Weekends and Events LENT TERM 2024
Notes on the Weekend Programme All Cathedral services are open to families Sports fixtures are listed online; see the website for full calendar details Events can be booked by the school box office here: https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows
Welcome from The Head Welcome to the Lent Term at King’s. School life at King’s is exciting, energising and busy, with events and activities taking place every day. This booklet is designed to supplement the calendar to draw attention to special events where we welcome parents to the school and to list some of the highlights of the weekend programme. Events where parents can attend have been marked with an Asterisk* in the guide. Full details of events this term (including parentteacher meetings and ‘meet the head’ events) can be found in the Calendar, which is published in the ‘What’s on’ area of the school website. I hope that you will all, parents and pupils, enjoy reading these pages and making plans for the new term and that the programme which we have put together will allow you to pursue your passions and to find new interests. As always, we welcome your feedback. If there are ways in which you think we can expand the programme or events outside the School which you think we should include in the future, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We do hope to see you on the touchline, at a service or at one or more of our events this term. Jude Lowson
FRIDAY 12 JANUARY Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
SATURDAY 13 JANUARY *
5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
Sport
Lacrosse v Benenden Lacrosse v Worth School Hockey v Cranbrook Netball v St Lawrence College Football v Sevenoaks Senior Knole Run, Sevenoaks
KSC & Pilgrims’ Boat Club Dinner
7.00 - 10.00pm, Birley’s Tickets can be booked via the school Box Office https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows
Recitals
Families are welcome to attend our regular Friday@5.15 Informal Recitals. They are also streamed live via the Music YouTube Channel - https://www. youtube.com/@kings-music
Bailey House Concert 7.30 - 9.00pm Peter Stone Room
Families will be invited to attend.
SUNDAY 14 JANUARY Sport
Squash Tournament Roehampton Independent Schools Tournament
A Night At The Musicals rehearsals 2.00 - 6.00pm, Malthouse
Evensong (Crypt Choir) 7.30 - 8.30pm, Nave
*
FRIDAY 19 JANUARY Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
*
5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
Artist Talk - Toby Ward 5.00 - 6.00pm Blackfriars
Toby Ward is a painter and draftsman primarily of people, the things they do and the places they inhabit. He paints portraits of men and women sometimes formally posed, sometimes going about their work or pleasures. He has worked as artist in residence at St.Martin-in-theFields, the Mercers’ Company and the Athenaeum and travelled as a recording artist with HRH The Prince of Wales.
SATURDAY 20 JANUARY
SUNDAY 21 JANUARY
Sport
Sport
Football v Worth Netball v Ashford Hockey v Ashford Rowing Quintin Head, Quintin BC County Schools Cross Country Final, Dartford Central Park Lacrosse v Heathfield School Lacrosse v The American School in England Fencing OKS Fencing Challenge trophy Sailing v BSDRA
Broughton & Tradescant House Concert 7.00 - 10.00pm St Augustine’s Refectory
Tickets can be booked via the school Box Office https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows
Fencing Leon Paul BRC U20 Men’s Epee
Matins (Chapel Choir) 9.15am, Nave
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A Night At The Musicals Rehearsal Day 11.00 - 6.30pm, Malthouse
Pupil Art Workshop - Jack Clare 12.00 - 3.00pm See details opposite
Jack Clare did his training in the Graphic Design Industry in London. He is a real advocate of drawing skills which are demonstrated in his current work. Jack likes the challenge of exploiting different mediums to their full potential whether it is charcoal or Chinese Brush. He has exhibited across Europe and his work is in many private collections. In 2014 and 2015 Jack was successful in having his work accepted for The Federation of British Artists – Pastel Society exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
TUESDAY 23 JANUARY
THURSDAY 25 JANUARY
Voice Recital by Julie Cooper
A Level Drama * 6b * Devised Performance
7.30 - 8.15pm Peter Stone Room
After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music as a postgraduate student, Julie started singing with many of the UK’s leading choral ensembles, including The Sixteen, The Hilliard Ensemble, The King’s Consort, The Gabrieli Consort, Cardinall’s Musicke, I Fagiolini, The Tallis Scholars and Ora, as well as performing as a soloist with the CBSO, London Philharmonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Three Choirs Festival, BBC Singers and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
5.00 - 6.30pm Malthouse
FRIDAY 26 JANUARY Head’s Tea Party for 6b Parents
*
1.15 - 2.00pm
Julie has toured all over the world, sung on countless Hollywood blockbusters as a session singer and soloist, and has featured in over 200 recordings.
