A Vision for Sport at Junior King's

A Vision for Sport Sport for all, all year round

Welcome Sport is vital to the health and happiness of children and it has long been central to the curriculum at Junior King's. Whilst the roster of sporting achievement is long and consistent at JKS, sport is not just about competition; it is about taking part and having fun. There is nowhere that children have more fun than in the water.

The archive photographs in this brochure bring back my memory of swimming in the original pool that was ďŹ lled with water from the river Stour ďŹ fty years ago. There really were eels in it so you didn't put your feet down! It was perishingly cold even in the summer but everyone jumped in with squeals of delight and terror in equal measure.

Just as the new Music School has encouraged the musical ambition of our children and sta, this substantial upgrade to the swimming facility will stimulate greater participation and achievement by all of our children. I am delighted that we are now pressing ahead with this long-anticipated project.

Nick Lyons, (JKS 1967-72) (LN 1972-77) Vice-Chairman of Governors

Nick Lyons

Turning a Vision into Reality

We have seen great developments in our sports facilities over the past few years at Junior King’s.

The Robertson’s Astro Pitch and Tennis Courts, the Jubilee Field and the resurfaced small Astro Hockey Pitch, have all added greatly to the quality of our sport.

However, there is more to be done and one very obvious area requiring improvement is our outdoor swimming pool, which can only be used for a few months each year.

Exciting plans have now been drawn up for the enclosure and refurbishment of the Junior King’s pool, making it an attractive indoor facility with adjacent changing rooms and a visitors’ reception area. A dance and fencing studio will be added in the Sports Hall as a further phase, thus enabling our facilities to be used more extensively throughout the year.

We have embarked upon an ambitious fundraising initiative with strong backing from the Governors as well as our parent body. A significant proportion of the funds has already been raised.

This brochure outlines how, with your generous support, we can turn this vision into a reality.

Peter Wells Headmaster Junior King’s Canterbury Peter Wells

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Naming Opportunities

The naming opportunities opposite are available

The Norwegian Log Pool Hall

£250,000

The Fencing/Dance Studio

£150,000

n Phase 1

The Swimming Plant Room

£50,000

n Phase 2

The Fencing/Dance Changing Rooms

£50,000

The Reception Lounge

£50,000

The Boys’ Swimming Changing Rooms

£25,000

The Girls’ Swimming Changing Rooms

£25,000

Peter Wells, Headmaster, on +44 (0) 1227 714008

The Swimming Terrace Garden

£15,000

or email office@junior-kings.co.uk.

The Office

£10,000

4 Individual Swimming Lanes

£5,000 each

40 Individual Poolside Seats

£500 each

in the new Junior King’s Swimming Pool development, shown on the plans as:

n Phase 3 n Phase 4 For more information or an informal discussion about these opportunities please contact

New Timber Swimming Pool Enclosure

New Link Building

Existing Sports Hall

No rth

Gym Store

Swimming Car Park Entrance to Swimming Pool Facilities

Plant Room

Gym Store

Sports Hall Fencing/ Dance Changing Rooms

Fencing/ Dance Studio

Boys’ Swimming Changing Rooms

Office

Reception Lounge

Swimming Terrace Garden The Norwegian Log Pool Hall

Girls’ Swimming Changing Rooms

Individual Swimming Lanes

Individual Poolside Seats

Entrance to New Mezzanine

Swimming Plant Room Entrance to Sports Hall

Mezzanine

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What are the benefits?

What will it cost?

– The Sports Centre will stay open for use throughout the year, with Recreation Centre Staff providing coaching expertise – Proper changing and reception facilities will be provided and there will be ample space for parents to watch from the poolside – The pool will be available for parents and family swimming – Gifted swimmers will train to a higher level at Junior King’s

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

New Norwegian

Staff changing

New dry-side

New mezzanine

Log building to

rooms to be

changing rooms,

floor in the

cover the

altered to

new gym and

sports hall for

existing pool.

provide enlarged

games store

dance and

additional pupil

rooms to

fencing studio

wet-side

sports hall

New plant room

– Boarders will be able to swim in the evenings and at weekends

Link building with

– The pool area will be better maintained and more secure

and changing

wet-side showers

changing rooms

£262,000

£197,000

£178,000

cubicles – Pre-Prep children will be able to have lessons here at Junior King’s – The pool will be linked to the Sports Hall

The Governors have agreed to invest £500,000 into New entrance

this project but we have to rely on the generosity

and reception

of our supporters to complete Phase 1.

lounge, office – Fencing and Dance facilities will be created in a new studio – The school will be able to host gala events with other schools

and terrace garden £1.12 million

– The costs of running the pool will be offset with greater heat retention and additional income from Club Membership – Standards of swimming will rise for all our children

We believe that the benefits of sport are an essential element of a complete all round education.

Joining our vision

Thanks to several generous benefactors, we are nearly half way to reaching the target for Phase 1 of the project.

We are now inviting friends, parents, alumni, foundations and other supporters of Junior King’s to help us raise the remaining funds.

We want to equip the new building with the best possible standard of equipment and naming opportunities are available for those who want to make a specific gift.

On behalf of pupils at Junior King’s today and in decades to come, thank you for supporting our vision for sport at Junior King’s.

Kate Chernyshov Director of Development For more information or to find out how you can help, please contact Mrs Kate Chernyshov in our Development Office to find out how you can help. +44 (0) 1227 595760 kec@kings-school.co.uk

Kate Chernyshov

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Junior King’s School Milner Court Sturry Canterbury Kent CT2 0AY T: +44 (0) 1227 714000 E: office@junior-kings.co.uk www.junior-kings.co.uk Registered Charity Number 307942