Weekends and Events
Notes
on
the Weekend Programme
All Cathedral services are open to families
Sports fixtures are listed online; see the website for full calendar details
Events can be booked by visiting the school box office here: https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows
Welcome from The Head
We are pleased to present our ‘Weekends and Events’ booklet for the first term of the new academic year. We are delighted to welcome new pupils to the school in September, but for all of our pupils a new academic year represents an opportunity for a little reinvention and a chance to explore new interests. I hope that this guide will provide inspiration for the term ahead, and that pupils will seek to take advantage of as much as they can.
Full details of all of the events of the term can be found in the school calendar, accessible via the News and Events tab on the school website. Events which parents can attend have been marked with an Asterisk* in this booklet. As ever, parents are warmly invited to join us at various events this term. We wish our community a positive, productive and exciting time.
Jude Lowson
Wednesday
28 August
Senior Rugby
Pre-Season begins
Thursday
29 August
U15 & U16 Rugby
Pre-Season begins
Girls Hockey
Pre-Season begins Birley’s
Saturday
31 August Sport
Hockey v Cranbrook School Hockey v Kent College
Monday
2 September Shells arrive in Houses from 1.00pm Tea for Shells and Parents in Houses 3.45pm
Tuesday
3 September
New Shell Induction Day 9.30am - 6.00pm
New Removes & 6bs arrive in Houses 10.00 - 11.00am
New Removes & 6bs Induction begins 11.20am
Saturday
7 September
Sport
Hockey v OKS
Hockey v St Lawrence College
Rugby v Duke of York’s
Badminton v Tonbridge School
Sailing v EKYA
6b BBQ
6.00pm
St Augustine’s
8 September
House events for new pupils Sunday
Sport
Fencing v BRC ‘A’
Evensong (Crypt Choir)
7.30 - 8.15pm Nave
Wednesday
11 September
Interhouse Cross Country
2.30 - 4.45pm Birley’s
Friday 13 September
Head’s Shell BreakfastBroughton 8.00am, Lattergate
Saturday
14 September
Sport
Hockey v Sevenoaks
Rugby v Cranbrook
Lacrosse v Walthamstow Hall
Fencing National Championships
Sailing v KSSA
Bailey House Charity
Open Air Cinema
7.30 - 10.00pm
Bailey Garden
Sunday
15 September
House events for new pupils Sport
Fencing National Championships
Carlyon Two-Generation Tennis Tournament & BBQ
11.00am - 2.30pm, Birley’s
Evensong with installation of the Senior Deputy Head & Admission of King’s Scholars (Crypt Choir)
7.30 - 8.30pm, Nave
Monday
16 September
EKST Filmhouse Workshop Day 1
Tuesday
17 September
Fifths Geography Field
Trip to Horton Kirby
8.30am - 5.00pm
Wednesday
18 September
Fifths Geography Field
Trip to Horton Kirby
8.30am - 5.00pm
Shell Challenge Day
9.00am - 5.00pm
Head’s Lunch with 6as
1.15pm, Lattergate
Friday
20 September
6a Art & Photography trip London
Head’s Shell BreakfastGalpin’s
8.00am, Lattergate
US Universities Fair
3.30 - 6.00pm, Shirley Hall
Crypt Choir Concert
7.30 - 9.00pm, Stowting Church
Saturday
21 September
Sport
Lacrosse v North London
Collegiate School
Lacrosse v St James Senior Girls’ School
Badminton v Kent Restricted Tournament
Hockey v Duke of York’s
Rugby v Caterham
13+, 14+ & Sixth Form
Open Morning
9.30am -1.00pm, Green Court *
Mitchinson’s House
Shells Social
6.00 - 900pm
Mitchinson’s
Removes’ Social
7.00 - 9.00pm
Sunday
22 September
Sport
Fencing v BRC Leon Paul
Matins (Crypt Choir)
9.15am - 10.00am, Quire
School House Charity
