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KING’S HOUSE SCHOOL
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Newsletter
24 November 2017
Dear Parents
It’s been an incredibly busy time all across the school for the last week. Firstly, thank you
to everyone who donated cakes for our Cake Sales at the end of last week in aid of
Children in Need. There was a wonderful array of delicious items on offer and we raised
more than £850 over the two days! An outstanding effort.
There have been performances galore to enjoy too as well with four tea concerts – two
music ones (one JD and one SD) as well as two LAMDA ones. These provide great
opportunities for the boys to perform, be it music or drama, to a small friendly audience
and take those first steps on the performance ladder. I particularly enjoyed attending the
JD one on Tuesday with so many budding young musicians on show, including recorder,
strings and singing groups.
Can I also highlight an exciting musical event our boys are involved in this Sunday with
the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra at St Anne’s Church, Kew Green at 4.30pm. Please
see the attached flier and good luck to all the boys participating.
The rugby season is now well underway. Our Year 5 U10A team set the ball rolling on
Saturday with an excellent all-round performance in the St Paul’s Festival. They won two
games – including beating the hosts – drew one against Shrewsbury House, and were only
defeated by a club side. The U13 and U11A teams then enjoyed some very good results
at the Wellington festival on Wednesday.
In my assembly on Monday I talked the SD boys about a number of aspects to do with
safety. One of the points I stressed was parking and keeping the front of the school
(Nursery, JD and SD) clear of cars. Please could parents also avoid parking on the yellow
lines at the end of Springrove Road as this makes the corners dangerous for crossing.
Our neighbours at No. 64 have also asked that parents do not park across their driveway
or use it for turning. Thank you in advance for your help with this. Please also find
attached a letter on internet safety for SD parents following some recent issues.
Mark Turner
Form 5M painting their
Miro alien sculptures.
Notes from the Nursery Department
King’s House School Newsletter 10 November 2017
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King’s House School Newsletter 24 November 2017
Our new water cascade
Thank you Friends! Cake Sale for Children in Need
It tickles!
Dear Parents
Last week the children decorated cupcakes and sold them at the end of the day. I am delighted to say we raised
a fantastic £117 for Children in Need. Thank you so much for your generous donations and well done to our jun-
ior bakers who produced such delicious cakes.
We received a very exciting delivery last week and on opening the enormous boxes we discovered a water
cascade set and some beautiful wooden blocks, which have been bought for us by the Friends of King’s House.
We are so very grateful for these exciting new resources for our playground. The children have been pumping
water from the trough and creating dams and then making paths for it to flow through. The blocks have already
been used to build aeroplanes, trains and trucks. We have already seen some wonderful team work, problem
solving skills and imaginative play, a huge thank to the Friends from all of us at the Nursery.
There were multi coloured footprints all over the Caterpillar floor this week, which had been carefully covered
with paper. This simple activity brought so much joy and the childrens’ faces were a picture of pure delight. They
have been challenging themselves with a wide variety of fine and gross motor activities, including throwing bean
bags through hoops and crawling under and over objects.
It is already feeling Christmassy in the Nursery with Nativity rehearsals in full swing. I watched two little boys in
the stable role play area, both with a doll on their lap feeding them a bottle of milk. “These are baby Jesus twins”
they informed me seriously. Two little girls appeared at the stable door and took a look, “Come on back to the
office“ said one to the other “we have work to do“ and off they trotted to the computer!
