Parental Bulletin

15th December 2016

The Knights Templar School Headteacher: Park Street Mr T. Litchfield, G.G.S.M. Baldock Herts SG7 6DZ Email: admin@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk Tel: 01462 620700

PARENTAL WEEKLY UPDATE – 8th December 2016 (available on our website)

Dear Parents and Carers

I am delighted to see so many students wearing their Christmas jumpers today and hopefully tomorrow. We will be

making a collection for ‘Save the Children’ (National Christmas Jumper Day) after the Christmas Concerts tomorrow.

Please may I ask that students bring some money for a donation.

I have attached a couple of photos of students eating their Christmas Lunch today – what a wonderful atmosphere!

Can you believe we served in excess of 900 student lunches?!

We had a brilliant Gym and Dance show on Tuesday and Wednesday this week! Many congratulations to the stu-

dents involved, especially the senior students who have shown exceptional leadership. It was a joy to see students

from year 7 – 13, all working and performing together. Many thanks to the technical team as well – a really slick

and impressive piece of work!

Please may I remind you that we finish school on Wednesday 21st at 12.00 and start again on Monday 9th January.

There will be two assemblies on Wednesday 21st in St Mary’s Church as well as year assemblies, where we will be

celebrating the term and the achievements. Students should attend in full school uniform as usual.

On Monday evening we are holding our annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in St Mary’s Church, Baldock.

Our school choirs, brass group and readers will be leading us through the service. This is a community event, so

everyone is welcome. Please do arrive in good time for 7.30pm as the church is normally very full.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful Christmas holiday and look forward to some amaz-

ing achievements throughout the school next year.

Kind Regards,

Tim Litchfield

Headteacher

Time’s Up …………For Buy-A Brick! All good things must come to an end, and time for families to Buy-a-Brick will soon be up. We thank everyone who has contributed to our grand total of £8,490.00. These bespoke bricks, which were handcrafted by Orlando Micele in our Technology Department, will stand as a superb memorial to the children and fami-lies who hold The Knights Templar School dear to their hearts. Are you still planning to add your name to that list? We really hope so.

Please take a minute TODAY to fill out the form. By now, everyone knows…

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLICK TO

BUY A BRICK!

Year 12, Cambridge Technical Award, January examination To further assist the Business students with their revision over the Christmas holidays they will find extra resources on Show My Homework that includes a ‘revision topic tick list’ linked to the specification for their personal revision, along with a mock paper and exemplar answers. I do hope they enjoy the festive break but to remind them their examination is on Friday 13th January!

Mr D Vallier Head of Business and Social Sciences Faculty Year 7 football success Congratulations to the year 7 boys’ football team who beat Stanborough School 7-1 in a recent County Cup fixture. A hat-trick of goals from both Rory Gillam and Evan Atkinson, as well as a single goal from Alex Pakrin helped secure this impressive win for the KTS boys- well done to all of the boys involved in this fixture.

Dates for your Diary Friday 9.12.16 Scholastic Christmas Half Price Book Fair [Library]

Yr 11 Drama Unit 2 Controlled Assessment - in lessons [Drama Studio]

09:00-15:30 Christmas Concerts in the Hall

Monday 12.12.16 Rehearsals at St Marys for Carol Service

14:20-16:00 Christmas Fete Set Up [Hall]

19:30-21:00 St Marys Carol Service [St Marys Church]

Tuesday 13.12.16 09:00-11:00 Brass Band visit to Primary School

12:20-14:20 Christmas Fete [Hall]

15:20-18:00 Christmas Fete [Hall]

Wednesday 14.12.16 End of Term (school finishes at midday)

09:00-12:00 St Marys Services during the morning [St Marys Church]

SCHOOL RETURNS FOR STUDENTS ON MONDAY, 9TH JANUARY 2017

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The Drama Department were delighted to receive the following “Performance Appraisal” this week. Many con-

gratulations to all those involved:

This picture was painted in 1565 by the Flemish painter, Pieter Bruegel the

Elder who is said to have invented the snow scene. Entitled “Hunters in the

Snow”, it was painted in the midst of The Little Ice Age, when winters in Eu-

rope were much harsher than now. 1565 was one of the worst when birds

froze and fruit trees died but snow at Christmas this year looks unlikely.

KTS Art Department wish all of our students and their families a very

Happy Christmas!

DofE Update

Congratulations to the following students in Year 10

who have achieved their Bronze Awards.

