MARCH 2013

THE SECONDARY NEWSLETTERSecondary News from the Pupils and Teachers of King’s College, Alicante

Head of Secondary Message

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Tr i p t o B a rc e l o n a

The Latin idiom “tempus fugit” seems very apt this month. Not only does March appear to have gone by at record speed but the whole of term two seems to have disappeared in a flash – not least because of how much we have squeezed into the last fourteen weeks!

In March we held our annual Literacy Festival and you will be able to see from the articles inside this month’s issue how much fun every pupil had during this fantastic week. From Kung Fu Punctuation to Language Ninjas, Spelling Bees to Voice Workshops, I think it is fair to say that everybody participated fully and found it a challenging yet rewarding time. A big thank you

must go to Ms. Taylor, her English Department and the many other volunteers who helped to make the week a success – not to mention the children for taking part so enthusiastically!

During the Literacy Week I was reminded, just as I am most days, of what a talented group of young people we have in our school. This month in particular three of our pupils participated in national competitions and in this month’s issue you can read about Alex and Emma and how they performed in the Spanish Table Tennis Championships. Another of our more senior pupils, José Luis, also took part in the National Badminton Finals.

With the Easter holidays looming I hope you get the opportunity to re-charge your batteries and enjoy the change of pace, even if it is only for little over a week. In the words of the famous English Romantic Poet, William Wordsworth, “Rest and be thankful”! I wish you all a restful break and look forward to welcoming our pupils and staff back to school on Monday 8th April.

Simon WicksHead of Secondary

Just a few weeks ago an elite squad of Geographers travelled to a small town called Sitges, located on the coast 30minutes from Barcelona. Our mission was to collect information on rebranding and explore how villages and towns have tried to rebrand and reimage themselves to attract more tourists and bring more money in to the area.

We met at Alicante airport a chilly Sunday evening at 21.00, we assembled our squad and were issued our tickets for the plane to Barcelona. Once we infiltrated the airport our main priority was to find food and drink, to feed our ongoing hunger. One hour later and a lot of chocolates from duty free and coffee from Starbucks we boarded the plane and after a short 45minute flight we landed. Our next mission was to find the coach to the hotel, this turned out to be harder than expected, however we eventually succeeded in finding the right coach and boarding it problem free.

After the coach dropped us off we had to trek a massive 500 meters, it was tough, we almost lost a few good guys, but we left no man (or woman) behind. We arrived at the hotel and were given our access cards to our own headquarters. We were told to be at a morning briefing at 9am after breakfast at 8.00am. We had a debrief at 18.00 to discuss our work and this was followed by dinner. This was our general routine, each new day a new place to tackle.

The trip was amazing, we explored and discovered completely different ways of life from the simplest of living in villages no larger than our school, to the largest of them all, Barcelona. To see all of these things and to be with your friends was a fantastic experience and I can say that this truly was an experience I will not forget.

MISSION EXPLOREBARCELONA 2013

By Ellis, SFT

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The Barcelona trip was one of the best and most constructive trips I have been on as a student. We arrived very late on Sunday but after a good night´s sleep and an appetising breakfast we were all full of energy to start with our coastal work. We began with a 30 minute walk in very cold and wet conditions but despite the climate we managed to complete all the work on time with the help of the teachers and Dutch, our fieldwork tutor from Barcelona. It took us until 16.30 to complete the work as we had both pebble and sand beaches to analyse. After the hard work we were given and hour and a half to relax before our two hour follow up session in the hotel with Paul, another local tutor. Our evening meals in Barcelona were absolutely delicious and they were probably the most relaxing moments of the day. At about 10.00pm we were all back in our rooms ready to get a good night’s sleep.

On Tuesday morning, we got on the coach with our guide, Dutch. We were heading towards the rural outskirts of Barcelona, Priorat, famous for its delicious wines. We divided ourselves into groups of four and each group analysed a different part of two villages, taking notes and pictures to see how it has been rebranded. We were then taken to a town for some free time and to have lunch, relaxed and ready for another two village visits in the afternoon. In the coach ride back to the hotel we completed some of our worksheets so we were ready for our follow up session with Richard, a course tutor from Barcelona. We discussed the information we had collected in all our different groups. That night after supper we were all exhausted and therefore went to sleep relatively early.

