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AUTUMN 2018
KING’S news
A SPECIAL VISIT FROM MUMFORD & SONS
Welcoming Marcus Mumford and Ben Lovett to our new music school
SUNDAY TIMES AWARD
London Independent Secondary School of the Year
KING’S IN CHINA
The opening of our new schools in Wuxi and Hangzhou
AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2018 | 1
EXAM RESULTS
As captain of the 1st XV this
year, Sean Nakai has been an
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LEAVERS ARE HEADING
85%
OF A LEVELS AND IB
impressive and skilled sportsman TO AN AMERICAN HIGHER LEVELS WERE
UNIVERSITY GRADED A*/A/7/6
and leader, but he also achieved
a mighty collection of four A*s,
proving that he is a force to be
reckoned with both physically
and academically. 50% 12
ACHIEVING ON AND OFF OF A LEVELS/HIGHER
LEVELS WERE GRADED
LEAVERS HAVE
ACCEPTED OFFERS TO
THE RUGBY PITCH A*/7 STUDY MEDICINE
STELLAR SIXTH FORM RESULTS
Congratulations to our upper sixth students on their excellent exam results. Half of all grades were awarded an A* at
A level or 7 at IB higher level – both the top grades possible for each exam route.
At A level, 26 pupils obtained three or more A* grades, with ten of these achieving four A*. Almost 85% of all grades were
at A*/A or HL 7/6.
TWIN SUCCESS
At IB, the average points scored was 41.1 (out of a maximum of 45), with six candidates scoring a full 45 points. 99.6% of
all HL scores were at 7/6/5 which is a new school record. This year, upper sixth twins Joanna
and Rachel Bell achieved particularly
impressive results, each getting four A*s
LEADING BY EXAMPLE at A level. Rachel will take up a place to
study Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge
School captain, Daniel Montesino Jones and his vice-captains,
while Joanna is going to Cambridge to read
Ben Millard and Simi Otunla, led their peers in many ways
Natural Sciences.
this year and their results this summer are no exception. All three
achieved top grades, with 44 points in the IB for Daniel, four A*s
Meanwhile, Kevin and Sebastian
for Simi and three A*s and one A for Ben. This exceptional trio have
Amedick scored 42 and 44 points in the
made an outstanding contribution to the school and, together, have
IB and take up places at Oxford, reading
made a very well-rounded team. Daniel’s excellence on the first XV
Geography, and Cambridge, reading Natural
rugby team, combined with Ben’s performance in Drama, and Simi’s
Sciences, respectively.
skill in netball have made them exemplary students and we wish all
three well at their university destinations of Cambridge, Oxford and We wish all the out-going upper sixth the
Imperial. very best for their lives after King’s.
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EXAM RESULTS
A GREAT
PERFORMANCE
Oliver Khurshid is one of 43 pupils in his
year group who managed to achieve the top
grade in every subject. With an incredibly
impressive ten A*/9s in his GCSEs, Oliver
96%
OF ALL GCSES WERE
GRADED A*/A OR 9/8/7
deserves particular commendation for juggling
his academic work alongside his commitments
in the National Youth Music Theatre.
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PUPILS SCORED THE TOP
GRADE (A* OR 9) IN ALL
BRILLIANT GCSEs THEIR SUBJECTS
for our upper fifth
Our upper fifth (year 11) pupils have achieved some of our best ever GCSE results this year.
Of the 147 pupils in the year group, nearly a third scored the top grade (A* or 9) in all their exams. A remarkable 81% of
all GCSEs were graded at A* or 9/8 and 96% were A*/A or equivalent (9/8/7).
58%
OF ALL RESULTS IN
NUMBER-GRADED
SUBJECTS WERE LEVEL 9
81%
OF ALL GCSES WERE
GRADED A* OR 9/8
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SCHOOL NEWS
The
NEW MUSIC SCHOOL
Arranged over three floors, the new music school reflect the exposed triangulated structure of the roof. The
comprises practice rooms, classroom spaces, an orchestra design and materials, in particular the handmade bricks
rehearsal room and a stunning concert hall, in addition and clay roof tiles, draw inspiration from the Great Hall.
to the new porters’ lodge and staff administration spaces. Finished in April, it will be officially opened in September
Both the concert hall and rehearsal room have American 2018 by HRH the Duchess of Gloucester.
