KING’S

N U M B E R 3 | FE BRUA RY 2020

THE SPRING ISSUE

HEAD MASTER’S PAGE D ear Parents and Carers, .
This short term has flown by and yet we have managed to pack an incredible
array of activities in. It is always a pleasure to see the boys achieving success. This
edition of the newsletter is filled with so many wonderful successes it is hard to
believe that it has all been achieved in just 6 weeks. I hope that everyone has a
wonderful holiday and that those on trips, such as the ski trip, have a fantastic time.
Next term sees everyone gearing up for the GCSE and A Level examinations and I
wish the boys in Years 11 and 13 the best of luck with their revision.
WA S T E MA NAGE MENT
I thought that students and parents might be interested to know that no waste
removed from the school site is directly taken to landfill. The waste company we use
operates a Zero Waste to Landfill policy, where all waste is taken to either a Waste
Transfer Station or a Material Recycling Facility. From here, any recyclable materials
are removed from the load to be recycled. Any remaining waste is then used as an
alternative to fossil fuels to power, for example, power stations and cement kilns.
I MPO RTA NT NOT I CE
I would like to remind parents and students that the school is a nut-free site as there
are a number of students with allergies to nuts. We ask everyone to respect this
position.
CO NGRAT ULAT I ONS
Lastly, and by no means least, our congratulations go to our CCF Contingent
Commander, Lt Col Ray Ogg, who was awarded the British Empire Medal in the
New Year Honours List 2020.
Lt Col Ogg receives this award for services to the Combined Cadet Force and to the
Department for Work and Pensions.

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REMEMBRANCE COLLECTION

CHARITY
Thank you for your support, our Poppy Appeal collections in school amounted to
£289.92.

SLEEP-OUT FOR THE HOMELESS

O n Friday 6 March my wife and I will be completing the Sleep Easy event in
Lincoln - basically sleeping outside for the night (cue another beast from the
East on that night) - all in aid of the homeless through the amazing YMCA.
Since 2010, Sleep Easy has seen more than 6,000 people sleep rough for a night,
raising more than £1m for local YMCA services across the UK. Sleep Easy allows
members of our community to take part in a sleep-out which attempts to replicate
what it might be like to be homeless. Although Sleep Easy is only for one night each
year, the aim of the evening is for those taking part to gain a deeper understanding
of how homelessness can impact an individual and how we collectively can make a
difference.
The aim is for YMCA Lincoln to raise £25,000 from this year’s event.
If anyone would like to sponsor me, or donate to this cause, I would be most grateful.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Russellbaker72
Mr Russell - Maths Teacher
WHIST CLUB NEWS

T he first of this year’s House Competitions is now over. In all, there were
50 entrants, 20 of whom were from School House and it was School who
dominated and won. Thanks to Rory Mapletoft and Pete Rajesh of From 12S for
their help in running the competition.
The points gained are as follows: School 498
More 221
Foxe 193
Newton 94
Curteis 37
Burleigh 17
In a closely fought competition, first place in the individual
title was gained by Max Hopewell-Lovett of From 9S with 49
points, closely followed by Ryan Twose of Form 10S with 46
points and Bobby Corker of Form 9S with 43 points. Well
done to all three boys and indeed to all who took part.
The competition is a chance for students to represent their
Houses, so this is a call to all budding Whist players to see
if they can throw down the gauntlet to School House! The
Partner Whist Competition will begin in a matter of weeks
and there is still time to learn the game or hone skills before
it starts.
Whist Club is open to all year groups and takes place on
Tuesdays at 1pm in Room 112. Mrs Newton

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JAZZ NITE
JAZZ NITE 2020
J azz Nite 2020 was a fantastic showcase of the musical talent at The
King’s School. A multitude of bands performed at the event, all bringing
their own style and interpretation to the evening. The event was opened
and closed by our very own Big Band whose performance, as always, was
fantastic with some of the hardest pieces every performed by the Band.
We also invited the KGGS Soul Band and the Grantham Music Centre Big
Band back. They both gave a wonderful feel to the event, adding to the
sense of community.
The quality of all the bands, including King’s Senior Brass Ensemble, King’s
School Soul Band, Senior Soul Band and Junior Choir, was at the highest
level all the way through. Jazz Nite also hosted 10 solo groups, including
Thomas Linford and Tim Stokes, Dylan Smith, Max Bishop, Fred Bateman
Ensemble, Jake McDonald-Pike, Josh Weir Ensemble, Ethan Wood Ensemble,
Alex Daubney Ensemble and the Ben Wilson Ensemble. Each added their
own spin on Jazz Nite.
The evening also included the world premiere of ‘A King for a Day’, composed
by Dennis Rollins MBE. It was a favourite amongst all members of the King’s
School Big Band and was incredibly well-received. The event ran smoothly
and was an extremely enjoyable evening with many looking forward to
attending or participating next year.
Zach Batey - Year 13

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 LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENTS Y E A R 8 FRE NCH POETRY COM PETITION

