Many congratulations to Mr Baker, who received an MBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle just before half-term. This was in recognition of his services to education through The Obera Schools’ Project, which he established in Rushmere eighteen years ago.
I am delighted to announce that Mr Baker, a teacher here since 2001, has been appointed an MBE the King’s first Birthday Honours List. This is in recognition of his services to education and the community in Obera, Kenya.
What a wonderful and richly deserved honour: bravo!
Day 2 of the KCJS Ski Trip: a great first day on the slopes ends with Mr Blackburn’s quiz! All is going very well indeed and more snow is expected overnight.
Huge congratulations to the U11A team who this afternoon won the Surrey Plate with a 2-0 win over derby rivals Shrewsbury House. Well done to all the boys, captain Kenny (what a goal!) and the gaffer: Mr Barrington.
Heartening to receive an email from a member of the public saying how kind one of our Year 7 boys had been. She was sheltering from the rain with her baby in its pram. The young man from KCJS saw they were getting drenched and offered his umbrella, even though he had no coat.
JS Ski Trip Day 5:
Four of the five groups from this morning’s ‘quiz around the town’ - the fifth missed out on a team photo, unfortunately!
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Day 7 of the KCJS ski trip - UPDATE 2: a great end to a superb week with ESF Ski School awards ceremony and some very kind words from the brilliant instructors.
JS Ski Trip Day 8:
Everyone is safely back in the UK and on the bus back to school. Very many thanks to Miss Attié, Mr Graham, Mr Jay, Mr Brady and Mr Cheers for a fantastic trip! Enjoy the rest of the Easter break, everybody.
‘Putting off a full reopening of schools is a dereliction of duty.’
If you can, please read this article - it captures our attitude perfectly. This is no time for negativity. One of the PM’s heroes is Churchill - as he would have said, we need action.
I am looking forward to seeing so many of our Third Form boys again later this morning. Good luck, too, to the Reception and First Form boys going back to Squirrels and to all the boys, girls and teachers back in schools across the country.
Day 4 of the KCJS ski trip - UPDATE: the beginners tackled their first chair lift today and hit the heady heights of 2600m while the others skied on the glacier and enjoyed the snow park. Tremendous fun! Finally, here’s James with Ella, the hotel dog - a hit with the boys!
Very well done to the U10 and U11 boys and huge thanks to their teachers for their part in this morning’s Surrey rugby festival at Kingsway. It was a great occasion, carrying on the success of yesterday’s U8 and U9 event. Thanks especially to Mr Cheers for organising.
Thank God for lovely weather - who says it always rains in England? The Third Form boys are outside now playing socially distanced games in their ‘bubbles’. How many times can you clap having thrown a ball in the air and then catch it?
Well done to all the teachers, parents and boys on a successful first week of the virtual summer term. I was pleased to hear from the boys I teach. Not as good as normal school but not too bad at all!
What a brilliant Open Morning! The sun shone, the campus looked fantastic and I received so many compliments from the visiting parents about the boys and their teachers. We had record numbers - over 600 came to my talks. Very well done to everyone involved!
JS Ski Trip Day 7:
Medals all round on the final day of skiing. All are safely off the mountain and have enjoyed a great last dinner before the long journey home.
A busy morning with the 7+ and 8+ entrance examinations. Our prefects have been fantastic helping with the organisation of the boys. We had time, though, mark Max's 13th birthday!
We are really looking forward to hosting the U8-U11 Surrey Rugby Festival at Kingsway on 4th & 5th March. This is always a fantastic event: we are in for a treat!
Wish you were here - I am now in the concert hall listening to a delightful Voice and Piano Concert. I know you will enjoy the recording. Very well done boys!
A happy St David’s Day to our Welsh friends! It is World Book Day, too, and we are celebrating books in assembly now. Some great costumes amongst boys and teachers. The English teachers are looking at authors who are Welsh or inspired by Wales.
A fun start on a wet morning! This is part of the warm up in hymn singing practice. The boys sit down when they sing a word beginning with B and stand up for all the others. Have a good day.
A great night - Race Night for the KCJS SA cricket tour - raising money for a wonderful cause - Hope Schools working with children affected by AIDS. Here are the jockeys for the last race!!!
The boys have just checked in to the hotel for their last night in Cape Town before moving onto Durban. They had two good games today with the highlight being the 1st team winning against Somerset College by chasing down 95 with 7 wickets to spare. Very well done!
Drama and exams. Great production of Ye-Ha by the Rushmere boys before half-term. All the Upper Remove boys passed their Transfer exams. Bravo! This week the other boys do their exams - good luck!
Collecting our RIBA National Award tonight for the New Music School. One of just 54 from the 600+ initially considered. Mike Taylor, Principal at Hopkins' Architects, is second from the right.
Last night's ball was a triumph for the Friends of KCS! The weather was perfect, the meal was delicious and the organising team made the Hurlingham Club look especially lovely. It was a pleasure to be there. Thank you so much - very well done! I hope you get some rest today.
Very well done to Max who has been selected for the U13 Independent Schools’ Football Association London regional squad which will be playing in the national festival in April. The achievement is all the more impressive as he is an U12!
Great to be with the U11s and U12s for their Midlands rugby and soccer tour. Leicester Tigers versus Gloucester Rugby this afternoon followed by supper at TGI Friday. Tired boys now asleep?
Top and tail a great day. This morning URB and Mrs Howes gave us a powerful Remembrance assembly and now we are listening to the author, Caroline Lawrence, who is our writer in residence.
#carolinelawrence
This week's Junior Views leads with the U11 Rugby Tour to Derby that took place over half-term - what a great success! Meanwhile, my blog focuses on our partnership with the International School of Monaco.
Exams done, sunshine, boys out for PE, Upper Remove receiving their life-saving and first aid certificates and the Upper Remove bbq coming at lunchtime. Things are looking up!
A super first day of the Derby football tour for the U11s: training in the morning followed by strength and conditioning and swimming sessions at St George’s Park. Bowling tonight!
You could scarcely believe the excitement caused by the arrival of new foam balls. I do not think I have seen so many improvised cricket matches - water bottles make good stumps and bats!!
Welcome back and very well done to Ranesh, Shahvez, Shivam and Luca. Earlier this week they successfully defended the English Chess Federation U13 title they won last year. What a fine achievement!
How wonderful! I have just walked past a group of boys who have set up in impromptu long jump competition using the paving bricks to measure the length of the leap. I wonder who will win! Have a great day!
An eventful final assembly of term involved a visit from the Easter bunny! Enjoy this week’s edition of Junior Views and my latest blog (Mad March!) - and happy holidays one and all!