Easter 2012 messenger

Celebrating Success Plus our successes in Design Technology,

Mathematics and Business

Physical Education Cross Country

Hockey

Charities Week All the fun we had, raising

money this term.

May you all have an

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restful Easter Break

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Celebrating Success 3 - 7

Oxbridge & Mathematics 8

Notes from the Chaplain 9

Physical Education 10-13

Music Department Notices 13

Drama 14-15

Business & Economics 16-17

Junior Department 18-19

Charities Week 20-23

Design Technology 24

Religious Studies 25

End of Term Arrangements

Friday 30th March 2012

Term will end at approximately 12.30, following our final assembly. Contract buses will arrive at school at their normal times.

The Summer term begins on Tuesday 17th April 2012 at 8.35 a.m.

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Thank you to everyone who has contributed to ‘Celebrating Success’, where students’

achievements outside school are given the recognition they deserve.

Well done and Congratulations to you all!

Celebrating Success

Marcus Arnold - 7OAC In February 2012, Marcus took part in the Northamptonshire County Youth Epee Championships and fenced his way to a Gold medal. Later the same month he took part in the East Midlands Regional Championships at which he won a Bronze medal. This also earned him a place at the National Youth Epee Championship in Sheffield in May 2012. Oliver Bell - 8STS Entered the Bible Reading Class for 13 and 14 year olds at this year's Peterborough Festival and achieved a score of 82 marks (First Class). Hannah Brigham - 11MWB , Matthew Brigham - 9NDC , Zara Bailey - 11MWB and Molly Norman - 11DJH Were part of a strong team from City of Peterborough Swimming Club and City of Cambridge Swimming Club that took part in an open meet in northern France. The swimmers came away with a good number of medals and enjoyed the experience. Abbie Brooks - 11DA Has been promoted to the position of Corporal at Air Cadets, and has passed an exam to obtain her green badge in first aid. Abbie also attended a NCO course at RAF Henlow, where she not only passed but also gained a merit for her efforts. Luke Cameron - 7OAC Passed his Grade 2 Classical Guitar exam with Merit just before half - term. Hannah Clark - 11DJH Passed her Grade 8 Flute with Distinction. She continues to enjoy playing in both the County Youth Orchestra and the County Wind Orchestra. Elizabeth Cunningham - JD2 Passed Royal Academy of Dance Grade 2 Ballet with Merit. Lorcan Elliott - 8CJS Succeeded in passing his orange belt, rank 7th Kyu in Go-Kan-Ryu karate.

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Gabriel Francis-Dehqani - (7AKA) – has earned Distinction in his Grade 7 cello exam. Matthew Gladders - 12 HJM and Luke Hagerty - 9NDC Competed in the Central Zone Schools’ Trampoline Competition in Shrewsbury. The top 3 individuals for each age group from the Eastern, East Midlands, West Midlands & Wales Regional rounds were competing in this round. Both boys competed well and came 2nd in their respective groups - Matthew in the Elite U19 boys and Luke in the Novice U15 boys. In both groups the top two boys were well ahead of the field with Luke only 0.5 behind the leader in the U15's and whilst Matt achieved a personal best score he was just pipped to the post by his close rival and fellow East Midlands team mate, Jake Chattaway from Nottingham. As the top three qualify to go through to the next round, Luke and Matt have both qualified to go through to the National Finals in Bristol in March. We are all very excited by Luke as he has improved tremendously in the last 3 months and also has an excellent work ethic, putting 100% effort into his training. We will keep you posted on his progress. Annie Gray - 9FEO Passed her Grade 5 Violin exam. Charlotte Grieco - 13 AEP and Laura Smith 13PJF played lead roles in The Miss Terroni School of Dance Show - The Wizard of Oz. Charlotte was Dorothy and Laura was the Lion. Both danced for 2.5 hours for 3 shows on 25th and 26th February at Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts. They dance en-pointe, ballet jazz and tap. The girls also passed Grade 8 Ballet last summer both with distinction. Charlotte also passed Intermediate en- pointe in London and a tap exam last summer. Christian Grieco - 11GEG Had a successful football season in Richard Scott’s Soccer School Under 16 team, playing with determination in mid-field. Edward Ingham - (Junior Department Year 5 - JD2) plays for Parkside Blue Under 10's football team, who have just won the Peterborough and District Junior Alliance Under 10's Green Zone League 2011/12. With two games remaining in the season, they cannot now be beaten. Joel Jordan - 7LAV Joel swims for Huntingdon. At his club trophy night he received 2 trophies, one for the IM (Individual Medley), and one for Freestyle. He now has 2 Gold medals, 6 Silver and 5 Bronze medals for the year ending 2011.