O nce again the Year 8 students impressed us with their ability to produce
poetry in French, having studied different types of French poetry in class.
Boys wrote on a huge range of topics and in many different styles. It was difficult
to decide on winners this year as the work was particularly impressive. In the end
the winners were:
Noah Koro and William Livings from Mrs Roberts’ group, Jakub Mijal and Freddie
Seaman from Mrs Copeman’s group and Euan Bremner-Harrison and Bailie
Thompson from Mr Lester’s group. There were also many runners-up this year.
Well done to all involved and we look forward to next year’s competition!
Below are the poems of William Livings about the First World War and Euan
Bremner-Harrison’s about dragons.
Mrs Roberts - Subject Leader, French

B Y E UA N B RE MNE R -HARRISON,
FORM 88
Le dranon survole, le dragon survole
Il est magnifique, beau, puissant
Il est craignant, aimé, respecté
Le dragon survole, le dragon survole

La dragon survole, la dragon survole

Elle est adentureuse, fière, forte
Elle est intelligente, soigneuse, sage
La dragon survole, la dragon survole

Les dragons survolent, Les dragons survolent

A travers les mers, au dessus des forets
En direction de soleil couchant
Les dragons survolent, Les dragons survolent

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
Y E A R 9 S UPE R PHYSICS DAY

O n Tuesday 11 February we took four gifted and talented Year 9 students to

Leicester Grammar School to compete in the regional IOP Super Physics
competition.
During the day they had to complete six different investigations, applying what they
had learned in class in novel ways they hadn’t seen before. They also had to create
and present a poster on their favourite investigation to a series of judges.

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PHYSICS DEPARTMENT CONTINUED
At the end of the day the boys attended a lecture on fun physics phenomena and interesting STEM
careers. The boys excelled and came first in the competition. Well done boys - we are proud of your
achievement - Theo Flavin, Michael Grace, Joshua Sanad and Adams Teibe.
GC S E SCIE N C E LI V E

O n 12 February one hundren Year 11 students and staff headed to Sheffield to hear some
inspirational lectures from top scientists.
The talks were from: Professor Tony Ryan on ‘Enthusiastic about plastics’ looking at the re-use of plastics
to underpin a sustainable future for a rapidly growing global population; Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock on
‘The Moon’, a guide to our closest neighbour; Professor Dave Cliff on ‘Computer Science’, instilling
what an exciting time this is for computer science research and robotics; Professor Alic Roberts on
‘Tamed’, an extraordinary history of familiar species with wild pasts and the story using cutting-edge
genetics and anthropology; Professor Lord Robert Winston on ‘Reproduction’, the story of his work in
the research and development of gynaecological microsurgery.
An excellent day was enjoyed by all students and staff.
Miss Jones - Subject Leader, Physics

HISTORY DEPARTMENT
T RI P T O T H E N AT I ONA L HO LOCAU ST CENTRE & M U SEU M

I n mid-November 30 Year 9 students, along with Mr Snowden and Mrs Dixon, visited the National
Holocause Centre and Museum.
The boys listened to a talk by an educator from the Centre who discussed how the Holocaust developed
between 1933 and 1945. Following the introduction, Mr Snowden gave the boys a tour of the memorial
gardens where they were able to reflect on a few monuments including one to Raoul Wallenberg. As
Oliver Beard said “The memorial garden gave a human perspective to the awful events of the Holocaust
and the Second World War.
A walk through the museum was next on the agenda. The boys were highly engaged in the exhibitions
which detailed the growth of anti-Semitism and how the Holocaust was able to occur in a western
democracy. After lunch, the students had the unique opportunity to listen to Trude Silman, a Holocaust
survivor, and ask her questions about her experience. The boys were obviously moved by the experience.
Matthew Perry stated “The talk was truly incredible and a once in a lifetime chance to hear from a
Holocaust survivor. This was very inspirational and a key aspect of the day.
Before we left the boys were able to reflect on all they had learnt by placing a stone onto the Children’s
Memorial. Joshua Sanad said “The most memorable aspect was the commemorative laying down of a
stone on the tower of rocks which represented the children of the Holocaust.”
Mr Snowden said “I booked this trip in order to develop the boys’ knowledge of the Holocaust. However
they all came away with a greater understanding not only of the Holocaust, but the need to remember
what happened in order to stop it being repeated.”
“The learning programmes at The National Holocaust Centre encourages students to focus on the
importance of the choices individuals make. They also teach students about the consequences of not
challenging discrimination and propaganda and failing to value diversity.” James Griffiths (Director of
Learning).
Mr Snowden - History Teacher

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 FOOTBALL
SPORTING EXCELLENCE T he Year 10 Football team have progressed to the quarter-final of the
County Cup thanks to a 4-1 victory over Bourne Grammar.
Theo Mussell capped an exceptional individual performance with two
well taken goals. The team now face Branston Academy as they look to
progress to the semi-final.
The First and Second XI continue their successful seasons.
The first team recorded a 2-0 win over Lincoln College but unfortunately
went down 1-4 against Spalding Grammar - their first defeat of the year.
The second XI remain undefeated, a 0-0 draw against Spalding’s second XI
being the only blot on an otherwise perfect campaign so far.