white oak ceilings which create a wonderful acoustic and
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PIANOS
57,000
King’s scored the best sixth form results of any boys’ or A-levels were reintroduced very recently to the school HAND-MADE TILES
ON THE ROOF
co-educational school in the capital last summer (2017) and with only the third cohort of A level leavers this
with a mixture of A level and International Baccalaureate year, KCS demonstrated its ability once again to excel in
examinations. Almost 98% of outcomes achieved A*, A whatever sphere to which it turns its attention.”
or B grades or equivalent. These results helped KCS earn
the title of The Sunday Times London Independent The top performing schools in London are revealed 16
Secondary School of the Year. in The Sunday Times Parent Power, which was published SOUNDPROOF
in print and online in The Sunday Times 26th November MUSIC ROOMS
Alastair McCall, editor of Parent Power, said: “KCS is the 2017. The definitive guide at www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/
embodiment of everything you could want in a school. parentpower covers the top 2,000 state and independent
Under the thoughtful, assured leadership of Andrew Halls, schools, fully searchable by postcode, town, local authority
the school continues to go from strength to strength. and name of school. 24
ORCHESTRAS,
ENSEMBLES AND
farewell & welcome
BANDS
Farewell to Mr William Brierly, who was previously senior 206
deputy head for five years. He has left King’s to take up the SEATS
headship of Claremont Fan Court Senior School.
We welcome Miss Melissa Clarke, who relinquishes her roles
as head of A level and head of Geography to become deputy
head.
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SCHOOL NEWS
Opening of IN MEMORIAM
two New Schools HEATHER MCKISSACK
In 1976, Heather was appointed as the first female science teacher
in China at King’s. She retired from teaching Chemistry over four decades
later in 2017. Despite having formally left the school, Heather stayed
in contact with many former colleagues and continued to train and
King’s is pleased to announce that Nanwai King’s Our reputation in China is very high, enabling
guide junior teachers.
in Wuxi and RDFZ King’s in Hangzhou, the two us to benefit financially from consulting on the
schools King’s has been supporting in China, establishment and running of these two schools.
Dedicated to bettering children’s education in the state and public
will open their doors in September 2018; these Having two new sister schools in China will also
systems, she founded the Wimbledon independent-state schools
openings represent the culmination of a two-year present valuable opportunities for current pupils at
partnership with Carol Campbell, then headmistress of Coombe
set-up phase. Both schools will have the King’s King’s. Over the next few months, we will further
Girls’, in 2003. In 2016 her endeavours were recognised with an MBE
ethos at their heart and are the product of a explore options for student exchanges, tours and
for services to education.
collaboration between Dipont Education Group, collaborative work which will be mutually beneficial
the local governments, Nanjing Foreign Language for King’s and our overseas partner schools.
Described by the Head Master as “the school’s equivalent of a national
School (Nanwai) and Ren Da Fu Zhung (RDFZ),
treasure”, Heather will be greatly missed by many in the school
two of the best schools in China, and King’s A fundamental condition of any international
community. Her legacy will endure: not only will she live on in the
Wimbledon. school we help run is that King’s plays no part
memory of past pupils, colleagues and parents who were fortunate
whatsoever in the financing of the school. Instead,
enough to know her; she will also benefit the education of children in
The newly-built campuses are set in beautiful we receive an income for licensing our brand
the local area for generations of students to come.
scenery, boast state-of-the art facilities and consist and for our advisory services. This income is
of a pre-school, an international school, a Chinese dedicated to providing bursaries for children
school and a sixth form. Following very strong
parental interest and over 7,000 applications,
from disadvantaged backgrounds to attend King’s,
Wimbledon. In this way, our involvement in these DAVID GROSSEL BRYAN STOKES
around 1,500 students have been admitted across two new private Chinese schools helps transform During his eleven years at the school, Bryan was a member of the school community for 64 years. During that
both schools. the lives of deserving boys and girls here in London. David contributed to many important time he had a profound impact not only on his pupils and colleagues, but
developments, including the adoption also on the nationwide teaching of his subject.
of the IB programme, the creation of
departmental zones around the school Beginning his time at the school in 1952 as a teacher of Chemistry, he was
campus, the modernisation of admissions, later promoted to Head of Science. He also worked with the Nuffield
and the development of school sport. He Foundation, organising the continued development of the new Advanced
remained a brilliant history teacher, deputy Level Chemistry course throughout
head and published author, inspiring huge the 1970s. Despite his celebrity in
amounts of respect and affection from his the Chemistry community, Bryan
pupils. remained humble and approachable.
