SPEECH DAY 2020
Wednesday 1st July 10.30 AM
The Head’s Address and Welcome Mrs Emma Károlyi
Guest’s Address
The Right Reverend Dr Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover
Presentation of Prizes
Mr Rob Stonier, Deputy Head Academic
Vote of thanks by the Heads of School Zahra Piggins and William Holland
The Dean of Canterbury’s Address TheVery Reverend Dr RobertWillis
Welcome from the Head Welcome to our virtual Speech Day 2020. It is unfortunate that, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are unable to gather together in the normal way, to celebrate our annual Speech Day. This year I am delighted that both The Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, and the Bishop of Dover, as our special Guest of Honour, have both prepared speeches for the occasion, for the children. You will find my speech and those of the two Heads of School too. This year has been very eventful, beginning with our happy 1920s-themed celebrations of our 90th anniversary on our beautiful site here in Sturry. As we all whizzed round happy and carefree on the carousel outside the Manor House back in October, planted our commemorative trees, and celebrated at our Christmas Market, organised so well by the Friends of Junior King’s, not one of us could have predicted the events that lay ahead in 2020. The Lent Term began with our extremely successful ISI Compliance and Regulatory Inspection, and, of course, ended with the governmental-enforced school closures due to the pandemic. The staff immediately turned around the education from the classroom into our virtual Junior King’s Online Education and we were able to teach our children, all over the world while in lockdown, throughout the Summer Term. Our aim was always to provide the best online education as possible, maintaining our breadth of learning and our routines, while trying to balance screen time with creative opportunities, and prioritising the pastoral care of the pupils. Most importantly, we have found it essential to keep our community spirit alive, and I hope that this has been especially evident in The Week communications. We are very proud of how the pupils have grown in independence, resilience and in their personal organisation so quickly over this period of remote learning and disruption to normal life. Everyone has risen to the occasion and pulled together to ensure continuity of education, and we are so impressed by the work that has been produced. I would like to thank our parents for all their support during this time.
We have looked after the children of our NHS key workers from March onwards and were able, when permitted by the UK Government, to gradually re-open the School in June to certain year groups, within the strictest health and safety guidelines. We now look forward to provisionally welcoming back all children in September. For our prize giving today, I would like to congratulate every child on their personal achievements, progress and successes this year. There have been many different achievements throughout this year, in academic subjects, sport, music, drama, art and design technology, which we have celebrated on a weekly basis, in assemblies and section assemblies. However, given this rather abnormal final term, we are marking prize giving as a special day for Year 8 in particular. Our Year 8 leavers this year have been an outstanding group. Unfortunately, their time at Prep School has been brutally cut short, meaning that they have not been able to enjoy the final events, plays, concerts and trips planned, as part of their rite of passage to leaving, and moving on to their respective senior schools. We look forward to being able to invite them all back to Junior King’s next year, when it is safe to do so, to celebrate their time properly and to be able to say goodbye to all their teachers and their school. I am grateful to all the staff for their extraordinary hard work in these most difficult times, and to the Friends of Junior King’s, for helping to support our wonderful community. I hope you enjoy our virtual Speech Day event, and I wish you all a safe and happy summer holiday.
Prize Giving List 2020 King’s Scholarship Prizes King’s Research Essay Prize
Thomas Hutchings Samuel (Sam) Ridge Purnesh Subramanian