Parents of pupils in the 6b who are attending the parents’ afternoon are warmly invited to join the Head beforehand for an informal gathering over tea and refreshments.
Families are welcome to attend but numbers are limited. Please book with the Music Administrator musicadmin@kings-school.co.uk
6b Parent-Teacher Meetings
*
2.00 - 4.00pm, Shirley Hall
SATURDAY 27 JANUARY
SUNDAY 28 JANUARY
EXEAT WEEKEND A Night At The Musicals Rehearsal 3.00 - 8.00pm, Malthouse
WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY - SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY A Night At The Musicals 7.30 - 10.00pm, Malthouse See details opposite.
FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY Home Clothes Day Fifth Art & Photography trip to London Friday@5.15 Informal Recital 5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
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*
A Night At The Musicals
Tickets can be booked via the school Box Office https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows
SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY
SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY
Sport
Sport
Hockey v Duke of York’s Royal Military School Netball v Benenden
CCF Museum and Indoor Parachuting London Trip
Rowing at Hampton Head, Hampton School Boat Club
9.00am - 9.00pm
Lacrosse South East Festival
Boarders’ Trip Indoor Climbing or Trampolining
Sailing MCA Football v Eastbourne College Junior House Football
Fifths A Level Choices Webinar
*
12.00 - 1.00pm A link to the webinar will be sent directly to families closer to the date.
Tradescant House Sleep Out for Charity 8.00pm, St Augustine’s
Fencing South East Region Youth Fencing Championship
Open to all Day Pupils 10.00am
Shell Drama Excellence Trip: Peter Pan Goes Wrong 2.30 - 5.00pm The Marlowe Theatre
Evensong (Sixth Form only) (Crypt Choir) 7.30 - 8.30pm, Quire
*
THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY
FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY
6.00 - 6.30pm, Shirley Hall *
Head’s Tea Party for Fifths’ Parents
Concert Band Concert
Families are welcome to attend. There is no need to book.
*
12.45 - 1.30pm
Parents of pupils in the Fifth who are attending the parents’ afternoon are warmly invited to join the Head beforehand for an informal gathering over tea and refreshments.
Fifths’ Parent-Teacher Meetings 1.30 - 3.30pm, Shirley Hall
*
TRIPS THIS HALF TERM Geology Trip to Northern Ireland departs Friday 9 February returns Tuesday 13 February
Biology Trip to Disneyland Paris
departs Wednesday 14 February returns Friday 16 February
FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY Fifth Drama Trip: Metamorphosis
3.30 - 11.45pm Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital 5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
*
SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY
SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Sport
Sport
Football v The Judd School
Fencing LPJS King’s Canterbury Epee
Netball v Sevenoaks
Squash v The Jester’s Club
Rowing at Burway Head Burway RC
Evensong for Fifths, Removes and Shells (Becket Singers)
Sailing KSSA RYA Dinghy Show
7.30 - 8.30pm, Quire
Lacrosse 6s Tournament Fencing LPJS King’s Canterbury Epee
Online Parent Forum with the Head
*
12.00 - 1.00pm A link to the webinar will be sent directly to families closer to the date.
Shell Film Night
7.00 - 9.00pm, The Malthouse
CCF Mess Dinner
7.00 - 9.30pm St Augustine’s Refectory
*
TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY Instrumental Soloists Competition
*
7.00 - 9.00pm Peter Stone Room Families are welcome to attend. There is no need to book.
