KONNECTIONS SUMMER 12
From The Head Master This term has seen everything from drought to deluge and our sportsmen and women have struggled with fixtures cancelled, postponed or drowned! That said, we have kept the Olympic flame burning with a range of events linked to the forthcoming games including a very popular mini-Olympics for local primary schools. As I write our students are all absorbed in examinations and the School is abnormally quiet. This will quickly change as we prepare for sports day, activities day and the swimming gala to give the term a resounding finish as the summer holidays approach. The major news that we announced just before half term was the acquisition of Stroud Preparatory School which will now be known as Stroud – the King Edward VI Preparatory School. The intention is to combine the best features of King Edward’s and Stroud by sharing, where appropriate and feasible, the facilities, staff and resources to give each pupil the best education we can from the early years until university entry, while preserving
the particular identities of the two schools so that each retains its distinctive character and style. The leadership team at Stroud will continue to provide the best possible impartial advice about which secondary school is appropriate for each child’s future, considering the wishes of parents and looking at a range of options. Entry procedures to King Edward’s will remain unchanged. We are preparing for some important improvements to the School site over July and August with the refurbishment of the remaining language and classics classrooms and the creation of an expanded music recital room. Plans are also being prepared for a new art department and theatre. The number of trips we organise continues to provide an enormous variety of opportunities for our students with recent visits to Spain, Germany, different parts of France as well as across the UK. The summer will be busy too with significant numbers involved in charity work with our projects in South Africa and Swanage as well as field work in Mexico, water sports in France and our primary school project at Lovaton on Dartmoor. The summer term is always marked by some sadness as we say farewell to another generation of KES students and some long serving staff. Particular thanks are owed to Dr Hoskins, Mr Kelly, Mrs Lovegrove, Mrs Mayes and Mr Price after their many years of teaching at King Edward’s. We thank them and the other staff who are retiring or moving to other posts and wish them all well.
AJ Thould Head Master
King Edward VI School Wilton Road . Southampton . Hampshire SO15 5UQ Telephone: 023 8070 4561 Founded 1553
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