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KINGSWOOD NEWS

Autumn 2019

04 October 2019

The Kingswood House Way

Dear Parents

It has been another busy week and thank you to Form 10L who delivered their own version of “KHS Breakfast News” in assembly with typical zest and no little humour. Well done as well to those talented musicians who showcased their wares in the midweek Informal Concert; whilst the teaching staff were undergoing important Fire Training outside in the rain, it was lovely for them to have some musical accompaniment!

I was pleased to see a good attendance at Open Morning yesterday and as usual our boys were excellent ambassadors. A reminder that you are warmly invited to walk around the school and share a coffee with both visitors and staff tomorrow morning.

Thank you to those of you who have written to your local MP in relation to the Labour policy to abolish independent schools. You will not be surprised to learn that this topic features prominently in my latest blog: “Independent Schools: Are some more equal than others?” – on a related note, I am pleased that the Rt Hon Chris Grayling, MP for Epsom and Ewell, will be visiting KHS later in the term and speaking with me in order to learn more about our value to the local community.

Yours sincerely

Duncan Murphy

Headmaster

The pure joy of learning at

Kingswood House—here

are James M and Dylan N

showing their excitement!

Languages galore!

The European Day of

Languages is celebrat-

ed every year on 26th

September.

Now in its seventeenth year, the day was first launched in 2002 follow-

ing the success of the European Year of Languages in 2001. It is organ-

ised jointly by the European Union and the Council of Europe and

something that here @ KHS we like to recognise in class as the purpose

of the EDL is to celebrate both the cultural and linguistic diversity with-

in Europe and to encourage and promote language learning.

As usual we celebrated this in

French classes on Thursday. Pupils

enjoyed activities such as hearing

various languages spoken and

guessing which languages they were. They also learned about the differ-

ent languages spoken by various celebrities, and watched a humorous

presentation about the importance of language learning and the silly

mistakes that can be made when using translation websites! An im-

portant yet fun day in the French Department!

Madame Taylor and Madame Swift

Quelle couleur?

In Tuesday's French lesson, Years 1 and 2 were learning about colours. They discovered that some of the

words are similar to those in English and they enjoyed following the teddy bears as they got up to mischief in

the mud (brown), dressing up (black and purple) painting (grey) and many more. The boys then coloured their

own Arc en ciel (rainbow) which incorporated lots of the colours we had looked at. Mme Swift

Fossil fun!

Class 6C had such a fun Science lesson making fossils! As part of our topic, ‘Evolution and

Inheritance’, the boys have been learning about the fossilisation process. We decided to

bring this to life by making dinosaur fossils using salt dough. The boys all helped to make

the dough, adding flour, salt and water. Then, they were each given a small dinosaur toy

to imprint as you can see in the photos below; the results were fantastic. After being

baked, the boys got to take their fossils home

Mrs Celentano said, “I was so impressed by the teamwork shown and especially with Max D who selflessly

helped and did all the washing up!”

Potential surveyors?!

Do they measure up?! Year 1 and 2 learnt how to measure objects in centimetres and metres… here they are hard at work!

...they also had a super lesson making gingerbread shapes…

10L’s Assembly...was a compilation of ideas brought together in an interesting news-reel. Hosted by Michael

C & Alex H; the boys organised & created their own unique assembly which was enjoyed by all. Mrs Lindley

Class 3M make ‘chocolate rocks’?!

In our Extreme Earth topic we have been learning about how the three types of natural rock are formed.

In today’s lesson, we created ‘chocolate rocks’ to demonstrate the formation process. Can you spot who

else joined in?! Miss McSweeney

Quick game of UNO anyone?!

The Finance Office got ‘back to basics’ in the

week when the boys from Mrs Henery’s

class visited and showed off their number

and matching skills, alongside quick com-

petitive thinking in a fast and furious game

of UNO!

COMMENDATIONS

Jack Harvey Frankie Larter Derin Ucer Dylan Newman Lauti Yasnikouski

Hannarah Choi(2) Jackson Worth Dylan Bishop Maximilian Dunn(2) Josh Mc Crosson(3)

Archie Blyth Joseph Huang Noah Seager Kobi Wood George Harvey(2)

Jayden Eddy Ryan Lochead Fraser Schmitt Tayyab Siddiqui Theo Spick(2)

Jonathan Ward(2) Max Mkpa(2)

Football success...