He was Head of Glenesk house
from 1961-1974 and later served as
Honorary Secretary of the Old King’s
Club. He later returned to King’s as
School Archivist, a role he left in 2016.
A very well-respected member of the
King’s community, Bryan will be fondly
Nanwai King’s, Wuxi
remembered.
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RENEWAL PROGRAMME THE ARTS
His Dark
Nearly 100 pupils collaborated in designing and presenting
the award-winning stage adaptation of the epic His Dark
Materials novels by Philip Pullman. The two full-length plays
were performed in rep on alternate nights, involving not only
MATERIALS two separate companies of actors and crew, but also teams of
puppet, projection and prop designers, as well as composers
of original music for the show. We are immensely proud of the
A senior school production energy and creativity of all pupils involved.
NEW SPORTS FACILITIES
COMING SOON
In July 1936, the King’s College School magazine heralded In autumn 2019 a new state-of-the-art pool will be opened
the arrival of a swimming bath: a modern, open-air bath at King’s. Just as the school has done throughout its history,
built for the pupils to learn how to swim on the school we will be reaching out to the King’s community to seek
grounds. Costing a grand total of £3,500 (over £170,000 support for this vital project. There will be opportunities
today), the new bath and changing rooms were opened on for sponsorship and regular giving, as well as transformative
what (fortunately for the guests) was a day of “favourable gifts: we hope that the whole community - pupils, parents
weather” which “enabled the visitors to come in such and staff alike - will want to get involved where they can.
numbers”. It was funded largely by the school, with the Thank you for all your support!
King’s community contributing £963 6s 6d towards its
construction. The school’s Tuck Shop would cover the costs
of the swimming instructor and running expenses.
The new multi-function sports and swimming complex will include a 25m swimming pool and a strength and conditioning
room. The complex will fit alongside the existing sports hall to provide extra capacity for the growing school community.
Building work for the new sports complex began in Easter 2018 and is due to be completed in autumn 2019.
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THE ARTS
ALL IN THE
TIMING
Our first ever lower school production took place
in May. The boys learned complex, fast-paced 10-15
minute scenes with a script designed for professional
actors. Their comic timing was remarkable and
they independently organised their own private
rehearsals with castmates. The boys dealt maturely
with scenes about faded love, existentialism and
death, while the backstage team ran a smooth and
professional operation.
SCHOOL of ROCK
A middle school production
This year’s middle school production, School of Rock, was performed to great SIR GAWAIN
THE GREEN KNIGHT
praise. Led by Joel Diamond (lower fifth) and James Murray (fourth form), AND
the cast and musicians told the story of Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who
takes up a temporary position teaching music at a prestigious school, Horace
Green Prep, which leads him to enlist the help of some of his pupils to realise The annual community production took place in March, after
his own musical dreams. weeks of preparation. Pupils from schools in the Wimbledon
independent-state school partnership came together to put
on the production, providing props, music and brilliant acting
performances.
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THE ARTS
YOUNGEST EVER Kids’ Lit
ARSM DIPLOMA HOLDER Quiz
A team of lower school pupils won the South London
Congratulations to Jonathon Cheng heats of the international Kids’ Lit Quiz and came fifth
(fourth form), who has been awarded in the UK national competition. Alex Silverwood-
the prestigious ARSM diploma (Associate Cope, Lucas Tricarico, Luka Pivovarsky, and
of the Royal Schools of Music) for piano Sachin Bhogal (with Callum Hendry in reserve)
performance. This makes him the school’s beat 41 teams from other South London schools and
youngest ever diploma holder. qualified for the finals. In the heats, the teams were asked
to answer 100 questions about children’s literature,
divided into ten categories. King’s College Junior School
took second place in the heats, while a second lower
school team came 14th.
REACHING FOR Performing at the FOYLE YOUNG POETS
THE STARS WEST END AWARD
Leo Hessian (lower sixth) and Hal Henderson (upper sixth)
were named as two of the 100 Foyle Young Poets of 2017 in
a glitzy ceremony at the Southbank Centre. Judges selected
the boys’ poems from over 11,000 international entries. Their
commended poems were written during Mr Bransfield’s writing
week at Ted Hughes’ former Yorkshire home. Leo and Hal were
invited to Westminster to be congratulated on their success by
the then Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Justine
Greening MP.