Christopher Saunders Ravi Chand

Alexander Walker Amy Clifford

Emma Shoobert Remarn Harmsworth

Sophie Allen Kent Saggers

Bronze Completion for Year 10: We can see on eDofE that many other Year 10 students are finishing their sec-

tions; uploading assessor reports and we will carry on with our part of the Award approval process. We would

strongly encourage as many others as possible to do this over this weekend, and bring your Keeping Track books to

top office (for attention of Mrs Murrell) on Monday next week and we’ll do our best to get Awards approved before

the end of term. Please also make sure the section is submitted to your eDofE mentor on eDofE so we can see it’s

waiting to be approved. We’re aware that a few students may not be able to get their sections signed off until Jan-

uary and this is fine.

Congratulations also to Bill Bowkett and Amanda Ludbrook in Year 13 who have both completed their Gold

Awards.

Bill coached Year 7 rugby for his Volunteering section; played rugby with Letchworth rugby club; and helped at an

activity week for a local junior school for his residential. His involvement with NewsKnight helped him achieve his

Skill Section.

Amanda volunteered at the Sue Ryder Charity Shop; went to the gym for her Physical and learned to drive for her

Skill section. Her residential was volunteering at the Scout Association Phasels Wood activity centre, learning how

an outdoor activity centre works.

Sarah Hammond-Ward

DofE Manager

Christmas and New Year injuries (just in case) I am not sure how many of you are aware, but at Welwyn Garden City there is a Minor Injuries Unit/Urgent Care Centre and it is open 24hours every day including weekends and bank holidays with no appointment necessary. It is for adults and children of all ages with minor injuries or minor illnesses. The X-ray is open 9am to 10pm

They will be happy to see:

Suspected fractures and broken bonesBites (including dog bites), stings, cuts, bruises and grazes Burns and scalds Foreign bodies that are stuck in ears or noses Minor eye injuries Minor head injuries

They will also see people with minor illnesses which would normally be treated by a GP, but which can’t wait until your own GP practice is next open.

The address for the QEll Hospital is Howlands, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. AL7 4HQ

Several of our pupils have been to be checked there and their wait times have varied between half an hour and 2 hours. The Lister Hospital is of course always open 24hours but the A+E department does stand for Accident and Emergency, so if it isn’t one of those, go somewhere else.

Have a lovely accident free Christmas, Mrs Mance, School Medical Officer

Beauty and the Beast - a wonderful Year 7 Theatre Trip On Monday and Wednesday this week, Year 7 were treated to an imaginative retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast. We travelled to Cambridge and watched this new production by New International Encounters at the Cambridge Junction. The Drama Department hope that our students will be inspired by this opportunity to watch professional acting and staging. Next term, students will be creating their own short dramas based on silent movies and students will have the chance to develop their physical acting skills.

Mrs Spurling, Drama Teacher, said 'I really enjoyed the use of the multifunctional flooring - one minute it was the terrible cottage's floor and in the next minute it was the chateau door!' 'Very funny and interesting to watch, especially the Beast's rap in Act 2' Oscar Tilley Y7 'It was very creative and interesting to watch because they added a new style to a classic story' Mark Walker Y7 Thank you to Mrs Shaw who organised the trip for the Drama Department. Raspberry Pi - My ‘PiPad’ Project

I saw a video on the internet of a portable Raspberry Pi

computer. This video inspired me to have a go at making

one myself, so I made a plan, designed a case and found

out all the components I would need. The computer run-

ning the machine is a Raspberry Pi 2 which I got for

Christmas the previous year. However, I am hoping to

purchase a Raspberry Pi 3 at the upcoming CamJam

event in Cambridge. This will allow for a faster and

smoother running machine, as well as the ability to use

Bluetooth controllers like a Wii remote. Along with the

Pi I also used a 7-inch touch screen which I mounted into the case, as well as a rechargeable battery pack and many

cables to wire it all up. I was also able to make a built-in speaker for it. I use my miniature ‘PiPad’ to play retro video

games using the retropie software, I can also change it into a mini media centre using kodi, or just use it as an eve-

ryday computer with the basic raspian OS.

The hardest thing about my project was probably the case, there were a lot of precise measurements and cutting to

get everything to fit in, Mr. Bull and Orlando helped me a lot in doing this and I wouldn’t have been able to make it

without them.

