King Edward VI School
Easter Bulletin 30th March, 2012
T
he second half of this term has been a particularly busy one with just six weeks in which to compress a huge range of activity including the successful netball tour to Jamaica, the Sixth Form language exchange to Salamanca, the home leg of the Le Havre language exchange, the Charlotte Country Day School Third Year exchange, Duke of Edinburgh trips and preparations for the South Africa expedition and Summer Camp in the summer. The Charities Commission has been especially active, culminating in the Click Glamour Fashion Show raising funds for Wellboring and the Environmental Justice Foundation. The highlight of the term was the Cultural Olympiad Gala Concert at the Anvil on 14th March. Thanks to the magnificent efforts of Mrs Freemantle, her team, our students and the staff and pupils of five of our local schools who joined with us, the concert was met with a standing ovation. The experience of performing in such a venue will form a lasting memory for every pupil involved. There have been a number of sporting highlights, notably that of the U16 netball squad who played in the British Schools' National Netball finals in March. The competition was between the top eighteen schools in the country. After some fantastic matches they finished third in their pool which placed them 5th/6th in the country: a wonderful achievement. Congratulations also go to the Senior Colts basketball team who played in the final of the U16 Division A Southampton and District Schools League. The coming holiday is the time of year when most of our larger trips and visits take place. A large number of students are involved in the ski trip in France, some UNIVERSITY OPEN DAYS Third Years will be on the French exchange to Le Havre whilst others will be going to Beam House for Lower Sixth students who are intending to go to University an activities trip and many in the Upper School and Open Days (click Open Days for details) should ensure that Sixth Form will be involved with Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. There is an Upper School trip to Paris, they have made the appropriate arrangements if using and Third and Fourth Year Spanish students will be School transport, discussed their intentions with their tutor visiting Andalucia. Details about our policies and and booked online with the university for any subject specific procedures for the management of co-curricular visits events that they might wish to attend. are available on our website under the Trips and Visits menu.
Students intending to visit colleges of the University of Oxford on 27th June must ensure that they have booked themselves into a college, as well as booking a place on the School coach.
Term begins on Tuesday 24th April and Half Term takes place between Monday 4th June and Friday 8th June. Term ends on Friday 13th July. A Level results will be posted on 16th August 16 and GCSE results on August 23rd.
Life with a Teenager Evening for Parents 7.30pm on Tuesday 8th May, 2012
I wish you a good break over the Spring Holiday.
This is intended to be an evening where parents have the opportunity to attend two from a selection of six workshops surrounding issues commonly met by parents with teenagers.
AJ Thould Head Master
Detention Information Currently parents receive notification of a detention by email on the day of the detention. From the start of the Summer Term we are changing our process so that parents will receive the email notification on the day before the detention.
Please click here for more information about the workshops on offer and how to indicate, if attending, which sessions you would be interested in joining.
Tuesday 8th May is Monday’s timetable 1