King Edward VI School
November Bulletin 29 November 2018
T
his month we commemorated the end of hostilities in 1918 with the dedication by the former Chaplain General, the Venerable Stephen Robbins CB, of a new memorial garden designed by Mrs Peebles, our Head of Finance, with the centre piece a superb statue created by Michael Long, our former Head of Art, and fifty ceramic poppies, each one made to remember an Old Edwardian who perished in the First World War. We are very grateful to the Old Edwardian Association for their support for this venture.
King Edward VI School Carol Service You are warmly invited to join us on Monday 10 December at 7.30pm at
We were all immensely proud of our pupils involved in the BBC’s Children in Need concert in the new Dobson Theatre on Friday 16 November. This took a great deal of time and effort to organise, with our staff working closely with the team from the BBC. It was a resounding success and our pupils raised over £2000 on the day through various activities, sponsorship and a non-uniform day.
Romsey Abbey Church Lane Romsey SO51 8EP The service will be followed by mulled wine & mince pies
The autumn term is moving into its final phase with the cast of ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ preparing for the last few days of intense rehearsal and performance while preparations for the Carol Service at Romsey Abbey are keeping our musicians busy. We have had a good term so far on the sports field making excellent use of the facilities at Wellington with particular success for our first XI hockey team.
IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION FOR THE CAROL SERVICE There is very limited parking at the Abbey but there is free parking after 4pm in any of the car parks in Romsey Town Centre.
Many in the Upper Sixth are now rather nervously waiting for the outcome of UCAS applications with many already securing good offers and others preparing for interviews at medical schools and Oxbridge. We wish them well!
IMPORTANT NOTICE In an effort to reduce plastic waste and to improve the quality of our packed lunches/ teas, without increasing the cost, from January 2019 we will no longer be providing drinks as part of the packed lunch. Please could you send your son/daughter to school every day with their own labelled water bottle.
A J Thould, Head Master
SCHOOL LUNCH REMINDER The deadline for changes to school lunch arrangements for the Spring Term is:
4pm on Friday 7 December, 2018 It will not be possible to meet requests that arrive after the deadline. Please email dinners@kes.hants.sch.uk giving pupil name, tutor group and the change intended. No action is required if arrangements are to continue as at present.
LAST DAY OF TERM The last day of term will end at our usual time of 3.55pm THERE WILL BE NO LATE BUSES
Any request using the dinners@kes email address will be acknowledged. 1