BASKETBALL

B oth the Year 9 and the Year 11 Basketball teams finished as runners-
up for Lincolnshire and have qualified for the next round (last 64) of
their National competitions.
The Year 9 team will play William Brookes School, whilst the Year 11s face
Arnold Hill.
We wish both teams every success in these fixtures.

BADMINTON

T he County Championships
took place at the end of
January for KS3 and KS4
respectively.
King’s progressed smoothly
through the group stage of
the KS3 competition, recording
5-0 wins in matches against
Horncastle Grammar, William Farr
and Priory Lincoln. Will King of
Year 7 was particularly impressive
in these matches, defeating
players two years his senior.
In the final King’s narrowly lost
out to Priory Ruskin, with a final
points difference of only 10 across
the five matches (86-96). The KS3
team finish as County runners-up for the second consecutive year.
The KS4 team found life much harder in their competition, recording 2
wins and 2 losses in the group stage. The team finished a creditable 5th
place.

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CROSS-COUNTRY

T his term the Cross-Country Team have competed in two races. The first of these, the Lincolnshire
Schools Cross-Country, took place at Burghley Park on 18 January.
The students competing in this race had finished in the top 20 of the Kesteven round. In all we had 16
boys taking part. The boys were up against some tough competition but they were able to produce
some amazing performances. Well done to all the boys who took on the undulating course. This race
was also the qualifying round for the English Schools Cross Championships with Jasper Adamson, Archie
Bradbury and Tate Emery-Peters all automatically progressing to represent Lincolnshire in Liverpool on
14 March. The students who took part were:
Year 7: Thomas Broadley, Oliver Bailey, Joseph Hazledine, Edward Vickers, Morgan
Arrowsmith and Alfie Kane.
Years 8 and 9: Jasper Adamson, Archie Bradbury, Joshua Clee, Joseph Monk, William Hindmarsh
and Riley Field.
Years 10 and 11: Tate Emery-Peters, Theo Mussell, Marco Ludlam and George Whinney.
The second event, the Anglian Cross-Country Championships 2020 held in Boston, comprised of boys
who finished in the top 14 of the Lincolnshire race, racing for the County. In this race the boys were
competing against the best runners from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Although the distances that the boys ran were not as accurate as one would have hoped they were
able to make the most of the experience and produce some amazing runs. The students who took part
were:
Year 7: Thomas Broadley
Years 8 and 9: Jasper Adamson, Archie Bradbury, Joseph Monk and Joshua Clee.
Years 10 and 11: Tate Emery Peters
We wish Jasper, Archie and Tate the very best of luck for the English Schools event on 14 March.
Congratulations also go to Archie Bradbury for finishing first in the North Midlands Cross-Country
League.
If anyone would like to take up cross-country running, I offer a session after school on a Tuesday from
4:00pm to 5:00pm. All are welcome to attend.
Mr Snowden

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RUGBY REPORT
U 1 5 N AT WE S T VA S E QUA RT E R FI NAL
T HE M A RCH T O T WI CK E NHA M CO N TINU ES - KING’S
U 1 5 TH RO U G H T O NAT I ONA L CUP SEM I-FINAL

T he U15 Team are now just one win away from a national final at
Twickenham having made it to the semi-finals by beating Pate’s
Grammar School (Cheltenham). The match winning score was 24-
5.
With a large crowd in attendance, the atmosphere was a mix of
tension and excitement for King’s, playing against a team they had
never played before. King’s kicked off into a considerable wind but
started strongly, pinning Pate’s back into their own half through great
defence and accurate tactical kicking.
King’s line speed caused problems early on for the visiting team,
forcing them back towards their own try line. This paid off when
Pate’s mishandled on their own try line allowing Theo Mussell to drop
on the ball for an opportunistic try.
King’s maintained the pressure, working hard through their forwards
to make precious metres. Pate’s defended manfully but finally yielded
when Rory Sheard forced his way over to make the score 10-0 to
King’s. Pate’s rallied after this and some poor kicking from King’s
allowed them into scoring range soon after the try. Pate’s used their
driving lineout to great effect and were rewarded with a try of their
own seconds before the half-time break with the score at 10-5.
King’s vast army of supporters roared the boys on as the second half
began as the team looked to take advantage of the wind at their
backs. The game was played almost entirely in Pate’s half of the pitch,
although possession was evenly split. King’s defence dominated, with
Theo Mussell and Jack Simpson, leading by example with some huge
tackles, driving back Pate’s attack. Pate’s defence was equally resolute
as King’s tried multiple times to get over the line through their driving
maul, but to no avail.
The resistance was finally broken as James Simpson crashed over
from close range after excellent work by the forwards. King’s scored a
similar try moments later through George Conron, to make the score
24-5 to King’s, with Ben Taylor, who had an excellent game throughout,
nailing both conversions in the half under difficult conditions. Pate’s
then threw the proverbial kitchen sink at King’s, refusing to give up.
The game ended with a sustained period of Pate’s dominance, but
they were unable to unlock our defence.
King’s held on to win, sparking jubilant scenes at the full-time whistle.
Now only one game from a potential final at Twickenham, King’s will
travel to Northampton School for Boys for what is sure to be another
thrilling semi-final encounter.
Mr Lindsay - Head of Rugby

