KTS Bulletin 15th December 2016

Parental Bulletin
15th December 2016

The Knights Templar School
Headteacher:
Mr T. Litchfield, G.G.S.M.
Park Street
Baldock
Herts SG7 6DZ
Email: admin@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk Tel: 01462 620700
Dear Parents and Carers
PARENTAL WEEKLY UPDATE – 8th December 2016
(available on our website)
I am delighted to see so many students wearing their Christmas jumpers today and hopefully tomorrow. We will be
making a collection for ‘Save the Children’ (National Christmas Jumper Day) after the Christmas Concerts tomorrow.
Please may I ask that students bring some money for a donation.
I have attached a couple of photos of students eating their Christmas Lunch today – what a wonderful atmosphere!
Can you believe we served in excess of 900 student lunches?!
We had a brilliant Gym and Dance show on Tuesday and Wednesday this week! Many congratulations to the students
involved, especially the senior students who have shown exceptional leadership. It was a joy to see students
from year 7 – 13, all working and performing together. Many thanks to the technical team as well – a really slick
and impressive piece of work!
Please may I remind you that we finish school on Wednesday 21 st at 12.00 and start again on Monday 9 th January.
There will be two assemblies on Wednesday 21 st in St Mary’s Church as well as year assemblies, where we will be
celebrating the term and the achievements. Students should attend in full school uniform as usual.
On Monday evening we are holding our annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in St Mary’s Church, Baldock.
Our school choirs, brass group and readers will be leading us through the service. This is a community event, so
everyone is welcome. Please do arrive in good time for 7.30pm as the church is normally very full.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful Christmas holiday and look forward to some amazing
achievements throughout the school next year.
Kind Regards,
Tim Litchfield
Headteacher

Dates for your Diary
Friday 9.12.16 Scholastic Christmas Half Price Book Fair [Library]
Yr 11 Drama Unit 2 Controlled Assessment - in lessons [Drama Studio]
09:00-15:30 Christmas Concerts in the Hall
Monday 12.12.16 Rehearsals at St Marys for Carol Service
14:20-16:00 Christmas Fete Set Up [Hall]
19:30-21:00 St Marys Carol Service [St Marys Church]
Tuesday 13.12.16 09:00-11:00 Brass Band visit to Primary School
12:20-14:20 Christmas Fete [Hall]
15:20-18:00 Christmas Fete [Hall]
Wednesday 14.12.16 End of Term (school finishes at midday)
09:00-12:00 St Marys Services during the morning [St Marys Church]
SCHOOL RETURNS FOR STUDENTS ON MONDAY, 9TH JANUARY 2017
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Year 12, Cambridge Technical Award, January examination
To further assist the Business students with their revision over the Christmas holidays they will find extra resources
on Show My Homework that includes a ‘revision topic tick list’ linked to the specification for their personal revision,
along with a mock paper and exemplar answers. I do hope they enjoy the festive break but to remind them
their examination is on Friday 13 th January!
Mr D Vallier
Head of Business and Social Sciences Faculty
Year 7 football success
Congratulations to the year 7 boys’ football team who beat Stanborough School 7-1 in a recent County Cup fixture.
A hat-trick of goals from both Rory Gillam and Evan Atkinson, as well as a single goal from Alex Pakrin helped secure
this impressive win for the KTS boys- well done to all of the boys involved in this fixture.

The Drama Department were delighted to receive the following “Performance Appraisal” this week. Many congratulations
to all those involved:
This picture was painted in 1565 by the Flemish painter, Pieter Bruegel the
Elder who is said to have invented the snow scene. Entitled “Hunters in the
Snow”, it was painted in the midst of The Little Ice Age, when winters in Europe
were much harsher than now. 1565 was one of the worst when birds
froze and fruit trees died but snow at Christmas this year looks unlikely.
KTS Art Department wish all of our students and their families a very
Happy Christmas!