Swim
12.00 - 5.00pm, Whitstable *
Galpin’s Garden Gig
Acoustic Session
2.00 - 4.00pm
Chaplaincy Tea Party for Shells & Removes
3.00pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
Broughton & Tradescant
Quiz Evening
7.30 - 9.00pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
Monday
23 September
6b Geography Field Trip to the Devil’s Kneading Trough
8.30am - 4.00pm
Pilgrims’ Way Walk, Old Wives Lees to Canterbury
1.45 - 6.00pm
Tuesday
24 September
Sixth Form Drama Trip: Our Country’s Good
3.30 - 11.30pm Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Wednesday
25 September
UK Maths Olympiad
9.00 - 11.30am, Schoolroom
Head’s Lunch with Fifths 12.00pm, Lattergate
Harvey Society Talk: the Chemistry of Wine by Luke Bartlett
7.30 - 8.30pm, Science Auditorium
Thursday
26 September
School Monitors’ Supper 6.30pm, St Augustine’s
Friday
27 September
Fixed Exeat begins 2.00pm
Sunday
29 September
Fixed Exeat ends 9.30pm (Houses open from 5.00pm)
Tuesday
1 October
Senior Maths Challenge
9.00 - 10.30am, Shirley Hall
Fifths Running Wild
Autumn Camp departs Tuesday 1 October returns Wednesday 2 October
CCF Fifths Ex KINGS
SABRE departs Tuesday 1 October retuns Wednesday 2 October
Friday
4 October
Home Clothes Day
Head’s Shell BreakfastHarvey House 5.00pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
Marlowe Society Talk by Kira Cochrane 7.30pm
Thursday
3 October
Head’s Shell Tea - Day Houses
5.00pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
Recitals
Families are welcome to attend our regular Friday@5.15 Informal Recitals.
They are also streamed live via the Music YouTube Channel - https://www. youtube.com/@kings-music
Saturday
5 October
Sport
Sailing v BSDRA
Sailing v Firefly Association
Sailing v KSSA
Sailing v ITCA
Inter House Hockey
Fencing v KSC Youth Epee
Development Series
Rugby v Worth School
Lacrosse v Worth
Badminton v Haileybury
Mitchinson’s Parents
Social
6.00 - 9.00pm
Fifths’ Social
7.00 - 9.30pm * *
Sunday
6 October
Galpin’s Charity event: Hoops for Hope
6.00am - 6.00pm, Galpin’s Garden
Sport
Fencing v KSC Youth Epee
Development Series
Fencing v London International
Open
King’s Sport taster day
1.00 - 5.00pm, Birley’s
Harvest Evensong (Chapel Choir)
7.30 - 8.30pm, Nave
Monday
7 October
Pater Society Talk: Nicolo Benzi from the University of Kent
7.30 - 9.00pm, Gateway Chamber
Tuesday
8 October
CCF 6bs Ex KINGS
REVENGE
departs Tuesday 8 October retuns Wednesday 9 October
Figaro Fifths: Mozart
Marriage of Figaro excerpts
6.30 - 7.45pm, Old Synagogue
Wednesday
9 October
CCF Removes Ex KINGS
REVENGE
departs Wednesday 9 October returns Thursday 10 October
Removes Running Wild
Autumn Camp
departs Wednesday 9 October returns Thursday 10 October
Head’s Lunch with Shells
12.35pm, Lattergate
Fifths Geography Quiz
6.30 - 7.45pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
Thursday
10 October
King’s Council
10.35 - 11.40am
Science Auditorium
Fifths Theatre Trip: A Raisin in the Sun
3.30 - 11.55pm
Lyric Hammermith Theatre
Friday
11 October Guest Artist talk - Marie Lenclos
5.00 - 6.00pm 6a Physics Challenge
5.00 - 6.15pm Physics Lab 4
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room *
Fifth & 6a Monologue Evening
7.30 - 9.30pm Malthouse
12 October
Sunday
13 October Saturday
Sport
Rowing - Cambridge Autumn
Head, Rob Roy Boat Club
Fencing v Cadet EFC Budapest
Hockey v Kent College
Rugby v Eastbourne College
Badminton v Sevenoaks
6b Social