Have a lovely weekend. Jane O’Brien
Notes from the Junior Department
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Dear Parents
Prep school life is all about those extra opportunities we create for children to learn and develop
lifelong skills outside the core curriculum. As I look through the photographs we have taken during
the last week I am reminded how lucky our boys are to receive such a broad education. The brilliantly
organised and well-supported cake sale we held in the JD hall, raised £243.70 for Children in Need
and saw boys polishing up their mental arithmetic, working out how many cakes they could buy for a
pound, and gave them an opportunity to do something good to help those less fortunate than
themselves. The two mini-football tournaments for Year 1 and 2 respectively, held on the
immaculate 3G astro pitch down at the sports ground, provided the perfect platform for our youngest
footballers to show off their skills and learn about sportsmanship, teamwork, determination and
resilience. The event was incredibly well supported and we must thank the boys in Year 8 who did a
marvellous job of refereeing for us. The football was swiftly followed by a terrific tea concert after
school on Tuesday, where we heard debut performances from our recorder and string groups, as well
as some inspiring vocal and instrumental renditions from boys in Years 1 to 3. 3M went on to give a
fantastic assembly in French, all about French culture including life at school in France, and a
production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I did suggest that we should have Saturday morning
school like they do in France, but it didn’t go down too well with the boys, so I think we’ll leave that
one for the time being! Simon Gower
House Points: 1st Raleigh 1192, 2
nd Churchill 1190, 3
rd Drake 1183, 4
th Nelson 1175
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Sport News
On Saturday the U10 A Team took part in the annual St Paul’s
Rugby Tournament. The boys did themselves proud, not only with
their performances but also their ability to listen and apply the
advice given to them throughout the day. The progress the boys
made in the space of a morning was excellent to see,
given we have only had one full week of rugby at school.
The boys managed to win one game, draw one game and lose
one game before playing St Paul’s in the last game of the day.
Despite the boys at a huge disadvantage physically in this match
the boys showed a great desire to match the opposition,
committing themselves to some big tackles. Technically the boys
were outstanding with lots of passes and offloads on show.
Despite being behind twice in the final game the boys showed
great character and ability to come back and win the game with a
try in the last few seconds from Tom. Congratulations to all the
boys involved to what was a very encouraging start to the rugby season for the Under 10 A Team!
U12s v KCJS It is always difficult to start your season against a school that has been playing since September, but the U12s can be proud
of their performances on Tuesday in their first run out of the season. The C team showed some attacking promise scoring 5
tries, whilst the B team secured a very credible draw with both sides scoring 3 tries. The U12A team roared into action
though with a 9 tries to 1 victory. A great way to start the season and even prompted the opposition staff to comment on
not only what a good performance it was, but also the maturity with which they went about the game.
King’s House School Newsletter 24 November 2017
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Sport News
The U13A team started off their season at the Wellington
College Festival this Wednesday. The boys performed well
on the day and considering they had only had one full
session together as a squad before the festival they
should be very pleased with their efforts. There was a
steady improvement in performance as the day went on,
which was pleasing to see. This culminated with the best
performance of the day coming in the last match against
Lambrook. During the earlier round of matches we had
seen some good individual performances, in fits and
bursts, but it was in this match that the boys
really started to gel more as a team. Having such an early
test in the season helps highlight areas for improvement
and refinement, but there were plenty of very positive
signs that they have the makings of a great team. Well done boys!
U11A at the Wellington Festival - The U11As kicked off their rugby season in fine fashion. Running rugby was
on show throughout the day, with the passing and offloading commented on by many of the spectators and
opposition coaches. There were strong performances against Eagle House, Feltonfleet and a very physical side
from The Beacon, as well as a return of a familiar face in Mr McKinnon when we played Vinehall School too!
The whole squad made huge progress throughout the day and I was especially impressed with the maturity and
decision making of the boys on the field. It will be an exciting season ahead!
King’s House School Newsletter 24 November 2017
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Music News
Important dates for this half term Monday 27 November SD Ensemble Tea Concert
Thursday 7 December JD Year 1 and Reception Christmas performance.
Friday 8 December JD, Year 2 & 3 Carol Service 2—3.30pm
Saturday 9 December King’s House Singers, Year 1 Choir and JD Choir sing at the Christmas Fair.
Monday 11 December SD rehearsal in church, 5.30pm – 8pm to involve Year 6, King’s House Singers and Chamber Choir.
Tuesday 12 December SD Christmas Carol Service, 7pm to involve Year 4, Year 6, King’s House Singers and Chamber Choir.