Celebrating Success

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Lizzie Pam, Tayside Open winner May 2011

Lizzie Pam Cambs U12 County Cup Team

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Ben Jennings - 8CJS Has achieved the following: GB National Championship- 2nd Under 13 - August 2011, including a place in the prestigious Gold fleet for that event. This event involves 6 full days of sailing, where sailors are out at sea for up to 6 hours each day, requiring great levels of stamina and concentration. GB National Series - 2nd Under 13. This series comprises 12 days of racing at locations across GB, March - September 2011 North of England Championships, 3rd place and 1st Under 13 Sept 2011 Midlands Area Racing Series - 1st Under 13; March - October 2011. Elizabeth King - 7LAV Passed her Grade II Ballet Exam with Distinction. Alex Langford-Pollard - 11GEG Was awarded the Mark Wright Trophy for Solo Improvisation at the 2012 Peterborough Drama Festival. Danae Larham - 9NDC Is an active member of The Angles Theatre in Wisbech. Their production this Easter is 'Joseph and his Technicolor Dream coat' and Danae has been given the title role. She has done over thirty shows in total but this is her most challenging and exciting, she is over the moon. Suzy Lockwood - 12NPR Won the Peterborough Drama Festival with a duologue. The piece was from Lettice and Lovage, Suzy playing the part of Lettice and Jordan Louis-Fernand (Oakham) playing the part of Berdolph. They gained the highest mark in the competition of 89 and won the Doris Jouning Trophy. Alix Middleditch - 10AMK Became organist at All Saints' Paston this year, and plays regularly for services, while studying for her Grade 4 Organ. Max Malone - 7OAC Passed his Grade 3 Singing exam for the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music. Elizabeth Pam - 8CB Achievements in Year 7 2010/2011 Elizabeth was outstanding in tennis during the year. She trained very hard, attending Hills Road High Performance Centre in Cambridge three afternoons a week and competing in East Anglia and around the country most weekends. She competed in both 12 and under girls’ singles events and also 14 and under. She won the following U12 tournaments: Tennis Tayside Annual Tournament, St. Andrews Lawn Tennis Club, Fife, Scotland 6/5/11

Celebrating Success

Ben Jennings sails to victory

Lizzie Pam, Tayside Open winner May 2011

Lizzie Pam Cambs U12 County Cup Team

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SGPB Cambridge Easter Tournament, Cambridge LTC 19/4/11 Donarbon Open Tournament Cambridge, Cambridge LTC 22/8/11 Cambridgeshire County Closed Tournament 29/8/11 Lizzie was favoured to win the Wigmore Moor Park Open in August 2011 but had to withdraw in the semi-final owing to ill-health. She recovered enough to reach the quarter final a week later at the Radlett Open Tournament, Hertfordshire. A highlight of the summer season in 2011 was the AEGON 12 and under 12 County Cup. Lizzie captained the Cambs team to be placed fourth nationally in the Bolton Indoor Arena. In spite of stepping up an age group to 14 and under Lizzie won the Cambridgeshire County Closed and was runner - up at the Donarbon Open and Letchworth Open all in August 2011. Phew! The icing on the cake was being invited to the national talent ID in Bolton in September 2011, having been placed within the top 25 nationally in AEGON ranking. SImi Pam - Year 12 The highlights of Simi's National Shot Putt season (2010/11) last year were: - Silver in Amateur Athletics Association (AAA indoors) Feb 2011 at Birmingham Indoor Arena - Bronze in English Schools’ at Gateshead July 2011 - Bronze in AAA outdoors August 2011 in Bedford Stadium - Silver in UK School Games, Sheffield September 2011. Simi was selected by Lloyd's Bank to present the Olympic Torch in Jack Hunt School, Peterborough in July 2011. She spoke about her sport and fielded questions from an enthusiastic audience, who later took pictures of her with the Olympic torch. James Parker-Bishop - 12NCK Won first prize in the Oundle Festival of Literature Competition for his prose entry in the 6 Form category. Natasha Parkinson - 9NJB Has passed her Grade 3 Piano Theory exam. Amy Sedgwick - 8CJM Has been competing in the Junior Team England tour for tenpin bowling this season and is on target to qualify for the England U16 trials. She has had further successes at U14 level, coming 2nd in the doubles for Cambridgeshire (with a personal best series score) at the County Championships and 3rd overall at the South of England tournament. Elizabeth Steele 10 AMK Has been reselected for the FA Elite Performance Camp. In the Autumn she was selected for the first camp and there are three camps throughout the year. At each camp you are under trial and not everyone gets re-selected. She has been delighted to be selected for all three camps and for a fitness trial. The camps are very intense but enjoyable with training by England coaches, who are looking for potential England players.