7.45 - 10.00pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
Matins (Chapel Choir & Becket Singers)
9.15 - 10.00am, Nave
Linacre Charity Dinner
5.00pm, Birley’s
Monday
14 October
Fifth & Sixth Form
Classics trip to the British Museum
8.30am - 4.30pm, London
9.00am - 4.00pm * *
Remove Art & Photography Field Trip
Tuesday
15 October
GCSE Religious Studies trip
9.30am -1.00pm, Green Court
Musical Theatre Trip: & Juliet
7.00 - 10.30pm, Marlowe Theatre
Thursday
17 October
6a Parent Teacher Meetings (online) *
House Song Competition
7.00 - 9.00pm, Shirley Hall
Wednesday
16 October
6a Parent Teacher Meetings (online)
Friday
18 October
6a Parent Teacher Meetings (online) *
King’s Association: Head’s Tea Party for 6a Parents
1.15 - 2.00pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
6a Parent Teacher Meetings
2.00 - 4.00pm, Shirley Hall
Half Term begins 4.15pm
Sixth Form Art Trip to Venice
departs Friday 18 October
returns Tuesday 22 October
Classics Trip to Athens
departs Friday 18 October
returns Monday 21 October
Remove History Trip to Berlin
departs Friday 18 October
returns Tuesday 22 October
Drama Trip to New York departs Friday 18 October
returns Tuesday 22 October
Saturday
19 October
Sport
Sailing v ITCA
Gold DofE Expedition, Peak District
departs Saturday 19 October
returns Wednesday 23 October
Thursday 24 October
Canterbury Festival
Walk: St Augustine’s 10.00am - 12.00pm
Sunday
20 October
Sport
Rowing - Maidstone Small Boats Head
MFL trip to Seville
departs Sunday 20 October
returns Friday 25 October
Canterbury Festival Walk: Exploring King’s School
2.00pm
Sunday
27 October
Canterbury Festival
Walk: Literary Tours 2.00 - 5.30pm
Sunday
3 November
Half Term Ends 9.30pm
Tuesday
5 November
Piano Masterclasses
2.30pm, Shirley Hall
Professional Piano
Recital
7.00pm, Shirley Hall
Historical Association:
Sixth Form debate
7.00 - 9.00pm, Gateway Chamber
Harvey Society Talk: Dr
Jonathan Allday
8.00 - 9.00pm, Science Auditorium
Wednesday
6 November
Classics Talk for Shells by Ben Kane
2.30 - 3.45pm, Shirley Hall
CCF Shell Beret Parade
2.30 - 4.00pm
Compline
9.00pm
Lower Chapel, St Augustine’s
Friday
8 November
6b Art & Photography
London Trip
British Physics Olympiad Round 1
Physics Lab 2
Head’s Shell BreakfastJervis
8.00am, Lattergate
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm, Peter Stone Room
Saturday
9 November
Sport
Rowing - Kingston Small Boats
Head, Kingston Rowing Club
Hockey v St Lawrence College
Badminton v Haileybury
Lacrosse v Haileybury
Rugby v Sevenoaks
King’s Association: Parents’ Feedback Forum
12.00 - 1.00pm Science Auditorium
Galpin’s House Dinner
7.00 - 10.00pm St Augustine’s
Sunday
10 November Sport
Rowing - Docklands Head, Poplar Blackwall & District Rowing Club
Fencing - Welsh Open
Monday
11 November
Remove & EKST Drama Workshop
10.00am - 3.30pm, Malthouse
Crypt Choir Evensong, St Lawrence Jewry
5.30pm, London Service of Remembrance (Crypt Choir)
10.45 - 11.30am, Memorial Court
Remembrance Service
Lunch
12.00 - 3.00pm, St Augustine’s
Wednesday
13 November
Young Scientists Journal (YSJ) Conference - ‘STEM for Good’
8.30am - 5.00pm, Science Auditorium, Schoolroom & Pupils’ Social Centre
Compline
9.00pm, Lower Chapel, St Augustine’s
Senior Interhouse
Debating Competition
7.00 - 10.00pm,
Schoolroom & Science Auditorium
Thursday
14 November
Musical Theatre TripCome From Away
7.00 - 10.00pm
Marlowe Theatre
Senior Interhouse
Debating Competition
7.00 - 10.00pm, Schoolroom & Science Auditorium
Friday 15 November
