The Lunch Menu for Next Week

The French Exchange

It has been our great pleasure to welcome 20 pupils from the Lycée Bossuet to Duke Of Kent School this week. It is easy to forget how privileged we are to attend a school in such a spectacular setting, but the French pupils' exclamations of, "Mais c'est merveilleux!" and "C'est exactement comme Harry Potter!" as they rounded the corner and made their way up the drive on Monday evening served as a heartwarming reminder.

Having been scooped up by their host families after school on Monday, the pupils were formally welcomed to the school by Mrs Knox and Mr Southee on Tuesday morning, before spending the day attending lessons and Games; they were particularly impressed by our delicious school lunches, and enjoyed learning to play netball with Mrs Turnbull! On Wednesday and Thursday they were out on excursions to Guildford and London, before rejoining us at school on Friday.

The French Exchange has proved an enriching and joyful experience for everyone involved, and it has been lovely to see how welcoming and kind all of our pupils have been with our French visitors; there has been a real buzz about the school.  Our host families have given their guests such generous and thoughtful hospitality, with shepherd's pie, roast dinners and bread and butter pudding on the menus, expeditions up Holmbury Hill, finding red telephone boxes, and trips to the cinema and bowling to name but a few. We wish our friends at the Lycée Bossuet bon voyage et à bientôt!

Miss Francis

British Science Week

The sound of "The Variables Song", performed beautifully by Year 7 with enthusiasm and energy, launched Science Week last Friday at our Science Assembly, before Mrs Tattan-Robb demonstrated the power of catalysis in the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, producing a lot of foam and steam!

On Monday, Prep School was lucky to have our STEAM prefect, Natasha B, join them for an inspirational assembly about her role as a Cadet with St Johns Ambulance. Prep School classes were also invited to the Senior School to make slime, and it was wonderful to see the joy as they created bespoke colours and a range of textures - a gentle introduction to the science of non-newtonian fluids. 

In Senior School, Space club went off with a whoosh as we looked at the combustion of alcohol as a high energy rocket fuel producing intense flames! Year 7 and 8 took part in a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Global Experiment this week, in which they invited us to Take Charge and make simple "homemade" cells and batteries, with our results being shared globally. Year 9 and 10 worked their way through a practical based Escape Room style House Competition. Finally, lunch time clubs have seen Senior School pupils make rainbows in test tubes, connect with nature by listening to birdsong on Pitch Hill, investigate a pluck (sheep trachea, lungs, heart and liver) and launch bottle rockets on South Bank.

It has been an absolute pleasure seeing pupils from Years 3 to Year 10 come to the labs and try something different this week, and leave with a huge smile on their faces. Thank you to the Science team for all their hard work this week, and especially to our wonderful Science Technician Mrs Shaw without whom none of this would be possible. 

Mrs Tattan-Robb

Year 5 Game Development Workshop

During the Year 5 Game Development workshop, pupils were introduced to the world of game development and were taught the basics of coding and design thinking. The session started with an overview of the key concepts of game design, including game mechanics and character design. Pupils then began to explore MakeCode, a visual programming language, and learnt how to create animations and simple games. They also learnt about loops, conditionals, and variables, which they used to add complexity to their projects. Throughout the session, the pupils were encouraged to experiment and collaborate, leading to the creation of some impressive and creative games. Thank you to Cranleigh CofE, Longacre and Shamley Green and Wonersh School for attending the event.

Mr Boden

Carolyn Lovell Talk

On Monday morning as part of the Stretch and Challenge talk programme and to kick-start British Science Week, Carolyn Lovell joined us via Zoom to talk about the fascinating world of Forensic Science. Carolyn began her talk by giving us an insight into the number of ways into forensic science, mentioning that although she personally gained a science degree it is not a necessary requirement and there are a number of alterative routes. 

Carolyn started her journey through forensic science as a fingerprint technician spending about 18 months looking at marks and searching for patterns. Following this Carolyn started a 3-month course that led her to becoming a crime scene investigator (CSI), which is what she has done for several years before becoming a manager in this department. 