DofE Update
Congratulations to the following students in Year 10
who have achieved their Bronze Awards.
Christopher Saunders
Alexander Walker
Emma Shoobert
Sophie Allen
Ravi Chand
Amy Clifford
Remarn Harmsworth
Kent Saggers
Bronze Completion for Year 10: We can see on eDofE that many other Year 10 students are finishing their sections;
uploading assessor reports and we will carry on with our part of the Award approval process. We would
strongly encourage as many others as possible to do this over this weekend, and bring your Keeping Track books to
top office (for attention of Mrs Murrell) on Monday next week and we’ll do our best to get Awards approved before
the end of term. Please also make sure the section is submitted to your eDofE mentor on eDofE so we can see it’s
waiting to be approved. We’re aware that a few students may not be able to get their sections signed off until January
and this is fine.
Congratulations also to Bill Bowkett and Amanda Ludbrook in Year 13 who have both completed their Gold
Awards.
Bill coached Year 7 rugby for his Volunteering section; played rugby with Letchworth rugby club; and helped at an
activity week for a local junior school for his residential. His involvement with NewsKnight helped him achieve his
Skill Section.
Amanda volunteered at the Sue Ryder Charity Shop; went to the gym for her Physical and learned to drive for her
Skill section. Her residential was volunteering at the Scout Association Phasels Wood activity centre, learning how
an outdoor activity centre works.
Sarah Hammond-Ward
DofE Manager
Christmas and New Year injuries (just in case)
I am not sure how many of you are aware, but at Welwyn Garden City there is a Minor Injuries Unit/Urgent Care
Centre and it is open 24hours every day including weekends and bank holidays with no appointment necessary. It
is for adults and children of all ages with minor injuries or minor illnesses. The X-ray is open 9am to 10pm
They will be happy to see:
Suspected fractures and broken bonesBites (including dog bites), stings, cuts, bruises and grazes
Burns and scalds
Foreign bodies that are stuck in ears or noses
Minor eye injuries
Minor head injuries
They will also see people with minor illnesses which would normally be treated by a GP, but which can’t wait until
your own GP practice is next open.
The address for the QEll Hospital is Howlands, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. AL7 4HQ
Several of our pupils have been to be checked there and their wait times have varied between half an hour and 2
hours. The Lister Hospital is of course always open 24hours but the A+E department does stand for Accident and
Emergency, so if it isn’t one of those, go somewhere else.
Have a lovely accident free Christmas, Mrs Mance, School Medical Officer

Beauty and the Beast - a wonderful Year 7 Theatre Trip
On Monday and Wednesday this week, Year 7 were treated to an imaginative retelling of the story of Beauty and
the Beast. We travelled to Cambridge and watched this new production by New International Encounters at the
Cambridge Junction.
The Drama Department hope that our students will be inspired by this opportunity to watch professional acting and
staging. Next term, students will be creating their own short dramas based on silent movies and students will have
the chance to develop their physical acting skills.
Mrs Spurling, Drama Teacher, said 'I really enjoyed the use of the multifunctional flooring - one minute it was the
terrible cottage's floor and in the next minute it was the chateau door!'
'Very funny and interesting to watch, especially the Beast's rap in Act 2' Oscar Tilley Y7
'It was very creative and interesting to watch because they added a new style to a classic story' Mark Walker Y7
Thank you to Mrs Shaw who organised the trip for the Drama Department.
Raspberry Pi - My ‘PiPad’ Project
I saw a video on the internet of a portable Raspberry Pi
computer. This video inspired me to have a go at making
one myself, so I made a plan, designed a case and found
out all the components I would need. The computer running
the machine is a Raspberry Pi 2 which I got for
Christmas the previous year. However, I am hoping to
purchase a Raspberry Pi 3 at the upcoming CamJam
event in Cambridge. This will allow for a faster and
smoother running machine, as well as the ability to use
Bluetooth controllers like a Wii remote. Along with the
Pi I also used a 7-inch touch screen which I mounted into the case, as well as a rechargeable battery pack and many
cables to wire it all up. I was also able to make a built-in speaker for it. I use my miniature ‘PiPad’ to play retro video
games using the retropie software, I can also change it into a mini media centre using kodi, or just use it as an everyday
computer with the basic raspian OS.
The hardest thing about my project was probably the case, there were a lot of precise measurements and cutting to
get everything to fit in, Mr. Bull and Orlando helped me a lot in doing this and I wouldn’t have been able to make it
without them.
Jason Harley, 9HINE