Wednesday was the day in which we visited El Raval, the poorest part of Barcelona. We were again divided into four different groups and given different streets to analyse in four different regions of El Raval. We also visited La Rambla and were given free time to have lunch and visit Barcelona. It was a great day although by the time we had the follow up session we were all extremely exhausted.

On our last day we woke up after a lie in and after cleaning and packing we set off for Barcelona. We left our bags in some lockers at the station and went for a walk to see the Olympic Park and the Gothic areas of the city. We were given a free afternoon in the city to finish seeing the places we had not had time to see during our visit the previous day. After some site seeing, shopping and eating, we all met up ready to go to the airport. It was short and smooth journey back to Alicante and not before long we were greeting our families with hugs and smiles, very ready and looking forward to sleeping in our own beds once more.

By Fiona, SFM

During the Literacy Festival week, pupils from year 10 wrote fun 500 word stories with a moral related to literacy. We spent a few lessons preparing these stories and practising our writing techniques. Each of us wrote our story with a lesson based on different themes such as spelling mistakes, grammar errors and punctuation lapses. We then went to primary and read our stories to the year 6 students.

We divided into groups and read our stories to small groups of children. When we finished reading the stories we then asked the children to try to figure out what the literacy moral of our tale was followed by some games related to literacy. During this activity we switched groups so that all of the children had the opportunity to hear our stories and hopefully learn from our literacy morals!

We really enjoyed this experience and we felt proud of what we had achieved by the end of the day. We hope that the younger children enjoyed it too!

TAKUMA, LUISA & PAULA 10M

LITERACY FESTIVAL WEEK

Literacy week may sound boring, but at King’s College Alicante, it was nothing short of exciting!

Throughout the week, the whole school was busy displaying the strong and impressive level of English it’s known for, through all sorts of weird and wonderful activities.

Year 8 frightened the lives out of Primary by creating their own Puppet shows. The pieces of literacy were enough to petrify any horror-fanatic! However, the stories did more than send chills down your spine, they taught us all valuable lessons such as ‘never judge a book by its cover’ and ‘be grateful for what you have’. Not only was it inspiringly creepy, but it was all their own work, as they even made the puppets!

Then we had year 9 fighting for their reputations, statuses and pride in their Battle of the Planets. Three planets, Banana Moon, Unity and Diversity and Floating Odyssey went ´head-to-head’ in a literacy battle, performing songs, dances and even dramatic pieces to display why their peers should pick their planet as the most exciting and striking. In the end, it was Floating Odyssey who had the most impressive English, showing that their planet was invincible. Maybe we’ll see a re-match soon?

However, one of the highlights of the week had to be the Ninja Battle. A-level English couldn’t have been more thrilled when Miss McGuinness and Miss Taylor asked if the class would put on Ninja outfit and teach other year groups Kung-fu Punctuation, leading to a Ninja Battle on the quad. The four Ninjas whacked, kicked and ‘ka-powed’ their way onto the quad Karate Kid style, and taught punctuation like you’d never seen it before.

The battle ended with Darwing House claiming victory. Who will knock them from top position next year? (Ninja style, of course.)

BY HAZEL, YEAR 12

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World literacy day – a day to celebrate literacy everywhere. The year sevens, eights and nines of King’s College Alicante definitely did, that’s for sure. All day on Tuesday the fifth of March, sixth formers ran from class to class, helping out where they were needed, making sure everyone made the most of a day dedicated to group activities. There was one rule – everything had to be done in English.

Year eights started the day with a reading by a visiting actor, Kevin. He taught them the importance of diction, pauses, volume and speed when acting, before finally getting around to the story. He began with a question.“Do you know the meaning of the word pruning?”

The pupils were confused, but after a short explanation, a couple attempts at translations and some hand gestures, everyone was ready to hear the horror tale of Simon Hawkins and the old woman who lived at the top of the hill. Everyone listened attentively, all entranced enough to jump out of their seats at frightful crows pecking at hearts, scary blind eyes and strange wooden boxes.

The story ended with a dramatic silent scream, and a feeling of dread lingered in the air. Soon enough, though, everyone was all smiles and able to put on their scariest faces for a group picture with Kevin. Everyone then made their way to the classrooms where they’d take their newfound skills and put together shadow-puppet stories to later read and act out to year 5 students.

The year sevens had spent the morning working in groups on fictional superheroes, with literacy inspired names ranging from – ‘Speech Mark’, ‘Captain Colon’ and ‘The Bracket Destroyer’; punctuation was a popular theme.