Friday @5.15 Informal
Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm
Peter Stone Room
Charity Quiz
7.45 - 9.30pm
Shirley Hall
Saturday
16 November Sport
Lacrosse v Heathfield School
Rowing - Teddington Head, Walbrook Rowing Club
Sailing v KSSA
Fencing v LPJS Salle Paul Epee
Badminton - Kent Senior Open
Hockey v Ashford
Hockey v Duke of York’s
Rugby v Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
Saturday Smarties
1.00 - 3.00pm
Shirley Hall * *
Sunday 17 November
Prep Schools’ Choral Day
1.00 - 5.00pm
Shirley Hall & Music School
Evensong (Crypt Choir)
7.30 - 8.15pm
Nave *
Wednesday
20 November Thursday
Senior Kangaroo - Maths
Competition
9.00 - 10.00am, Schoolroom
British Maths Olympiad
9.00am - 12.30pm, Schoolroom
Head’s Lunch with Removes
9.00am - 12.30pm
Schoolroom Compline
9.00pm, Lower Chapel, St Augustine’s
21 November FREDIE meeting
5.00 - 5.45pm
Friday
22 November
SEND Conference Birley’s
Fixed Exeat begins 1.00pm
Sunday
24 November
Sport
Rowing - The Fours Head
Squash v Surrey Sports Park Independent Schools Tournament
Clue Tech Rehearsal
3.00 - 9.00pm, Malthouse
Fixed Exeat ends
9.30pm
Monday
25 November
Drama Talk
5.00 - 6.30pm, Malthouse
Wednesday
27 November
7.30am, Cambridge *
Senior Play: Clue
Open Dress Rehearsal
2.30 - 5.00pm Malthouse *
Compline
9.00pm, Lower Chapel, St Augustine’s
Thursday
28 November Religious Studies Sixth Form Trip
Senior Play: Clue
7.30 - 9.30pm Malthouse *
Friday 29 November
Friday @5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm, Peter Stone Room
Senior Play: Clue 7.30 - 9.30pm Malthouse
Saturday
30 November
Sport
Hockey v Cranbrook School
Hockey v Lancing College
Rugby v Simon Langton Grammar School
Rowing - Hampton Small Boats
Head, Hampton School Boat Club
Sailing v KSSA
Fencing v Cadet BRC ‘A’ Leon
Paul
Senior Play: Clue
7.30 - 9.30pm Malthouse
Chapel Wardens & Sacristans Social
6.30 - 10.00pm
Pupils’ Social Centre
Sunday
1 December
Sport
Fencing v Cadet BRC ‘A’ Leon
Paul Chamber Orchestra
Concert
2.00pm
Advent Carol Service (Chapel & Crypt Choir)
7.30 - 8.30pm, Nave
Monday
2 December
Trinity Music Practical Grade Exams
Old Synagogue
Tuesday
3 December
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
9.00 - 10.00pm, Pupils’ Social Centre
Wednesday
4 December
6b History of Art Trip to British Museum & National Gallery
9.00am - 6.00pm, London
Backstage Club
Theatre Trip
2.00 - 6.00pm
Harvey Science Society: Professor Sarah Gurr
7.30 - 8.30pm Science Auditorium
Compline
9.00pm, Lower Chapel, St Augustine’s
Thursday
5 December
King’s Council
10.35 - 11.40am, Science Auditorium
Friday
6 December
Fifths Drama Devised Exam Performance
5.00 - 6.30pm, Malthouse
Saturday
7 December
Sport
Lacrosse v Caterham
Lacrosse v St Paul’s Girls’
School
Sailing v HBSC
Rugby v Sutton Valence
Fencing v Cadet EFC
Copenhagen
Hockey v Sutton Valence
First Team Sports Dinners
7.30 - 10.00pm
Sunday
8 December Sport
Fencing v Junior BRC ‘B’ Leon
Paul
Christmas Concert
7.30 - 9.00pm, Shirley Hall
Monday
9 December House Christmas Dinners * *
Tuesday
10 December
House Christmas Dinners
Hockey Girls 1st XI v King’s Staff
3.15pm
Wednesday
11 December
House Christmas Dinners
Thursday
12 December Congratulatory Assembly
4.30pm Christmas Carol Service
8.00 - 9.00pm, Cathedral
Friday
13 December
Economics Trip to New York departs Friday 13 December returns Wednesday 18 December
Football Tour to Barcelona departs Friday 13 December returns Tuesday 17 December