Jason Harley, 9HINE

Cambridge Raspberry Jam Trip

It was a brisk Saturday morning, on the 3rd of December 2016, when fifteen students from the Knights Templar

School embarked on their first visit to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam, accompanied by Mr J. Grove, Mrs V. Bryant

and Mr J Pieterse.

A ‘Jam’ is where Raspberry Pi enthusiasts get together to show off their latest endeavours, projects and the like to

the public. There is also a ‘Market Place’, where Raspberry Pi’s and components are sold. Speakers are invited to

give specialist talks throughout the day and students can attend workshops.

We arrived in good time and were able to go in slightly earlier than the starting time, giving us

a chance to wander around the market place.

The students were ‘buzzing’ as they searched the Raspberry Pi’s, add-ons and HATs (Hardware-

On-Top) designed for their favourite Pi, and soon we had to go to one of the highlights of the

day: ‘The Raspberry Pi Guy’ who was giving a talk on a motorised skateboard that is powered

by a Raspberry Pi Zero, the smallest Raspberry Pi and smallest computer in the world! He controlled it via Python

code from the Raspberry Pi linked with Bluetooth to a Wii remote games controller. It was astonishing to listen to

this confident 17-year-old 6th Former from Cambridge that created this exciting device. Jason Harley (9HIN), one of

members of the Raspberry Pi club, managed to get an autograph from Matt Timmons-Brown aka ‘The Raspberry Pi

Guy’! When you enrol in our 6th Form in the near future, you might also become famous like Matt, ‘The Raspberry

Pi Guy’, if you choose Computer Science as one of your subjects.

Later that day we were fortunate enough to have booked a workshop using the Rasp-

berry Pi 3 with a Sense HAT, an attached device that has an 8x8 RGB LED matrix, a five

-button joystick as well as the following sensors: Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Magne-

tometer, Temperature, Barometric pressure and Humidity. The students used the Py-

thon programming language to code a variety of programs that interact with the

Sense HAT, including the Magic 8 Ball, Random Sparkles, Marble Maze, Minecraft Map

and Flappy Astronaut.

Featured from left to right, Samuel Tiplady

(7TEM), Alfie Jeffrey (7HAN), Mrs Bryant, Toby

Morton (7HIN) and Jonathan Pieterse. The Y7

students are concentrating intently to ensure

the code for the Sense HAT program is working

properly. They really enjoyed this task!

Featured in the image on the right is Molly Luckett (9BEN) on the left, and Lily McEwan

(9CRE) on the right, who were working away with great enthusiasm throughout the

workshop. A great experience for these two as they were two of three students on the

trip that have never worked with the Raspberry Pi computers before.

Featured in the image on the left is Joel Overton (9HAN)

on the left, and Mason Hodgson (9HIN) on the right. They were attempting to solve

complex problems using Python and the Sense HAT attached to the Raspberry Pi. Here

they are supported by one of the volunteers in the workshop. Solving problems like a

Computer Scientist is one of the objectives in Computing at KS3 – KS5 at the Knights

Templar School!

Some of our seasoned Raspberry Pi students are featured

in the image on the right, apart from Lila Linsley (8HAN),

third from the left. It’s her first experience with a Raspberry

Pi. The students from left to right include Adam Hazlewood

(8CRE), Jamie Haskings (8CRE), Lila Linsley (8HAN), Caitlin

Bracken (10BEN), Ellison Linsley (10KNI) and Adam Tyler

(10PEM). Boys and girls alike enjoy coding and solving

problems!

Featured in the image on the left is Jason Harley (9HIN), on the far left and Thomas

Shackleton (8KNI), to his right. These two are eager to try new things with the

Raspberry Pi’s all the time. A great combination to solve difficult problems! Thomas

is planning on building a Raspberry Pi controlled robot to enter into the Pi Wars

2017 next year. All the best Thomas! Jason has mastered wireless technology using

a Bluetooth connection with the Raspberry Pi for his pet project, which he named

the PiPad, and you can read about in another article in this bulletin.

Coding is fun! Here we have Lila Linsley (8HAN) and Caitlin Bracken (10BEN) again, en-

joying the experience in the Sense HAT workshop. How many computer science prob-

lems did they solve on this trip? They carefully looked over the Python code and even

found some errors in the programming code that were not picked up by the organisers –

another problem solved on the day!