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 I n November 2019 the King’s School CCF team won the

FORCE
COMBINED CADET Eastern Area RAF CCF Competition. When the last school
newsletter went to press a picture of the winning team was not
available. We are pleased to be able to show this in this issue.
This was a fantastic result, demonstrating positive feedback from
the training undertaken and also a great high on which to launch
the training year.
The CCF will be attending the national competition on the 7 and
8 March competing against RAF teams from all over the country.
The CCF Annual Assurance paperwork was recently returned
from CCF Regional Command in Aldershot marked at ‘Excellent’.
Comments from Brigade and Regional Command were:
“An excellent report for The King’s School CCF with glowing
comments from the service training teams. I would like to add my
thanks to the Contingent Commander and his staff for the support
they have provided to the staff and cadets of Magnus Church of
England Academy CCF, a CEP 500 school that was partnered by
The King’s School CCF”.
This term has been a planning term and training has mainly been
concentrated on skill at arms, classroom work, map reading,
compass work, principles of flight and first aid etc. This will be a
solid training basis for cadet activities ‘in the field’ including our
horse trial attendance later on in the year.
The RAF Section had another good success with Cadet Warrant
Officer Aaron Trevor completing his Air Cadet Pilot Wings and
flying solo at Teeside Airport. A proud cadet now wearing his
wings for our junior cadets to see.
RAF CCF cadets recently enjoyed a trip to RAF Duxford, enabling
them to see the only TSR2 aircraft in one piece, plus many other
aircraft.
Returning to the theme of planning, myself and SSI Pulfrey have
been putting in place a series of activities over the forthcoming
year to aid our recruitment and retention. Planning is important
to ensure adults and cadets know when activities are to give every
cadet the opportunity to participate should they wish to.
This year we have been offered places for RAF cadets to attend
a summer camp in Cyprus. Application forms have been issued.
This year’s Army Camp is a Nesscliffe and SSI Pulfrey will be co-
ordinating bids for 50 cadets to attend. Captain Dunlop, with SSI
Pulfrey, will be attending a pre-camp briefing to arrange activities.

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Cadets are seen practising their ‘skill at arms’ training in preparation for target shooting at RAF Cranswell
and the summer camp.

Flying in Grob Tutors, Gliding and a trip to Inskip (the RAF CCF Training Facility) has been planned into
the annual training programme by Flight Lieutenant Barton and
places will be available to obtain gliding and aviation ‘wings’.
Our Fieldcraft and Shooting exercises are also planned into the
programme. Skills need to be kept high ready for the Cadet Skill
at Arms competition later in the year.
This year’s Leavers’ Dinner Night will be held on 17 June 2020,
with two honoured guests. Sir Andrew Pulford, retired Air Chief
Marshall, and Air Commodore Nicholas Gordon MBE, a member
of 601 Squadron. This is an opportunity for senior cadets to talk
with very senior members of the RAF.
The CCF Contingent has been invited to attend a prestigious
event in Grantham on the evening of 20 March. For the first time,
the Skull of St Wulfram, the Patron Saint of our Grantham church,
will leave France and be brought to Grantham. The Contingent
is to provide a torch escort to the civic party from the Guildhall
to St Wulfram’s Church. VIP guests will attend the event from all
over the UK and France.
If you would like to fly a plane, climb mountains, learn to sail
and make an incredible group of friends you are encouraged
to see SSI Pulfrey, Captain Dunlop, Flight Lieutenant Barton or myself. The CCF offers life-changing
experiences. The door is always open and we would love to see you.
R M Ogg, Lt Col - Contingent Commander

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YEAR GROUP CELEBRATION W e continue our assemblies focusing on celebrating the
achievements of boys in each year group. In addition to
celebrating success within school, we wish to capture and celebrate
achievements made by boys outside of school.
We would like to involve parents in helping to gather this information
as boys are sometimes rather modest and do not always share the
information with staff. Therefore, we would be very grateful if you
could email the relevant Assistant Head of Year during the course of
the year with information on significant achievements so that we can
celebrate them within school via assemblies, newsletters, the school
website or during Form periods.
If you have any photographs of your son receiving his award or prize
and are happy for this to be published, we would be delighted to
receive these. We just ask that the photograph is only of your son in
order to meet data protection regulations. Contact email addresses
are:
Year 7 [email protected]
Year 8 [email protected]
Year 9 [email protected]
Year 10 [email protected]
Year 11 [email protected]