Joshua and Ryan L have just joined a new club, Stoneleigh Athletic, but are already making a difference to the Satur-

day fixtures; Josh is also playing for Carshalton Athletic on a Sunday—busy boys! In their first competitive game for

Stoneleigh, Joshua played for the first time in his life as an out and out striker. He scored a hat trick and was an-

nounced, ‘Man of the Match’ with his team winning 3-2. In the second game, Joshua and Ryan in another debut,

played for the first time in their lives together as strike partners upfront with both scoring a goal each in a 4-0 win.

Additionally, Joshua plays for Carshalton as a left back or defensive midfielder and whilst not his main job, scored a

goal each in both of his first two games in 4-2 and 6-0 victories.

Both teams (Stoneleigh & Carshalton) are currently unbeaten and are playing against unbeaten teams this weekend.

Hopefully, the boys and their teams will find success at the back of the net once more—keep it up boys!

Toby R in 10L is running a Warhammer club on Monday, from 4pm to 5pm, in 8L form room. Open to Year 7 and above. Please bring your own Warhammer kit. For further information please speak to Toby (10L)

Which thermal properties?

Year 5 have been busy investigating thermal insulators in their science lessons this week. The boys did a

comparative test to see which materials kept ice frozen for the longest; they were all very engaged in the

task and learnt and understood lots. Well done, boys. Mrs Seiver

Stepping back in time...

Year 4 embarked on a history expedition to the British Museum on Monday and discovered real life mummies,

canopic jars, tomb paintings and other Ancient Egyptian artefacts. They also had the chance to see the Rosetta

Stone, the key to deciphering hieroglyph-

ics.

After lunch, the boys took part in an

‘Excavation in Egypt’ workshop and had

the chance to learn how archaeologists

discovered new findings. The boys were

excellent ambassadors for Kingswood

House School and have gained new in-

sights into our Ancient Egyptian topic

work! What a great day out! Miss Smith

and Mrs Lambert

The winners of the handwriting competition in Years 1 and 2 were Ciaran P and James W—very well done to both boys!

Our other divisional winners were:

Fraser B (4S) Lower Prep; Christos L (6S) Upper Prep; James T (10S) Seniors

ENGLISH ENRICHMENT

Next week, we move into the

exciting period when our fo-

cus is on PUBLIC SPEAKING!

More details to follow…...

Recycling @ KHS

These boys made a fantastic effort to create something from recycled

goods! Fantastic effort to Nathan and Arun both in Year 4. Ivan in Year 7

also made this super poster! You might notice it around school soon…

Miss Smith has now also met with the Eco Reps from Year 1 – 6. They thought of some great ideas about

what else we can recycle at school and what to do with rubbish collected at school events such as House

Family Day. The boys were very involved in the meeting and are keen to make our school a better

place. Watch this space for more recycling ideas in action at KHS. Miss Smith

Fossil facts and fun in 6F!

6F have been studying Evolution and Inheritance in Science. We borrowed samples of fossils from Kingston University to look at and study. We then used the iPads to research more about them. We were amazed at some of the different types of fossils.

Miss Forbes

World Mental Health Day—Thursday 10th October 2019

As a school we pride ourselves in supporting the whole child ; this means working to ensure

the balance of academics and wellbeing for every individual from Year 1 to Year 11. On

Thursday October 10th it is World Mental Health Day and this year in school we will be fo-

cusing on: Growth mindset, resilience and wellbeing.

Once again we will be raising money for the Young Minds charity organisation, so on the

10th October we will be asking all the boys and staff to wear something yellow and donate

£2 to support this amazing cause. Tops, shorts, a scarf, hat...but NO hair colour please!

Thank you in advance for your support, Miss Timothy.

It was all about D this week!

Well done Hugo J in 10L for his

very clever answers

Plenty of entries

for E this week

please! Give your

brains the

exercise...