We heard from Carolyn about how DNA Science advanced hugely throughout her career, and now it is an integral part of investigations. However, with this advance in technology are the difficulties of finding out whose DNA is who's. She explained that we pick up DNA all the time, from people we sit next to, to surface that we touch and the new challenge is now finding out what evidence is relevant and useful. Technology has changed from the day Carolyn started work to the present day and this has meant that she is constantly learning and that no day in CSI is ever the same. 

One key message we will all take away is how within CSI you are always working with a huge number of different teams of people from many professions as well as even the varied roles there are within CSI. 

Carolyn did an amazing job of keeping us engaged and inspired with her hugely interesting stories over Zoom. Everyone in the rooms went away having learnt something new about CSI, and we all certainly found out a lot more than we ever would have from any TV crime drama. 

Mr Wyllie

Trip to The Houses of Parliament

On the 14th of March, we went to the Houses of Parliament and saw Westminster Hall, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. First we saw Westminster Hall, which had a beautiful contemporary sculpture completed in 2016, called ‘New Dawn.’ What made this sculpture so important was that it was to commemorate the 150 year-long-campaign for women's suffrage, with its title ‘New Dawn’ coming from the suffragettes key saying about a new dawn. What's unique about this piece is that it also changes constantly, with different lights turning on and off depending on if it was low tide or high tide on the River Thames. Then, we saw the original room where parliament was held before it moved to the House of Commons and House of Lords, which was full of beautiful paintings such as Magna Carta and statues of past politicians. After that we entered the central lobby, which is in between the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

First, we went into the House of Commons and saw one of the rooms that was remade after its unfortunate bombing in WWII. The majority of the room had to be remade, except for the doorframe to the House of Commons which was kept the same as a reminder of the bombing from Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who redesigned the new House of Commons. After that we entered one of two rooms to either side of the House of Commons. When we entered the House of Commons itself, we were told about how each proceeding commences and saw how even if you are a Member of Parliament, you have to reserve your seat before each proceeding by writing your name on something called a ‘prayer card’ and put it in a slot behind a seat, if not than you cannot attend the proceeding. Then we saw the House of Lords and saw a statue of Queen Victoria which was commissioned by her husband, Albert when she had to open parliament for the first time and was nervous because she would be the only woman in the room. To her right side was a man holding a sword to represent justice, and to her left was women holding an olive branch to represent mercy, however most interestingly, she disproved of the statue, yet it still stands there today. The room that had the statue of Queen Victoria had blue carpet, unlike the House of Commons which had a green carpet to show that whoever the monarch was, could only go into rooms with blue carpet. This is because King Charles I once entered the House of Commons with armed guards in an attempt to arrest some of its members who opposed his rule. Ever since then, no member of the Royal Family has been allowed into the House of Commons, and once a year when the monarch opens the parliament, a blue carpet must be rolled for them to walk into the House of Lords. For the last part of our tour, we entered the House of Lords itself, which unlike the House of Commons, was untouched by the WWII bombing and had a 

After the tour, we were lucky enough to get a short Q&A session with MP, Jeremy Hunt. Questions ranged from being about the budget, to what his job is like and what advice he would give for certain careers. He talked about how he plans the budget, highlights and challenges of his job and how he ended up becoming a politician and then onto being the chancellor. One question was ‘What’s in the budget?’ Unfortunately, we were not allowed to know in advance, but we were told that the theme was helping businesses grow. It was an amazing opportunity and an experience none of us will forget! 

All in all, it was a very fun trip where we got a great insight into politics and learnt some interesting facts about the building of the Houses of Parliament and what life as a politician could be like.

Lucy M and Ariana L, Year 9

Year 11 Trip to Borough Market

On a sunny spring Saturday morning, a large portion of Year 11 had a wonderfully casual stroll along London’s South Bank; taking in all the exciting sights and sounds of a busy weekend; checking out book stalls and buskers, and reminiscing about their Year 7 trip to the Globe. We even managed to recreate a photo for the yearbook of the pupils standing on the steps of the literary landmark!