WWI Poetry
Year 8 pupil Dean Chaumoo (pictured centre) was WINNER
chosen to star in an upcoming Hollywood blockbuster.
The Kid Who Would Be King tells the story of 12-year- ‘The Somme Cup’ by Freddie Hawkins
old Alex and his best friend, Bedders, played by Dean. Gus Graham (year 7) has been selected to play (lower fifth) was chosen as the winner of the
Their adventures begin when Alex discovers the sword Lawrence, a member of Dewey Finn’s band, in Andrew Royal British Legion ‘Thank You’ strand of the
of King Arthur and finds he has a new mission in life. Lloyd Webber’s West End production of School of Rock - Never Such Innocence poetry competition
The film is based on an original script by writer/director the Musical at the New London Theatre. Gus joined the for the 14-16 age category. There were over
Joe Cornish and has a star-studded cast that includes Olivier award-winning cast, playing live keyboard at all 6,700 entries for the competition which
Rebecca Ferguson and Sir Patrick Stewart. of his performances. commemorates the centenary of the First
World War through the creative arts.
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SPORT
NETBALL
ROUNDUP
Ciara Agnew and Emmy Harries captained the
1st VII with passion and direction throughout the
two terms. This team was cohesive from the start
and many lasting friendships were made. The greatest
achievement was retaining the Lord Wandsworth
trophy from the year before for both the 1st and
2nd team. Again the team made it to Surrey finals day
after only a couple of weeks’ training as a squad which
was a fine accomplishment given the strength of the
opposition. Netball goes from strength to strength
1ST XV and it is down to the hard work of the staff and girls
in training and on match days.
ROUNDUP
The 2017/18 1st XV season was an extraordinary one, with 1st XV should be proud of how they applied themselves.
many close results and it seemed, on so many occasions, Whilst the Wimbledon College and St Paul’s fixtures were
that the bounce of a ball went the opposition’s way. The hugely exciting, it was the complete performance against
score lines do not, however, tell the whole story. This was a good Skinner’s School side that should be remembered
a season packed with performances containing courage, as the boys’ best game. Thanks to all those involved for
character and no end of skill. The London and South-East their efforts this season, especially those that have played
circuit is fiercely competitive, each week you must perform their last game for the school.Their dedication to the rugby
your best in order to achieve any form of result and the programme over a number of years is hugely appreciated.
EUROHOCKEY BOWLING OVER
BRONZE RECORDS
This season Sanjay Patel (lower sixth) scored an incredible
Lynn Vanderstichele (lower sixth) claimed
five centuries, breaking the record (since the cricket honours
bronze for England in the 2018 Girls’ EuroHockey
board was inaugurated in 1952) for centuries scored by a single
Youth Championships. Wins over Belarus and
player. His successes have also been recognised by Surrey as
Ireland took the England U18s into the semifinals
they have selected Sanjay for the county U18 team.
where they lost to the eventual champions, the
Netherlands. Lynn scored the deciding goal in the
In 2017, Sanjay was ranked 18th in the entire country for
third-place playoff to give England a 2-1 lead over
schoolboy run scorers in the 157th Annual Wisden Book.
Germany, securing bronze.
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SPORT
A GOLDEN YEAR FOR KING’S ROWING WIMBLEDON
Congratulations to Oscar Olsen (upper sixth leaver - pictured bottom ENGLAND
SEMI-FINALIST
Patrick Duggan with Oscar Olsen
left below) who has won gold at the World Rowing Junior Championships
as part of the GB junior men’s eight. The crew led almost from the
start but were hotly pursued all the way by the USA, who took silver.
ICE HOCKEY
Congratulations also to King’s director of rowing Patrick Duggan Congratulations to fourth form pupil Liam
who coached the crew to gold, building on the bronze attained by last Steele, who was selected to play ice hockey in the
year’s crew. England U14 team for the second year in a row.
Liam’s home team is the Guildford Firestars U15
and he also plays for the regional South West Ice
Hockey Team.
Joe Salisbury (OK 2010) and his tennis partner, Frederik
Nielsen, made it all the way to the semi-finals in the
Gentlemen’s Doubles tournament at the 2018 Wimbledon
Championships. On their way they overcame several seeded
partnerships, including the sixth seeds.
Rufus King (lower sixth - pictured right, left of the cox)
won gold in both the England junior men’s eight and coxed
four at the Home Countries Regatta in Cork, Ireland. Both
races were won convincingly by a margin of ten seconds.
