Dear Parents, This week has seen the start of the written exams for our GCSE and A-level students and also the continuation of Cambridge exams for our younger pupils. This is a challenging time for all those involved in exams – the pupils reach the culmination of their studies and want to do their…
DetailsDear Parents, Having been away for most of the week (I returned today) and braving the air traffic control strikes in France, it has been great to return to Spain and to KCM. As I mentioned in my previous letter, Mrs Cassidy and I were in the UK attending a course on ‘High Performance…
DetailsDear Parents, Welcome back to the final term of the academic year. After an eventful weekend of national elections (more on this later), this week has seen a return to hard work in the classrooms, especially for our older students preparing for public examinations. My assembly for the start of the term had…
DetailsDear Parents, The final week of what has been a long Winter term has come to an end with an amazing climax, The Interhouse Singing Competition. At the time of writing, I do not yet know the outcome, but I do know that the competition will be fierce and all the participants will have…
DetailsDear Parents, This week we welcomed many visitors to our school. Representatives from UPCT visited and spoke with our older students, while our younger ones competed against their peers in the King’s College Primary Games tournament (please do look out for the article on our website coming shortly). The Primary Games have become an…
DetailsDear Parents, Today, on the Brexit day ‘that never was’, we celebrated our annual Interhouse Road Race, in support of AFACMUR, the children’s cancer charity. As ever it was great to see so many parents supporting their children, but also the competitive spirit of each house. This year was run differently, with each age group…
DetailsDear Parents, This week we celebrated World Happiness Day, rather aptly on the day we all returned from our long weekend. It was great to see so many of our Primary parents celebrating with our pupils and generally being..well…’happy’! As always, please do look out for the article on our website. This week has also…
DetailsDear Parents, This week members of our EYFS team have been telling stories at some of our partner Nurseries – as well as here at KCM, of course! The Primary Interhouse Chess tournament has come to a dramatic conclusion. Please do see Nicholas’ and Maria’s excellent article here. The new format of the competition has…
DetailsDear Parents, Today we commemorate International Women’s Day, with pupils augmenting their uniforms with purple in recognition of the event – purple ties, jumpers or indeed, headbands.This year’s theme being: ‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change’ and as pertinent as ever. Older pupils have been looking at Women’s rights over the years during lessons…
DetailsDear Parents, This week sees the end of February and the beginning of March, with spring only 3 weeks away – although it feels like summer already! Our intrepid Duke of Edinburgh students are enjoying their ‘long expedition’ in Sierra Espuña this weekend, while during the week our younger pupils enjoyed their Rugby sessions…
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