A Vision for Sport Sport for all, all year round
Welcome Sport is vital to the health and happiness of children and it has long been central to the curriculum at Junior King's. Whilst the roster of sporting achievement is long and consistent at JKS, sport is not just about competition; it is about taking part and having fun. There is nowhere that children have more fun than in the water. The archive photographs in this brochure bring back my memory of swimming in the original pool that was ďŹ lled with water from the river Stour ďŹ fty years ago. There really were eels in it so you didn't put your feet down! It was perishingly cold even in the summer but everyone jumped in with squeals of delight and terror in equal measure. Just as the new Music School has encouraged the musical ambition of our children and sta, this substantial upgrade to the swimming facility will stimulate greater participation and achievement by all of our children. I am delighted that we are now pressing ahead with this long-anticipated project.
Nick Lyons, (JKS 1967-72) (LN 1972-77) Vice-Chairman of Governors
Nick Lyons
Turning a Vision into Reality
We have seen great developments in our sports facilities over the past few years at Junior King’s. The Robertson’s Astro Pitch and Tennis Courts, the Jubilee Field and the resurfaced small Astro Hockey Pitch, have all added greatly to the quality of our sport. However, there is more to be done and one very obvious area requiring improvement is our outdoor swimming pool, which can only be used for a few months each year. Exciting plans have now been drawn up for the enclosure and refurbishment of the Junior King’s pool, making it an attractive indoor facility with adjacent changing rooms and a visitors’ reception area. A dance and fencing studio will be added in the Sports Hall as a further phase, thus enabling our facilities to be used more extensively throughout the year. We have embarked upon an ambitious fundraising initiative with strong backing from the Governors as well as our parent body. A significant proportion of the funds has already been raised. This brochure outlines how, with your generous support, we can turn this vision into a reality.
Peter Wells Headmaster Junior King’s Canterbury Peter Wells
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Naming Opportunities
The naming opportunities opposite are available
The Norwegian Log Pool Hall
£250,000
The Fencing/Dance Studio
£150,000
n Phase 1
The Swimming Plant Room
£50,000
n Phase 2
The Fencing/Dance Changing Rooms
£50,000
The Reception Lounge
£50,000
The Boys’ Swimming Changing Rooms
£25,000
The Girls’ Swimming Changing Rooms
£25,000
Peter Wells, Headmaster, on +44 (0) 1227 714008
The Swimming Terrace Garden
£15,000
or email office@junior-kings.co.uk.
The Office
£10,000
4 Individual Swimming Lanes
£5,000 each
40 Individual Poolside Seats
£500 each
in the new Junior King’s Swimming Pool development, shown on the plans as:
n Phase 3 n Phase 4 For more information or an informal discussion about these opportunities please contact
New Timber Swimming Pool Enclosure
New Link Building
Existing Sports Hall
No rth
Gym Store
Swimming Car Park Entrance to Swimming Pool Facilities
Plant Room
Gym Store
Sports Hall Fencing/ Dance Changing Rooms
Fencing/ Dance Studio
Boys’ Swimming Changing Rooms
Office
Reception Lounge
Swimming Terrace Garden The Norwegian Log Pool Hall
Girls’ Swimming Changing Rooms
Individual Swimming Lanes
Individual Poolside Seats
Entrance to New Mezzanine
Swimming Plant Room Entrance to Sports Hall
Mezzanine
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What are the benefits?
What will it cost?
– The Sports Centre will stay open for use throughout the year, with Recreation Centre Staff providing coaching expertise – Proper changing and reception facilities will be provided and there will be ample space for parents to watch from the poolside – The pool will be available for parents and family swimming – Gifted swimmers will train to a higher level at Junior King’s
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
New Norwegian
Staff changing
New dry-side
New mezzanine
Log building to
rooms to be
changing rooms,
floor in the
cover the
altered to
new gym and
sports hall for
existing pool.
provide enlarged
games store
dance and
additional pupil
rooms to
fencing studio
wet-side
sports hall
New plant room
– Boarders will be able to swim in the evenings and at weekends
Link building with
– The pool area will be better maintained and more secure
and changing
wet-side showers
changing rooms
£262,000
£197,000
£178,000
cubicles – Pre-Prep children will be able to have lessons here at Junior King’s – The pool will be linked to the Sports Hall
The Governors have agreed to invest £500,000 into New entrance
this project but we have to rely on the generosity
and reception
of our supporters to complete Phase 1.
lounge, office – Fencing and Dance facilities will be created in a new studio – The school will be able to host gala events with other schools
and terrace garden £1.12 million
– The costs of running the pool will be offset with greater heat retention and additional income from Club Membership – Standards of swimming will rise for all our children
We believe that the benefits of sport are an essential element of a complete all round education.
Joining our vision
Thanks to several generous benefactors, we are nearly half way to reaching the target for Phase 1 of the project. We are now inviting friends, parents, alumni, foundations and other supporters of Junior King’s to help us raise the remaining funds. We want to equip the new building with the best possible standard of equipment and naming opportunities are available for those who want to make a specific gift. On behalf of pupils at Junior King’s today and in decades to come, thank you for supporting our vision for sport at Junior King’s.
Kate Chernyshov Director of Development For more information or to find out how you can help, please contact Mrs Kate Chernyshov in our Development Office to find out how you can help. +44 (0) 1227 595760 kec@kings-school.co.uk
Kate Chernyshov
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Junior King’s School Milner Court Sturry Canterbury Kent CT2 0AY T: +44 (0) 1227 714000 E: office@junior-kings.co.uk www.junior-kings.co.uk Registered Charity Number 307942