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 [email protected] Sports Line: 01372 746590 Study Centre: 01372 746594
www.kingswoodhouse.org
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
22 / 11 / 18
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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