KINGSWOOD NEWS

NEWS & NOTICES

Autumn 2018

November 16th 2018

The Kingswood House Way

Kingswood House School, 56 West Hill, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LG School Office: 01372 723590 office@kingswoodhouse.org Sports Line: 01372 746590 Study Centre: 01372 746594

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Dear Parents

I was pleased to attend the Fireworks Evening last Friday and am grateful to all of

the families who supported our event in spite of the incessant rain. As ever, I am

hugely appreciative of the efforts of our KHA volunteers – without whom, it would

not be possible to hold such important social opportunities for the boys and

parents.

Next week, Mrs Celentano has arranged a topical initiative in support of Road

Safety Awareness and I would ask you to take the time, especially with younger

boys, to reinforce this important message at home.

Duncan Murphy

Krishan I, Tayyab S and Theo J, 5C, all received certificates after representing Kingswood

House in a Year 5 Maths Challenge held at Hampton School.

Well done, boys!

Mrs Seiver

Maths Enrichment

This week’s Enrichment theme was ‘Treasure Hunts (use of QR Codes)- ‘Gathering Data through all senses’!

The Treasure Hunts were a fantastic opportunity to engage the boys in meaningful way to consolidate and test the

understanding of a topic. It never ceases to amaze me how much a little competition can engage boys with the

range of abilities! The competitive element was definitely injected into this task which I don’t think had anything

to do with the mention of a prize at the end!

The Maths Trails/ Treasure Hunts also gave the boys an opportunity to develop

their problem solving, reasoning and fluency skills, through a kinaesthetic approach

to learning. The use of ICT and QR codes enhanced the activity as the data was

readily available and feedback was instantaneous. The boys had to employ a range

of mathematical skills and called upon all their senses to gather their data. The

boys certainly agreed that there was a direct correlation between the avenues that

were available to reach the data and their ability to solve the task; which ensured

the cementing of key skills and conceptual understanding of a range of topics.

Mr Sukhdeo Scan this QR code to see

photos from this week’s activity!

Battle of Hastings Year 6 are all thoroughly enjoying their History project, a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings by creating a stop motion video using Lego! Many of the boys are spending extra time during break times to work on their work. It’s wonderful to see their enthusiasm!

Last week Year 3 visited the Holly Lodge Centre in Richmond Park. The boys enjoyed experiencing what it would have been like in a Victorian classroom and decided going to school in 2018 was much better! Year 3 also found out how Victorian pharmacists created medicine using natural herbs. The boys made a medicine to cure a sore tummy using mint leaves and glycerine and then learnt how they would have turned the active ingredient into pills. Miss McSweeney

Mrs Celentano

Year 9 History task was to research thoroughly the First World War trenches and design and make their own model of a trench. They also prepared a short presentation for the rest of the class. There was clearly a huge amount of effort by all of Year 9 and some very impressive trenches were created. Well done, Year 9! Please come and see the model trenches in the school office. Mr Rudkin

This term, the boys at Kingswood House have been focusing on the Kingswood House Way value of ‘Respect’. In order to remind the boys of what this means and why it is so important, each division of the school will be looking at this value in their Friday form time. The boys will be discussing the value, what it means and how they can show respect to each other, their classmates, teachers and at home. To consolidate their understanding of respect, Kingswood House is holding a competition for each division of the school, with the winners work being presented in the newsletter. Please find details of the competition below: Lower Prep: To present three targets of how they can show respect to other people Upper Prep: To create a poster with the focus of respect Senior School: A written piece to explain how each of the respect sub values are demonstrated at Kingswood House. I look forward to receiving excellent pieces of work which demonstrate how the boys follow the Kingswood House Way. Miss Black, Character & Values Co-ordinator

9S Assembly

Habits of Mind

9S Assembly Please do click on the link above to view the Assembly Presentation

Reading in Unusual Places

Many thanks to all pupils and parents who have sent their photos in—we have some great images!

We will share some of the photos in next week’s newsletter.

I would like to commend 9S for their superlative effort with their Form Assembly on Wednesday. The boys showed some remarkable

presenting skills along with a very clear message that you can achieve anything by employing a range of the Habits of Mind and

having a Growth Mindset.

Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Lionel Messi & Abraham Lincoln, to name a few, were some of the Famous Failures which the boys

discussed. A key question was: ‘What do these famous failures have in common? They all maintained a growth mind-set and

employed a range of habits of mind: persisting, resilience, thinking flexibly, striving for accuracy, precision, metacognition, and

remained open to continuous learning.

The Assembly concluded with an invaluable message about how one can be successful in all aspects of School life at Kingswood

House and achieve more from life in general:

‘Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, having empathy and persistence’.

A fantastic message and a great way to continue to embed the Kingswood House Values.

Mr Sukhdeo

9S Form Teacher

Our topic this week is Diwali, the festival of light. The boys have made a Diyas (candle) out of clay. They

have decorated the candle holder with a pattern and enjoyed getting their fingers messy.

Mrs Marskell

ROAD SAFETY WEEK The boys will be learning about how to stay safe on the roads during the week and on Thursday 22nd November we will have a mufti day to raise money for the road safety charity BRAKE.

Mrs Celentano

Mrs Malcolm and Reception boys made pumpkin soup.

They boys had to use all their senses to cook pumpkin soup. They put the pumpkin soup in the slow cooker to taste later it the day.

Year 4 have been learning about mummification in their Ancient Egyptian history lessons and they discovered it was a very unpleasant process; the organs were removed and placed in jars and the brain was pulled out through the nose using a hook! We 'mummified' one of the students and were very pleased with our results! Mrs Lambert

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Toby Edison, a former KHS pupil, has been very successful. Toby was offered a place at

Oxford University, which he accepted and began his studies in September.

Congratulations from everyone at KHS, Toby!

Today, in maths, the boys had an opportunity to go round the classroom using a ruler to measure different size objects. They had a lot of fun! Mrs Marskell

REMEMBRANCE WEEKEND

Reuben T, 4S, spent a very reflective weekend in

Belgium recently, commemorating the end of the

First World War.

On Saturday he went to the Passchendaele Museum

and the Tyre Cot Cemetery.

Reuben said he couldn’t believe how many people

died and he learnt so much about the war.

On Sunday he attended the memorial service at

Menin Gate, Ypres.

AMAZING ... Mrs Lambert's Maths group had a fun morning completing this week's maths enrichment activity. They used their problem solving skills to find their way around some challenging mazes!

Colts A vs. Chinthurst

2-0 (L)

Man of The Match- Beau Clarke

Notable Performance- Rajan Sandu, Stuart Coleman

& Ben Holmes

Colts B vs. Chinthurst

2-1 (W)

Man of The Match- Noah Seager

Goal Scorers- Noah Seager x2

Notable Performance- Rory Slater

Colts C vs. Chinthurst

2-1 (L)

Man of The Match- Christos Louka

Goal Scorers- Ruari Fitzpatrick

Notable Performance- Ruari Fitzpatrick

Colts D vs. Chinthurst

2-0 (L)

Man of The Match- Luca Staples-Sheasby

Notable Performance- Krishan Idrees

Colts E vs. Chinthurst

2-1 (L)

Man of The Match- Ethan Lee

Goal Scorers- Joel Mukarati

Notable Performance- Leoangelo Romano &

Max Lopez

Colts F vs. Chinthurst

0-0 (D)

Man of The Match- Tobias Van Heyningen

Notable Performance- Archie

Under 9 A vs Chinthurst

(L)

Man of The Match- Josh Draper

Notable Performance- Alex Wang

Under 9 B vs Chinthurst

(L)

Men of The Match- Ethan Clarke & Henry Ruscoe

Notable Performance- Reuben Tomb

Under 8 A vs Chinthurst

(W)

Man of The Match- Cameron Edwards

Goal Scorers- Cameron Edwards x2 & Sam Atkins

SPORTS RESULTS

COMMENDATIONS

Jamie West Ryan Lunemann Michael Fitzgibbon Jamie De Selincourt Oscar D’Avino Enan Abdul Tobias Van Heyningen Ivan Tutaj Rory Slater