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Simi Pam with the Olympic torch

Simi Pam wins AAA Outdoor Bronze

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Jasmine Weedon - 8PB Jasmine and her younger brother Edward were pleased to be amongst the first well-wishers to cheer the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year. During the half-term holidays they were in London when they saw the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh coming out of The Guildhall, where they had been attending a lunch to celebrate the bi-centenary of Dickens' birth. They believe this may have been the Queen's first public engagement in her Jubilee year. In any case they were pleased that her car drove right past them and that she waved back at them !

Anna Wilkinson - 7AKA Passed her Grade 3 Ballet exam with Distinction. Anna also won the verse - speaking class, in her age group, at Peterborough Drama Festival.

Celebrating Success Update

Zara Bailey - 11MWB Since the last ‘Messenger’ Zara has continued to train hard, working towards her swimming goals. She took two weeks off over the Christmas holidays to try to recover from 60 weeks of non - stop training. Once back in the water she worked towards an important meeting in Corby - one where Liam Tancock and Rebecca Adlington were competing. Not quite back to her best, she achieved some medal placing's and her coach was pleased with where she reached. Zara did however gain a Bronze medal in the 400IM where she broke the Club record. Continuing with her training, she was fortunate to be nominated for the Peterborough Evening Telegraph Awards - Young Sportswoman of the Year Award. She made it to the final three and attended the ceremony at the Cresset. Coming a runner - up was fantastic and a real feat being up against some amazing athletes. Over half - term Zara, together with other City of Peterborough Swimming Club team - mates, went to take part in an International Gala in France. The team participated in 5-6 events each over a three - day period. During this time, Zara made the final in all her events: 200 M Gold medal; Bronze in 50m Free; Silver 200 Breast 100 Fly national qualifying time for the first time. Her 400IM time was 5.04.74 and national record for her age group. Returning from this success, she then went on to train for over 20 hours during half - term. The reason for this was that she was working towards the British Championships - Trials for the Olympics. She is one of two other members of her squad who have qualified for this event. Zara arrived at the British Qualification meeting in London, feeling nervous and excit-ed. She was ranked 55 out of 65 for the 200M Individual Medley. Going into the heats her aim was to do a 2 second PB. She swum amazingly well and did in fact achieve her 2.19 time. She moved up the ranking to 35th and is now ranked 4th in her age - group in the UK. The pool and the whole experience were amazing - now she moves forward to shave another second off her time... still hoping for the Olympics.

Celebrating Success

Elizabeth Steele in action.

Simi Pam with the Olympic torch

Simi Pam wins AAA Outdoor Bronze

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This year our students have been very successful in gaining Oxbridge offers. We have had two offers to read PPE and Biochemistry at Oxford; whilst at Cambridge students gained seven offers to read Medicine, Natural Sciences, Law, Linguistics and Geography.

We wish them and all our A-level students the best of luck in their forthcoming exams. May they all earn the university places they have worked so hard for.

Oxford:

Tara McKay (Not Pictured) - New College

John Rolfe - Wadham College

Cambridge:

Stephanie De Kremer - St Catharine’s College

Charlotte Grieco - Newnham College

Amy Harber - Girton College

Meiyi Lu - Selwyn College

Ella Mi - Gonville & Caius College

Emma Mi - Trinity College

Jessica Wing - Homerton College

Oxbridge Success

(Thursday 22nd March) Jasper Bailey, Max Rippon, Lorcan Elliott and Morgan Sauer attended the UKMT Regional Team Challenge at TDA. They competed in four gruelling rounds including a Head-to-Head round and a relay. The boys were required to work under pressure and time constraints, think laterally, and also do a considerable amount of running around too! Eighteen teams from the region attended and our King’s School team took first place! This is a fantastic result for the team as they were up against some stiff competition and it means that they have now qualified for the National Team Final in London in June, requiring them to do it all over again!

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The Cathedral School

As we approach Easter I am drawn to reflect on our Cathedral Christmas service at the end of last term where we celebrated the joy of the birth of Jesus and reflected on the way God brings new life into our world. It was a service in which we had a very visible sign of the new life God has brought into our school this year, when members of the Junior Department made a living nativity tableau in the service.

Easter is also a time when we think of the new life God brings into the world – it is the culmination of the Christmas story with many shared threads. The innocence of the baby Jesus is reflected in the innocence of the crucified Jesus. The cloth left behind in the empty tomb on the morning of the Resurrection reminds us of the swaddling clothes of the baby. Perhaps God’s prayer for each one of us, as we grow up (or older!) is that our innocence will be regained and that whatever the pain and suffering of life, we will always rise above it and find the fulfilment of his promise of new life.

