write this the Under 11A girls are on
their way to the IAPS Regionals. By the
time you read this their tournament will
have finished but I would like to remind
you that news of sporting and other
events can be found on the school twitter
account.
I will certainly have been
eagerly following their progress.
Those people who have looked at the
calendar for next week will have seen
that Middle School are having a TASC
day next Tuesday.
This has been
organised by Mrs Pattinson and will be a
very exciting opportunity for the children
to work collaboratively.
The TASC
framework, shown by the wheel below, is
used to develop pupils’ problem solving
and thinking skills. It will be great
experience and something they will
really enjoy.
Top, middle & bottom: Year 6 on their trip to Leeds Castle.
/IDM & CP
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Calendar
Saturday October 10th
14:00
14:15
14:15
14:15
Sunday October 11th
10:00
Monday October 12th
15:15
16:30
17:00
Tuesday October 13th
13:30
Wednesday October 14th
08:30
12:30
Open Morning
Opening of Kingsdown House
U13 House Matches (Round 1)
Hockey: U11A/B (H) v Wellesley House
Football: Colts A & B (H) v Wellesley House
Football: Colts C & D (A) v Wellesley House
Boarders’ Activity: Cinema Trip
Eucharist with Canon Norman Woods in the
Herbert Music School with the Chapel Choir
Visiting Author Ruth Eastham
Football: Colts A & B (A) v St Lawrence
Year 3 Parents’ Evening
Year 5 Parents’ Evening
Middle School TASC Day
Football: U9 Football Festival at Kent College
Junior School
14:15
14:15
14:15
PAUSE
Hockey: U13 Kent Mini Hockey
Championships at Birley’s
Hockey: U11A (A) Sutton Valence
Tournament
Football: Colts A (A) Ashford Prep
Tournament
Hockey: U11B & C (H) v St Lawrence
Football: 1st & 3rd XI (A) v Wellesley House
Football: 2nd XI (H) v Wellesley House
Thursday October 15th
13:30
13:30
Hockey: U9A, B & C (A) v St Lawrence
Football: U9 (A) Ashford Prep Tournament
Friday October 16th
08:20
09:00
Friends of JKS Coffee Morning
Pre-Prep Harvest Festival followed by a
Farmers Market in the Pre-Prep Hall
House Cross-Country
13:00
13:30
15:15
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Don’t go pecking in the corn field!
This is the song we have been
singing as we built our very own
Nursery scarecrow. Scarecrow Sam
won’t be scaring any birds away
from our garden, though. He is a
very friendly chap. We created him
together using teamwork and our
problem-solving skills. First, we had
to work out what he might look like,
then we came up with ideas for how
we could make his hands, body and
face. We found that shredded paper
‘straw’ makes a perfect body, mittens
work well as hands and we carefully
cut out shapes to make Sam’s smiling
face. As you can see, our new
Nursery member has settled in well
and has lots of new friends!
You can meet some of Sam’s
scarecrow friends in the Westgate
Park tomorrow, Saturday 8th
October. Visit this link to find out
more.
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We enjoyed a very special visit from
Daniela’s Mummy, Mrs Kozlova in
the Nursery this week. As part of
our special Nursery Garden project,
we planted a tree, which Mrs
Kozlova has given to us. We have
been learning how to look after it so
it grows bigger and bigger and gives
us shade in the summer. It is an Acer
and the leaves are turning a beautiful
Autumn colour. Thank you, Mrs
Kozlova, for a lovely gift. And thank
you, too, to our groundsmen, who
took care to plant it well and will
help us to look after it.
Congratulations,
Casper! What a
g r e a t
performance you
gave
playing
your violin at the
Junior
King’s
School Informal
Co ncer t
t his
week. We are all
very proud of
you. Well done.
Year 1 boarded a bus bound for Wild Wood this week. We went nose-to-nose
with British wildlife past and present and spotted wolves, otters, deer, owls,
foxes, wild boar, badgers, a lynx and some red squirrels, which look very
different to the squirrels we have in the Mini Forest at school. After an
exhausting tour of these animals’ homes, we enjoyed our packed lunch, while
we talked about our day so far and learned how to help look after Britain’s
wildlife. And to round off another perfect trip, we enjoyed ourselves at the
amazing adventure playground.
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This week Year 2 have been learning all about different
habitats around the world. When asked “What should
we use to research habitats?” our resounding answer was
“Google!” We partnered up and used iPads to research
our chosen habitat. Using our IT and investigation skills,
we learned all about how animals need specific habitats
to live in, otherwise they just wouldn’t survive. Imagine
finding a polar bear living in a tropical rainforest or a
monkey living in the ocean! That would just be silly!
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We continue our study of 2D shapes in our Reception
maths lessons. This week, we created our own pictures
from a selection of pre-cut gummed shapes. We all got
very involved as we learned how to choose the right shape
to create the best effect and reject those that aren’t quite
right. We made pictures to show lots of 2D examples,
including a 2-storey house, brothers and sisters, Mummy
in a frame and Mummy and Daddy hugging each other at
their wedding! Amazing what you can do with a few
shiny shapes.
Our Pre-Prep Harvest Festival is next Friday, 14th
October. Please join us for a special service in St
Nicholas’ Church at 9.00am, followed by our annual
Harvest Market, which this year will be held in the PrePrep Hall. We welcome donations for our market,
including anything from cut flowers and cuttings from
your gardens, to fresh eggs and from home-made jams,
jellies and marmalades to delicious baked goodies. We
will sell your donations back to you and every penny we
raise will be given to Wrap Pyjama Fairies, a charity
dedicated to making children feel more comfortable in
hospital, making delightful and novel pyjamas and
surgical gowns (www.wrappyjamafairies.co.uk). So don’t
forget to bring lots of cash and carrier bags!
Contributions should be given to your child’s class
teacher on the morning of the Market, but please The Pre-Prep Fencing Club are getting to grips with a
remember we are a nut-free school and we cannot foam épée. Mr Miller says they’re an awesome group!
refrigerate any fresh food.
Pre-Prep Notice Board
Parent Meetings – Saturday 15th and Monday 17th October: Sign-up sheets will be on our noticeboard
at the front door (or in the Nursery) on Monday morning, 10th October. Please put your name down to
meet your child’s teacher and find out how they have been getting on in their first term this year. Please
note that if you plan to come on Saturday you may need to consider childcare arrangements. Clubs and
Late Club will run as usual on Monday evening.
Internet Safety Talk – Saturday 15th October: Pre-Prep parents are invited to attend an internet safety
talk at 8.30am in The Barn on Saturday 15th October, but please be aware that no children may attend.
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