King Edward VI School
Start of Term Bulletin 14th September, 2012
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Once again this CALLING ALL year we are inviting PARENTS & parents and friends of King FRIENDS Edward VI School to join OF forces with our School choir and KES orchestra for the Carol Service at St Mary’s Church Southampton on
elcome back to King Edward’s to those returning and a particular welcome to those who are beginning their association with the School. The School is full with 975 pupils, 237 of whom are in the Sixth Form.
Monday 17th December at 7.30pm
We wish all our new staff well in their new roles and wish students in positions of responsibility as Prepositors, Heads of House and Lower School Prefects best wishes for the year.
If you sing and read a little music we would be pleased to welcome you into our SATB choir. There will be a few evening rehearsals for those who need to learn notes and then one massed rehearsal for pupils and adults. If you have sung in our adult choir previously you will automatically receive full details about repertoire and rehearsals. If you are a new parent to the School and would like further details please email Mrs Freemantle on hf@kes.hants.sch.uk.
Speech Day is on Friday 21st September and the Chief Guest will be Debra Searle OBE, who rowed solo across the Atlantic in 2001- 2 and is a Trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. We wish all members of the School a stimulating and enjoyable term. Head Master
Post Result Services for Upper Sixth and Fifth Year Pupils Pupils still wishing to submit GCE & GCSE ‘Enquiries about Results’ forms, must complete and return to the Examinations Office by 10am Tuesday 18th September. Pupils still wishing to submit GCE & GCSE ‘Request for Original Scripts’ forms, must complete and return to the Examinations Office by 10am Thursday 27th September. Upper Sixth GCE Unit Resits form for January 2013 Examinations must be completed and returned to Mr Courtney by 10am on Thursday 27th September.
New Pupils’ & Parents’ Evening 27th September at 7.30pm Parents of new pupils are invited to the Sixth Form Concourse and Dobson Theatre where refreshments will be served. This is an informal evening, run by KESSOC, where parents will have the opportunity to meet with some staff, members of the society and, most importantly, the parents of other new pupils.
A Fifth Year Physics trip is being organised to Thorpe Park on 11th October and the whole year group is invited to take part in this fun and educational day out. Students will attend a workshop in the morning, which is directly related to the Kinematics and Dynamics topics studied in the IGCSE course and there will be time afterwards for students to experience some of the rides for themselves. Click here for more information.
Alongside this, Sixth Formers will be running a fun evening of activities for the new intake of children to give them a chance to meet others. Click First Year , Second and Third Year or Lower Sixth for more information. Parents of new Fourth Year pupils are also invited to attend. 1