KINGSWOOD NEWS

Autumn 2017 NEWS & NOTICES November 9th 2017

Kingswood House School, Dear Parents 56 West Hill, , , I trust you enjoyed a relaxing half term holiday with your families. It has been reassuring to see KT19 8LG the boys return to school with such infectious energy and enthusiasm this week!

School Office: It was my pleasure to appoint all the 01372 723590 Year 10 boys with their monitor badges [email protected] in assembly on Wednesday. This Sports Line: accolade reflects their status as the 01372 746590 oldest boys in the School and is symbolic of my expectation that they Study Centre: will represent our shared values and be 01372 746594 excellent ambassadors for Kingswood House. Our Year 10 boys will also be www.kingswoodhouse.org able to apply for the enhanced position of a “mentor” – which will see them Like us on facebook work cohesively with Year 8 prefects and assist heads of houses in the Follow us on twitter development of a new ‘family’ system, in which they will take increased responsibility by working with their younger counterparts. I see these opportunities as the ideal platform for our Senior boys to grow in self-esteem and to make a more telling contribution to the whole School.

In staffing news, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Miss Amanda Black who will join Kingswood House in January as Second in the Science Department. Currently a teacher of science through to GCSE at the King’s Academy in Liverpool, Miss Black graduated from Loughborough University with an upper second in Biology and subsequently completed her teacher training as well as a Master’s degree at John Moores University, Liverpool. Miss Black will work closely with Mrs Callaghan to strengthen our provision for the teaching of science up to GCSE and she will also take on a new responsibility for designing a “Character & Values” programme to enrich our life-skills provision for the boys. Additionally, and on a related note, I can report that Mr Hendry will take over the running and development of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme for our Seniors next term.

I look forward to a busy few weeks and hope to see you at one of the many events here at Kingswood House between now and the end of the term.

Yours sincerely Duncan Murphy Headmaster

The DT department organised a visit to MERU engineering in Epsom to show some Year 8 boys the layout of an engineering workshop. The company specialises in adapting toys and buggies for young disabled children. The boys were fascinated to see various computer aided machines and promptly made a list of equipment needed in the DT department and put it in the suggestion box when they returned to school! Mr Bailey

This week, the boys in Reception and Year 1 have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes as a part of a lesson to do with fireworks. The boys made a 3D rocket! Aren’t they fabulous? Mrs Marskell

The boys in 4C have been very busy in all areas of the curriculum so far this term. They have been investigating estimation in maths , studying colour and the artist Piet Mondrian in Art. In History, they have been looking at Ancient Egyptian farming methods, then designing and building their own shadufs, a traditional method of lifting water from The River Nile. In Science, they have been conducting experiments to find out what happens to different solids when they are mixed with water. Mrs Carpenter

Year 6 Battle of the Bands Year 6 took part in the final of the Battle of the Bands competition. In previous Science lessons they had made their own instruments and then had time to practise a song in groups or as a soloist. There was the first round of auditions and three acts were chosen to go through to the final. The final took place on Friday afternoon and all the performers did extremely well. Miss McSweeney invited Mr Rodgers as a special guest judge. The runners up were the Molten Marshmallows and the winner was Folu! A huge ”well done!” to all the boys for taking part so confidently. Miss Mc Sweeney

House Captain badges were presented in Assembly this week - congratulations to all the boys on their awards.

DRAKE MARLBOROUGH CAPTAIN LOUIS TOWNEND CAPTAIN FREDDIE HARRISON VICE CAPTAIN METE TUNCER VICE CAPTAIN MATTY HILL SPORTS CAPTAIN OLLIE LIECHTI SPORTS CAPTAIN JOSHUA JOHNS

NELSON WELLINGTON CAPTAIN THEO BURN CAPTAIN JAKE LEONARD VICE CAPTAIN ARAD REZAVANDI VICE CAPTAIN JUDE POULSON SPORTS CAPTAIN EDDIE MONK SPORTS CAPTAIN JACK HUTCHESON 6M maths made up some of their own addition word problems. Here they are sharing them with the rest of the class, who had to work out the answer! Some of them were very tricky but the boys enjoyed being the teacher!

Miss McSweeney

6R Geography - 6R had a debate this week to decide whether building Dams was positive or negative. We discussed all the pros and cons and then the boys split into two groups and set out their arguments. The boys in the other team then gave a counter-argument. Despite getting a little heated, it was great to see the boys so enthusiastic about what they had learnt! Miss McSweeney Lower Prep have started “Craze of the Week” at break time ! Children will have the option of taking part of an activity each day ranging from Basketball, Bikes and Trikes, Chalk drawing, Lego and Skipping Ropes. This Wednesday was chalk drawing, and the children enjoyed drawing outside of the classroom. Mrs Roberts

Year 2 received a signed copy of David Walliams' new book from David Walliams himself! Jack "What a wonderful present!" Year 2 have read up to chapter 3 in class and are gripped by the exciting story of Bad Dad! Miss Walliss

Well done to Owen Courtney, 5S, who was a part of the victorious South East artistic gymnastic team that won the elite level 2 national Championship in Birmingham during half term. Owen performed well in all the disciplines scoring his best mark in the vault.

