KINGSWOOD NEWS
Summer 2018 May 25th 2018
Kingswood House School, 56 West Hill, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LG School Office: 01372 723590 office@kingswoodhouse.org Sports Line: 01372 746590 Study Centre: 01372 746594 www.kingswoodhouse.org
NEWS & NOTICES Dear Parents You will by now have received a copy of the ISI Inspection Report and I would like to reiterate how pleased we are that the School was found to be fully compliant. This is a significant achievement and I am proud of the staff team for their work in this respect. I would also like to thank Barney Cowie for arranging a fantastic Sports Day; it was a lovely occasion and I was really impressed by the efforts and sportsmanship of all the boys. It was a fitting way to round off a busy first half of the term. In staffing news, I am pleased to announce the promotion of Amanda Black to become Head of Science in September to replace Sue Callaghan. Since her arrival in January, Amanda has proved to be a fine teacher and fully deserves this opportunity, having been selected on merit ahead of other strong candidates – and the fact that she is here already means that there will be a seamless transition. A recruitment process is currently underway to secure an additional science teacher given this internal appointment. I am also delighted to confirm that Harriet Wilson will join us as the Senior SENCo in the autumn term. She is a qualified teacher and currently works for the local authority within the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Department as a senior co-ordinator. Tina O’Regan will continue to work at the School on an occasional basis until the end of the spring term in order to ensure a complete handover. As a replacement for Gemma Lindley, who will be on maternity leave next term, I am delighted to have secured the services of Sachin Sukhdeo. He is currently Head of Mathematics, and on the Senior Leadership Team, at Greenfield School in Woking and was formerly at The Hawthorns School in Bletchingley; he will bring great expertise, having taught the subject up to GCSE, as well as practical experience, to the mathematics department. Additionally, Phillipa Watkins has expressed a wish to step back from her part-time role as Head of Music with the possibility that she may take on a new position to manage the School production and teach Drama. I have already appointed an outstanding full-time Director of Music who will oversee provision across the whole School, and establish it as a GCSE option in the future, but I regret that I cannot yet formally announce his appointment for contractual reasons. Finally, Sarah Dean will be leaving at the end of term with our best wishes; she has been a wonderful teacher for the boys in Year 3 and I am pleased that she will stay in touch as a supply teacher, as well as to assist with trips, as and when needed next year. I am very satisfied with the calibre of our appointments to date and will write with more news in due course. It is worth noting that the School’s investment for the future is significant. It is not merely limited to the new building, a new Design & Technology studio or several other major associated works which will take place over the summer – it is also evident in our expansion of staffing, which will see a new full-time Head of Art, a separate Head of Design & Technology, a new full-time Director of Music and potentially a new position for the teaching of Drama. These are exciting times, for sure, and all the boys will benefit enormously from the additional facilities and personnel. A reminder that Prize Giving will take place on Thursday 5 July at Epsom College. I am looking forward to celebrating the various successes and highlights of our School year at this prestigious event together with our guest, Mr Guy Holloway, who is the Headmaster at Hampton Court House. We will write with further information nearer the time but please ensure you have the date in your diaries. I am introducing a new citizenship prize this year, which will be awarded to a boy in each class, whom we feel has really understood and personified the values of the Kingswood House community. I wish you all a relaxing half term holiday. Yours sincerely Duncan Murphy Headmaster
6M have been learning about air resistance and made their own parachutes to test the effects of air resistance on moving objects. Miss G McSweeney
Reception and Year 1 boys visited the art exhibition and were very interested in all the displays. They then went into the Camera Obscura. The boys discovered it was a box with a tiny hole in the side of it - they crawled into the box and closed the door. It was very dark inside. The boys held a piece of paper up to the hole and were surprised to see a picture of boys playing basketball - but it was upside down. The boys thought this was brilliant, ‘very cool’ they all said.
Mrs Marskell
The boys in Year 3 would like to thank everyone who bought a raffle ticket from them and helped raise £180 for the Sierra Leone Lungi Charity. The raffle was drawn in assembly on Wednesday and the lucky winners were Alex B, Adam G, Benji S and Miss Walliss. Many thanks again to all who contributed! Mrs Dean
Marlborough House Day last week raised a total of
ÂŁ720.19. The charity chosen by Marlborough was
Cancer Research and our donation will go to them. Miss Black
Following a very successful Wellington House Day, Mrs Fernandes received a letter of thanks from Princess Alice Hospice, the charity suggested by Jack. Our Partnership Fundraiser, Beth Ridgely, asked that we pass on their thanks to all concerned. Thank you!
Sports Roundup
The first fixtures of the season for both the Colts and Senior Years took place last week. Teams from the 1st XI to the Colts B played Tower House, taking 2 wins out of 5. The games were all close, and very competitive ,with some great individual performances. Hadi Yousaf batted well for the Colts A’s with 25*, and Sam Slaney batted well for the 1st XI and was unlucky to get out.