FRIDAY 1 MARCH Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
*
5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
Mitchinson’s House Concert
*
6.30 - 8.00pm, St Mary’s Hall Families will be invited to attend.
Carlyon House Concert 7.00 - 9.00pm, Shirley Hall Families will be invited to attend.
*
SATURDAY 2 MARCH
SUNDAY 3 MARCH
Sport
Sport
Hockey v Kent College Hockey v St Lawrence College Lacrosse v Haileybury Football v Brighton College Netball v Cranbrook School Rowing at Bruges Head Fencing British School Team Fencing Championships
Luxmoore & Linacre Showcase 7.00pm, Malthouse
Families will be invited to attend.
Kingsdown & Meister Omers House Quiz 7.30 - 9.30pm, Birley’s
*
Sailing v March Hare Rowing at Bruges Head Rowing at Maidstone Spring Head, Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club
Boarders Trip
Arsenal Women vs Tottenham Hotspur Women 10.00am, Emirates Stadium
Crypt Choir rehearsal 6.30pm, Nave
Confirmation Service 7.30pm, Nave
*
TUESDAY 5 MARCH Crypt Choir sings Evensong
THURSDAY 7 MARCH *
5.30 - 6.15pm St Lawrence Jewry, London
Performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
*
7.30 - 8.30pm St Lawrence Jewry, London
Dido and Aeneas is based on Book IV of Virgil’s epic The Aeneid. It is one of the earliest known English operas, and one of the most important and often performed operas written in the Baroque period. It is also Henry Purcell’s only true opera; that is, his only all-sung dramatic work.
Families will be informed when tickets are available for booking via the school Box Office https://thekingsschool.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows
*
6a Theatre Studies Group Devised Exam Performances 5.00 - 6.30pm, Malthouse
Families of pupils involved are welcome to attend.
FRIDAY 8 MARCH Tonbridge Science Conference Lacrosse National Schools Tournament departs 5.00pm
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6a Theatre Studies Group Devised Exam Performances 5.00 - 6.30pm, Malthouse
Families of pupils involved are welcome to attend.
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
*
5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
Marlowe House Concert 7.30 - 9.30pm Pupils’ Social Centre
Families will be invited to attend.
*
SATURDAY 9 MARCH Sport
Hockey v Haileybury Netball v Sutton Valence School Football v St John’s School, Leatherhead Rowing Women’s Eights Head of the River Race Sailing v BSDRA Lacrosse Nationals Basketball East Kent Schools Finals Day
CCF Trip to the HM Royal Marines Mountbatten Festival of Music 11.00am - 7.45pm
6b Parents’ UCAS Webinar
*
12.00 - 1.00pm A link to the webinar will be sent directly to families closer to the date.
6b Parents’ Oxbridge Webinar
*
1.00 - 1.30pm, Malthouse A link to the webinar will be sent directly to families closer to the date.
Meister Omers 24-hour cycle ride starts 6.00pm
Charity Rock Concert
7.30 - 10.00pm, Malthouse
SUNDAY 10 MARCH Sport
Sailing v BSDRA Rugby U18 Worth Rugby 7s Lacrosse Nationals
Meister Omers 24-hour cycle ride ends 6.00pm
Evensong followed by voluntary Eucharist (Crypt Choir) 7.30pm, Nave
*
TUESDAY 12 MARCH
THURSDAY 14 MARCH
A Level Music Performing Recitals
Drama Club Performance
5.00pm, Old Synagogue
*
5.00 - 6.00pm, Malthouse Families of pupils involved are welcome to attend.
WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH Drama Club Performance
*
5.00 - 6.00pm, Malthouse Families of pupils involved are welcome to attend.
