King Edward VI School
End of Term Bulletin 13th July, 2012
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his has been a particularly busy final stage of term. The compression effect of the Royal Jubilee has meant that six weeks have been squeezed into five. The weather has added to pressures but Sports Day survived by the skin of its teeth and was much enjoyed by all and the Olympic Celebration activities day was also damper than hoped but was nevertheless a great success.
In addition, there were trips to Normandy, the battlefields of the First World War, English literature at Lovaton, field work for geographers and biologists, sports opportunities and the swimming gala. We are also preparing for trips over the summer holiday to Prague, South Africa, Mexico and France as well as our regular visits to Lovaton with St Mark's Primary school and to Swanage for our summer camp for local young carers, and Duke of Edinburgh expeditions to complete the season. We have also spent much of the second half of term building on our relationships with Stroud School. We have spoken and listened to the staff, parents and pupils, visited the school on numerous occasions and enjoyed a wonderful production there of 'Oliver' as well as their sports day and biennial ball. We have made it clear that there will be no significant change over the next twelve months at the preparatory school and there will be no change to entry requirements at the senior school.
Staffing We have a number of staff leaving King Edward’s this term. My Executive Assistant, Mrs Kennard, is also retiring at the end of August. We also say farewell to Mr J Allen, Mr Bulmer, Mr Cherry, Mr Eades and Miss Mackintosh and we wish them well for the future. We will be welcoming 15 new members of staff at the start of next term. They are Mr Aellen (Head of Biology), Mrs Barnes-Wardlaw and Miss Hewitt (Biology); Mrs Sheridan (D&T); Mrs Gunton and Miss Stenning (English); Mrs Ball, Mr Hardwick and Mr Powell (Mathematics); Mr Brown and Mrs Hooton (Geography); Mr Filtness (History); Mr Peel (Hockey and Cricket); Mrs Searles (Head of Religious Studies) and Mr Dopart (Modern Languages).
We say goodbye to a number of long serving staff. We wish Dr Hoskins, Mr Kelly, Mrs Lovegrove, Mrs Mayes, Mrs King and Mr Price well as they retire with 119 years served at King Edward's between them. With best wishes for a rather warmer and drier summer holiday! AJ Thould, Head Master
Friday 21st September, 2012 at The Mayflower Theatre starting at 2.30pm
We welcome back Mrs Burrows, Mrs Burt and Mrs Sheppard following their adoption and maternity leave and wish Mr Kay well in his year away from school competing in the world’s most northern dog race. Click here for news of Mr Kay’s progress.
SPEECH DAY
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Thursday 23rd August
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