Once we arrived at the bustling Borough Market, pupils split into small groups to explore, and sample all the culinary delights that were on offer. Highlights included: a wide range of freshly squeezed smoothies, some rainbow bagels and gooey brownies, spicy laksa soup, fish and chips, gyoza, pad thai, and much more! It was such a lovely way to start the weekend! Thank you to Year 11 for being an absolute delight; and to Mr Monk and Mr Green, for kindly giving up their time to accompany us on the trip.

Mrs Southee

Year 9 Trip to Harry Potter

During their English lessons, Year 9 have been studying Media, specifically producing film posters and film trailers. Therefore, we felt that a lesson in costume design would be wonderful to help them to consider their own character developments. So…

Apparate!

…and suddenly the Year 9’s were transported to the wonderful world of Harry Potter Studios. We traipsed through the Forbidden Forest, where we encountered giant spiders and a good dose of pathetic fallacy; were treated to a train journey that was attacked by Dementors and flew a broom in a Quidditch match!

Chocolate Frogs, Butterbeer and (thankfully not) Puking Pastilles were enjoyed by all!

A huge thank you to Mrs Rowley, Mr Wilson and Miss Atkins for all their help on the day.

Mrs Punter

Plastic Pirates by Niki Davies

"Welcome, me hearties, to a story of the seas, where ships set sail and pirates roam free"

With these lines we were lucky enough to be drawn into the murky world of the Plastic Pirates, whose obsession with collecting plastic and then hurling it (literally) into the ocean was causing huge danger to the poor vulnerable sea creatures.

There was mutiny and mayhem, pirates and parrots, spectacular sea-creatures, nautical narrators and Cap'n Clingfilms!

Months of hard work and effort paid off in a spectacular fashion. Those of you who were lucky enough to experience it will agree with me when I say the pupils sang their hearts out; virtually lifting the roof off the PA Hall. They smiled and laughed their way through every performance, with loud, clear and expressive voices; every single one word perfect.

There were wonderfully bright creative costumes and vibrant make up , all set against the background of the Plastic Pearl floating in an ocean of plastic. 

Fortunately our pirates soon learnt the error of their ways and decided to abandon their love of plastic and recycle instead- a very important message for us all. 

A huge well done to everyone involved, both on the stage and backstage- a real team effort which greatly entertained everyone who saw it. 

Photos from the production will be sent out when they are sent to us.

Mrs Lock

Our week kicked off with the Prep Production - and what a magical show it was! The children simply shone, and deserve all the plaudits they have received. Our thanks also to Mrs Lock, for going above and beyond (yet again) to encourage and inspire the children, and to Lisa Lee, Mrs Tuite, Mrs Nicholson and Mr Rye for their tireless support as well. 

We also marked British Science Week, with Years 3 and 5 enjoying some experimenting time making slime in the Senior Science labs! Year 2 observed how liquids react differently with each other, and Year 6 worked collaboratively with Year 1, designing and building a marble run with the aim of it taking as long as possible for the marble to reach the bottom. It was lovely to see the different ages sharing ideas and the older pupils acting as very responsible mentors to their young charges. We also enjoyed scientific assemblies from Natahsha B in Year 11, who spoke about her work as 'Cadet of the Year' for the St John Ambulance service - complete with sling demonstration - and Penny A, in Year 6, who gave an illuminating talk about the periodic table. 

There has been some super writing going on in the department, too, this week. Year 2 have been learning about different types of sentences, such as questions, commands and statements, and how to recognise them, whilst the much anticipated dino factbooks are also now complete; Reception and Year 1 were very excited to present copies to Mr Wright and Mrs Knox! Year 4's writing skills focused on haiku poetry, creating their own on the theme of seasons and were proud of their final pieces and Year 5 have written a WWII leaflet to persuade women to take on vital jobs to support the war effort. Year 3 have been using their Computer Science lessons to explore desktop publishing software, in preparation for writing and designing their own invitations. 