Congratulations to Arad Rezavandi 8T who recently received a Merit in his Grade 5 Singing Exam.

Some boys were chosen to take one of our 6S class minions home during the half term. They had a great time taking the minion to various places… Miss McSweeney

Joseph Seager and Jenson Anderson , 6R, created their family crests in History and produced them to a very high standard.

Harri Griffiths (8T) gave a fantastic and very humorous presentation about his time in the Scouts. The boys really enjoyed hearing some of Harri’s stories from his time at camp and it was brilliant to see Harri talk so passionately. Mr Russell Sports Summary From Mr Cowie

The Colts enjoyed a successful afternoon playing Banstead Prep at Chessington & Hook. All teams played very well, and conducted themselves in the correct way on and off the pitch. The Year 7 & 8s also took part in the Inter-House Football Competition. This was one of the closest tournaments that the school has seen, with three of the houses coming in joint 2nd, and Marlborough taking the victory. It was fantastic to see all the boys in Year 7 & 8 taking part and showing off the skills they have learnt throughout the years of being at KHS.

Action photos from the recent Upper Prep House Football competition.

MAN OF THE MATCH Future Fixtures Colts A – Ben Holmes Wednesday 15th November

Middle House Football @ KHS Colts B – Ted Hartley 1st & 2nd v. Homefield @ Chessington & Hook

Colts C – George Carpenter Thursday 16th November

U9 A, B & C v. Castle (A) Colts D – Ted Reed U8 A, B & C v. Ewell Castle (H)

Surrey Explorers Surrey Explorers is the local branch of the National Association for Gifted Children. Its mission is to stretch, provide enrichment and to stimulate new interests. Open to all 7 - 13 year olds held at Kingswood House School in the Humanities building. For Sunday meetings, no pre-booking required. £10 per child on the door £2 discount for PPUK members. No charge for parents.

November 19th: A Puzzling talk with Philip Searle author of The More Interesting Book of Puzzling Science + Maths. Here are one or two puzzles I solved earlier, how they get into you so that everything you see becomes a puzzle. What is a puzzle anyway? Philip's book, written with his Surrey Explorers son, will be out in October published by Tarquin Educational books. December 3rd : How to Design a Satellite with David Wade. After considering the many applications for which we use satellites, you’ll select a mission and design your own satellite. Along the way you’ll consider the satellite’s payload, what orbit it will operate from and what systems the satellite will need to be able to work in space. This is one thing you do need a rocket scientist to guide you through, and David Wade truly is one. He is a also a Kingswood House parent.

The Cycle Training Team at Surrey County Council are recruiting for Cycling Instructors . They have asked if we would advise you and it may appeal to those looking for a rewarding role. For further information please follow this link: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/jobs and search for "Cycling Instructor".

A reminder There is a Senior School Meeting th on Thursday 16 November for parents of boys in Years 6, 7 and 8. There will be a presentation and further information about our Senior Years 9, 10 and 11.

Please could all parents be aware they do need to sign in when they come in to school— please ensure you visit the office and sign the visitor book before going into class or to find your child. Thank you COMMENDATIONS Jenson Anderson Joseph Segar Archie Blyth Adam Gratton x3 Reuben Tomb x3 Alex Wang x3 Rhys Batttrick Euan MacKinnon x2 Danial Idress x2 Ewan Walker x2 Dhruv Gupta x3 Michael Sargious Hadi Yousaf Edward Bolton Jack Guiney x2 Hussain Bana Jestico Seemampillai Benjamin Schumacher x2

Diary Dates

Mon. 13 0800 SLT Meeting

0900 Pupil and Sibling photographs

Tues. 14 0930 Reception – Year 3 Forest School 1610 Staff Inset – Dick Moore ‘Wellbeing’

1900 Parents’ and Boys’ Senior Lecture Years 9 and 10

Wed. 15 0845 7P Assembly

1400 Middle House Football

Thurs. 16 1430 U9 A, B and C v. Ewell Castle (A) 1430 U8 A, B and C v. Ewell Castle (H)

1900 Senior School Meeting

Fri. 17 0900 Battle of Hastings trip Year 6

1400 quiz for Year 6 team Sat. 18 0900 6+ Academic Scholarship Examination

7P Assembly Wednesday 15 Nov 8.45am

Parents are welcome to come to Photographers are at school the Office from 08.30am for coffee before assembly begins. on Monday 13 November for individual and sibling photographs - come smartly dressed and with a smile!

Lost Items Tayaab Siddique - Football boot with TS on the side Rory Gibbs— Navy, round necked M&S jumper, size 11-12, named on the laundry tag on the inside seam, lost at Kingswood Active