Helena del Pino School Chaplain

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Physical Education Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championships - Saturday 14th January 2012. The Cambridgeshire Schools’ Cross Country Championships were held at King’s Ely on Saturday 14th January 2012.When we arrived the ground was white and completely frozen, however the sun was out and by the first race it had started to thaw. The event has the top 16 runners from four areas within Cambridgeshire, 26 King’s School pupils took part on the day, a few who had been selected could not take part. As the day went on the ground became softer and in places quite slippery but it was perfect conditions for cross country running. From this event athletes are selected to represent Cambridgeshire at the Anglian Schools’ Cross Country Championships; to be selected athletes had to finish in the top 10. There were some outstanding performances, Ollie Bowling and James Barkshire finished 4th and 5th respectively in the Junior Boys ( Year 8 +9), both in Year 8 and will have another year to compete in this age - group. In the Senior Girls, Emma Randall finished 2nd and Eleanor Smith 3rd with Penny Ford 6th and so all three qualified along with Callum Reid and Henry Morton who finished 9th and 10th respectively in the Senior Boys’. Ella Blake in the Junior Girls’ finished 9th and was also selected. The Anglian Championships will be held in Ipswich on Saturday 4th February 2012. Well done to the following who took part: Alison

Stokoe; Alice Hardy; Georgia Hilton; Isabelle

Deansmith; Milly Tovey; Ella Blake; Hannah Randall;

Jess Amps; Annemarie Ash; Sarah Chan; Katie Tre-

varthen; Emily Fisher; Poppy Tovey; Eleanor Smith;

Emma Randall; Emma Chan; Alex Chymbai; Joshua

Akinwumi; Ollie Bowling; James Barkshire; Philip

Wilson; Artem Chymbai; Callum Reid; Henry Morton;

Andrew Steele.

Anglian Schools’ Cross Country Championships - Saturday 4th February. This event was held at Ipswich on an extremely cold day and in slippery conditions. The School had a number of pupils representing Cambridgeshire in this event which includes the four other counties of the region. In the Junior Boys’ Ollie Bowling and James Barkshire took part finishing 41st and 46th respectively, outstanding results as they have another year competing in this age - group. Three of the Cambridgeshire Senior Girls’ team came

from King’s – Eleanor Smith finished 8th, Emma

Randall 15th and Penelope Ford 36th and in the Senior

Boys’ Callum Reid finished 34th.

Rowing Challenge. We have recently been attending some of the Rowing competitions that have been held throughout the year. In January the venue was Hampton College, it was split into two age groups, Year 7/8 and Year 9/10. The Year 7/8s rowed for 2 minutes, trying to cover as great a distance as possible whilst the Year 9/10 rowed a distance of 1000m in the shortest time. The second part of the competition was a relay in teams of four covering 2012m, we had a group of Year 7 girls and a group from Year 9. The Year 7 girls finished 2nd and the Year 9 mixed team 4th. In the individual challenges the Year 7 girls rowed exceptionally well with a very high score for the 2 minute event. Overall The King’s School has now moved up into 3rd position. St John Fisher hosted the February rowing with the King’s pupils eager to perform well. They had been practising the change - overs for the relay and this benefited us, as both the Y7/8 relay team and the Year 9/10 team finished 2nd . Combined with the individual results we have maintained our 3rd team slot with just one race left during the last week of term. Relay teams: Year 7 Girls –Jassica Enum, Martha Page, Amy Von Dongen, Tomi Kehindie, Sophie Hobday. Year 9 Mixed – Emily Sims, Timi Kehindie, Alfie Page,

Liam Green, Alistair Jones.

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Physical Education Maxifuel Super Sixes Indoor Hockey

Trip to Wembley Arena.

The 2011 Super Sixes Finals were played out in dramatic fashion in front of a near - full house of 5000 hockey fans at the iconic Wembley Arena on Sunday 30th January. Among these 5000 passionate hockey fans were 48 King’s pupils ranging from Years 7-13 and 6 members of staff. The format of the day consisted of 3 Men’s matches and 1 Women’s final. The first semi-final saw East Grinstead V Old Loughtonians with an 8-3 result. The second Men’s semi - final was between Reading and Beeston with a score of 3-3 leading into a very nail biting penalty flick competition. Beeston came victorious with a 2-1 lead. The Men’s Final was between East Grinstead v Beeston with a 8-5 victory for East Grinstead . The Women’s Final was between Bowdon High Town and Reading with, similar to the men’s game, a 5-5 score - line leading to penalty flicks. Bowdon High Town's women and East Grinstead's men were crowned champions on the day, overcoming strong opposition to lift the coveted trophies. In between games there were activities

planned to inspire our up and coming hockey

players with Beat the Goalie, a blow up

relay race, video presentations and

numerous merchandising stalls. This is our

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Physical Education

Year 9 and 10 girls winning team. Year 9 and 10 Fenland Relay Match.

