THOUGHTS OF THE YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
To day ’s fo o tpr i nt i s tom or row ’s legac y. I wel co me yo u to th e fir st ed it ion of ‘ Th e B o o k ’, a memo i r of event s p ast. K i n gs’ i s so mu ch more t han c halk and ta l k , i t tru l y i s a bo u t emb rac ing t he w h o l e ch i l d, bro a dening hor izons and prov i di n g stu dents wit h t he confid ence to pu sh th emsel ves out of t heir comfor t zo n es a n d to qu i te simp ly ‘give it a go’. ‘ Th e B o o k ’ i s a n o ppor t unit y for ref l ec ti o n a s wel l a s an op p or t unit y for o u r pu pi l s to get a l i t t le t aste of what ’s to co me i n th ei r yea rs ahead at K ings’. Wh eth er yo u’ve been wit h us for one yea r o r si x yea rs, yo u are p ar t of a l ega c y, o n e th at ca n be record ed and rev i si ted i n yea rs to com e. An d w h at a yea r to begin, so many i n credi bl e memo r i es to look b ac k on, th e spo r ti n g prowess, t he b ord er ing on pro fessi o n a l pro du c tions, t he D uke of Edi n bu rgh expedi ti o ns t hat p ushed som e
to t he ab solute ex t re me, b u t de s p i te t h e p er sonal c hallenges w h e t h e r t h at b e i n t he c lassroom or out i n t h e w i l de r n e s s no one ever gave up ! Why? B e c a u s e resilience is a given, a b e h avi o u ra l t ra i t t hat K ings’ st ud ent s exu de. O ur p up ils make a di ffe re n ce e ve r y day and t he key to t heir i n di vi du a l s u cce s s is in ob ser ving commu n i t y s p i r i t a n d emb ar k ing on a share d jo u r n e y. Wi t h i n K ings’, it is evid ent t h at n o g o a l i s consid ered met, unl e s s i t i s me t fo r ever yone. Ever y st ude nt ma ke s i t t h e i r job to ensure no one i s l e f t b e h i n d. Whoever you are, whate ve r yo u wa nt to b e, it is ac hievab le. I sincerely hop e you e n joy fl i c k i n g t hrough t he fir st edi t i o n o f ‘ Th e B o o k ’ and t hat you get as mu c h p l e a s u re reflec t ing on t he me mo r i e s ma de i n 2019-20 as I have. R eb ecc a Gray Pr inc ip al
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