Another highlight that was especially enjoyed by our KS3 students, was the ‘strobe

lights’ screen simulator. As you can see in the image, there are 64 strobe lights hanging

down to create a ‘screen’ in order for people to use it for game play, etc. Our students

really enjoyed the ‘space invaders’ game! Of course this device too, was powered and

controlled by a Raspberry Pi! Toby Morton (7HIN) and Mason Hodgson (9HIN) are pic-

tured on the left near the device. Samuel Tiplady (7TEM) had the highest score on the

day!

Here are what some of the students had to say about the trip:

“Very inspirational. I enjoyed the skateboard guy!” – Thomas Shackleton (8KNI)

“It was a lot of fun. I learnt a lot” – Alfie Jeffrey (7HAN)

“I enjoyed looking around the stalls and learning about the electric skateboard” - Jamie Haskings (8CRE)

“It was a very enjoyable experience and I will be going again” - Adam Hazlewood (8CRE)

“I had an amazing time and would definitely go again!” - Jason Harley (9HIN)

“It was amazing to see what could be done with such a small device” - Ellison Linsley (10KNI)

“It’s incredible to see the creativity of some creators with the Raspberry Pi” - Caitlin Bracken (10BEN)

“I thought the trip was great and I would consider going again” - Adam Tyler (10PEM)

“The trip was really great! There were a lot of things to buy and look at.” - Toby Morton (7HIN)

The students were all engaged with the activities in and around the market place. Please feel free to speak to any

one of them to find out more about their experience. The Raspberry Pi club was buzzing after the trip with many

new enthusiastic Y7s joining! We hope to plan another Raspberry Pi trip in April 2017 to the Pi Wars 2017 event.

Article written by Mr JJ Pieterse.

Year 7 Maths Workshop

Last Wednesday Maths groups 7KA and 7TA took part in a Maths workshop. They all enjoyed it immensely and as

well as solving many problems both arithmetical and spatial, the event culminated with the construction of a giant

pyramid, big enough for a year 7 pupil to sit in.

The pupils particularly liked working together on the tasks and really enjoyed learning to fold paper to make pyra-

mids.

Comments from some of the pupils were: -

‘There were great ideas and it showed us things we hadn’t learned before. It was very creative, involving lots of

teamwork’.

‘There was a great variation of activities. I loved it!’

‘It was cool sitting in the big pyramid.’

The Year 7 Parents’ Evening This will be taking place on Tuesday 10th January 2017, 4 -7.30pm. The online booking system opened on Wednesday 14th December. A letter has been emailed home explaining how appointments can be made.

Indoor Bike Bonanza Currently KTS has one bike shed and one dilapidated, rusty structure for locking bikes to, both are at full capacity every day (see picture). Desperate students have resorted to locking bikes to trees and railings! Therefore, the school council has decided to raise money for the installa-tion of a brand new bike shed that would not be affordable without your help. We hope this will encourage more students and teachers to cycle to school instead of travelling by car. By installing a new bike shed this will mean there will be room for existing and new bikes as well as ensuring the safety of the bikes that are locked there.

We will be holding several sponsored indoor cycling events in the drama studio on the week of the 30th January to help raise money for the bike shed. These will be challenging but fun hours after school where the stu-dents will take part in cycling events to help raise funds for this fantastic investment. There will be a £3 entry per student and we hope that each student will be able to raise extra sponsorship money from both friends and family to support the cause.

Ben Buky, Darcey Fisher, Andie Foster & Joe Clark (Year 11 – Student Council)

A bottle of KTS apple juice will make an excellent Christmas Present for…...

Last chance to order some before Christmas. Book on line on the KTS website or contact school for the attention of Mrs Gough

£3 a bottle of 2 for £5.

Samsung and Apple product packaging - can earn the school £1 per item Those discarded boxes from the new lovely Apple iMac, iPod iPad iPhone or any Samsung product Christmas present -

Please get them into school in Janurary. Take them to the Science Prep room in the new Science centre.

We get money for them. It helps recycling and the school

Thank you in anticipation of a great ‘harvest’ in 2017

Mrs Gough and the EST

KTS Christmas Fete 2016

Building on the Success of last year, KTS student council would like to invite you to The

Knights Templar CRISTMAS FETE 2016 on Tuesday, 20th December. The fete runs through-

out the school day for students, and warmly invites parents to join us from 15:30 until 17:00.

Come along and speak to mystery Santa, try some of the infamous snow cones, eat a crepe,

or hunt for Xmas bargains on the £1 stall - everything must go! If you’re after some more

substantial gifts, visit the hugely popular half price bookstall, the Christmas crafts stall, or Mrs Bramley’s make up

stall – a new addition for this year. Don’t forget to try your luck at this year’s raffle!