The year nines, on the other hand, being the oldest, seemed to have the most extensive task. They were sorted into teams to create whole planets. They would have to design anything and everything surrounding it, from the anthem, to the nature of the population, to the environment and the primary religion. Jobs were assigned within and by the groups, and the planets’ background stories and histories were written, to be read and presented (with performances and visual aids) to the rest of the groups. The creators of ‘The Floating Odyssey’ were victorious, but not without a few bumps in the road, in particular, a few warnings as to their use of Spanish in their discussions.

Quite a palaver, but that’s how things are done around here; either all the way, or not at all.

TARA, YEAR 12

Hello I´m going to tell you all about my experience during our recent Literacy Festival. There were fun events throughout the week, and Year 7 had an exciting day on the Tuesday because we had to create our own superhero. We were divided into groups of 4 or 5 people and I found myself in a group with Santi.G, Alex and Valeria. We had so much fun creating our character, who had to be based on a punctuation mark such as a question mark, an exclamation mark or an apostrophe. We called ours SuperHyphen. It was tons of fun drawing him and discussing his characteristics. Everyone in the class chose different characters.

It was our first literacy festival, but it was so enjoyable that we can’t wait for the next! I hope all the other clases had such a great time as we did. VICTORIA, YEAR 7B

LITERACY FESTIVAL

Literacy week took place from the 18th to the 22nd of March and every year group took part in it. We, year eights, had a special literacy day in which we spent most of the day writing scary stories and making shadow puppets so that finally, at the end of the day, we could put up together a spooky shadow play for the year fives. From 9.20 to 10.05 (period 1) An English actor taught us some spooky storytelling such as pushing in some intriguing pauses that would make people hang into the story and changing the voice tone such as when a scary part was approaching start whispering and then, suddenly making a short and loud shout so that children got really scared. Afterwards we were put into equal groups, and spent the next three periods putting our scary stories together. My group ended up with a story of a doll who was promised by her young owner to never be left alone but as time passed she was finally forgotten and so she turned evil and made her owner suffer a lot since that the promise was broken… Periods 4&5 we spent creating our own shadow puppets, which were the characters from the story that we were next going to perform. We made them by drawing the outline of our characters into black card and once we were happy with them we cut them out and depending on their size we taped a big or small cane. They ended up looking fantastic! Finally we went on to perform, we were nervous, my group was first, we started, at first it was scary performing in front of so many kids but we were behind a blanket and that calmed us down a bit. When it all ended I asked a year five for his opinion and he said that he had enjoyed it a lot, that some stories were comedy more than scary but that he had a great time. In my opinion it was a great idea because not only did we have fun, we learned quite a bit of storytelling.

BY BLANCA, YEAR 8

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On Thursday 7th March, the school celebrated World Book Day as part of the Literacy Festival that took place from 4th- 8th March.

KS2 and Y7 students came to the library to do many activities related to books by famous British writers such as Lauren Child (author of “Charlie and Lola”), Francesca Simon (author of the well-known “Horrid Henry” Series), Anthony Horowitz (creator of the “Alex Rider” Series) or Cathy Cassidy, among others. All of them were invited, together with many more, to take part in The Biggest Book Show on Earth, a live programme where the most popular writers and illustrators talk to students in schools all over the world.

Y6 students came to the library to watch it and were delighted to meet their favourite authors. Then they had the chance to borrow some of their books.

Here are some of the best snapshots of the day.

TRIP TOVALENCIASPANISH TRIP

Fuimos a Valencia para ver las fallas que se celebran entre el 14 y 19 de marzo. Aquí podemos ver una falla, habían muchas,son de polietileno. Los hacen todo los años y el ultimo día los queman. Este evento se llama La Cremá. Verás en la foto llevo un vaso. Lleva chocolate caliente para tomar con los buñuelos. Es una comida típica de Fallas.

Aquí puedes ver a Magnus y a mi , estamos podemos en un un museo de arte contemporáneo que se llama IVAM , estamos mirando una cuadro de una artista famosa . En el museo había mucho arte raro, como el bosque de cartón que se ve aquí. Todo esto es muy divertido si eres un crítico de arte come yo. Lo peor era que no te dejaba hablar y no sé porque.

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Aquí estamos todo la clase menos la estupenda Miss Castro, estamos también con Hannah, que nos acompañó. Salimos del colegio a las nueve menos diez, y fuimos en un autobús privada para 50 pero sólo éramos 9. Viajamos como reyes con espacio para estirar piernas.