The U9’s enjoyed a great afternoon at Ewell Castle in the sunshine, with the A team winning by 3 runs, and the B team losing by 2 runs. Some fantastic performances from both teams, the pick of the players being Jasper Wong and Tahil Rana for the B team, with Noah Seager, Jayden Eddy and
George Harvey performing well for the A team.
Mr Cowie
Man of the Matches U14/15 A – Jack Fernandes 1st XI – Sam Slaney 2nd XI – Daniel Idrees 3rd XI – Henry Ludlam Colts A – Hadi Yousaf Colts B – Ted Hartley U9 A – Noah Seager U9 B – Tahil Rana
The boys in Reception have been learning about mini beasts in their French lesson.
We read a story about a caterpillar which turns into a beautiful butterfly. The boys joined in with words and number counting and they learnt some new French words for the mini beasts which were in the story. Madame Swift
Mr Brooks at HQ! Mr Murphy was invited to the Houses of Parliament as a guest of our local MP, Chris Grayling, and asked Mr Brooks to accompany him. They chose a fabulous evening to enjoy the outdoor reception.
Mr Brooks recently played at Twickenham for the Darwin Construction team vs The Houses of Lords and Commons. It was his first outing at the home of rugby during his 50 year career! Congratulations, Mr Brooks. P.S. He’s on the wing ... Through the Lions Club, our old nursery books have been redeployed to a school in Tanzania. There were delivered by one of our parents, Mr Bana, and all the children were delighted with their new reading choices!
COMMENDATIONS
Ethan Lee x5
Ben Holmes x4
Byron Miller
Harrison Wallis x2
Jack Harvey
Arun Arulchandran
George Prichard
Frankie Larter
Benjamin Adams
Sebastian Gorlov
Kalen Maroothynaden x2
Devon Cronin
Jack Chamberlain
Hussain Bana
Euan MacKinnon
Adam Gratton
Jack Guiney
Alex Wang
Louis Townend
Archie Eperon
Toby Reed
Arad Rezavandi
Jack Hutchenson
Joshua Graham
Eddie Monk
Joshua Johns
Guy Newton
Matty Hill
Jamil Hashemi x2
Frankie or Harry? Frankie L, 2W, celebrating the Royal Wedding!
Our collection this week raised in excess of ÂŁ400! Many thanks to all who contributed, and to Mrs De Selincourt, Mrs Wade, Mrs Larter and Mrs Savage for their sterling work at the collection point and to Mrs McMurtrie for organising the event.
World Cup fever is starting to heat up and many boys are collecting World Cup stickers. Every Tuesday at short break Lower Prep will have a trading club with Mrs Roberts. This will give all the boys the opportunity to swap their stickers. This will start after half term on Tuesday 5th June. Mrs Roberts
LUNCH MENU w/c June 4th 2018 Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Fish Bacon, Chilli con Chicken & Fingers, tomato carne Fresh fruit Sausages, Fresh fruit Fresh fruit leek pie mashed sauce and tortilla & ice potato wedges Fruit Jelly flapjack & & yoghurts with fresh potato and penne chips and cream & baked beans yoghurts cabbage baked pasta rice beans
Jam tart with custard
Homemade Vegetable Soup is available daily. Varieties include Mushroom, Tomato, Parsnip and Cauliflower. A variety of Fresh Fruit is also available every day In addition to the menu items detailed above we always offer a vegetarian main meal option. We have a daily choice of fillings for Jacket Potatoes and wholemeal or white baguettes, also including a vegetarian option. Ham, Cheddar Cheese and baked beans are available every day with both Tuna Mayonnaise and Coronation Chicken offered on occasion. Our Salad Bar has a wide selection of ingredients including green salad leaves, tomatoes, beetroot, sweetcorn and coleslaw. Additionally there may be Italian Sun Dried Tomato and Mozzarella salad, a Greek Salad with Olives and other seasonal specialities. Break time snacks of ham or cheese sandwiches, fruit or vegetables should only be brought in to school in named, reusable containers. A reminder that no nuts or sesame seeds in any product, including bread, should be brought to school. No plastic wrapped items, please.
DIARY DATES June 2018 COMMON ENTRANCE EXAM WEEK YEAR 8 (Tue-Thu) SCHOOL EXAMS Years 7 to 10 (Mon-Wed) Mon.
04
Tues.
05
1000-1130
Common Entrance Exams in Langlands Hall 1600
Wed. Thurs.
Fri.
06
Year 9 and 10 Athletics Event with Glyn School Common Entrance Exams in Langlands Hall
0930
Reception – Year 3 Forest School Common Entrance Exams in Langlands Hall
1830
Cancelled (due to Exams): Senior Lecture – ‘Trekking the Great Wall of China’ Belmont 6-a-side Cricket Festival
07
08
KIDS CAN COOK WEEK Reception, Years 1 and 2 Swimming at Epsom College
All Day
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