Tea time concert

Well done to all the boys who performed at the teatime concert on Tues-

day. An incredible display of resilience in the face of biblical amounts of

inclement weather, pupils arriving late from fixtures and lost lyrics! Nev-

ertheless, the boys gave an amazing show, and everybody in attendance

enjoyed the delightful afternoon tea laid out by Jane and her team—

extended thanks to them.

The concert culminated in two performances from opposite ends of the

musical spectrum – the first, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park performed by

Rory Gibbs, the latter, Word Up performed by the GCSE band; both show-

ing equal merit. A great end to the school day, thank you to all involved.

Mr Swift

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Assorted pizza,

coleslaw &

baked beans

Spaghetti

bolognaise

Fresh

fruit;

pears &

choco-

late

sauce

Roast pork, roast

potatoes, crack-

ling

Fresh

fruit;

yoghurts

Ham, leek &

potato pie

with fresh

greens

Fresh

fruit;

lemon

sponge

with

custard

Fish fingers,

smiley faces

& baked

beans

Fresh

fruit;

cookies

Fresh fruit;

apple pie &

custard

LUNCH MENU w/c 07 October 2019

15 minutes with… Mr Edward Cribb

Gap Assistant Student, PE Department

Favourite car – Zonda Cinque Roadster

Favourite place – New Zealand or Dubai

Favourite food – Chicken pie

Favourite band or singer - too many!

Favourite film – IT chapter 2 or War dogs

Favourite smell – Burnt rubber

Favourite sport / team or player – Football, Liverpool

Van Dijk

Who in the world would you like to be? – Any elite

sportsman

What were you like at school? – Quiet!

What is an interesting fact about yourself? – I could

have trialled at Crystal Palace when I was 8

...and 12 choices ‘either / or’:

Dog / Cat Netflix / YouTube Phone Call / Text

Facebook / Twitter Swimming / Sunbathing Big Party / Small Gathering

Football / Rugby – Both! cant split them Passenger / Driver

High-tech / Low-tech Pen / Pencil City / Countryside

Book / Film

SPO

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ESULTS

Seniors vs The Hall 23/09/19 U16: KHS 3- 5 The Hall (L)

The U16’s this week travelled to the Hall, where they met a tough opposition. The boys put in a brave

performance and battled well; however, after some early mistakes gift the host’s two early goals, it

was always an uphill battle. Josh Johns’ superb hat trick was the highlight of the match alongside

good performances from Jack Fernandes and Charlie Thompson.

U14: No Fixture

U13 vs Tower House 25/09/19

U13 A: KHS 1-2 Tower House (L)

A very tight game, which saw some excellent football from both teams. The host took the lead and

then KHS pulled a goal back to make it 1-1 at half time. The hosts restored their lead in the second

half and held out from some late KHS pressure to take the victory.

MOTM: Ben Holmes & Stuart Coleman

U13 B: KHS 1-5 Tower House (L)

A tough game saw the U13B’s finish the first half 5-0 down, but a second half fight back saw King-

swood House battle hard for a goal scored by Ben Hubber. Some very good performances across the

very large pitch. Mr Rudkin

MOTM: Ruari Fitzpatrick

U13 C: KHS 0-8 Tower House (L)

The U13C’s had a very tough game against a strong Tower House Team. The host scored 5 unan-

swered goals to take a healthy lead into the half time break. KHS improved after the break, which was

good to see as we managed to learn from mistakes made in the first half. Mr Barratt

MOTM: Ted Bunyer-Ames

Sportsmanship Award: William Moffatt – Working very hard and not giving up.

U13 D: KHS 4-3 Tower House (W)

A great 4-3 win for the boys, with two brilliant goals by Ismail Muhammad and a goal apiece for Luca

Wintle and Archie Spick. We went 2-1 up, but Tower House came back and tied it 3-3, however our

boys had excellent determination to score the last goal, with great team play, which resulted in King-

swood regaining the lead with 5 minutes to play. Mr Wint

MOTM: Ismail Muhammad

Sportsmanship Award: Archie Spick – the ref awarded Kingswood a corner ball, but Archie knew it

came off him first and told the ref, so he changed it to a goal kick.