Fenland League Relays. As part of the Fenland League Series a relay is held each year, this involves teams of 4 with each person completing 1 mile. It is an event that the pupils look forward to and is always very exciting. In this event the boys and girls compete at the same time but score separately. In the Year 7/8 boys the competition was very strong, after the first leg the King’s team was in 3rd, the team was still in 3rd when Ollie Bowling took over for the fourth leg with quite a gap between the first 3 runners. Ollie ran a very fast last leg and the team finished 2nd overall. The team consisted of James Barkshire, Alex Chymbai, Jacob Smith and Ollie. The B team finished 9th.

The Year 7/8 girls also did very well with the A team finishing 3rd and this consisted of all Year 7s, Alison Stokoe, Alice Hardy, Izzy Deansmith, Georgia Hilton. The B and C team finished 10th and 11th respectively. It was the time for the Year 9/10 relay; we had been successful in the Year 9/10 girls for the past few years and keen to retain our title. The girls set off strongly and led from the front for the entire race finishing at least 50 metres ahead of the next team. Winning team: – Annemarie Ash, Sarah Chan, Ella Blake and Hannah Randall. The B team finished 4th and the C team 8th which shows the strength of the two year -groups. The Year 9/10 boys finished 5th and 11th.

Year 7 and 8 girls’ winning team.

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MUSIC NOTICES GRADE 5 MUSIC THEORY CLUB - a new group will start in the first week of the Summer term. This will take place in M2 on Friday lunchtimes. It is aimed at those students who need to take Grade 5 Theory in order to move on with Practical Grades. Email Mr Kerrison, if you wish to be part of the group.

Changes to Music Calendar:

Now that work on the Main School Hall has started the programme of concerts has had to be changed. It is hoped that the Primary School Concerts (where schools come to KSP to hear our instrumentalists) and the Spring Concert (scheduled for May) will take place in June. The Summer Concert will take place on Wednesday, July 18 at 7pm in St John’s Church, Cathedral Square. In this concert the new Junior Department Orchestra will perform, along with Concert Band 2, the Year 7 & 8 Choir and soloists from all year groups. Please book the date!

Teachers running in the 2012 London Marathon

Miss Naismith and Mrs Amps are running in the

London Marathon this year, while Mr Harrison is

running in the inaugural Milton Keynes Marathon one

week later.

London Marathon 22nd April 2012

Milton Keynes Marathon 29th April 2012

In addition to their own personal goals, they are

looking to raise money for ‘Hope for Children’.

You can sponsor Miss Naismith and Mrs Amps by

visiting

http://www.justgiving.com/KingsPeterborough

We all wish them the very best of luck.

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The Woman in Black Drama trip

In February Year 11 GCSE Drama students were given the great opportunity to spend the day in London watching the chilling ghost story ‘The Woman in Black’ on the West End stage. Originally a short novel written by Susan Hill, ‘The Woman in Black’ was adapted for the stage in 1987 and was only intended to run for a very short amount of time over the Christmas period in the small Stephen Joseph Theatre-In-The-Round. however it was a massive success and was moved to the West End Fortune Theatre in 1989 and has been running there ever since. The first part of our day was an hour - long workshop in the Fortune Theatre (where we would later be watching the show) with an actor who talked to us about the history of the play, before we were given the chance to get up and perform on the stage! We were taught about creating fear in an audience through the use of tension and suspense; we did an activity to show how something as simple as walking to and knocking on a door can be twisted and made into something scary for the audience, just through the use of suspense and tension. The workshop left us feeling spooky and looking forward to the performance in the afternoon. The performance was filled with surprises and moments that had us jumping and on the edge of our seats, and ended with a shocking twist that had us all frozen to our seats in terror. It was an incredible experience which left everyone feeling very shaken and had us all discussing the play the whole journey home. However, as well as being thoroughly entertained we took a lot away with us to help inspire us with the rest of our Drama GCSE; we learnt that extravagant props and sets are not always needed to create a realistic atmosphere and scene, all that is needed is energetic, convincing acting to draw your audience in. We learnt about the simple effectiveness of using silence and tension to create scary, spine - tingling emotions in the audience. It was an inspiring day and we would all recommend The Woman in Black to anyone brave enough to watch it!

