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Live on Camera – Maths goes interactive at
the Independent State School Partnership
King's girls joined pupils from Warwick,
Aylesford and Myton Schools in a
video conference with the School
of Mathematics and Education at
Cambridge University. This formed
part of our Independent State School
Partnership initiative. The title of the
video conference was “101 Uses of
a Quadratic Equation”.
Pupils from the four schools
working on the problem.
This exciting event saw girls from
King's collaborate with students from the other Warwick schools to
solve problems posed by the lecturer at Cambridge. Not only did the
students learn something about the history
of quadratics and their real world applications but then had the
daunting task of presenting their findings to their peers and on
camera live to Cambridge.
Our Fundraising Campaign for our Creative
Arts Centre is Under Way
We are delighted to announce that we have secured a number
of early donations towards the fundraising target of £300,000,
which represents the fitting out cost of our superb new Creative
Arts Centre.
New campaign brochures will
be mailed out this term to all
Year 7 and 8 parents, followed
up by two in-school
information events, on the
evenings of 26 June and
1 July.
Fundraising will continue Campaign brochures
throughout the Autumn Term,
with mailings and events planned for the new intake of Year 7
parents, and all other parents within the school. We hope who can
will support us generously.
Feedback from Parents
In an effort to continuously
seek feedback and improve
the service we offer, all
parents were sent out a
questionnaire at Easter. This
has been followed up by a
series of focus groups with
parents from all year-groups.
The results will be fed back to
the Senior Management Team
to facilitate future planning.
Mrs Bray, Marketing Manager, leads
one of the parent discussion groups
Staff Farewells
We say goodbye and thank you to
members of staff who are leaving.
Ms Bagshaw (Singing Teacher) and
Mrs Coles (Receptionist) are relocating;
Mrs Williams (Spanish Assistant) and
Mrs Stubbs (Modern Language Teacher)
are retiring. We also say goodbye to
Miss Young (English Teacher) who is
changing her career, and to Miss Smith.
Miss Smith leaves us after twenty-eight years
of service. Her school productions have been
memorable, among them this year’s intelligent
and hilarious “Importance of Being Earnest”, a
30 minute “Taming of the Shrew” (of breathtaking
energy) for the Shakespeare Festival a few years
ago, and of course the Shakespeare comedies she
has put on with such enthusiasm over the years.
Put together Miss Smith’s love of good
conversation, her wit and sense of humour,
Top: from left to right: Miss Young, Mrs Coles and Mrs Stubbs
Middle: Mrs Williams who has been with the school 19 years
Bottom: Miss Smith
her boundless interest in people,
with her years of professionalism
and integrity, and you have the
formula for a much loved and
respected teacher and colleague
who has made such a difference
to so many King’s girls.
Leavers’ Concert
The Senior Team planning the concert
The now annual tradition of a “leavers’ concert” took place in the
Sixth Form Centre at the end of May. It was an informal evening
which was enjoyed by girls and parents alike. Parents enjoyed a glass
of wine before settling down for a trip down memory lane to
Dracula! Most of their daughters had taken part in the musical when
they were in Year 8. Rachel Weston-Smith did a great job in putting
the concert together, which was compered by herself and Nellie
Wheeler. The evening was a wonderful opportunity to experience the
versatile sixth form common room which leant itself to a concert
space because of its superb acoustics.
Important Dates for your Diary:
• August 14th A and AS levels results published
• August 21st GCSE results published
• September 3rd Term begins