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Colts vs Tower House 25/09/19

This week saw our colts teams combine to form six ’parallel’ teams to play Tower House’s three teams.

The day saw lots of boys playing and representing KHS. Here is a brief overview of each game:

Colts A1/A2: KHS 3-2 Tower House (W)

The two A teams put on a great performance against a tough Tower House A team. Many of the boys

played brilliantly, including Jayden Eddy, leading from the front for the A2 team. Theo Walker scored two

amazing goals for the A1 team and Kobi Wood put in a great performance between the posts. Well done

on a great joint team win. Mr Swift.

A1- MOTM: Kobi Wood

A2 - MOTM: Jayden Eddy

Colts B1/B2: KHS 0-4 Tower House (L)

The two B teams had a tough game against a strong Tower House B team, but put in a good battling per-

formance but defensive mistakes led to a 4-0 loss over the 2 halves.

B1 team’s standout player was Dylan Bishop, with several outstanding 1-on-1 saves to keep the score as

low as possible. Joel Mukarati, showed great sportsmanship, to help up an opponent whom he fouled.

In the B2 team’s half, Tahil Rana received the sportsmanship award, due to him telling the referee to

award a penalty against him due to a handball on his behalf –which led to Josh McCrosson saving the re-

sulting penalty to give him the man of the match award. Mr Cribb.

B1 - MOTM: Dylan Bishop

Sportsmanship Award: Joel Mukarati – helping an opponent back to his feet.

B2- MOTM: Josh McCrosson

Sportsmanship Award: Tahil Rana –owning up to the referee that the ball hit his hand in the penalty area.

Colts C1/C2: KHS 1-3 Tower House (L)

The two C teams were involved in an end-to-end thriller, which saw the visitors walk away with the win.

The boys battled very hard and were foiled by the Tower House goalie on many occasions, who clearly

had his Weetabix that morning. It was a great game to watch with some excellent performances from

many of the boys, including Archie Spick, Henry Ruscoe, Jeremy Blachman and Jasper Wong. Mr Hendry.

C1 -MOTM: Jeremy Blachman

Sportsmanship Award: Arlo Saywell – giving support to his team mates when they conceded a goal.

C2- MOTM: Emir Ozerdrici

Sportsmanship Award: Jason Shih – collected the ball for the opposition when it was kicked a long way

off the pitch.

U8/9 vs Duke of Kent 26/09/19

U8/9 A: KHS 4-2 Duke of Kent (W)

The A team played their part in a thrilling, end-to-end match which saw six brilliant goals from both teams. KHS ran out 4-2 winners with goals from Cameron Edward & Sam Atkins with two apiece. It was a great team performance; well done on the victory, boys. Mr Laudy

MOTM: Cameron Edwards

U8/9 B: KHS 0-5 Duke of Kent (L)

A tough game against Duke of Kent, which saw the boys suffer a big defeat. There are many positives to take from the performance, however, with many of the boys showing excellent attitudes and trying their best until the final whistle. We go again next week - well tried, boys! Mr Caprano-Wint

MOTM: Frazer Blyth

Sportsmanship Award: Frankie Larter—Constantly encouraging team mates, even when conceding goals.

U8/9C: KHS 1-2 Duke of Kent (L)

A very evenly-matched C team game! The boys started well with some great runs and a solo effort from Jamil taking the score to 1-0. Duke of Kent managed to sneak in a goal just before half time. Un-fortunately, a last minute goal by Duke of Kent meant the boys lost 2-1. Great match, boys! Miss Smith

MOTM: Jamil Hashemi

Sportsmanship Award: Fraser Schmitt—never giving up and trying his hardest.

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Dragon boat racing update!

On Saturday 28th September, Miss Wilson joined Advantage Paddlers at Fairlop Waters

where they had been invited to race as part of the Lord Mayor’s appeal. It was an early start

with a very cold breeze blowing and showers threatening. Advantage Paddlers demonstrated

some excellent times for the 200m races in their heats. They even beat a time set by Team GB

on the day; GB Juniors were visiting as part of a training exercise and set a time of 56.82 sec-

onds, Advantage Paddlers completed one of the races in 55.75 seconds – their fastest time

this year! The competition was tough but Advantage pulled through finishing in a respectable

third place, going home with a bronze medal each and a great day was had by all.