After a short lunch in Covent Garden it was finally time for the performance. We were seated on the top tier looking down onto the stage. A lot of us were shocked at how small the theatre was and how minimalist the set was, it comprised of a clothes rail, a couple of chairs and some boxes. Many of us were wondering and even sceptical about how this simple, stripped - back set with just two actors could carry off a two - hour long, exciting performance. However, as soon as the play begun, all of these thoughts disappeared and we were captivated instantly and amazed with the incredible, seemingly effortless multi - rolling the two actors took on; they could instantly transform into different, completely believable characters just by a change in voice and movement. By the interval most of us were so drawn in we were too scared to leave our chairs or go to the bathroom alone! The story goes that an old man hires an actor to help him tell his story of the ‘Woman in Black’, hoping that this will help him move on from his haunting past and exorcise the ghost. We learn about how the old man in his youth as a solicitor visited Eel Marsh House to attend the funeral of Mrs Drablow, when he noticed a ghostly figure dressed in black... this is the beginning of a whole series of ghostly events! Rebecca McAuliffe - 11DA

Year 11 students on the West End stage.

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Year 10 students with ‘Sammy’ from Blood Brothers at Pineapple Studios .

Year 11 students on the West End stage.

Blood Brothers Drama trip On the 14th March the Year 10 Drama students and I went to watch the hit West End musical ‘Blood Brothers’, as well as doing a workshop with one of the cast members, Michael Southern who played Sammy, a troublesome little boy! When we arrived in London we made a brief stop in Covent Garden before going to Pineapple Studios to do the workshop. The Studios were crammed packed with lycra, people stretching, dancing and showing off their extraordinary flexibility, which made you feel as if you had walked into the film ‘Fame’. Acting like a 7 year old and playing primary school games can be a pretty large ask for a large group of teenagers...but after playing Cowboys and Indians for 10 minutes we were in the right frame of mind. After the fun and games we were given an extract from the

play which Michael then directed as he had been taught by the actual director Bob Tomson. We started off by playing our childish games then the selected volunteers played different roles, and we all participated in one of the childish chanting ensemble scenes where we all had to work together to create the affect of a stroppy young gang. This was great and allowed us to see how directors in the West End create the world in their show. Later we watched the show which was amazing, it was so emotional that we all literally couldn’t stop buzzing and crying about it all the way back to school. I also loved seeing the cast do the scene we had rehearsed in the workshop, as it made you feel like part of the performance. All in all, it was an incredible day.

Jessica Bacon, Y10

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Stock Market Challenge 2012

Year 11 Stock Market Challenge Friday 10th February, 2012

Year 11 enjoyed the opportunity to trade like brokers on trading floors and online all over the world. Teams of four were given £15,000 to invest in nine fictitious companies and followed media and stock market reports over a week of trading. The pace became frantic as the day went on, as groups interpreted the media reports and tried to outdo each other in guessing which company would beat the others.

Bonuses were awarded throughout the day for good record - keeping – and fines for groups which had not kept accurate records. The high standard of record - keeping reflected the commitment pupils showed to succeeding in the hothouse atmosphere. The groans of dismay when shares went down, and yells of enthusiasm when they went up, echoed round the Hall. The frantic dash to the trading tables, even at the end of a long half-term, showed that these pupils enjoyed the day - as well as appreciating a practical experience in how the economy works.

The winners, having amassed over £4 million profit, were Max McKillop, Alex Cook, Alexander Langford-Pollard and Matt Elderkin. If only the real stock market did as well!

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The Bank of England Challenge

On Tuesday 28th February our Target 2.0 team (John Rolfe, Dhilpreet Phagoora, Will van

Es, Phil Carter, Owen Beale, Alex Potkins and Alex Rutter) attended the South East and

East of England regional final in Cheshunt. After presenting to a team of 3 judges who

included Dr Ben Broadbent (a current Monetary Policy Committee member) the team

was awarded second prize. As a result the team has won a £650 cash prize for the School

and a Bank of England pen! This puts the team amongst the top 12 in the country, out of

the 300 teams that were competing. Deserve congratulations go to the team, who have

spent endless hours preparing for this competition since September.

For more information visit:

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2012/019.htm

Rolls Royce Apprenticeship Success

Year 13 student, Samantha Burns has gained a place on the Rolls Royce Higher

Little did Samantha Burns know that when she submitted her application for the Rolls

Royce Higher Apprenticeship in Supply Chain Management in December, that a few

months later she would become one of the twelve selected students to be employed by

Rolls Royce. As well as this she will be sponsored to complete her Management and

Leadership degree at Nottingham Business School, starting in September 2012.

Samantha completed an arduous application form and following this out of the

hundreds of applications Rolls Royce received, a shortlist of thirty people was chosen to

attend an assessment centre in Derby. Samantha prepared herself tirelessly for the

assessment centre and upon arrival undertook various psychometric tests, several

interviews, a team - building activity as well as a ten - minute presentation about herself.

A week later Samantha was informed that her hard work had paid off and she had been

successful in her pursuit of a place on the Rolls Royce Higher Apprenticeship.