Dance Scholarship
Celia Child-Villiers Eliza Michie
Design & Technology Scholarship
Enoch Addley
Design & Technology Exhibition
Alexander (Alex) Robinson Lily Ross-Brown
Music Scholarship
William Holland Thomas Hutchings Joe Netley Nathan Sumner
Sports Scholarship
Thomas Hutchings Nathan Sumner
Sports Exhibition
Bryan Onwuka
Junior King’s Scholarship (11+)
Treasure Amadi
Junior King’s Exhibition (11+)
Sophia Robinson Hanshuo Zhang
External Scholarship Prizes Augustus (Gus) Curry Drama and Art Scholarship - St Edmund’s School, Canterbury Elena Kuhn All-Rounder Scholarship (Academic/Sport/Drama) - Brighton College, East Sussex
Subject Prizes English Mathematics Sciences: Biology Chemistry Physics French Spanish Latin Greek History Geography Religious Studies English as an Additional Language
William Skoll Purnesh Subramanian Purnesh Subramanian Eliza Michie Mencheng (Anthony) Liu Lily Ross-Brown Jessie Weir Maximillian (Max) Ani Dayyan Tariq Cameron Manney Sonny Gray Lucy Pollock Mencheng (Anthony) Liu
The Sturgess Cup (for personal progress in Year 3)
Isabelle Showler
The Junior House Fish (for personal progress in Year 4)
David Bekirov
The Turner Award (best C.E Geography Project)
Cameron Manney
The Martin Prize (for Advanced Linguistics)
Dayyan Tariq
The Milner Memorial Essay Prize (for History)
William Skoll
The Richard Menzies Award (for Classics)
Purnesh Subramanian
The Arts Music The Junior Music Prize The Middle School Music Prize The Armitage Award for Music The Amy Bickersteth Award (most improved musician)
Oliver Moh Isabelle Stewart-Stanton Nathan Sumner William Holland
Art The Junior Art Prize The Middle School Art Prize The Senior Art Prize The King’s School Advanced Art Award
Martha Leigh-Pemberton Edward Lapthorn Lefei (Philip) Chen San Nga (Lisa)Yeh
Drama The Harrison Junior Drama Cup The Middle School Drama Prize The Performance Prize The Lasker Cup (for contribution to the Arts: Drama & Music) The Speech & Drama Award The King’s School Advanced Drama Award
James Marais David Idowu Juliette German Augustus (Gus) Curry Dayyan Tariq Sofiya Kozlova
Design & Technology The Junior Design & Technology Prize The Middle School Design & Technology Prize The Marsden Prize (Senior Design & Technology) The King’s School Advanced Design & Technology Award
Philippa (Pippa) Jones Omkar Ranadive Antonio Kuhn Oliver Dallas
Sports Prizes Junior Sportsperson (Girl)
Leah Gould
Junior Sportsperson (Boy)
Ewan McCoubrie
Middle School Sportsperson (Girl)
Elena Kuhn
Middle School Sportsperson (Boy)
Julius (Sisan) Rone
The Scott-Kilvert Sportsperson of the Year (Upper School Girl)
Imogen (Immy) Allen
The Allan Ealham Sportsperson of the Year (Upper School Boy)
Nathan Sumner
Head’s Awards to Year 8
For the contributions pupils have made to different areas of school life, including: Music, Sport, Design and Technology, Art, Drama and Boarding
David Adegbuyi-Jackson Ching Leung (Jacky) Chan Arushi Benefield Chopra Chi Chun (Isaac) Ho Emmie Li Nikita Selin Gabrielle Taylor Naetochukwu (Naeto) Uzomba Zihan (Hansen) Xu
Special Awards The Lara Cross Award (for enthusiastic
JessieWeir & Bryan Onwuka
and whole-hearted participation)
The Morley Cup (for kindness and
Emily Knight & Olisemeka (Olise) Oditah
assistance to others)
The Roberts Cup (for resilience)
Zahra Piggins & Seongmin Hong
The Richards Cup (for consistently
Sofiya Kozlova & Nathan Sumner
giving of one’s best in all aspects of school life)
The Wells Cup (for someone who
Lily Ross-Brown & William Holland
The Nash Endeavour Award
San Nga (Lisa) Yeh & Dayyan Tariq
demonstrates the very spirit of Junior King’s)
(for consistent effort)
The Albin Award (to a sporting, musical and academic all-rounder)
Dana Kuhn & Thomas Hutchings
Boarding Houses Juckes House - San Nga (Lisa) Yeh Kipling House - Oritsewinor (Winor) Rone
Heads of School Zahra Piggins William Holland
The Parrot Society Pupils who joined the school in Nursery/Reception and have been at Junior King’s continuously to Year 8 Noah Boehmer Oliver Crowther William Holland Thomas Hutchings Daniel Kaufman Emily Knight Lily Ross-Brown Nathan Sumner Dayyan Tariq Tikhon Yurov
Year 8 Leavers
Cockas House