Family Concert—Sunday 26 November at St. Anne’s Church, Kew Green
Both the Senior Department Orchestra and boys from Year 5 will be presenting a concert in collaboration with the Ernest
Read Symphony Orchestra this Sunday 26 November at 4:30pm. This includes an opportunity for younger boys to try out a
selection of orchestral instruments at 3:45pm. Tickets can be purchased via this link: www.wegottickets.com/event/419020
Calling all parent singers! We would like to invite all King’s House parents to join the adult choir for our Senior Department Carol Service on Tuesday 12
December at 7pm in St. Matthias Church. We are holding a number of rehearsals on the following dates:
Mon 27 November at 7.30pm / Mon 4 December at 7.30pm / Mon 11 December - rehearsal in church, 5.30pm – 8pm
It would be great if those who sing in the choir can attend a good proportion of these rehearsals but we appreciate that it might
be a bit much to commit to all of them! Please don’t worry about being able to read music or being completely wonderful at
singing – it would be lovely to have as many of you involved as possible.
Chamber Choir on Mondays AND Tuesdays in the run-up to Christmas In order to help them to prepare for their prominent role in the Carol Service, the Chamber Choir will rehearse on both Mondays
and Tuesdays at 8am for the final weeks of term. Rehearsals on Mondays will be in the Music Room.
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**NEXT WEEK**
Year 7 Production Thursday 30 November at 7pm
We look forward to seeing you there
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Year 8 Present
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Thursday 7 December at 7pm
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Senior Department Carol Service
Tuesday 12 December at 7pm
St Matthias Church,
Church Road, Richmond TW10 6LS
We look forward to seeing you there
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General News
Mufti Day
We are kindly asking for the following
donations towards the Christmas Fair Nursery Department
Bonne Maman jar filled with goodies and a box of chocolates Junior Department
Bonne Maman jar filled with goodies and a box of chocolates
Senior Department
Chocolates and a bottle of wine
Friday 1 December No Theme just wear your own clothes
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General News
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The final count of money raised for Children in Need is as follows:
Nursery £117.00
JD £243.70
SD £498.00
Total: £858.70
Amount Raised
Winners of the SD Cake Raffle:
Connor Greenspan (Year 8)
Aran Patel (Year 5)
As always, thank you
for your
continued support.
END OF TERM TIMINGS
Wednesday 13 December
Please note the finishing times:
Caterpillar Class - 11.30am
Butterfly Class - 11.40am
Junior Department - 11.50am
Senior Department - 12.10pm
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General News
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Christmas Gift Wrap Northbrook Fundraiser
The gift wrap will be ready for collection from
Friday 1 December.
LAMDA exams will be taking place on
Monday 4 December at school.
Learn your lines asap!
Congratulations to Daniel who recently competed
in the Wandsworth Swim Club Championships.
Having won one silver medal last year Daniel
excelled this year winning 5 gold medals in
butterfly, backstroke (50, 100 and 200m) and the
Individual Medley plus 3 silvers in the freestyle
events (50, 100 and 200m).
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Friends Committee— Junior Department Christmas Fair
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Parents Secret Santa
Gift Donations Needed! We are looking for new and unused
gift donations for our Secret Santa
Stall. This is a fun way for the children
to choose little gifts for their parents.
Suitable donations are stationery,
books, socks, candles, soaps, toiletries,
chocolates etc. They will be gift
wrapped on the day so the children can
keep them a surprise for you all.
Donation boxes are in the foyer in
each department. Thank you in
advance for your support.
We are in need of good quality second hand toy donations, suitable for
both boys and girls, for this year’s Christmas Fair.
Examples of suitable toys are; figurines, cars, Lego, science kits, etc.
We do not need soft toys or DVDs. The toys will be sold at the fair to raise funds for both school projects and the
boy’s chosen charity,
Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Donations Toy
Quiz Page
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QUIZ – On the same idea as last week – find the word that links the two given,
going after the first and before the second to make a well-known word or phrase.
E.g. – Text ---- Case, would be Book giving Text Book and Bookcase.
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Quiz Page QUIZ PAGE
1. TABLE ------ COURT
2. CAR ---- TEN
3. SNOW ---- BERRY
4. WAIST ------HANGER
5. THERE ---- CAST
Email your answers to [email protected]