Samantha’s journey will begin in September where she will commence full-time

employment with Rolls Royce and during this time also attend Nottingham Trent

University’s intensive study blocks of between three and sixteen days to complete her

degree modules. The degree will be fully sponsored by Rolls Royce and all tuition fees are

paid for whilst Samantha will also receive a competitive salary.

A fantastic achievement for Samantha and we wish her all the best. her future.

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Enjoying the snow.

Written by Mr David Ludford, Head of The Junior Department The Junior Department has enjoyed a busy term with a great deal of cross - curricular learning taking place. Mrs Callaghan’s class has enjoyed studying Earthquakes and Volcanoes through the term, and have developed quite a fascination with natural disasters.

Throughout the term groups of pupils have been working to develop the outside environment at school, planting bulbs, feeding birds and with the help of the Science department, connecting up a video-linked bird box on the side wall of the Junior Department. Within school, anyone can view the

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bird box contents live from the Junior Department home page. We are hopeful that spring will see birds nesting here for the first time. Shrove Tuesday saw our inaugural pancake race. The event was well - attended by parents and staff, and after some very competitive racing Declan Greene was presented with the prestigious golden frying pan. Science Week saw some excellent logic being applied to a blow-boat race, as teams competed to design, build and race their own creations. Many of our children have enjoyed taking part in Junior Orchestra with Mr Kerrison and Mr Jenkins. Our children also took the opportunity to join clubs in Art, Chess, Gymnastics and Karate. The School Council’s choice of playground equipment has proved popular, with many children taking the chance to improve their skipping skills. Healthy snacks at break continue to be popular, with children devouring plenty of fresh fruit. However, the Charities Prefects ran a very successful ‘cake break’ for us which unsurprisingly proved very popular. Year 6 pupils had a visit from the Safety Challenge team, whose enthusiastic actors brought real power to the messages being delivered. Years 3 and 4 walked to the local Mosque, and were made to feel very welcome as they experienced their RE work first - hand. Other notable events this term – JD1 received a visit from a publishing specialist. Music exams saw many successes. Year 6 took part in an outdoor activities morning at St John Fisher school. Boys from Year 4 and 5 took part in a football competition. Year 5 pupils took part in a table tennis competition. All children attended swimming lessons at the Regional Pool.

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Monday 19th March to Friday 23rd March marked our annual Charities Week. Typically one of the most fun events of the school calendar, this year’s Charities Week was no exception. The usual, sweet stalls and cake stalls, were present every break - time and were joined by some great new events from years 7, 8 and 9. Year 7 produced some good fun with their ‘cow - milking’ and their fun - fair featuring the ‘human fruit machine’. The Sixth Form however managed their usual role of lowering the tone of the week holding a less than appetising eating competition. Here’s how the week panned out... Monday: The main daytime event on Monday (not the warmest of days) was ‘Soak the Prefects’ in the Technology Quad, students came from all around to soak the Senior Prefects, Head Boy & Girl and the House Captains, although how George Pearton avoided this indignity on the grounds of “photographic duties” is open to question. Monday evening brought Ice Skating for Years 7-9, a good time was reported by all. Tuesday: How they managed to arrange it, who knows, how they conspired to fail to produce any photographic evidence beggars belief, but on Tuesday lunch-time the Charities team hosted a gig by the ‘Top 40’ Christian Band LZ7, which took place in the Drama Workshop.

So how much milk can a cow produce in 30 seconds?

CHARITIES WEEK

What? There’s a water shortage? It’s quite cold today?

It’s for charity? Well let’s get wet then!

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Tuesday evening pitted the wits of the Sixth Form and teachers teams head to head in the 6th Form Quiz. With a plentiful supply of ‘brain food’ , the teaching staff conspired with great style to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory to hand a deserved win to Jonathon Taylor, Philip Carter, Patrick Wright, Matthew Forsyth and Paul Blower. Wednesday: Wednesday was a relatively quiet day, but kept alive during Sixth Form activities afternoon and the Charity Rugby Match. A fiercely fought game, pitching the Year 12 boys against the Year 13 boys, by the final whistle the Yr13s emerged victorious with a resounding 31-12 score line. You can read more about the game in this term’s issue of SCORE, the

Sports Council newsletter.