On Monday 18th February, pupils of Year 11, 12 and 13 embarked on a 5 day ski trip to Panticosa, Huesca. We stayed at a hotel in Sabiñánigo which was very comfortable and spent 3 entire days at the ski slopes. The group was divided into three levels and they each had a separate instructor for 2 hours of lessons in the morning. After the lessons, we joined together to ski down the mountain to the bottom.

Personally, we enjoyed the trip a lot and it felt like the trips flew by. We recommend this experience to everyone and would definitely repeat it.

PAULA AND HANA, YEAR 11

The Ski Trip was a fantastic experience for me. The conditions were excellent, clear blue skies and sunny. Everyone enjoyed it, the great views from the mountains, learning how to ski and luckily no-one broke any bones.

The only problem was with Mr Butcher slowing everyone down with his snowboarding at the end of the day down the mountain to the bottom!

Apart from that, the trip was definitely the highlight of my time at this school.

DARION, YEAR 11

SKI TRIP TO PANTICOSA

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BRONZE INTERNATIONALAWARD The 1st part of the Adventurous Journey for the Bronze International Award took place at the beginning of March. Some 32 Year 12 students attended the trip to Puig Campana to develop skills in areas such as team work, leadership, planning, navigation and map reading.

Day 1 got off to a great start with all students remembering to bring their kit, although some brought more than others and had little room to lie down in their tents. After erecting their tents each group had to plan their route for their 2.5km walk around the Finistrat area. Some groups had real difficulty getting to grips with the map with the Butterflies group taking over 2 hours to even leave the start area. At the end of the walk Carmen and Julia were so pleased to be heading towards the camp that they ended up walking straight passed it. That evening every one planned the route for the following day and then cooked a hearty meal under the stars.

Day two saw the Mafia Group up and ready to go at the crack of dawn, so early in fact that the advanced teachers party had not yet set off. Ellis cooked the largest breakfast I think I have ever seen, for his entire group. The Mafia group managed to complete the hike and make all the check points in record time closely followed by the boys group Los Tetacios. All of the groups, with only the occasional wrong turn managed to follow the plan that they had created and make it back to the campsite in time for the bus. The Supernicegirls Group only just managed to make it back within the time limit, however with some great organisation they managed to collapse their tent and pack in record time and we set off to return to School.

All of the student had a successful initial trip and enjoyed the experience. They should now be well prepared for the final assessment trip in April.

The following students deserve special mention:

Ernesto and Sam for their willingness to help othersEllis for his outstanding camp cooking skillsAnastasia for her politenessSasha, Alina, Alina and Anastasia for their sheer determination to succeed.Carmen and Alba for their positive outlook

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This term Year 9 have been studying World War I and working on their own diary of the life of a soldier in the trenches. In order to help them understand what trench warfare was like Mr Hackney spent weeks of his free time designing and making a game to re-enact the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The students were divided into German and British forces and then each had their own platoon to take through the attack. The British faced heavy German artillery and machine gun fire and a huge amount were either killed or injured, reflecting the huge number of deaths in reality when almost 60,000 British soldiers were killed or injured in one day. This really helped students to understand the problems of trench warfare and why many attacks often ended in a stalemate. The students really enjoyed this and learned a lot from the experience, here are some of their comments:

Charlotte - It was really educational and it showed us what the war was likeMikaela - The model of the trenches was really well madeChloe - It was amazing!

BATTLE OF THE SOMME IN 1916

Easter is the time of year when one subject leaps to the forefront of many people’s minds, particularly students in the upper years of school, their teachers and their parents. That

subject is exams, which loom on the horizon like so many black clouds separating us from a well-deserved summer break.

From the perspective of a teacher this is an interesting time. Having seen the process many times before, it is curious how students react to exam pressure in similar ways year after year. In fact it is remarkable how much the behaviour of our current students reflects how we approached our exams so many years ago.

Following numerous cohorts through their exams has taught me to recognise some of the key behaviours that lead to success and the traps that many students fall into year after year. The successful students are alike in certain important ways; as are the less successful ones!

EXAMREVISIONMR. MATTHEW ROBERTS

1. Find a quiet space away from distractions that you can dedicate to revision. This needs to be somewhere you associate with work. Your bedroom isn’t the best place as you will then find it difficult to switch off and rest at night. Leave mobile phones and other distractions outside.