A huge thank you to all our parents.

The KHA have generously been able to give the

school £4,000 which we will be spending on books

for the library, art and form rooms, iPads, and

Christmas treats. Without your support, this would

not be possible and we are very grateful.

Well done to Lisa Reece and the KHS Committee.

Dear Parents,

Please see a list below of all the unnamed lost property items currently in school:

Amazon Kindle

Blue small water bottle

A Tub with a smiley face on top

Tommy Hilfiger glasses

Bloc sunglasses

Black sunglasses from Next

An Oyster card

A red metal bottle/flask

A digital watch with the name Ben on it

A large pink water bottle

Black Nike football boots size 10

Yellow and orange Nike trainers/astros size 7

Black and grey Adidas trainers size 10

Black Velcro Reebok school shoes size 2 with a name in red pen but not clear

White, black, yellow and blue Sondico football boots size 6

Black green Adidas Messi football boots size 7

A school tie X 2

A pair of Kingswood house school socks, long

White PE shorts size large

White games shorts size 28 inch

White non-KHS shorts with no size, likely to be a year 1-4’s

Ellesse black shorts size small

Grey school shorts age 8-9

Grey school shorts size years 11

White Nike city count size 5 trainers

Grey half zip fleece size years 8

Grey school trousers size years 9

A green and black Kingswood house rain coat size 28 inch chest

Black KHS rugby shorts size 28 inch

One out of a pair white Nike trainer size 7.5

A black Puma boot bag was lost with blue and white Nike football boots in them, size 7, and with black Nike shin pads

An adult ladies grey top/jumper from Love from Lola, found at the back gate

If you think any of these items belong to your son, please email lostproperty@kingswoodhouse.org.

Thanks!

Mr Cribb

LOST PROPERTY: New system! If a boy has lost an item of kit or clothing, parents should email:

lostproperty@kingswoodhouse.org

DIARY DATES OCTOBER 2019; week 2

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Monday 07 1400 U9, U11 U13 Cross Country @ Ripley Court

Tuesday 08 All day

1430

1500

Individual, sibling & class photos by ‘Pret-a-Portrait’

U14 v Box Hill (A)

U16 v Box Hill (A)

Wednesday 09 0845

0930

1430

1430

Class 6F Assembly

Lower Prep Forest School

U13A v Box Hill (A)

U13B & C v Box Hill (H)

Thursday 10 All day

0845

1430

pm.

World Mental Health Day—boys & staff to wear YELLOW!

Class Reps meeting

U8/9 A, B, C & D v Tower House (H)

Years 3 & 4 Team Maths Challenge

Friday 11 0900-1600

1430

1450

Year 10 to ‘What Career? Live Event’@ Olympia

Years 1 & 2 v Shrewsbury Lodge (H)

Whole School Assembly

Enable your child to become a proficient touch typist in October half term.

This unique typing initiative has been specially designed to minimise ex-

pense and inconvenience for parents, while maximising flexibility, allowing

students to practice (which is vital for success) whenever and wherever it’s

convenient. The structure of the course enables this important life skill to

be mastered over the short school holiday.

Day 1: 26th.October at the Refresh Centre, East Molesey, KT8 0DT

Days 2-8: Assigned typing practice to be done wherever there is WiFi con-

nection.

There will be daily half-hour webinars at 5pm.

Ideal for dyslexics or anyone that struggles with writing.

Students in Years 8-11, The age restriction is due to the intensive nature of the

course that requires a degree of maturity.

Cost?

£225 with £30 DISCOUNT for places booked BEFORE 7th October

For lots more information check out

https://www.achievenow.org.uk/october-12-term-course

https://www.achievenow.org.uk/unique-typing-initiative

https://www.achievenow.org.uk/how-typing-improves-grades

For more information please contact Caroline Bateman 07903 831353