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Thursday: Arriving at school to see girls dressed as boys and boys dressed as girls is not a worrying as seeing just how comfortable some of the boys look wearing a skirt, especially one made for a girl half their height! But the Sixth Form had paid for their Uniform Swap ‘permits’ and they were going to make the most of it. A little more intellectual was the evening’s fixture, the Charities Week Lecture and Meal, featuring this year’s guest speaker, David Lammy MP, more on that opposite. Friday: Friday, as always in Charities Week, is Non-uniform Day. The whole school paying their £2 to dress how they like. This year the theme was ‘Best of British’ and so we were greeted by more boys wearing girls clothes, with Year 12 boys as the Spice Girls. We were also joined by Sir Isaac Newton and perhaps, oddly, Gandalf (not as I had first assumed, a white hatted American racist). The best thing with Non-Uniform Day is often that the teaching staff get involved, this year being no exception and most wonderfully demonstrated by Mrs Burlington and Miss Smith dressed as men, dressed as ‘Ladies’. The big difference this year was the absence of the ‘Slave Auction’ but all was not lost as the event was replaced by a KSP’s GOT TALENT extravaganza to round off a great week of fund - raising.

Images from the Sixth Form, Charity Rugby Match

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Sixth Form Lecture David Lammy MP

By Patrick Iddison—Yr12 When riots flared up across London in August last year, both David Cameron and Boris Johnson were on holiday. David Lammy, Tottenham’s MP, said that for a short while “it felt like I was running the country.” Mr Lammy, an ex-pupil at The King’s School, delivered a thought-provoking talk to members of the Sixth Form about Britain, its place in the world and its population. As we have all seen, social discontent can build up over years and then be vented overnight, with results that shock communities to the core. Numerous theories abound, but few can say for certain what caused the rioting in August last year, first in Tottenham, then across London and to Manchester, Birmingham and smaller cities and towns across England. David had first-hand experience with the build-up to, and aftermath of, the rioting, and was one of the first to condemn the actions of those who saw no wrong in vandalising and looting their own city. That was not all that he had to say, though; Mr Lammy spoke frankly about Britain today, the NHS and the reforms taking place, university and rising tuition fees, and shrinking pensions. Britain is changing; he believes that ‘Generation Y’ will live very differently to the ‘Baby Boomers’ of optimistic, prosperous, post-war Britain. The cultural reforms of the 1960s and the economic liberalisation of the ‘80s, Mr Lammy believes, have led to greater individualisation and a loss of the community cohesion this country once had. The increased dominance of capitalism has put self-interest first and led to the ‘push-and-grab’ mentality which fuelled the rioting last year. In the often heartless world of politics, David Lammy gave a talk which was personal, interesting, but above all it challenged the Britain we live in today.

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design technology

Technology Challenge 2012

On Tuesday 7th February 8 students from Year 9 set off to Cambridge to take part in the Cambridge Rotary Club's annual Technology Challenge. As in previous years they were given a one word clue, 'sorting'. Other than that, the engineering challenge they were to face was a mystery.

As it turned out, the challenge they faced was a seemingly simple engineering challenge of creating a coin - sorting device. Seemingly simple that is until you notice they have only two hours to create it, using only a few lengths of balsa wood, plastic cups, some card, plasticine, a few saws, a rather antiquated hand - drill and a glue - gun. Teams were to be judged on quality of design, effectiveness of their solution, overcoming adversity and on their design portfolio.

Our two teams faced a much wider field of opposition than in previous years, when King's first visited the Challenge three years ago there were about 8 teams from 6 different schools, this year there were at least 8 schools competing and upwards of 16 teams.

So to win the trophy for 'Best Portfolio' was no easy challenge and was well won by King's Team 1. Congratulations go to both our teams on the effort they put in and the quality of the designs they produced.

Our thanks go to STEM Cambridgeshire and Cambridge Rotary Club for holding this event, which stands as a great demonstration of the potential of our aspiring designers and engineers.

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Here is a short biography of Professor Tariq Ramadan

Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Oxford University (Oriental Institute, St Antony's College) and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology. He is Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, (Qatar), Mundiapolis University (Morocco) and Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan).

He holds an MA in Philosophy and French Literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars. Through his writings and lectures Tariq has contributed to the

debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active at academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on theology, ethics, social justice, ecology and interfaith as well intercultural dialogue. He is President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels.

Latest books: “L'islam et le réveil arabe”, Presses du Châtelet, (2011), “The Quest for Meaning, Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism” Penguin (2010); “What I believe” OUP USA (2009); “Radical Reform, Islamic Ethics and Liberation” OUP USA (2008). Website : http://www.tariqramadan.com

Friday 27th January 2012 Religious Studies Lecture.

The King's School welcomed Professor Tariq Ramadan to deliver lectures on the Quran and Mohammed. Ramadan is a Swiss academic, poet and writer who is currently a Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford, as well as a teacher at its Faculty of Theology. An eloquent orator, he inspired the audience with rational arguments delivered with un-paralleled zeal and ardour. Being himself a fervent believer on reform within Islam, he stressed the importance of knowledge of the historical context surrounding the Quran and Mohammed, in order to understand and combat many issues faced today and ultimately fill the chasm between Muslim orthodoxy and secular democracy.

Alina Panjwani 13NMW

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