Looking forward to seeing you there – KTS Student Council

Christmas Raffle 2016

This year’s raffle is shaping up to be the biggest and best yet. The draw is

planned for 16:15 on the 20th December during the Christmas fete. Strips of

tickets (£1 each) are available all week leading up to the fete during

lunchtime in the canteen and on the day during the Xmas fete. Prizes include,

theatre vouchers, Amazon vouchers, A BRAND NEW GAMING PC, bottles of

whisky (to be collected by parents).

Donations for the Christmas Fete

The school is always looking for items to include in the raffle and on the £1 stall. If you have any preloved items,

you no longer require, please feel free to donate. All money raised is split between the school and this year’s cho-

sen charity. Donations can be brought into school and dropped off at S& (the old science block) before registration.

-Dr Kerr on behalf of Student Council

WINTER BALL

A night of singing, dancing, photographs and gambling? Euan

Ryan reports on the glamourous extravaganza that is The Sixth

Form Winter Ball

NEWS OLYMPIC HOCKEY VISITOR

PODCAST BARNEY TAYLOR Q&A

SHOWBIZ MOVIE REVIEW: ARRIVAL

NEWSCAST LITE: Political correspondent, Bill Bowkett,

on the reaction to PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VICTORY

Sixth Form Winter Dinner Dance

On Wednesday 7th December, over 140 staff and sixth form students arrived at The Spirella Ballroom dressed to

impress, ready for an evening of fun, food and festive entertainment.

On arrival at the magnificent Letchworth venue, students were greeted by our photographer and former student,

Lauren Marshall. Students were given the opportunity to have photos taken with their friends in the reception area

before they received their $50 (Litchfield Dollars) with which they were able to place bets at the gambling stations

in the Spirella Ballroom.

When students arrived at the ballroom itself, they were greeted with a wonderful hand-made sign designed by

Lottie Brignall (year 13). As they entered the venue, students discovered a number of tables where they could gam-

ble their Litchfield Dollars on games of BlackJack, Craps and Roulette.

This part of the evening was a huge success as our sixth form students really committed to the spirit of the event,

placing bets, winning big and sometimes losing it all to ‘The House’. We would like to thank the teachers who

helped to staff these tables and whip up the atmosphere of the event as our resident croupiers!

Throughout this first part of the evening, students were also wowed by our very own street magician, Sam Prior

(year 12). Sam worked the room like a seasoned, professional entertainer as he sparked gasps and cheers from the

astonished audience who could not believe the skill with which he performed a series of tricks and illusions on the

night.

Once the gambling and entertainment was finished, dinner was served and the food did not disappoint as students

feverishly tucked in to their 2-course meal.

After dinner, the various prizes were awarded, as voted for by the students. In addition, the dinner table who had

won the most money during the gambling portion of the evening were rewarded with a mountain of confection-

ary…the winning team managed to win over $900 (Litchfield) between 11 people!

Finally, the dance segment of the evening was underway and the students filled the dance floor and enjoyed the

party atmosphere created by Chloe Gower’s (year 13) playlist and Alec Bali’s (year 12) expert use of the sound and

lighting system.

We would like to thank all of the students for their impeccable behaviour and festive spirit during this event and we

would particularly like to pay tribute to the Dinner Dance Committee who masterminded and organised much of

the event!

KTS graduate profile- Barney Taylor

Barney finished his A Level studies at KTS in the summer of 2016 achieving AAB in Music,

English Literature and Theatre Studies, respectively.

Not only did Barney perform well in his academic studies, he managed to do so while balanc-

ing his responsibilities as Head Boy, as well as a gruelling schedule of acting performances

both in and out of school.

Barney regularly featured as a lead role in many school productions including; The Sound of

Music, Fiddler on the Roof and The Crucible. Outside of school, Barney’s acting career has

also been successful and busy. As featured in last week’s parental bulletin, Barney recently

appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Casualty and has previously had success on the stage in Hitchin, as well as

in an independent short film entitled ‘Poppy’.

Barney has recently completed a 12 week preliminary acting course at Guildhall and is now working in the English

Department at KTS until the end of the academic year. Barney is now in the process of applying to study a 3 year

degree at; Guildhall, RADA, LAMDA and the Bristol Old Vic.

We are of course very proud of all Barney’s achievements and very happy that he has chosen to work with the

school in a teaching capacity before pursuing his flourishing acting career.