Cambridge Raspberry Jam Trip
It was a brisk Saturday morning, on the 3 rd of December 2016, when fifteen students from the Knights Templar
School embarked on their first visit to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam, accompanied by Mr J. Grove, Mrs V. Bryant
and Mr J Pieterse.
A ‘Jam’ is where Raspberry Pi enthusiasts get together to show off their latest endeavours, projects and the like to
the public. There is also a ‘Market Place’, where Raspberry Pi’s and components are sold. Speakers are invited to
give specialist talks throughout the day and students can attend workshops.
We arrived in good time and were able to go in slightly earlier than the starting time, giving us
a chance to wander around the market place.
The students were ‘buzzing’ as they searched the Raspberry Pi’s, add-ons and HATs (Hardware-
On-Top) designed for their favourite Pi, and soon we had to go to one of the highlights of the
day: ‘The Raspberry Pi Guy’ who was giving a talk on a motorised skateboard that is powered
by a Raspberry Pi Zero, the smallest Raspberry Pi and smallest computer in the world! He controlled it via Python
code from the Raspberry Pi linked with Bluetooth to a Wii remote games controller. It was astonishing to listen to
this confident 17-year-old 6 th Former from Cambridge that created this exciting device. Jason Harley (9HIN), one of
members of the Raspberry Pi club, managed to get an autograph from Matt Timmons-Brown aka ‘The Raspberry Pi
Guy’! When you enrol in our 6 th Form in the near future, you might also become famous like Matt, ‘The Raspberry
Pi Guy’, if you choose Computer Science as one of your subjects.
Later that day we were fortunate enough to have booked a workshop using the Raspberry
Pi 3 with a Sense HAT, an attached device that has an 8x8 RGB LED matrix, a five
-button joystick as well as the following sensors: Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Magnetometer,
Temperature, Barometric pressure and Humidity. The students used the Python
programming language to code a variety of programs that interact with the
Sense HAT, including the Magic 8 Ball, Random Sparkles, Marble Maze, Minecraft Map
and Flappy Astronaut.
Featured from left to right, Samuel Tiplady
(7TEM), Alfie Jeffrey (7HAN), Mrs Bryant, Toby
Morton (7HIN) and Jonathan Pieterse. The Y7
students are concentrating intently to ensure
the code for the Sense HAT program is working
properly. They really enjoyed this task!
Featured in the image on the right is Molly Luckett (9BEN) on the left, and Lily McEwan
(9CRE) on the right, who were working away with great enthusiasm throughout the
workshop. A great experience for these two as they were two of three students on the
trip that have never worked with the Raspberry Pi computers before.
Featured in the image on the left is Joel Overton (9HAN)
on the left, and Mason Hodgson (9HIN) on the right. They were attempting to solve
complex problems using Python and the Sense HAT attached to the Raspberry Pi. Here
they are supported by one of the volunteers in the workshop. Solving problems like a
Computer Scientist is one of the objectives in Computing at KS3 – KS5 at the Knights
Templar School!

Some of our seasoned Raspberry Pi students are featured
in the image on the right, apart from Lila Linsley (8HAN),
third from the left. It’s her first experience with a Raspberry
Pi. The students from left to right include Adam Hazlewood
(8CRE), Jamie Haskings (8CRE), Lila Linsley (8HAN), Caitlin
Bracken (10BEN), Ellison Linsley (10KNI) and Adam Tyler
(10PEM). Boys and girls alike enjoy coding and solving
problems!
Featured in the image on the left is Jason Harley (9HIN), on the far left and Thomas
Shackleton (8KNI), to his right. These two are eager to try new things with the
Raspberry Pi’s all the time. A great combination to solve difficult problems! Thomas
is planning on building a Raspberry Pi controlled robot to enter into the Pi Wars
2017 next year. All the best Thomas! Jason has mastered wireless technology using
a Bluetooth connection with the Raspberry Pi for his pet project, which he named
the PiPad, and you can read about in another article in this bulletin.
Coding is fun! Here we have Lila Linsley (8HAN) and Caitlin Bracken (10BEN) again, enjoying
the experience in the Sense HAT workshop. How many computer science problems
did they solve on this trip? They carefully looked over the Python code and even
found some errors in the programming code that were not picked up by the organisers –
another problem solved on the day!
Another highlight that was especially enjoyed by our KS3 students, was the ‘strobe
lights’ screen simulator. As you can see in the image, there are 64 strobe lights hanging
down to create a ‘screen’ in order for people to use it for game play, etc. Our students
really enjoyed the ‘space invaders’ game! Of course this device too, was powered and
controlled by a Raspberry Pi! Toby Morton (7HIN) and Mason Hodgson (9HIN) are pictured
on the left near the device. Samuel Tiplady (7TEM) had the highest score on the
day!
Here are what some of the students had to say about the trip:
“Very inspirational. I enjoyed the skateboard guy!” – Thomas Shackleton (8KNI)
“It was a lot of fun. I learnt a lot” – Alfie Jeffrey (7HAN)
“I enjoyed looking around the stalls and learning about the electric skateboard” - Jamie Haskings (8CRE)
“It was a very enjoyable experience and I will be going again” - Adam Hazlewood (8CRE)
“I had an amazing time and would definitely go again!” - Jason Harley (9HIN)
“It was amazing to see what could be done with such a small device” - Ellison Linsley (10KNI)
“It’s incredible to see the creativity of some creators with the Raspberry Pi” - Caitlin Bracken (10BEN)
“I thought the trip was great and I would consider going again” - Adam Tyler (10PEM)
“The trip was really great! There were a lot of things to buy and look at.” - Toby Morton (7HIN)
The students were all engaged with the activities in and around the market place. Please feel free to speak to any
one of them to find out more about their experience. The Raspberry Pi club was buzzing after the trip with many
new enthusiastic Y7s joining! We hope to plan another Raspberry Pi trip in April 2017 to the Pi Wars 2017 event.
Article written by Mr JJ Pieterse.

