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THE KINGS OF WESSEX SCHOOL A Church of England Foundation School Specialist Technology College Issue no. 80 You can also enjoy in colour on our website: The Kings’ Messenger www.kowessex.co.uk End of Summer Term July 2008 Dear Parents murals in the Sixth Form Common Room painted by Gifted and Talented Artists. The English Department held As the school year 2007-8 rapidly draws to a close, and the a Spelling Bee and we will shortly be hosting the Raising summer holidays approach, I am pleased to report on a Voices concert involving our students from across the busy half Summer Half Term here at Kings! Cheddar Valley. The exam season has Contents certainly dominated conference and Year 9 students enjoyed their Citizenship Head’s Introduction 1 this half term. Parents Conference. Honing their working world skills, Year 10 Roll of Honour 2-5 may have been aware students attended a Key Skills Conference in preparation School Council Update 5 of our revised exam for their work experience week. Meanwhile, Governors Year 11 Celebrations 6 leave arrangements, School Uniform Reminder 6 and the introduction of time in Subject Teams and also shadowing students. Spelling Bee 7 pre-exam briefings, Maths in the Summertime 7-8 both of which I know For the fourth consecutive year, we ran our Middle School A tête-à-tête wth Languages 8-9 students have found Master Classes for Gifted and Talented students in Maths, Time for Lunch 9 extremely helpful in Design Technology, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. This Design Technology Success 10 keeping them was an enjoyable opportunity for our transferring students Design Technology Week 11-12 motivated and and staff as well! encouraged to do their Kip on a Ship 12 With little time to draw breath - athletes competed in our Science News 13 best. annual Sports Day, and swimming gala, breaking school Psychology Trip 14 Staff will be available records; whilst the tennis tournament is currently on the PSHE/Citizenship Conference 15-16 in school when the courts. You can read more about our Years 9 and 10 Work Experience Report 16 exams are published: Cricket teams making sporting history in the Somerset The Kings’ Art 17-18 County Cup. Thank you to Carl Bennett, Subject Leader Christian Leader 18 Levels) and Thursday 21 for P.E. and his team for all their motivation. A record LRC Issues 19 My number of Year 10 Sports Leaders have hosted Sports PTA Catch Up 19 thanks must go to our Festivals for our Cheddar Valley First and Middle Schools Sport Scores 20-23 Exams Team for led by our School Sports Co-Ordinator Karolie Williams. Galloping Success 23-24 ensuring the effective As the school year draws to a close, we say farewell to some +The Fairfield Archaeology Project exams administration, ably led by Assistant long-serving staff. I thank Assistant Headteacher Noreen + In the Mood for Food flyer Fogarty, and Teachers of Geography Richard Scourse and + Autumn First Half Term Calendar Headteacher Christian Hughes. Unfortunately Religious Education Rosemary Tullett for their huge commitment, loyalty, and experience - with over seventy be aware from the national press of the regrettable marking years combined experience. We look forward to welcoming delays at The National Assessment Agency. We will keep our new recruits in September. you informed when the results arrive. During the summer holidays our refurbishment and Looking to next year there is good news for our current building programme continues. The Art/Photography Y as they all have secured their first choice GCSE classrooms will be refurbished, a second Food Technology options. Preparations have also been apace for the smooth Classroom built and a secure cycle storage shed installed transition of our new Year 9 students joining us in thanks to the School Council procuring a £10,000 Travel September, following a successful Transfer Day and parents Plan grant. Plans are also being finalised for the transfer of have attended information and tutors evenings. This was the Leisure Centre to the school, which I know is an important step for Kings and our community. followed by Sixth Form Induction Day. This year, a record number of students are due to join us in both Year 9 and the As I bring this to a close...