GB Hockey Manager hailed for talk

England and Great Britain hockey manager Andy Halliday visited KTS

for a Sixth Form Engaging minds talk

Andy Halliday is the Team Manager for England and Great Britain’s

Mens’ Hockey. He is also the Head Coach for England Indoor team

and is also a consultant speaker for schoolspeakers.co.uk.

In his talk, Mr Halliday was keen to pass on experiences of working

with teams and individuals throughout his life. Before becoming an elite coach and manager, Halliday used to work

as a Public Order Training Instructor and Firearms Officer for the Metropolitan Police. On his Linkedin page, Halliday

writes that: “The recipe for success has correlation across both careers.”

Throughout his talk, Halliday informed students about his reading of Steve Peters, the writer of The Chimp Paradox.

This book teaches students that we as humans possess an “inner chimp,” which is an independent thinking brain that

is not under our control. It works with feelings and impressions and then puts the ‘information’ together using emo-

tional thinking.

“The best sportsmen and women were those who could deal with the chimp," says Halliday. “It is not about being a

fantastic athlete, it is about being a fantastic person that stays focused. Life may not be fair, but we have to deal with

this, move on and focus.”

Mr Halliday also discussed his ban from the Rio 2016, after it was revealed that he was part of the police team who

shot dead Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes at London Tube station.

“It was fantastic to be part of London 2012, but I was very disappointed not to be there in Brazil this year,” he said.

“In life, you have to deal with ambiguity, failure and vulnerability. If you do that, then you can succeed in the future.”

The manager has “high hopes,” of being in Tokyo in 2020.

The talk was appealing and interesting for all students. Year 13 George Acquaah said the talk was: “Insightful and an

inspiration. No matter who you are.”

Written by Bill Bowkett (year 13)

Sixth form students shine in Gym and Dance Display

The Gym and Dance Display performances this week have been absolutely incredible and all of the performers

should be very proud of their efforts. It is also important to note the wonderful contributions made by our fantastic

sixth form dancers who not only performed with such high levels of skill but were also an integral part of the chore-

ography process. The year 12 and 13 dancers worked tirelessly on their own complicated and challenging routines

but also gave up hours of their free time to work with the key stage 3 pupils involved in this year’s event. The sixth

form students demonstrated real maturity and leadership in the way they supported the younger performers

throughout the rehearsal process and the event itself. We are very proud of the dancers’ achievements- well done

girls!

Year 13 student profile- Beth Hill

Beth is currently studying Biology, Geography and Statistics at A Level and aims to study a degree

in Geography at University next year.

Beth has performed very well in the classroom throughout her time at KTS but she has also given

up an inordinate amount of her free time to contribute to the school and wider community. As a

key member of the Interact committee and the Sixth Form Council, Beth has played an integral

role in organising a number of sixth form social events, as well as school and community fund

raisers.

Last year, Beth also trained as a mentor and proved to be hugely effective in this role when working with key stage

3 pupils. In addition, Beth is working towards her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award which involves volunteering a

huge amount of hours to a school or community initiative, as well as a gruelling expedition.

On a very different note, Beth recently completed a ‘Chalet Cooking Residential’ in Geneva and said that the whole

experience was truly amazing!

We are very proud of Beth’s accomplishments thus far and look forward to seeing her achieve even more in the

future.

Senior rugby success

Congratulations to the senior rugby team who have booked their place in the County Cup semi-finals

with an impressive 17-10 win over Independent School, St Edmunds. Well done to all of the boys in-

volved and good luck in the next round!

Senior football success

The senior boys’ football team recently defeated The Hemel Hempstead School in a dramatic 3-2

win that witnessed 2 goals in the last 5 minutes from KTS to book their place in the quarter finals

of the County Cup competition. Congratulations to all of the boys involved with this impressive

win and in particular to the goal scorers; Elliot Powell, Sean Blyth and Elliot Campbell-Gumb.

Year 12 student profile- Charlie Bowkett

Charlie entered the sixth form with an impressive set of GCSE results including; 1 A grade, 5 B’s,

2 C’s and a D.

Charlie has made a positive start to life in the sixth form and is now a senior member of both

the NewsKnight and Newscast media outlets that the school very proudly boasts. Charlie has

proven to be an excellent journalist and editor and outside of school he has even taken to

writing film reviews via his popular blog.

We look forward to seeing Charlie build on his enthusiasm for the media industry, as well as

continue to achieve well in the classroom.