2. Build a revision routine – have a time each day that you allocate to revision and stick to it. Remember it takes at least 5 repeats to build an effective habit, whether it is going to the gym or flossing your teeth, so make your first goal to complete 5 consecutive days of revision.

3. Write down your exam dates and plan how you are going to use your time between now and then. There are two types of session you need to plan in, first time revision and review sessions to consolidate what you have revised. Make time for both.

4. Be realistic – an over-ambitious plan is doomed to fail. Don’t try to do too much on any given day and give yourself days off to recharge.

5. Use a unit of time you think you can realistically concentrate for. Start with 15 minutes if necessary and build up from there. Setting a timer often helps to stay focussed. You will be surprised at what you can achieve from short repeated sessions.

6. Concentrate on the most important content. Use your syllabus objectives to make notes based around key facts and vocabulary.

7. Don’t read more than a couple of pages without writing down the key points, ideally from memory. If you don’t stop to do this you will just forget most of what you have read anyway. Summary notes are ideal to use for review sessions so you don’t need to re-read huge chunks of text.

8. Experiment with different types of note taking. Drawing diagrams or mindmaps can be a great way to condense large amounts of information on one page.

9. Build in time to test what you have learnt, both at the end of each session and closer to the exam with past papers. You need to know whether you have learnt what you need to.

10. Finally…REWARD YOURSELF. Plan fun things to do in your time off and give yourself treats when you complete your day’s revision goals. It will help you to stay motivated and you will certainly have earned it!

With that in mind here are my top 10 revision tips:

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• Know when the exams take place and plan their revision so they are ready• Take ownership of the syllabus, are familiar with the objectives of the course• Have a keen awareness of their strengths and weaknesses and so can prioritise revision• Use active revision methods, not simply reading the textbook• Test themselves during each session to check learning• Know that concentration has its limits so break revision into short, focused chunks

Successful students…

Those who don’t do so well on the other hand…

• Don’t plan far enough in advance, so end up leaving too much to the last minute• Try just to learn the content of their textbook rather than focus on syllabus objectives• Don’t prioritise, and often spend too much time revising things they already know• Don´t check to see if they have learnt what they have read• Try to get everything done in one mammoth session

It’s worth remembering that it is not just students who find exam time stressful. Each year worried parents ask us the same question: “What can I do to help make sure my child does their very best in their examinations?”

So with that in mind, here are my top tips for parents:

• Feed your child healthy food and proper meals. Avoid sugary snacks and junk food. Do not let them ‘burn the midnight oil’ using coffee or stimulant drinks to help them get through an all-night revision session.

• Know your child’s exam timetable and help them to be prepared for each one, including having the correct equipment.

• Allow them a quiet space in the house where they can revise undistracted. If there is a computer in the room, try to be vigilant that it is being used as a study resource and not just for Facebook and Twitter!

• Talk to your child about their revision plans and offer support where necessary. Remember they will probably be feeling under a lot of pressure during this time.

• Make sure you communicate with school if there is anything that might impact on your child’s performance such as illness or bereavement.

Finally, remember that exams are not the be-all and end-all, and you can only do your best. Some of the most successful and happy people have failed exams at one time or another. If you can go into each exam knowing that you have prepared as well as you can, no one can ask for more.

We wish you all the best of luck.

WHAT ARE THE TEN TOP REASONS PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SMOKE?

Year 13 have been celebrating “Chandeleur”, a traditional french holiday and we learned to cook crêpes. Every pupil was able to show their culinary tricks. Álvaro has been the best chef. We enjoyed celtic and breton music, and some of the pupils learned the typical dance with their pinky fingers.

CHANDELEURCELEBRATION

Answer:1. It can cause lung cancer, throat cancer, stroke, and other diseases.2. You will become ugly (yellow teeth, wrinkly skin, etc.) if you smoke.3. Buying cigarettes is costly.4. It can cause problems for unborn babies when the mother smokes.5. It can cause high blood pressure.6. You can hurt others by second-hand smoking (passive).7. You can pollute the air even more.8. Cigarettes kill a person every 2 seconds.9. It is often offensive to non-smokers.10. It increases one’s health and life insurance premiums

Secondary pupils participated on workshops to find out the truth about smoking. These are some of the reasons we discovered about this “not cool” habit.