Introducing
WOMEN’S
FOOTBALL
Rufus King rows to gold
This year three past pupils competed in the annual 16th January saw the first ever cohort of King’s
Oxford v Cambridge Boat races, with Charlie Fisher sixth form pupils participate in a girls’ football
(OK 2013) rowing in the victorious Cambridge men’s training session.
Congratulations also to King’s coach Dan Safdari who
blue boat, winning the legendary race for the second
coached the junior men’s eight at the Coupe de la Jeunesse,
time.
leading his crew to gold.
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Tuebingen, Germany
Cricket tour to
SRI LANKA
In July two of our senior cricket teams followed in the Away from the cricket the side took part in a fantastic
footsteps of the 2012 and 2015 tourists by travelling to Sri charity afternoon at “The Foundation of Goodness”
Lanka to play in the extreme heat and humidity of one of where the afternoon finished with Alex King, 1st XI
the most passionate cricket nations in the world. wicket keeper and school captain for 2018/19, presenting
MFL EXCHANGES The 26 pupils enjoyed real success on tour, recording
a cheque for £8,000. The pupils also visited an elephant
orphanage, a tea factory, the Galle Fort, watched some of
seven victories in their twelve matches including some a test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa, visited
exceptional team and individual performances. A number a turtle hatchery, toured the Temple of the Tooth and
of the opposition teams included young cricketers who participated in many other exciting cultural activities in the
have already represented their country as well as playing beautiful country. This was a wonderful trip which the boys
against the school national champions and district sides. will remember their entire lives.
The squads were fortunate to train at the old Kandy Test
stadium as well as playing back-to-back Twenty20 matches
at Pannakelle International Test Stadium.
Lyon, France
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CHINA ZAMBIA
Miss Ramgoolam writes: We started in
Shanghai and immediately after leaving the
airport we were treated to stunning views of King’s has had another successful trip to Fiwila, decorated a large number of classrooms and played
the Shanghai skyline as viewed from the iconic Zambia. Thirty-one students headed to southern an unhealthy amount of football (even winning a few
Oriental Pearl Tower. We were struck by how Africa for three weeks of teaching, painting, trekking, matches). The remaining time was spent in the south
green the city was, with the Huangpu River and to experience Zambia’s natural beauty. Two of Zambia where students trekked down the Bakota
weaving between the large skyscrapers. We teams spent nine days in the central, remote village Gorge, went on safari and visited Victoria Falls.
learnt how to cook delicious Chinese food, of Fiwila. They taught over 180 lessons, painted and
including spring rolls, sweet and sour pork, egg
fried rice and kongbao chicken. Whilst it was
very tasty, it was no match for the incredible
traditional dishes that we sampled throughout
the trip, especially our last dinner of Peking
duck. We took the maglev train to the airport
at speeds of 430 km/h, roughly 13 times faster
than the trains we take to school! Following
a short internal flight, we arrived in Xi’an and
headed straight to the Wild Goose Pagoda, an
important Buddhist landmark and the home
of the terracotta soldiers, before taking an
overnight train to Beijing where we visited
Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden city. The
trip was rounded off with a visit to the snow-
capped Great Wall of China.
SLOVENIA
and
CROATIA
47 pupils travelled along the Croatian coastline, starting from
the Istrian Peninsula and heading south along the Dalmatian
coast. Apart from a day trip to explore the grandeur of
the Postojna Cave network in Slovenia, the trip afforded
the boys opportunities in Croatia to go rafting along the
Mreznica River, wonder at the beautiful Plitvice lakes, hike in
the Paklenica National Park and relax on two boat trips to
the islands of Krk, Cres and the Kornati National Park.
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Marcus Mumford and Ben Lovett IET Formula 24 BEST NEWCOMER
Q&A in the new Music School
Congratulations to the seven upper fifth students who, after successfully
designing, building and racing an electric car, won the award for ‘best
newcomer’ at the Greenpower F24 event. The team worked tirelessly
for several months to have the car ready in time. Its debut race was at
Dunsfold Park (the Top Gear track) in September; it passed scrutineering
without any issues, did not break down once and performed very well.