YEAR 7
Year 7 celebrated their successes with an assembly in the Old School.
The following boys achieved 35 merits and postcards were issued to
home addresses. Well done:
James Ashfield Thomas Christopher Stan Jackson
Thomas Vickers Nathan Britton Oli Gormley
Max Kowalski Alfie Smith Mitchell Clark
Will Gray Laurence Hildyard Matthew Hill
Maxim Krasnov Hariharan Balamurugan Alfie Lakeland
Ravish Lamabadu Zak Moses Seb Poulter
Benjamin Rogers Kai Thornton Alan Williams
Oli Blake Ashwin Yogesh Kumar Ben Rogerson
Hayden Rowley Rufus Ryan Isaac Sutton
Freddie Bell James Brauer Thomas Broadley
Vijay Gouthaman Sidath Jayakody Dylan Perry
Dylan Ponsonby Louie Shaw James Tall
Daniel Thompson George Wardle Troy Winfield

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Special Bronze awards go to the following boys who have achieved

YEAR GROUP CELEBRATION

75 merits:
Thomas Concarr Felix Hornby Zak Walker
Swayam Bajpai James Beard Elliott Bishop
Young Chen Edward Hobbs Matthew Holmes
George Iorio Lloyd Meredith Arun Ratcliffe
Josef Ridout Kyle Smith James Shepherd
Jack Taylor Josh Allen Flynn Campbell
Emmanuel Muoka Charlie Smith
Well done!
SU PE R S TA R S H A LL O F FA ME
New members join the Superstars Hall of Fame:
Olly Jackson of Form 7N. For his participation in his District
Scout Swimming Gala. Olly performed well and was awarded the
certificate for good team spirit, encouraging others and being a good
representative for the Troop.
Thomas Broadley of Form 7S. For excellent results in the North
Midlands Cross-Country league, Lincolnshire league Cross-Country,
Lincolnshire Cross-Country County Championships and the Midland
Counties Cross-Country Championships.
Ted Robson of Form 7B. For being selected to join the Peterborough
United Academy as a goalkeeper.

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 YEAR 8
YEAR GROUP CELEBRATION BRI T I S H CROS S CHA L L ENGE - CROSS-COU NTRY
Joshua Clee of Form 8C ran in the British Cross Challenge in Stirling, Scotland, which
was also the Scottish Inter-Counties Competition. In a very tough field of runners
Joshua came 51st in challenging weather and conditions with parts of the course
being extremely muddy and waterlogged.
OUT S TA NDI NG E XT RA-CU RRICU L AR ACHIEVEM ENTS
James Hobbs of Form 8F recently entered and won the English National Schools Table
Tennis Championships. James will now represent Lincolnshire at the national finals in
the U13 Boys’ category. A fantastic achievement.
Archie Conron of Form 8M received a ‘Kindness to Others’ award at Scouts.
Thomas Li of Form 8F acheived his Grade 7 singing exam with merit.
Tom Farrington, Jim Gleed, Charlie Lamb and Thomas Li, all of Form 8F, have been
making stop motion Lego videos looking at the French Revolution.
Ekene Esiwe of Form 8N received the following awards at the Grantham Athletics Club
Awards Ceremony:
U13 100m, 75m hurdle and long jump for 2019
The Witham Garage Young Athlets 100m Trophy
Young Male Athlete Long Jump Shield
PD Fruits Hurdles Award
Well done to all the boys listed above.

YEAR 9
ST UDE NT FORM AWARDS
These awards are given to those individuals who have shown themselves to be
exemplary members of the school. They have not received any negative behaviour
points, display excellent attitudes, are involved in the wider life of the school and have
shown strong organisational skills.
Theo Cadby, 9B Thomas Entwistle, 9C Theo Flavin, 9F
Jason Zhuo, 9M Liam Jackson-Smith, 9N Armaan Ahmed, 9S
FO RM AT T E NDA NCE AWARD
The highest Form attendance prize goes to 9S with a figure of 95.45%.
YE A R 9 ME RI T PRI Z ES
Bronze merit certificates and badges were awarded to:
Kevin Arebalo, Sean Edwards, Charlie Morley, Harry Sanderson, Oscar Ebbins, Olin
Wen-Lefman, Mohintan Athavan, Ethan Blackmore, Arthur Honeywood and Dev Nair.

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Silver merit certificates and badges were awarded to:

YEAR GROUP CELEBRATION

Joshua Brahous, Finn O’Callaghan, Leo Pearce, Rory Dunbar, Toby Kay, Leith Travis,
Liam Jackson-Smith, George Taylor, Armaan Ahmed, and Shlok Bhusal.
Gold merit certificates and badges were awarded to:
Cormac Stanley and Jonah White.
Well done to all the boys above.
FEATU R E D S T U DE NT S
In each assembly we celebrate individual students who have gone above and beyond
in some area of their extra-curricular life.
Thomas Perks - Water Polo & Swimming
This year Thomas has successfully gained a place in the East Midlands U14 Water Polo
Squad and competed in his first match against Northern Ireland. He also recently
represented Grantham Water Polo Club in the National Age Group Championships in
Sunderland - a prestigious national water polo tournament.
Thomas has also qualified for the Lincolnshire County Age Group Championships in
swimming. Well done!
Jonah White - Hockey
Jonah has been selected for the second year to play hockey for Nottinghamshire
having joined the U14 Nottinghamshire Academy this term. He recently played in a
tournament for the U14 boys for Nottinghamshire and they were successful in beating
the U15 Staffordshire and Leicestershire teams.
Y EA R 9 M AT H S ME NT O RS
The folloiwng boys have been acting as Maths Mentors for younger students:
Kelvin Perera, Rory Humphries, Yasha Kethineni, Alex Cant, Tom Sefton, Tim Vero,
Finn Jones, George Knapton-Carter, Freddie Shelford, Paddy Cunningham, Albert
Seaman, Zac Reeves, Tom Watson, Liam Jackson Smith, Jack Andrews, Christopher
Smith-Rasmussen, Joe Marlor, Sam Leveridge, Theo Cadby, Julian Huddart, Jacob Lee
and Alex Munn.