Year 7 Maths Workshop
Last Wednesday Maths groups 7KA and 7TA took part in a Maths workshop. They all enjoyed it immensely and as
well as solving many problems both arithmetical and spatial, the event culminated with the construction of a giant
pyramid, big enough for a year 7 pupil to sit in.
The pupils particularly liked working together on the tasks and really enjoyed learning to fold paper to make pyramids.
Comments from some of the pupils were: -
‘There were great ideas and it showed us things we hadn’t learned before. It was very creative, involving lots of
teamwork’.
‘There was a great variation of activities. I loved it!’
‘It was cool sitting in the big pyramid.’
The Year 7 Parents’ Evening
This will be taking place on Tuesday 10 th January 2017, 4 -7.30pm.
The online booking system opened on Wednesday 14 th December. A letter has been emailed home explaining how
appointments can be made.
Indoor Bike Bonanza
Currently KTS has one bike shed and one dilapidated, rusty structure for locking bikes to, both
are at full capacity every day (see picture). Desperate students have resorted to locking bikes
to trees and railings! Therefore, the school council has decided to raise money for the installation
of a brand new bike shed that would not be affordable without your help. We hope this
will encourage more students and teachers to cycle to school instead of travelling by car. By
installing a new bike shed this will mean there will be room for existing and new bikes as well
as ensuring the safety of the bikes that are locked there.
We will be holding several sponsored indoor cycling events in the drama
studio on the week of the 30th January to help raise money for the bike
shed. These will be challenging but fun hours after school where the students
will take part in cycling events to help raise funds for this fantastic
investment. There will be a £3 entry per student and we hope that each
student will be able to raise extra sponsorship money from both friends
and family to support the cause.
Ben Buky, Darcey Fisher, Andie Foster & Joe Clark
(Year 11 – Student Council)

A bottle of KTS apple juice will make an excellent Christmas Present for…...
Last chance to order some before Christmas. Book on line on the KTS website or contact
school for the attention of Mrs Gough
£3 a bottle of 2 for £5.
Samsung and Apple product packaging - can earn the school £1 per
item
Those discarded boxes from the new lovely Apple iMac, iPod iPad iPhone
or any Samsung product Christmas present -
Please get them into school in Janurary. Take them to the Science Prep
room in the new Science centre.
We get money for them. It helps recycling and the school
Thank you in anticipation of a great ‘harvest’ in 2017
Mrs Gough and the EST
KTS Christmas Fete 2016
Building on the Success of last year, KTS student council would like to invite you to The
Knights Templar CRISTMAS FETE 2016 on Tuesday, 20 th December. The fete runs throughout
the school day for students, and warmly invites parents to join us from 15:30 until 17:00.
Come along and speak to mystery Santa, try some of the infamous snow cones, eat a crepe,
or hunt for Xmas bargains on the £1 stall - everything must go! If you’re after some more
substantial gifts, visit the hugely popular half price bookstall, the Christmas crafts stall, or Mrs Bramley’s make up
stall – a new addition for this year. Don’t forget to try your luck at this year’s raffle!
Looking forward to seeing you there – KTS Student Council
Christmas Raffle 2016
This year’s raffle is shaping up to be the biggest and best yet. The draw is
planned for 16:15 on the 20 th December during the Christmas fete. Strips of
tickets (£1 each) are available all week leading up to the fete during
lunchtime in the canteen and on the day during the Xmas fete. Prizes include,
theatre vouchers, Amazon vouchers, A BRAND NEW GAMING PC, bottles of
whisky (to be collected by parents).
Donations for the Christmas Fete
The school is always looking for items to include in the raffle and on the £1 stall. If you have any preloved items,
you no longer require, please feel free to donate. All money raised is split between the school and this year’s chosen
charity. Donations can be brought into school and dropped off at S& (the old science block) before registration.
-Dr Kerr on behalf of Student Council