Lastly, we ended the week with the joyful Mothers' Day parties in Pre-prep as well as Prep parents coming in for our Windows into Learning event, to see how Maths is being taught. It was lovely to see so many of you in the department. Have a wonderful weekend!

Values Certificates: Penny A, Thibaut J and Freddie P for Effort

Reading Certificates: Bronze for Thibaut J and Violet W; Silver for Henry S and Henry W

Mr Wright

It has been a busy and exciting week at Duke of Kent School with 25 French Exchange students joining us as well as many events taking place. On Monday Carolyn Lovell joined us to speak to those interested about her career in forensics and working on various crime scenes. British Science Week started with a bang as the Science department hosted many lunchtime and in-class activities throughout the week. On Thursday the Year 9 cohort went to Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studios where they took part in a lesson regarding how the costumes are designed and created, as well as getting to see many famous props and sets from the films. The detail and effort that goes into the production of such spectacular films is just incredible! On Friday the Charity Committee hosted a wonderfully informative and entertaining assembly for Red Nose Day and have promised many more enjoyable activities throughout the day.

The following were invited to attend celebration snack break this morning for accumulating either 25 or 50 merit points so far this year; Isla W, Sascha H, Alice B, Alex B, Chester S, Mattie R, Isla B and Emily B. They have all received their stationary prize and fastpass into lunch. Well done to all of you!

Mr Wilson

Young Storyteller Competition

This new competition invites EYFS and KS1 pupils to work together to create a short story with the theme 'The Adventure'. The winning stories will be published in a book! Closing date for entries is 31st March 2023. For more details visit - https://www.isaschools.org.uk/arts/isa-arts-eyfs-and-primary/young-storytellers-competition.html

Baylab Packing Competition (Ages 12-16)

Transforming sustainably is essential for Bayer and sustainability is an essential part of the curriculum. The Baylab would like to give students an incentive to put their knowledge into action by offering them a real-world brief to challenge their scientific and creativity skills.

We are challenging students to find sustainable packaging, using one of our products as an example. Students are encouraged to think about the design, what the packaging must do and of course its impact on the environment, all whilst maintaining the integrity and safety of the product itself.Get up to four pupils together, think of a Team Name and get designing. Deadline for entries is 31st March. For more information of to enter visit https://www.bayer.co.uk/en/baylab-packaging-competition

BBC Young Reporter Competition (Ages 11-18)

This competition is an opportunity for 11-18 year olds in the UK to share an original story idea with the BBC. Winning stories will be produced with the help of BBC journalists, producers and programme makers for broadcast on TV, radio, online or on social media. There is just one story category: Me and My World

What story idea do you think the BBC should be reporting?
The story should be original: something that hasn’t been widely reported on before, or that can help bring a new and unique angle to a subject.
It can be a personal story, or something related to the experience of a young person’s family, friends or community, or an issue or experience particularly relevant to young people. Deadline for Entires is Friday 31st March. More information on how to enter can be found here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/young-reporter/competition/zghcydm

Humanimal Trust Creative Awards 2023 (Ages 7-18)

Human and animal lives are so closely interlinked. In celebration of this connectivity we want you to share, use your creativity, your thoughts, images and examples of that wonderful bond between us and animals. Deadline for entries is 31st March. For more information and to enter visit https://www.humanimaltrust.org.uk/get-involved/humanimal-trust-creative-awards-2023

Mr Wyllie

We are pleased to unveil the brand new House Google Site! This will be a convenient place to find all the information you would like to know about the House system here at Duke of Kent School, including the ethos and history of the Houses and a chance to meet the Heads of House and House Captains.