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 YEAR 10
YEAR GROUP CELEBRATION FO O T BA LL
With apologies for the omission in the previous Newsletter, Curtis French of Form 10B
also represented the school in Football.
C E RT I FI CAT E S AWA R DED
Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards were presented to Sam Hammond (10B) and James
Willmott (10S).
Stretch and Challenge 2019 certificates were awarded to:
Jack Brown (10S), Will George (10B), Ethan Gibbons (10N), Benjamin Halliday (10C),
Joshua Kinnear (10F), Thomas Littlecott (10S), Tom Livingstone (10C), Jason Meng
(10F), Alexander Rogerson (10N) and Sajeel Bhat (10S).
Well done everyone.
M E RI T S
The following merit badges were awarded:
Gold: Theo Hawes (10F)
Silver: Ben Taylor (10F)
Max Pickles (10S)
Jacob Parnham (10F)
Jacob Beere (10F)
Saeed Ali (10F)
Will George (10B)
Tom Dell (10B)
Bronze: Kuba Wasowski (10C)
Rowan McGarty (10N)
FO RM AWA RDS
Best attendance: Form 10F
Most merits: Form 10M
Least negatives: Form 10B

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YEAR 11
D UKE O F E D INBURGH AWA RDS (DOE)
Jack Fish and Oliver Coyle were both awarded their Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
Dawid Grab, Sam Sharp and Joseph Murphy were all awarded Bronze DoE awards.
Anders Fitzpatrick-Robinson was awarded his Silver DoE award.
M US I C
Conor Dunbar of Form 11M recently achieved his Grade 7 in Drums.
S PO RT S
Congratulations to Oliver Coyle, Joe Dickinson, Jonathan Esiwe, Mitch Jewitt and Billy Noon for their
various sporting achievements:
Oliver was selected for the U16 NLD (Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire) team in Rugby.
He is also one of 24 English Water Polo players, re-selected three times, and training monthly with the
National Academy Water Polo Squad for the past year. Well done Oliver.
Joe Dickinson was also selected to represent the U16 NLD in two matches recently, against Leicestershire
and Staffordshire. Well done Joe.
At the recent Awards Ceremony at
Grantham Athletics Club, Jonathan
Esiwe won awards for the U17
100m runner and the Long Jump.
Well done Jonathan.
Mitch Jewitt plays Ice and
Ball Hockey at national and
international level. He also joined
the Nottingham and Union Rowing
Club as a notice and has become
a key member of the U16s racing
crew. At the end of January he
competed with three other team
mates at the Junior Inter-Regional
Trials in a Quad and his team won
the event which means that Mitch
and his team mates have qualified
to represent the East Midlands at
the national competition to take
place in June. Well done Mitch.
Billy Noon was made the Junior
Captain of Radcliffe on Trent Golf
Club for 2020, having been Player
of the Year for 2019. Billy would
like to get his handicap below 4 in
the next few years so that after A
levels he could potentially attract
a scholarship at university. Well
done Billy.

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 SUMMER ‘SOUL-STICE’ - DIARY DATE
PARENTS, TEACHERS &
FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
A date for diaries is Saturday 27 June 2020 when the PTFA will host a
Summer Ball. Further details will be posted in the coming months. It is
destined to be an amazing night so please book the date in your diaries.
We are looking to book a marquee and create a new addition to the school’s
social calendar. If anyone could help with either equipment or time please
could you contact us as soon as possible.

GOLD CARD CLUB

The King’s Gold Card Club scheme is a monthly cash prize draw that helps
support the work of the King’s PTFA, which in turn supports the school in
various projects. The Gold Draw is open to anyone over the age of 18,
not just parents/carers - so grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and former
students are welcome to participate too - this is an easy way to make a
difference to the school.
An annual payment of £10.00 entitles participants to be included in the ten
monthly prize draws, which currently stand at £60.00, with two prize draws
of £450.00 each year. Check out Gold Club Card details in the PTFA section
of the school website.

SECOND-HAND SHOP - UNIFORM & PE KIT

T he PTFA manages the school’s secondhand uniform and PE kit sales,

and especially welcomes donations of games and PE kits.
Currently we do not need football or rugby boots, trousers or shorts.
To buy or donate, contact the PTFA via [email protected] or
leave a message with the School Office and we will contact you.