Alec Newton Faizahn Jawed James Carr

Gene Enlong Izyan Siddiqui Hal Ferguson x2

Ben Huang Alex Whyte Ben Hubber

Alex Hill Tedd Bunyer-Ames Gene Guo

Louis Taylor Ozzy Sullivan Archie McMurtrie

Ben Scudamore Ruari Fitzpatrick Reuben Tomb

Ted Reece Luca Staples-Sheasby x2 Saul Silkman

Ben Schumacher Joshua Draper George Harvey

Ebrahim Muhammad Josh Johns Joseph Huang

Byron Miller Arthur Wickham Arun Arulchandran

Favourite car Ducati Monster (motorbike)!

Favourite place My garage

Favourite food Thai

Favourite band or singer Cat Stevens

Favourite film Wild Hogs

Favourite smell Castrol R

Favourite sport / team or player Rugby

Who in the world would you like to be ? Steve McQueen

What were you like at school ? Rebellious

What is your ‘interesting fact’? I learnt to scuba dive this year (and only learnt to swim four years ago!)

And 12 either / or

Dog or Cat? Netflix or YouTube? Phone Call or Text? Facebook or Twitter? Neither! Swimming or Sunbathing?

High-tech or Low-tech? Big Party or Small Gathering? Football or Rugby? Passenger or Driver?

Pen or Pencil? Cups in the cupboard: Right Side Up or Up Side Down? Both ... City or Countryside?

15 minutes with … Mike Bailey, Head of Design Technology

FOUND after Fireworks – Black/green camo wallet, broken zip

and photo (unclear) on Gruffalo river-ride

Mr Bailey

starting at an

early age with

a Lancia V6

engine.

LOST— by Jack C—a Lego character—near Humanities

DIARY DATES November 2018

Homemade Vegetable Soup is available daily. Varieties include Mushroom, Tomato, Parsnip and Cauliflower. A variety

of Fresh Fruit is also available every day

In addition to the menu items detailed above we always offer a vegetarian main meal option.

We have a daily choice of fillings for Jacket Potatoes and wholemeal or white baguettes, also including a vegetarian option.

Ham, Cheddar Cheese and baked beans are available every day with both Tuna Mayonnaise and Coronation Chicken offered on

occasion. Our Salad Bar has a wide selection of ingredients including green salad leaves, tomatoes, beetroot, sweetcorn and

coleslaw. Additionally there may be Italian Sun Dried Tomato and Mozzarella salad, a Greek Salad with Olives and other

seasonal specialities.

Break time snacks of ham or cheese sandwiches, fruit or vegetables should only be brought in to school in named, reusable

containers. A reminder that no nuts or sesame seeds in any product, including bread, should be brought to school. No plastic

wrapped items, please.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Assorted homemade pizza with

Salad

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Fresh fruit and

yoghurts

Roast Pork Roast

Potatoes and

crackling

Choc chip sponge

with custard

Chicken and leek pie with fresh brocolli

Cheese and

biscuits

Fish fingers crushed

new potatoes and peas

Cookies Pears with choc sauce

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MORNING DROP OFF

The staff car park is clearly marked with a blue sign as one way in a clockwise direction.

Please follow this route. If you drive the wrong way round it causes a tail back on the

road and makes it difficult for pedestrians to cross the road.

The front crescent is only to be used to drop boys off, please move right forward to the

front and DO NOT stop by the gate as this causes a hold up back onto the main road,

if you need to park to see your son in please use the back gate.

AFTERNOON PICK UP

Please do not park out the front of the school to pick up your son as

this makes it difficult for the minibus and taxis.

Kingswood House School

Tues. 20 1430

1830

U14A and B v The Hall (A)

Year 5S Parents’ Evening

Wed. 21 0845

0930

1400-1500

5C Assembly

Reception to Year 3 Forest School

Reception Year 1 and Year 2 Explore Learning Numeracy workshop

Years 5 and 6 House Football

Thurs. 22 1800-2000

1830

Study Centre Parents’ Evening

Year 5C Parents’ Evening

Fri. 23 Nelson House Day

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