(with an eye on Sixth Form. the weather ), we will be holding our whole school Making time for celebrations not least as an antidote to the Presentation Assembly on the last day of term. Hopefully, this half term. outside at the front of school. I always enjoy this event, as You can read more about Year 11 celebrations, notably the we reward students for achievements both in and beyond the classroom. Assembly and Ball. I thank Year 11 Leader Eric Holdsworth and his team of Tutors and students for their organisation. It only remains for me to thank parents and friends for Our , before your continued support to Kings, and to wish you all a very happy summer holiday. dancing the night away at Weston-super- Gardens, with the Sixth Form Band providing musical entertainment. On their own initiative, Clowance Cotterill Yours sincerely, and Hannah Lucas in Year 12 organised a Summer Dance here at Kings for our Year 8 Middle School students. Their enthusiasm, energy and excellent organisation skills were impressive. CHRIS RICHARDSON As per our Kings tradition, there has been time for a wealth Headteacher of extra curricular activities this half term... We are relishing an events-packed Design and Technology week; Maths have visited the Eden Project, Biologists and Geography students conducted fieldtrips; and many students braved Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. Sixth Form Art students treated us to a Visual Arts Exhibition of Fashion, Art, and Photography and we unveiled two new Kings’ Roll of Honour – End of the Summer Half Term Special Achievements: rewarding students for services to school and good work It must be dazzlingly clear that this year’s Special Achievements have been a runaway success. And some students have enjoyed even dizzier success… Congratulations to Jessica Ford 9PT for being the only student this year to gain her Second Platinum (Special Achievements Mathematics reveals that Jessica gained her first Platinum with 50 merits and then did exactly the same – gaining 50 more merits!). Adam Green 9DR achieved his Second Gold and are closely followed by Rachael Bewick and Liam Grant 9VP who gained their Second Silver. Chloe Bunn 9DR, Kirsty McLaren 9DR, Tom Fisher, Sophie Luff, Joseph Rossiter 9FP, Helen Bennett, Sophie Langford, Milena Mottram, Luke Redman, Jade-Louise Wright 9SBA, Freya Cumberlidge and Jamie Long 9VP all gained their Second Bronze. Bronze (5 merits) Gold (25 merits) Lewis Podpadec 9VP Bryony Conetta 9ER Thomas Childs 9CRA Natalie Stevenson 9VP Robert Sandilands 9FP Jasmine Crocker 9CRA Ollie Crandon 10CA Lydia Williams 9SBA Benjamin Davey 9CRA Emma Hanlon 10CA Jake Taylor 10CA Lauren Janaway 9CRA Bethany Robinson 10CA Victoria Chir 10EHE Elizabeth Leonard 9CRA Hannah Shaw 10CA Alexander Parsons 10EHE Bethan Wall 9CRA Jack Tonkin 10CA Sarah Kelly 10LD Alex Brandrick 9CRA Nick Bamber 10JR Hannah Brannigan 10TP Freya Cottrell 9CRA Joe Bright 10JR Saul Dawson 10TP Don Hamilton 9CRA Edward Kimmins-Tonkin 10JR Scott Harris 10TP Daniel Hutchison 9DR Harriet Thompson 10JR Marisha Huxtable 10TP Chelsea Mortimer 9DR Victoria Ferguson 10LD Jessica Pascoe 9DR Benjamin Davidson 10TP Alice Gilling 10TP Silver (15 merits) Chloe Bisdee 9ER Stephanie Craig 9ER Carla Gordon 10TP Henry Farmer 9CRA Jessica Harraway 10TP Samuel Shuff 9CRA Russell Eccleston 9ER Claire Tidswell 9ER Alex Hicks 10TP James Watson 9CRA Paul Jarvis 10TP Daniel Hutchison 9DR Emma Trolley 9ER Timothy Weeks 9ER Georgia Madsen 10TP Joshua Addis 9ER Ellis Mead 10TP Joshua Holgate 9ER Abigail Ham 9FP Harriet Lang 9FP Sophie Watkins 10TP Bethany Rowsell 9FP Michael Wilmot 10TP Marcus Tincknell 9FP Elizabeth Nash 9FP Freya Williams 9FP Richard Priddice 9FP Platinum (50 merits) Carrie Robinson 9JPF Sophie Caunt 9FS Toby Thorne 9CRA Sarah Coles 9PT Emily Ingle 9FS Ethan Taylor 9DR Corrie Painter 9PT Bethany Woodhall 9FS Jasmine Chadwick 9ER Sophie Stride 9PT Matthew Palmer 9GC Daniel Findlay 9ER Simon White 9PT Oscar Knight 9JPF George Penwarden 9ER Jesse Hartnup 9TT Emily Kouidri 9JPF Adrianne Swingler 9ER Naomi Jones 9TT Christopher Major 9JPF Charlotte Coggins 9FP Lucy Midcalf 9TT Andrew Pridgeon 9JPF Bradley Edrich 9FP Abigail Nicholson 9TT Robyn Cooke 9PT Daisy Graham 9FP Leonie Rickards 9TT Ashleigh Davies 9PT Sinead Byrom 9FS Thomas Roche 9TT Natasha Flinders 9PT James Knight 9PT Heather Matthews 10CA Kyle Homan 9PT Lawrence Shaban 9PT Kirsty-Marie Allen 10JR Daniel Robinson 9PT Amy Smale 9PT Daniel Hughes 10JR Jordan Scorse 9PT Alice Wright 9PT Ashley Parsons 10JR Michael Davis 9SBA Olivia Yates 9PT Rebecca Rogers 10JR Jessica Sims 9SBA Stephanie Rogers 9PT Mimi Bygrave 10LD Lauren Haines 9TT Harry Evans 9VP Sarah Greenwood 10TP Duncan Hall 9TT Agatha Morris 9VP Kelly Holford 10TP Megan Jones 9TT Lauren Simon 9VP Emily Taylor 10TP Callum Scott-Hartley 9TT Hannah Wood 9VP Kianeau Whelan 10TP Charlotte Scriven 9TT Ayla Williams 9TT Well done everyone! Iain Millar 9VP *Please note, our students’ names are correct at the time of going to print School Colours: celebrating students for contribution to extra curricular activities Music Athletics Equestrian Freddie Mehlig 10CED Laurie Olive 10CA Samuel Armstrong-Gambier 9SBA Nathaniel Gall 9TT Harriet Gittings 10SJ Olivia Owen 10TP Gemma Allwood 9SBA Joseph Grant 9JPF Hannah Reason 10CED Adam Peters 10DP Giles Barrett 9DR Joshua