KEEPING IN TOUCH

Y ou can look up information on what is happening or get in touch

with the PTFA via:
Facebook - @KingsPTFA Twitter – Twitter.com/Kings PTFA
Secondhand uniform - [email protected]
Email – [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you at one of the meetings or events and would
like to thank you again for your support.
Please have a look at what we do in more detail on the school’s website.
Find us in the PTFA section of the website under ‘Parents & Students’.

NON-UNIFORM DAY
A total of £858.88 was raised for the PTFA from the last non-uniform day.
Thank you to all boys and parents for supporting this. The money raised
will enable us to continue to help to fund items for the boys.

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 CALENDAR TERM 4
Date Event

24 February Term Begins

25 February Y11 Careers Interviews - all day

26 February House Assemblies - Curteis & Newton

27 February Careers ‘Drop ins’- morning only

2 March Y10 Careers Fair - Old School

Y12 Geography Fieldwork

3 March School Council Meeting - 12 noon - Old School
Y11 Careers Interviews - all day
House Assemblies - More & School
4 March
PTFA Meeting - 7:30pm - Bishop Foxe Room
Careers ‘Drop-ins’ - morning only
5 March
Y11 Parents’ Evening - 4:15-7:15pm - Hall

7 March Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Training Day - 9am-4pm

8 March Y8 Kehl Trip departs - to 14 March

Y10 Mental Health Talk by Dr Aric Sigman - Old School

9 March
Mental Health Talk by Dr Aric Sigman - 6-7:30pm - all parents welcome

10 March Y11 Careers Interviews - all day

House Assemblies - Burleigh & Foxe

11 March
Y8 Immunisations Mop-Up session - approx. 10:30am

12 March Careers ‘Drop-Ins’ - morning only

14 March Y8 Kehl Trip Returns

16 March Y10 Geography Fieldwork

Spring Music Concert Rehearsals - all day - Hall

Y11 Careers Interviews - all day
17 March Y10 Geography Fieldwork - all day
Y7 Maths Explained - 6:30pm - Room 33
Spring Music Concert - 7:30pm - Hall

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 APPRENTICESHIP INFORMATION
CAREERS EVENT O n 11 February an audience of students and parents listened to a talk delivered
in the Old School by the Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge for Schools
(ASK) Project.
This project is funded by the National Apprenticeship Service, part of the Department
for Education. The aim of the organisation is to work with schools and other
educational establishments across England to increase awareness of apprenticeships.
The presentation explored the different levels of apprenticeships and all routes up to
and including degree level apprenticeships.

GRA NT HA M WAT E R POL O CLU B IS L OOKING FOR NEW PL AY E R S

Affiliated to the ASA East Midlands District, Lincolnshire County ASA, Midland
Schools Swimming Association
Are you a competent swimmer?
Do you enjoy team sports?
Fancy trying something new and fun?
Boys and girls welcome.
Grantham Water Polo Club are offering 3 free trial sessions on Friday 13th, 20th and
27th March at The Meres swimming pool.
You must reserve a place by contacting Louise Thompson at lou.thompson@sky.
com
Selection will be made following the trials and players will be informed accordingly.
Attendance at all 3 trial sessions is required.
Fees following selection are £16 per month for beginners, plus ASA fees.

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 CALENDAR TERM 4
Date Event

18 March Y10 Geography Fieldwork - all day

Y10 Geography Fieldwork - all day

19 March
Careers ‘Drop-ins’ - morning only
Y10 Geography Fieldwork - all day
20 March
Rugby Dinner - Hall - 7:30-11pm
Y10 Study Skills Workshop - all day - Old School
23 March
Y10 Study Skills Workshop for parents & Students - 5:00-5:45pm
Y11 Careers Interviews - all day
24 March
Y10 Head of Year Intervention Meetings - 4:00-7:00pm

25 March Whole-School Inter-House Activity - 8:50-9:35am

26 March Y11 Careers Interviews - all day

30 March Y11 Careers Interviews - all day

Y11 Careers Interviews - all day

31 March
House Awards Ceremony - 7:00pm - Hall

1 April Dubai Trip (Cricket) Departs to 8 April

3 April End of Term - 3:45pm

8 April Dubai Trip Returns

20 April Term 5 Begins

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EXTRA-CURRICULAR
M O N DAY
Activity Room Time Staff Year Group
Junior Brass Ensemble 55 8:40-9:10am Mr Wyatt By invitation
Rehearsal
Clarinet Ensemble 8:40–9:10am Mrs Lond By invitation
Room
Chess Club (Seniors) 31 12:35-1:35pm Mr Davies Years 10-13
Year 11-13
Senior Soul Band 55 12:35-1:05pm Mr Lond
(invitation)
Model Making & KNEX Years 7, 8, 9, 10
36 12:45-1:30pm Mr Baker
Club & 11
Year 7 & 8 by
Junior Choir 57 12:50-1:20pm Mr Cook
invitation
GCSE Geography Revision 209/210 3:45–4:30pm Mr Brown & Mr Bufton Years 10 and 11
A Level Geography
201 3:45-4:30pm Mr Cawthorn Years 12 and 13
Revision
Football Gym 4:00-5:00pm Mr Whales Year 9

