No. 433 The weekly newsletter for The Junior King’s School, Canterbury 16 March 2018 From the Head We love to celebrate all the many and varying achievements of our pupils at assembly. I am delighted that Oleg and Toby were awarded first and second place (respectively) in the South East fencing championships last weekend. Both boys will now go on to represent the South East region at the British Youth Championships. Both boys showed excellent sportsmanship and support for each other throughout the competition, they were excellent ambassadors for our school and this is a superb achievement for them. We had very successful Junior King’s Academic and Governors’ Meetings this week, followed by the full Governing Board meeting on Thursday in London, which gave me the opportunity to provide the Governors with a full update on all the work and developments at Junior King’s. Maths winners This week we have a number of trips Jerry, 8M & George, 8L joined with two Year 9 boys from the King’s School to take part happening, including Year 1 to the Old in the UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematics Trust) Team Maths Challenge. Synagogue, Year 3 to the British Museum and Year 6 who have headed A full report can be found on page 3 for France for the weekend. We wish them Bon Voyage! From the Piste Some of our Year 7 and 8 pupils attended the King’s Exhibition On the 10th of March, Oleg, 7SK, made his individual debut for the school and Toby, yesterday, showcasing the best of 7TU, his second appearance for the school as they competed in the U12 Age group of Design Technology. We look forward the BYC (British Youth Championships) qualifying event, which also doubles as the South East Region Championships. The event took place at Whitgift school in to sharing the photographs from the Croydon and was attended by many of the best young fencers from the region. afternoon soon. Continued on page 2 We look forward to welcoming new families to Junior King’s tomorrow for our Forest School Open Morning, and hope that the threat of snow and freezing temperatures does not become a reality. The King’s Choral Society will be performing Duruflé’s Requiem this Saturday 17th at 8pm in the Shirley Hall at King’s and tickets are available for Junior King’s families. I hope to see some of you there tomorrow night. With one week to go until the end of term, there is much going on next week, from the music ensembles concert and the Snow Queen play to swimming galas and Easter-themed fun. I hope to see as many parents at these events as can make it. The Junior King’s School, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT2 OAY - T: 01227 714000 - : @JuniorKingsSch www.junior-kings.co.uk The Week - No. 433 16 March 2018 Notices Junior House Please could all vehicle drivers remember to park Stars of the Week! considerately on the school site. Some of our visiting 3AW: Max music teachers are currently finding it difficult to find a space to park. Thank you. 3C: Walter On Friday 23rd March, the last day of term, we will be 3W: Chikanyima holding a non uniform day in aid of Sport Relief. Pupils 4H: Rufus may wear home clothes to school in return for a donation of at least £1. 4M: Nikolay Continued from front page. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Connection Following on from the group stages, the The new Mitchinson’s building at Senior King’s, which is the culmination of years of event progressed to the semi finals where planning and hard work by the school team and contractors, has a fascinating Oleg faced a tough draw of the number background including an important part in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang story. one ranked fencer his age in Great The site itself is of archaeological importance as it contains the remains of a medieval Britain. The bout went initially to form, hospice, itself a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The existing building, whose listed with Oleg going into the break 0-3 down frontage and timber elements have been retained, was the original auto-works used by but regaining his composure, changing Count Louis Zborowski of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fame and bears a blue plaque in his tactics and fencing with superb recognition of this. technique leading to a 10-4 victory to Oleg and a place in the final. Toby The Count, who lived at nearby Higham Park in Bridge, built a whole series of aero- fenced extremely well, seamlessly engined racing cars on the premises during the early 1920s and it was these cars, blending attacking and defensive actions named Chitty 1, 2, 3 and 4 that gave Ian Fleming the inspiration for his famous book, to comfortably dispatch his opponent 10- leading to the even better known film and to the stage musical. 5 in the other Semi Final to set up an all JKS Final. The achievement of the architects, builders and school team is to have created a wonderfully modern, purpose-built new House, whilst preserving links with the With both boys training several times a building’s fascinating and very memorable past. week together, it was no surprise that the final bout went into the first break tied at /DHopkins, Head of Prep School Liaison 3-3 but on this occasion it was Oleg who captured the South East Under 12 Title. Both boys will now represent the South East Of England at the British Youth Championships Finals in May. /JMiller Below: Count Zborowski in Chitty 1 at Brooklands. The Junior King’s School, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT2 OAY - T: 01227 714000 - : @JuniorKingsSch www.junior-kings.co.uk The Week - No. 433 16 March 2018 New Day House Building From the At Senior King’s Music Department When Mitchinson’s pupils arrived back Our end of term Ensembles’ Concert features all the groups and ensembles that for the second half of term they returned rehearse each week in the music department. Please put this event in your diaries, to a brand new House. Over the 10 days Thursday 22nd March at 6pm! Groups playing will include Orchestra, Brass in between, staff had worked incredibly Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, Senior/Middle/Junior Strings, Percussion Ensemble, hard to move everything from the old various bands, Wind Quintet, Saxophone group, Clarinet Ensemble, and the parents’ House in the Mint Yard to the new choir, The Milner Voices. Dinner will be available for all performers before the building in St Radigund’s, just outside concert, although pupils may go home and come back for the event. Those in orchestra the Precincts. Pupils and staff are will, however, have to stay for tea as we are rehearsing right up until dinner time. delighted with the new House and have /TFr quickly settled in. Housemistress Emma Ladd commented: “The building is so bright and modern and we all love it. It’s such an inviting place with a pleasant, cosy feel and both pupils and staff want to spend time here. In fact, it’s brought us closer together because of the excellent lay-out of staff and pupils’ accommodation.” Inevitably there is still a little work to complete before the transition is entirely complete, but every effort has been made to settle the pupils readily, with Mrs Ladd and Matron Mrs Emma Jones even organising a personalised Mitchinson’s mug for every one of the 60 House members, including one for a pupil who only joined the school at half- Above: The Milner Court Orchestra playing at last years’ Ensembles Concert. term! When asked to describe the 6th Form accommodation, Head of House Nima Team Maths Challenge Hojatoleslami summed up the mood Winners! perfectly when he replied with just one word: “Awesome!” The UKMT (United Kingdom /DHopkins, Head of Prep School Liaison Mathematics Trust) Team Maths Challenge is a competition which gives Below: Mrs Ladd with pupils from Mitchinson’s including 6 past pupils from Junior King’s. pupils the opportunity to tackle a variety of engaging mathematical activities while developing teamwork and communication skills. Each school is invited to enter a team of four pupils for a Regional Final, chosen from England and Wales, School Years 8 and 9. Two Junior King’s Year 8 boys (Jerry and George) teamed up with two Year 9 boys (including Theo, OJKS, who took part last year) from the King’s School for the Regional Finals held at Ashford School on Tuesday 13th March. The boys came first out of 21 schools and qualify for the National Final which will take place at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London on Monday 18th June. We look forward to hearing how they get along. /GM The Junior King’s School, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT2 OAY - T: 01227 714000 - : @JuniorKingsSch www.junior-kings.co.uk The Week - No. 433 16 March 2018 We have been visiting Forest park Superheroes beware! Year 2 have this term in Year 1. This week, been learning about ‘Super we learned about different bird Materials’ this week. calls. We had to use our ‘superhuman We divided into groups and Mrs strength’ to investigate whether Larder gave us each a secret bird we could stretch, bend, squash or name and taught us their call. twist different materials. We When we were given the signal, we built a giant nest for our discovered that our stinky socks we all had to sing our bird’s song family out of branches, sticks, were very malleable! What at the same time to find our bird moss and leaves.