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SUMMER UNIFORMAs from 8th April, all pupils will be required to wear the official summer uniform as detailed below. I am very pleased with the overall standard of uniform as worn by our pupils. They look especially smart in winter uniform and it is very pleasing to receive comments from the general public following trips and excursions that they are very impressed with the uniform and behaviour of our pupils.

• White Polo shirt with KCA logo• Dark grey, smart trousers• Navy blue or dark grey socks• Smart, black shoes• Optional school jumper• Optional Black or Navy blue coat

• White Polo shirt with KCA logo• School Tartan Skirt• Navy blue tights• Smart, black shoes• Optional school jumper• Optional Black or Navy blue coat

GIRLSBOYS

Throughout the year we will be featuring information and news regarding the Governance and Management of the School. This will, I hope, make parents, staff and pupils more aware of the strategic leadership and management of our own school and the King’s Group in general. This month we are featuring an introduction to Mr Julian Foot who is a Governor on the King’s Group Board since its inception in 2007.

Mr Julian Foot is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, an Associate Member of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Taxation, has completed over 25 years’ membership of the Spanish Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICJCE) and has a diploma from ICADE in Spanish business tax consultancy. He brings over 40 years combined experience, of international consultancy in the UK, Spain, Canada and Arab countries and, additionally, in information technology for which he has attended many systems and programming courses. He has a solid financial background in his fields of expertise which include internal and external audit; financial analysis, management accounting and reporting; UK, Spanish and international taxation and, management consultancy experience in several different industry sectors. Much of his career has been spent with PricewaterhouseCoopers where, in his last post, he was responsible for Information Technology in their Tax

MR JULIAN FOOT FCA CTA

and Legal Division for over 16 years before joining the King’s Group Board.

Based in Madrid, he has played a behind-the-scenes role in assisting with the ongoing review of the Group’s management accounts and the provision of advice on ITC matters as well as being one of the longest serving members on the School Council.

Julian visited the school last year as part of our ISI Inspection process, representing the Board of Governors.

EMMA: SPAIN CHAMPION!Today Alex and Emma came back from Pontevedra where they were participating in the Spanish Table Tennis Championships. Alex played very well and although the stiff competition prevented him from making it to the the finals, he played very well. Congratulations however must go to Emma who won the title of Spanish Champion in her category (Benjamin Femenino). Emma also won silver in the team game and bronze in the doubles. Well done Emma and Alex!

This weekend Jose Luis from 10-M obtained some impressive results in a prestigious national tournament held in Tordesillas (Valladolid), coming third in the two categories in which he competed. After two intense days of matches, were he had to play against the very best players of Spain in his category (Under-15), he made it through to the semi-finals of both Men Singles and Mixed Doubles.

Both matches were very equal, although Jose Luis was not able to show his very best level and lost both of them. However, this is still a great result as it is one of the most important tournaments of the calendar, just after the Spanish Championships. Jose Luis has also obtained some more excellent results in recent months.He became 1st in mixed doubles in Alfajarin (Zaragoza) and 5th in men’s singles and 2nd in mixed doubles in the International Tournament of Granollers (Barcelona).

All of these tournaments have given him very valuable points in order to qualify for the Spanish Championships, for which he has been preparing since the start of the season.

JOSE LUIS BADMINTON

8th Apr First Day of Term 3 (Summer Uniform)8-10 Apr Business Studies Controlled Assessment10/11 Apr International Award expedition11 Apr School Closed15 Apr Oral Exams begin

Important Dates

KING'S IN THE MEDIAWe are delighted that King’s Group has been featured in a number of national press articles once again this month. These include the annual Cien Colegios special in El Mundo and a special edition of El País. Please click on the links to see a copy of the article.If you would like to receive a copy of the articles, please email sam.wilson@kingsgroup.org.

A TRIP TO MADRID FOR THE MAY PUENTE?YOU'RE INVITED!King’s College International in collaboration with Club de Campo are once again working together to organise the International annual Horse Riding event at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

The King’s Group are sponsoring the event which will take place between Friday 3rd May and Sunday 5th May and we would like to extend an invitation to parents and families.

If this would be of interest or you would like more details please click here. Please note that places are limited and strictly on a first come first served basis. Contact: info.kca@kingsgroup.org

Glorieta del Reino Unido 5Alicante 03008 Spainwww.bsalicante.com

email: carlos.lazaro@kingsgroup.org