The site will include information about upcoming events and competitions. It also includes a list of events scheduled for the current term and the leaderboards presented to the pupils. This will be a valuable resource moving forward that will allow all members of the school community to keep up to date with the latest news from the four Houses. You can use this link to access the homepage:

https://sites.google.com/dokschool.org/dokhousesystem/home

Mr Gritton

U12/13 B Girls Football Tournament

On Wednesday afternoon the U12/13 girls travelled to Belmont School for the annual girls' football tournament. There was a great atmosphere with many schools and teams ready to play some football. The girls settled in well with a 0-0 draw for their first two games, but this was not good enough for them! The next three games were amazing with the girls winning 2-0, 2-0, and 1-0. The girls worked well together to create breakaway opportunities to score goals, with Esme W scoring the first goal for the team. Mercy M and Willow D worked well in the midfield passing between each other and dropping back to defend when needed. Erin C in defense made some great tackles and Rose S in goal making some amazing saves! Izzy N and Tansy T came on in the midfield and worked well together to move the ball into striking positions. 

This amazing play allowed the girls to win their division and move into the final against Pennthorpe School. This game was a thriller with it having to go to extra time to see if we could secure a winner. The play was great with the goalkeepers making some great saves to force the game to a penalty shootout! This was a new experience for the team as this was the first time they had ever done it! The girls really stepped up to plate but unfortunately Pennthorpe snuck in with the win with the last ball. The girls had a really great afternoon, with some amazing football being played.

Miss Arnold

Girls' Football: U10/11 A v. Pennthorpe

On Wednesday the girls travelled over to Pennthorpe for what was by far the most exhilarating game of Football! Both teams gave everything throughout. The ball was constantly going up and down the pitch. Halle S and Lola C were phenomenal in goal making multiple saves and kicking the ball down to our attackers. Ruby W and Lois M made a great team on the corners, Ruby accurately kicked the ball into the box giving Lois and other a great chance to score, but Pennthorpe Goalie was equally ready for our strikers! I was so impressed with the teamwork and effort throughout the game and although the final score was 3-2 to Pennthorpe, the whole team were outstanding! Congratulations to goalscorer and Girl of the Game, Jasmine W! Well played girls, you were simply brilliant! 

Mrs Woolgar

Girls' Football: U10/11 B v. Pennthorpe

This Wednesday, the girls U10/11 team travelled to Pennthorpe for an away match. The game started with Penny A in goal, supported by Millie W and Amelie C in defence. They worked beautifully together, driving the ball into our half ensuring that by half time the score was 2-2, and all to play for. We dominated in the second half, with Rebekah S and Charlotte C feeding the ball into Holly B who was able to score a further 3 goals, leaving the final score as 3-5 to us! Well done team, but especially Charlotte C who was the chosen ‘Girl of the Game’.

Mrs Turnbull

Girls' Football: U13 A v. Belmont Tournament

On Wednesday afternoon, the U12/13 A team made the short journey to Belmont for their annual Girls' Football Tournament. It was a brilliant atmosphere with lots of local schools in attendance and 12 teams in the A Tournament. The team started well with a 0-0 draw against Cranleigh. Next up were Dorset House, Alice B scored an absolute screamer of a goal leading to a 1-0 win for the team. With their 3rd match on the bounce, the quality play continued with Emily N in goal managed to maintain a clean sheet for 3 matches in a row. After a short break, the girls were up against Kingswood House next and managed another 1-0 win with some great play from Clara H-S at the back and Iona H in the midfield. Last up were Belmont, the U13A team scored first with some great work from Tildy C and Francesca R. However, Belmont did not give up and scored with just minutes left to play, the game ended 1-1. The results in the box were very tight with just 2 points between 1st and 3rd. The U13A team placed 3rd and played Barrow Hills in their final game of the day. It was another very close game with end to end play. A huge well done to all the girls involved for a fantastic afternoon of Football! 

Miss Vickers

Girls' Football: U9 A v. Belmont Tournament 

On Thursday afternoon, the U9 team were very excited to travel to Belmont for their tournament. Once again, it was fantastically well attended with 20 5 a side teams in total! The U9s played some brilliant Football throughout the afternoon, the team managed to remain unbeaten in their box after 4 matches! The matches involved a 0-0 draw v. Aberdour, 1-1 draw v. Belmont and some wins against Pennthorpe and Longacre with goals from Violet W and Ivy B! A huge well done to Layla in goal with some great saves and Charlotte P, Evelyn C and Eva W worked hard in defence. Florence A, Violet W and Ivy B did a huge amount of running and created lots of great opportunities to score. The U9 team came 1st in their box and went through to the final. They worked tirelessly but were beaten by a very strong Cranleigh Prep team. 2nd place out of 10 schools is a wonderful achievement - a huge well done to all the girls involved! 