Housemaster: Mr Chris Lapthorn Mengcheng (Anthony) Liu Samuel (Sam) Ridge Lily Ross-Brown Naetochukwa (Naeto) Uzomba Maximillian (Max) Ani Celia Child-Villiers Oliver Crowther Uliana Eroshina Cameron Manney Lucy Pollock Daniel Pun Purnesh Subramanian Yuqian (Joanna) Wang Tun Yee (Achilles) Wong
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Kakas House
Housemistress: Mrs Natalie Chandler Sofiya Kozlova Alexander (Alex) Robinson Dayyan Tariq San Nga (Lisa) Yeh David Adegbuyi-Jackson Arushi Benefield Chopra Lefei (Philip) Chen Cameron Fuller Sonny Gray Matthew Gurr Chi Chun (Isaac) Ho Seongmin Hong Alexandra (Alexa) Liebmann Weiwei (Ruby) Lin Alexandra Francesca Oburu Nchama Olisemeka (Olise) Oditah William Skoll Tikhon Yurov
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Year 8 Leavers
Keas House
Housemaster: Mr Paddy McKeating Imogen (Immy) Allen Emmie Li Bryan Onwuka William Holland Nathan Sumner Noah Boehmer Oliver Dallas Daniel Kaufman Attharitthi (Rapi) Krisdathanont Antonio Kuhn Dana Kuhn Eliza Michie Alba Rodriguez Collado Nikita Selin Dai Ze (Alex) Song Gabrielle Taylor Zixuan (Leo) Wu
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Macaws House Housemaster: Mr Kyle Smith
Thomas Hutchings Emily Knight Zahra Piggins Oritsewinor (Winor) Rone Jessie Weir Enoch Addley Imani (Mim) Byfield-Lees Ching Leung (Jacky) Chan Anna Cohn Augustus (Gus) Curry Seth De Haan Roman Dunaev Frederic (Freddie) Foley Iona Jeffery Joe Netley Zihan (Hansen) Xu Yuanhe (Leo) Zhao
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Awards made at the School’s Final Assembly The Selby Cup (for a combination of achievement in work and games, for boys)
Autumn: William Holland & Bryan Onwuka Lent: Nathan Sumner & Thomas Hutchings
The R.Q. Edmonds Cup (for a combination of achievement in work and games, for girls)
Autumn: Dana Kuhn Lent: JessieWeir & Imogen (Immy) Allen
The Ray Metherell Cup (for a boy with total commitment and support for games)
Autumn: Attharitthi (Rapi) Krisdathanont Lent: Noah Boehmer
The Margaret Edmonds Cup (for a girl with total commitment and support for games)
Autumn: Emmie Li Lent: Weiwei (Ruby) Lin
Music Instrumental Awards and Achievements Choir Brass Strings Keyboard Woodwind Percussion Voice Guitar
Arushi Benefield Chopra & Noah Boehmer Thomas Hutchings Joe Netley Seongmin Hong Antonio Kuhn Dayyan Tariq Sofiya Kozlova Samuel (Sam) Ridge
Royal Academy of Music (Junior) National Children’s Choir National Children’s Orchestra National Youth Boys’ Choir National Youth Girls’ Choir Junior Guildhall of Music
Oliver Moh & Joe Netley Isabelle Stewart-Stanton Oliver Moh Alexander (Alex) Gaskain EmilyYoung Xiao Xiao Augur
Sports Department Individual Awards Football
Samuel (Sam) Ridge
Girls’ Hockey
Imogen (Immy) Allen & Jessie Weir
Rugby
William Holland & Bryan Onwuka
Netball
Dana Kuhn
Boys’ Hockey
Nathan Sumner
Fencing
Jack Beckley
Rowing
William Skoll
Sports Achievements Name
Regional / National Honours
Oscar Farthing
IAPS National Swimming Finals
Nathan Sumner
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists Kent Hockey
Archie Brealy
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
Matthew Gurr
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
William Holland
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
Thomas Hutchings
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
Jasper James
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
Olisemeka (Olise) Oditah
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
Bryan Onwuka
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
Samuel (Sam) Ridge
IAPS East of England Hockey Champions National IAPS Hockey Finalists
Achievements Name
Drama Achievement
Grade
Sophia Robinson
Trinity (Acting)
Grade 5 Distinction
Dayyan Tariq
Trinity (Performing Texts) Grade 7 Merit
Music Name
Achievement
Grade
Ching Leung (Jacky) Chan
Trinity (Trumpet)
Grade 5
Daniel Kaufman
Trinity (Guitar)
Grade 5
Antonio Kuhn
Trinity (Saxophone)
Grade 5
Misha McAdam
AB (Piano)
Grade 5
Oliver Moh
AB (Theory)
Grade 5
Scarlett Langford
Trinity (Singing)
Grade 5 Merit
Sabrina Lindridge
Trinity (Piano)
Grade 5 Merit
Seongmin Hong
AB (Theory)
Grade 5 Distinction
Lefei (Philip) Chen
Trinity (Piano)
Grade 6
Arushi Benefield Chopra
AB (Horn)
Grade 6
Arushi Benefield Chopra
AB (Singing)
Grade 6
Molly Jones
Trinity (Clarinet)
Grade 6
Joseph Outram
Trinity (Saxophone)
Grade 6 Merit