WINTER BALL
A night of singing, dancing, photographs and gambling? Euan
Ryan reports on the glamourous extravaganza that is The Sixth
Form Winter Ball
NEWS OLYMPIC HOCKEY VISITOR
PODCAST BARNEY TAYLOR Q&A
SHOWBIZ MOVIE REVIEW: ARRIVAL
NEWSCAST LITE: Political correspondent, Bill Bowkett,
on the reaction to PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VICTORY

Sixth Form Winter Dinner Dance
On Wednesday 7 th December, over 140 staff and sixth form students arrived at The Spirella Ballroom dressed to
impress, ready for an evening of fun, food and festive entertainment.
On arrival at the magnificent Letchworth venue, students were greeted by our photographer and former student,
Lauren Marshall. Students were given the opportunity to have photos taken with their friends in the reception area
before they received their $50 (Litchfield Dollars) with which they were able to place bets at the gambling stations
in the Spirella Ballroom.
When students arrived at the ballroom itself, they were greeted with a wonderful hand-made sign designed by
Lottie Brignall (year 13). As they entered the venue, students discovered a number of tables where they could gamble
their Litchfield Dollars on games of BlackJack, Craps and Roulette.
This part of the evening was a huge success as our sixth form students really committed to the spirit of the event,
placing bets, winning big and sometimes losing it all to ‘The House’. We would like to thank the teachers who
helped to staff these tables and whip up the atmosphere of the event as our resident croupiers!
Throughout this first part of the evening, students were also wowed by our very own street magician, Sam Prior
(year 12). Sam worked the room like a seasoned, professional entertainer as he sparked gasps and cheers from the
astonished audience who could not believe the skill with which he performed a series of tricks and illusions on the
night.
Once the gambling and entertainment was finished, dinner was served and the food did not disappoint as students
feverishly tucked in to their 2-course meal.
After dinner, the various prizes were awarded, as voted for by the students. In addition, the dinner table who had
won the most money during the gambling portion of the evening were rewarded with a mountain of confectionary…the
winning team managed to win over $900 (Litchfield) between 11 people!
Finally, the dance segment of the evening was underway and the students filled the dance floor and enjoyed the
party atmosphere created by Chloe Gower’s (year 13) playlist and Alec Bali’s (year 12) expert use of the sound and
lighting system.
We would like to thank all of the students for their impeccable behaviour and festive spirit during this event and we
would particularly like to pay tribute to the Dinner Dance Committee who masterminded and organised much of
the event!