Miss Vickers

Senior House Basketball

On Tuesday, the Year 11 Boys' House Basketball took place with some of the French Exchange pupils playing for the different Houses during the group stage. During the group stage of the tournament the matches were all very competitive and exciting to watch. After the group stage was complete, then the semi-finals and finals could begin, with the first semi-final being played by Hawk vs Kestrel and the second Buzzard v. Peregrine. Both Semi finals were tightly contested matches that came down to which teams could attack with more success. The final was played between Kestrel and Peregrine, this game followed the theme of the competition with both teams working hard throughout. The scores were tied at the final whistle which led to a free throw shootout to decide the winner. Well played to everyone involved and congratulations to Kestrel on winning the final through a tense free throw shootout. 

1st - Kestrel 

2nd - Peregrine 

3rd - Hawk 

4th - Buzzard 

Mr Orme

Boys' Hockey: U14 v. Box Hill School

On Tuesday nine Year 9 boys travelled to Box Hill School for a hockey match. We got off to a slow start, going 2 goals down despite some good saves from Leo T-R. This was the kick start we needed as we started to move the ball around and get into attacking positions. Oscar H and Jamie P linked up well to help us move 3-2 up at half time. We continued to keep attacking the second half with passing from Alex G and Isaac P to finish the game 5-3 winners. Well done to the boys involved as they showed good bouncebackability! 

Mr Green

Boys' Hockey: U10/11 C v. Belmont

It was fiery contest in the Belmont Sports Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Hockey sticks were grasped, gum shields bitten upon and the tension palpable. Duke of Kent entered a tournament, playing against 3 home sides. The first was a hard fought 0-0 draw against a talented group of players. The second was a convincing 3-0 victory! Spectacular goals from Freddie G, Dante and Jenson took the game comfortably away from the opposition. Sterling defensive work from Freddie P, midfield dynamism from Max and sparkling attacking verve from Alexander typified the afternoon's exploits. Game three was a tight affair, but two quick counter attacking goals to Belmont caught our players cold. A great effort all round. Well done boys!

Mr Allen

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about iPads

When Apple unveiled the iPad in early 2010, they almost single-handedly rewrote people’s idea of what a portable computing device was capable of – and sparked a tablet revolution. There are several very respectable imitators on the market now, but the iPad remains the standard bearer for tablet computers and still routinely shifts upwards of 40 million units every year.

Their immense popularity, of course, has made the iPad a familiar companion for children and young people: an auxiliary TV; an aid for schoolwork; and a blessing on long car journeys. That said, there are still some aspects of Apple’s flagship tablet that parents and carers should bear in mind to help protect their child from online risks – as our guide explains.

This guide highlights possible hazards including the risk of age-inappropriate content, physical damage to the device and potential screen addiction.

Click on the link to find out more information about "What Parents and Carers Need to Know about iPads".

Mr Boden

With plenty of pupils suffering coughs and colds at the moment, please be aware that this week some cough medicines (those that contain pholcodine) have been withdrawn over safety fears this week.  We do not administer cough medicine at school; but this may impact some of you with your own supply of cough medication at home.  Please see this BBC news article for further information:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64951267

There has also been a handful of cases of vomiting and/or diarrhoea at school this week.  Please remember to observe the 48 hour rule (pupils and staff to stay away from school until 48 hours after the last episode). We have also been notified of one case of roundworm in the Senior School.  Roundworm can be treated by a course of medication from your GP.  There are various types of worms that affect humans, and they aren't completely uncommon, and certainly nothing at all to be ashamed of.  Please see the link below for advice on different types of worms (maybe don't read this whilst you're eating your dinner!):