Badminton Sports hall 4:00-5:00pm Mr Hulme All

TU E S DAY
Activity Room Time Staff Year Group
Junior Percussion
Reh. Room 8:40-9:10am Mr Richmond By invitation
Ensemble
Newton & More House
Hall 12:40-1:30pm Mr Collins & Mr Lindsay All
Social Space
Years 7-13
Concert Band Reh. Room 12:00-1:20pm Mr Lond
invitation
World Wise Quiz 210 1:00-1:25pm Mr Brown Years 10 & 11
Modelling Making & Years 7, 8, 9, 10,
36 12:45-1:30pm Mr Baker
KNEX Club 11
Whist Club 112 1:00-1:30pm Mrs Newton All
Years 7-13
String Ensemble 57 1:00-1:30pm Mrs Brown
invitation
Languages Club
203 1:00-1:30pm Mr Lester Years 7, 8, 9
(Mandarin)
Year 11 Speaking
203 1:00-1:30pm Mrs Copeman Year 11
Practice
Year 11 History revision
22 3:55-5:00pm Mrs Law Year 11
notes preparation
Cross-Country Club Field 4:00-5:00pm Mr Snowden All

Football Field 4:00-5:00pm Mr Richardson Year 8

Football Field 4:00-5:00pm Mr Burnett Year 7

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W E D N E SDAY
Activity Room Time Staff Year Group
Curteis & Foxe Social 12:40-
Hall Miss Leek & Mr Otter All
Space 1:35pm
Knotso’s (Junior Big Years 7-13
Reh. Room 8:40-9:10am Mr Lond
Band) invitation
GCSE Chemistry Revision 12:40-
26 Mr Clarke Year 11
& exam preparation 1:10pm
Modelling Making & 12:45-
36 Mr Baker Years 7-11
KNEX Club 1:30pm
12:40-
GCSE History Revision 21 Mrs Milligan Year 11
1:10pm
12:50- Years 7-13
Wind Band Reh. room Mr Cook
1:20pm invitation
Geography Club 209 1:00-1:35pm Mrs Evans Years 7, 8, 9

Warhammer Club 3:45-5:00pm

Mrs Mattison & Mr
[last Wednesday of LRC 26 Feb/ 25 All
Kearney
month] March
Ultimate Frisbee Field 4:00-5:00pm Mr Brown All

Year 11 GCSE Practical Sports Hall 4:00-5:00pm Mr Lindsay Year 11

TH U R SDAY
Activity Room Time Staff Year Group
Years 7-13
Senior Brass Ensemble 57 8:40-9:10am Mr Wyatt
invitation
Years 7-13
Saxophone Ensemble 55 8:40–9:10pm Mr Lond
invitation
12:40-
Burleigh & School House Hall Mr Morrow & Mr Hulme All
1:35pm
12:35- Years 7-11
Junior Soul Band Reh. Room Mr Lond
1:05pm invitation
12:40-
GCSE History Revision 25 Mr Snowden Year 11
1:10pm
12:45-
Indoor Cricket Gym Mr Richardson Year 7
1:15pm
Model Making & KNEX 12:45- Years 7, 8, 9, 10
36 Mr Baker
Club 1:30pm & 11
12:45- Year 11by
Year 11 French Support 303 Mrs Woolerton
1:05pm invitation
12:50- Year 7-13
Senior Choir 57 Mr Cook
1:20pm invitation
GCSE History Revision 24 3:45-5:15pm Mrs McKenna Year 11
Quad & Lt Col Ogg, SSI Pulfrey, Flt
CCF 3:45-5:00pm Years 9 -13
Classrooms Lt Barton & M Davies
CCF BTEC Classrooms 3:45-5:00pm SSI Pulfrey Year 13 CCF only
Field/ Sports
Football 4:00-5:00pm Mr Hulme Year 10
Hall

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 EXTRA-CURRICULAR
FRI DAY
Activity Room Time Staff Year Group
House Sporting Competing year
Gym 12:35-1:35pm House Leaders
Activities group
12:35-1:30pm Mrs Mattison & Mr
Year 7 Book Club LRC Year 7
every 2 weeks Kearneyy
Chess Club Juniors 31 12:35-1:35pm Mr Davies & Mrs Ball Years 7-9
Year 11 Extra Chemistry
20 12:40-1:10pm Mr Downing Year 11
Support
Modelling Making & Years 7, 8, 9, 10,
36 12:45-1:30pm Mr Baker
KNEX Club 11
Senior Percussion
Reh. Room 1:00-1:30pm Mr Richmond By invitation
Ensemble
French & Cake 304 1:00-1:30pm Mrs Roberts Year 11
Years 9-13 CCF
CCF Shooting Club Gym 3:45-6:00pm SSI Pulfrey & Mr Dunlop
only
Years 7-13
Big Band Reh. Room 3:45-4:45pm Mr Lond
invitation

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