KTS graduate profile- Barney Taylor
Barney finished his A Level studies at KTS in the summer of 2016 achieving AAB in Music,
English Literature and Theatre Studies, respectively.
Not only did Barney perform well in his academic studies, he managed to do so while balancing
his responsibilities as Head Boy, as well as a gruelling schedule of acting performances
both in and out of school.
Barney regularly featured as a lead role in many school productions including; The Sound of
Music, Fiddler on the Roof and The Crucible. Outside of school, Barney’s acting career has
also been successful and busy. As featured in last week’s parental bulletin, Barney recently
appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Casualty and has previously had success on the stage in Hitchin, as well as
in an independent short film entitled ‘Poppy’.
Barney has recently completed a 12 week preliminary acting course at Guildhall and is now working in the English
Department at KTS until the end of the academic year. Barney is now in the process of applying to study a 3 year
degree at; Guildhall, RADA, LAMDA and the Bristol Old Vic.
We are of course very proud of all Barney’s achievements and very happy that he has chosen to work with the
school in a teaching capacity before pursuing his flourishing acting career.
GB Hockey Manager hailed for talk
England and Great Britain hockey manager Andy Halliday visited KTS
for a Sixth Form Engaging minds talk
Andy Halliday is the Team Manager for England and Great Britain’s
Mens’ Hockey. He is also the Head Coach for England Indoor team
and is also a consultant speaker for schoolspeakers.co.uk.
In his talk, Mr Halliday was keen to pass on experiences of working
with teams and individuals throughout his life. Before becoming an elite coach and manager, Halliday used to work
as a Public Order Training Instructor and Firearms Officer for the Metropolitan Police. On his Linkedin page, Halliday
writes that: “The recipe for success has correlation across both careers.”
Throughout his talk, Halliday informed students about his reading of Steve Peters, the writer of The Chimp Paradox.
This book teaches students that we as humans possess an “inner chimp,” which is an independent thinking brain that
is not under our control. It works with feelings and impressions and then puts the ‘information’ together using emotional
thinking.
“The best sportsmen and women were those who could deal with the chimp," says Halliday. “It is not about being a
fantastic athlete, it is about being a fantastic person that stays focused. Life may not be fair, but we have to deal with
this, move on and focus.”
Mr Halliday also discussed his ban from the Rio 2016, after it was revealed that he was part of the police team who
shot dead Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes at London Tube station.
“It was fantastic to be part of London 2012, but I was very disappointed not to be there in Brazil this year,” he said.
“In life, you have to deal with ambiguity, failure and vulnerability. If you do that, then you can succeed in the future.”
The manager has “high hopes,” of being in Tokyo in 2020.
The talk was appealing and interesting for all students. Year 13 George Acquaah said the talk was: “Insightful and an
inspiration. No matter who you are.”
Written by Bill Bowkett (year 13)

Sixth form students shine in Gym and Dance Display
The Gym and Dance Display performances this week have been absolutely incredible and all of the performers
should be very proud of their efforts. It is also important to note the wonderful contributions made by our fantastic
sixth form dancers who not only performed with such high levels of skill but were also an integral part of the choreography
process. The year 12 and 13 dancers worked tirelessly on their own complicated and challenging routines
but also gave up hours of their free time to work with the key stage 3 pupils involved in this year’s event. The sixth
form students demonstrated real maturity and leadership in the way they supported the younger performers
throughout the rehearsal process and the event itself. We are very proud of the dancers’ achievements- well done
girls!
Year 13 student profile- Beth Hill
Beth is currently studying Biology, Geography and Statistics at A Level and aims to study a degree
in Geography at University next year.
raisers.
Beth has performed very well in the classroom throughout her time at KTS but she has also given
up an inordinate amount of her free time to contribute to the school and wider community. As a
key member of the Interact committee and the Sixth Form Council, Beth has played an integral
role in organising a number of sixth form social events, as well as school and community fund
Last year, Beth also trained as a mentor and proved to be hugely effective in this role when working with key stage
3 pupils. In addition, Beth is working towards her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award which involves volunteering a
huge amount of hours to a school or community initiative, as well as a gruelling expedition.
On a very different note, Beth recently completed a ‘Chalet Cooking Residential’ in Geneva and said that the whole
experience was truly amazing!
We are very proud of Beth’s accomplishments thus far and look forward to seeing her achieve even more in the
future.
Senior rugby success
Congratulations to the senior rugby team who have booked their place in the County Cup semi-finals
with an impressive 17-10 win over Independent School, St Edmunds. Well done to all of the boys involved
and good luck in the next round!
Senior football success
The senior boys’ football team recently defeated The Hemel Hempstead School in a dramatic 3-2
win that witnessed 2 goals in the last 5 minutes from KTS to book their place in the quarter finals
of the County Cup competition. Congratulations to all of the boys involved with this impressive
win and in particular to the goal scorers; Elliot Powell, Sean Blyth and Elliot Campbell-Gumb.
Year 12 student profile- Charlie Bowkett
Charlie entered the sixth form with an impressive set of GCSE results including; 1 A grade, 5 B’s,
2 C’s and a D.
Charlie has made a positive start to life in the sixth form and is now a senior member of both
the NewsKnight and Newscast media outlets that the school very proudly boasts. Charlie has
proven to be an excellent journalist and editor and outside of school he has even taken to
writing film reviews via his popular blog.
We look forward to seeing Charlie build on his enthusiasm for the media industry, as well as
continue to achieve well in the classroom.