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/worms-in-humans/

Finally, can Ski Trip parents please contact Mrs Sarjant (csarjant@dokschoolorg) as soon as possible if there are any last minute changes with regard to their child's health or medications for the trip.  For those pupils who normally take medication/vitamins/inhalers first thing in the morning, we will assume that this will be done at home very early on Thursday morning before your early drop-off at the airport - please let us know if you would rather staff administer the medication at Gatwick instead.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

The School Nurses

PADoK News

Jazz Night – Friday 5^th May - SAVE THE DATE

Please make a note of the date for the infamous Jazz Night.  More details to follow.

Macmillan Afternoon Tea

Thank you so much to all of you who supported our Macmillan Afternoon Tea on Friday.  The PADoK Reps and some lovely parents baked many delicious sweet and savoury treats for the school community to enjoy.  

Thank you to the school for providing tea and coffee.  We raised an incredible £720 for Macmillan, such a worthy charity, so a big thank you to everyone who donated and baked.

 

PADoK Book Club – Next Thursday at school in the Old Hall, 8pm.

We would love you to join the PADoK Book Club on Thursday 23^rd March.  We are currently reading “Snow Country” the new novel from the bestselling author Sebastian Faulks.  “Snow Country” moves from doomed love to post-war Vienna, and The Times described the book as 'Fascinating... A rich, dark story'.  It has also been described as “a superb novel, a love story of enormous emotional weight and a portrait of Europe torn apart”.  If you are not free to join us when we get together on 23^rd March but want to be part of the Book Club, we would love for you to read the book and send in your comments to us to share on the night.

Duke of Kent School Singers

A fun session with Mr Rye this week. Varied vocal warm-ups ranging from ‘She died, She did, She died of a broken rib, She did!’ to ‘Shackles’ by Mary, Mary! 

We had a good go at the soprano, alto and tenor harmonies on Sara Bareilles’ ‘Brave’ and it’s sounding great!  Come and join at any time for an uplifting 40 mins where you’re guaranteed to laugh a lot and sing a bit too.

Huge thanks to all who come along and make the sessions so much fun. The group is a very fluid mix of past and present parents. Everyone is welcome to join at any time, and we have a WhatsApp group you can dip in and out of as you’d like to. Please feel free to contact me directly if you are interested or have any queries rhodricathy@sky.com.

We would absolutely love to have some male voices coming more regularly. If you’re out there even slightly thinking about it, please come along and give it a go! 

PADoK Walk

Date change for next walk - Friday 24^th March, 08.30. Car Park 3 Hurtwood Control (Pitch Hill).  Everyone welcome.

Please do join us for the last walk of the term, it is very relaxed and a good way to start Friday!

PADoK Core Control

Strengthen your body, Improve Your Health with our Physio-Led Stability Group – Friday morning 08.30 at Ness Hall. Note: Name change but runners still welcome!  

We would love to see you on a Friday morning 08:30-09:00 for a quick weekly input, little and often is the key to building long term goals!

Mrs Phillips

Senior School Optional Hoodie

The Senior School hoodies have redesigned by members of the School Council and the finished product can be seen above.  They have done a fantastic job at putting this design together and now finally getting to see the finished product.

This new hoodie is available from Stevenson's on their website: https://www.stevensons.co.uk/.  There is also the option to have your child's initials printed onto the front of the hoodie for a slight additional cost, something we would advise to avoid mixing up tops with other pupils. This hoodie is not an essential item of School uniform, so there is no expectation for pupils to have it.

If you wish to see the sample, please pop into the Main Office to see me and have a look at the new hoodie.

Mrs Woolgar

School Social Media

At Duke of Kent School we have three social media platforms; Instagram (dukeofkentschool), Twitter (@DoKSchool) and Facebook (Duke of Kent School). All of our social media accounts are public.

We recommend following all three accounts to receive push notifications with news, updates, educational articles, interactions with other schools, communities and public figures.

        

Mrs Woolgar