King Edward VI School
End of Term Bulletin 14 July, 2017
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ver the past few weeks we have had a huge array of activities including an excellent Arts Festival, a host of university open day visits, work experience placements, Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and preparation for the Fourth Year students as they consider their Sixth Form options. A wide range of visits and events organised for Endeavour occupied the penultimate week with much of this recorded in more detail in the latest issue of Konnections. Sports Day and the Swimming Gala both proved to be very competitive occasions and, as ever, the Allen Grant Inter-House competition has been fiercely contested! Over the summer many students will be involved in activities abroad and in the UK including the Summer Camp in the New Forest, the Goedgedacht team in South Africa, expeditions to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, a hockey tour of South Africa and the watersports trip in France, as well as further Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. Our thanks go to all of the staff involved in those trips – they will be giving up a lot of their holiday to make them work so well. We are looking forward to the re-opening of the Dobson Theatre together with the expanded Sixth Form Concourse and the new atrium adjacent to the recently refurbished art department. The first formal event in the new Theatre will be Prize Giving on Friday evening, the 15 September. The chief guest will be Dr Steve Bull. We thank Mr Hunt, Mr Kukla and Mr Hardwick for all they have done for the School and wish them well as they retire after a combined 60 years of service to the School. We also wish Mr Halls, Mrs Platten, Dr Evans, Mr Fernandez, Mrs Tucker and Miss Porter well as they move to roles in other schools and new challenges. The names of the staff replacing them may be found on page two of this publication.
AJ Thould Head
New Chair of Governors Mr Alan Morgan is confirmed as the new Chair of Governors from 1 September 2017. Further details together with our thanks to Mr Brian Gay for his 16 years as Chair are contained in Konnections here. Trips & Visits Information and procedure to apply for financial support if your child wishes to enter the Sixth Form in September 2018 can be found by clicking Scholarships/Studentships.
Upcoming trips over the Summer include: Summer Camp: Fri 14 - Wed 19 July Nicaragua & Costa Rica: Sat 15 July - Fri 4 August D of E Gold to the Lake District Sun 16 - Fri 21 July D of E Bronze to the New Forest Wed 19 - Thur 20 July Hockey Tour to South Africa: Sun 23 July - Sun 6 Aug Goedgedacht Project: Thurs 17 Aug* - Fri 1 Sept Watersports: Sun 20 - Sun 27 Aug
The deadline for applications is the end of September 2017.
* Thursday 17 August is A2 and AS Results Day. Pupils can collect results in the morning; the trip departs in the afternoon at 4pm.
EXAMINATION RESULTS GCE (A and AS) results will be published on Thursday 17 August, 2017
Trip correspondence to parents will continue over the Summer break if there are any items outstanding for the above trips; e.g., consent, passport information, etc. Parents can contact Mrs Paul on ymp@kes.hants.sch.uk over the holiday if there are any queries.
IGCSE/GCSE results will be published on Thursday 24 August, 2017 Please see the Examination section on the website for post results help and information
A full list of upcoming trips in 2018 -19 can be found here. 1