A
Marcus Mumford and Ben
Pupils at King’s were incredibly fortunate to welcome Marcus Mumford and
Lovett (both OK 2005) are
two of the founding members
of Mumford & Sons. Since its
formation in 2007, the band
BAFTA
Ben Lovett for a question and answer session. Mr Phillips (head of sixth
form) hosted a range of questions from a large audience. Marcus and Ben
has won two Grammy Awards,
including Album of the Year for WIN
discussed the music industry, their memories of school and the joy they their second album, Babel, and
have in sharing their songs with new audiences. They were able to meet up Prithvi Kohli (lower sixth) has won the
two Brit Awards, including Best
with some of their old teachers who were delighted to speak with their 2018 BAFTA Award for Game Making
British Group (2013).
former students. (15-18 years category). The award aims
to inspire young people to develop
their own game ideas and is judged on
criteria such as gameplay experience
Q&A with OBIOMA UGOALA and creativity. Prithvi’s winning entry,
Super Boson, is a puzzle/action game
about particle physics and is designed to
Obioma Ugoala, who stars as George
encourage an interest in STEM fields. The
Washington in the smash hit Broadway/
player progresses through the levels by
West End show Hamilton, answered a range
controlling different subatomic particles.
of questions and gave inspiring anecdotes
Success requires strategic thinking and
and advice for aspiring actors. He spoke
planning. Super Boson is available for
about the importance of ‘reacting’ to acting,
download on the BAFTA website.
his experience with rejection and how he
prepared himself for taking on the role of
George Washington. CADET PT CHALLENGE WINNERS Last year, Prithvi was chosen as the
inaugural recipient of the Charlie Bartlett
Cadets from King’s visited the Royal Tank Regiment in November as part Award for Computer Science.
of the centenary of the Battle of the Cambrai. After a day filled with
activities, King’s CCF was placed first in the Cadet PT Challenge.
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Young Enterprise
Flying high
SUCCESS
Author and managing director Tom Utting
and illustrator Samira Cusman, both upper
sixth, have worked tirelessly to create a
children’s book, The Little Bear Who Saved The
World, for their Young Enterprise CCA.
The book is aimed at 5-8 year old children to
encourage social responsibility towards climate
change. The tale follows Charlie the polar bear
who is separated from his family and neighbours
when the ice shelf he inhabits splits in two.
He travels around the world in his Hot Bear
Balloon, educating humans about how they can
reduce climate change.
The team sold over 100 copies of the book at
The Friends of King’s Christmas Fair, taking over
£1,470 in revenue. Due to demand, they have
since ordered more copies which they continue Congratulations to Harry Karmel (upper fifth), who Anyone who knows him will be familiar with his love for
to sell to delighted buyers. has been awarded a pilot scholarship with the Royal Air airplanes and his passion for flying remote control airplanes
Force for the air cadet pilot scheme (ACPS) course. The (he has recently built his own, which he flies when he can).
course will provide 12 hours of flight instruction with the He is particularly grateful to Mr Adam Belton, a parent,
aim that by the time he has completed it, he will be able for identifying the scholarships which are available to RAF
GEOGRAPHY to fly a solo circuit. Each hour Harry spends in the air will
count towards a private pilot licence. This is a dream come
true for Harry, who has been fascinated by flight all his life.
cadets, and for contacting the right people in order to
make this happen.
OLYMPIAD PRIVACY NOTICE
FINALIST We have updated our privacy notice to support the changes
in data protection law and to provide clear information on
how we collect, use, handle and protect your personal details.
Congratulations to James Cartledge (lower sixth) More details can be found on our website at:
for representing the UK at the International Geography kcs.org.uk/useful-information/privacy-notices
Olympiad competition in Quebec.
THE KING’S COMMUNITY
James was chosen as part of the UK Team (pictured, with As a parent or an OK, whether you’ve been a part of
James second from the right) on the basis of his answers the school for a few months or several decades, you are
to questions on energy production and consumption. part of the King’s family. King’s is extremely fortunate to
have a committed community who help us to provide an
The competition was intense - involving a poster exceptional education to our pupils.
presentation, a fieldwork test, multiple choice questions
and a written response test - but also proved to be an Whether you have volunteered your time by attending a
invaluable experience as James was able to meet other King’s event, or supported us philanthropically, thank you
teenagers from around the world. for your support.
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Southside
Wimbledon Common
London
SW19 4TT
Tel: +44 (0)20 8255 5300
Email: info@kcs.org.uk
More information is available from the admissions registrar:
Tel: +44 (0)20 8255 5352
Email: admissions@kcs.org.uk
For sixth form admissions please contact:
Tel: +44 (0)20 8255 5329
Email: sixthformadmissions@kcs.org.uk
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