We have had another great term working with pupils from Spires Academy with pupils coming for maths, classics lessons and sessions in and around the Cathedral on Wednesday afternnons. The Aspiring Maths sessions, led by Dr Sue Kerridge has a group of 7 Year 10 Spires pupils coming every other week to join King’s pupils for…
Read MoreWe were delighted to welcome 35 local primary pupils with their parents/ carers to our third Family Science Day on a bright, sunny Sunday in March. The pupils who attended were in year 5 or 6 from 9 primary schools across the Canterbury area. We were also pleased to be joined by the Lord Mayor…
Read More17 pupils from The King’s School and King’s International College joined forces with volunteers from the Canterbury community for one of the biggest litter picks and clean ups that the city has ever seen. The clean-up was organised by the Friends of Kingsmead Field and was the first in a series of community litter picks…
Read MoreWe were delighted to collaborate with the The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge on the first Saturday in Febraury to bring Alom Shaha to Canterbury to run a science workshop for families. Alom is a secondary science teacher as well as an author and his book, Mr Shaha’s Recipes for Wonder, is packed full…
Read MoreWe welcomed our first two groups of Saturday Smarties this academic year with a spectacular two hours of science fun. Two groups of pupils from across 17 local primary schools took part in our “rainbows, eyeballs and fireworks” sessions on two consecutive Saturdays. On arrival the children were kitted out in our fantastic new Saturday…
Read MoreWorking in partnership with the University of Kent, the King’s School has recently established the fledgling ‘East Kent Philosophy Teachers’ Network’, the purpose of which is to promote philosophical enquiry in local schools and to encourage greater communication and cooperation between those involved in the teaching of philosophy. In October we staged the network’s first…
Read MoreThe King’s school were pleased to host the first meeting of the Kent SENDCo Group with a talk by the amazing Sam Garner. Sam is a qualified mental health practitioner and has worked in educational settings from primary to post 16 as a SENDCo and mental health specialist. She therefore understands the real challenges faced…
Read MoreWe celebrated the end of another successful year of the Canterbury Primary Science Partnership with our end of term science talk in the Shirley Hall. Over 420 pupils and their teachers from 7 local primary schools attended a talk by Greg Foot. Greg is one of the leading science communicators in the UK, a successful science…
Read MoreOn Thursday 14th June we marked the end of the second year of this enrichment project with Spires Academy and we celebrated in style with tea and cake, thank-yous and certificates. “Cathedral Spires” was the brainchild of Diana Francis, an inspirational teacher from King’s. It aims to bring pupils aged 11-12 from Spires to Canterbury…
Read MoreOver 140 school children from nine local schools took part in the Canterbury Minilympics sports day, to encourage active and healthy lifestyles. Pupils, aged eight and nine, and their teachers got involved in a day of team athletics and sports science tests at the Birley’s Field on Monday, 11 June, which was organised by the…
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