FRIDAY 15 MARCH *
Choral Concert: Brahms Requiem
7.30 - 9.00pm, Cathedral Families will be informed when tickets are available for booking via the school Box Office https://thekingsschool. ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/ shows
SATURDAY 16 MARCH
SUNDAY 17 MARCH
Sport
Chapel Choir rehearsal
Hockey v Sevenoaks
8.40 - 9.10am, Nave
Football v Christ’s Hospital
Smugglers 10k Run
Netball v Mayfield Grammar School
8.50am - 1.00pm Minnis Bay, Birchington
Rowing Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head, Champion Of The Thames
Matins (Chapel Choir)
Sailing v ITCA Sailing v KSSA
10.00am - 4.00pm Science Auditorium & Laboratories
Online Parent Forum with the Head
*
12.00 - 1.00pm A link to the webinar will be sent directly to families closer to the date.
Removes Social Disco 7.00 - 10.00pm Pupils’ Social Centre
The Grange & Walpole House Charity Evening 7.30 - 9.00pm St Augustine’s Refectory
9.15 - 10.00am, Nave
Family Science Day
Sports Team Dinners 7.30pm
*
WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH Chamber Music Concert
*
7.00 - 8.00pm, Shirley Hall Families are welcome to attend. There is no need to book.
TRIPS OVER EASTER History of Art & French Trip to the Loire Valley departs Friday 22 March returns Monday 25 March
Bath Hockey Festival departs Friday 22 March returns Sunday 24 March
Shell Geography & Classics Trip to the Bay of Naples departs Friday 22 March returns Wednesday 27 March
UKSA Sailing Easter Camp departs Friday 22 March returns Tuesday 26 March
Tennis Tour to Portugal
departs Saturday 23 March returns Wednesday 27 March
Dof E Bronze & Gold Spring Challenge Wales departs Saturday 23 March returns Thursday 28 March
Rowing Spring Training Camp in Italy departs Sunday 7 April returns Saturday 13 April
MID-WEEK TALKS AND TRIPS FOR PUPILS: LENT TERM 2024 WEDNESDAY 10 JANUARY ‘It Happens’ Life Matters Talk for 6a (Next Chapter) 2.30 - 3.30pm, Malthouse
‘It Happens’ Life Matters Talk for 6b (Addiction Deep Dive) 3.45 - 4.45pm, Malthouse
‘It Happens’ Life Matters Talk for Shells (Vaping Deep Dive) 5.00 - 6.00pm, Malthouse
MONDAY 15 JANUARY Club Hispano
6.20 - 8.00pm, School Room
TUESDAY 16 JANUARY Talk on Advertising & Marketing 7.30 - 8.30pm, Science Auditorium
WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY 6b Politics trip to the Houses of Parliament 7.30am - 1.30pm, London
MONDAY 22 JANUARY Sir Anthony Seldon talk on The Path of Peace 7.00 - 9.00pm, Science Auditorium
TUESDAY 23 JANUARY Vocal Masterclass with Julie Cooper 5.00 - 6.30pm, Peter Stone Room
WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY Great Britain Hockey GK Workshop 4.15 - 5.45pm, Birley’s
WEDNESDAY 24 & THURSDAY 25 JANUARY CCF Removes Exercise KINGS POACHER
THURSDAY 25 JANUARY Dance Trip to Edward Scissorhands 6.30 - 10.30pm, The Marlowe Theatre
MONDAY 29 JANUARY Blaxland Society Talk: Hazard Management 6.45 - 7.45pm, Science Auditorium
MID-WEEK TALKS AND TRIPS FOR PUPILS: LENT TERM 2024 THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY German Theatre Festival trip for 6b 12.00 - 10.00pm, St Paul’s School, London
Cervantes Theatre trip 4.20 - 11.55pm, London
TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY Chinese Cultural Trip 8.45am - 5.30pm, London
A Level Subjects Fair
4.45 - 5.45pm, Shirley Hall
Purples’ Guest Supper 7.30pm, St Augustine’s
WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY Remove and Fifth GCSE Music trip to ‘Wicked’ 11.00am - 8.00pm, Apollo Victoria Theatre, London
6b Universities Seminar, David Hawkins 2.30 - 4.00pm
THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY CHA Talk: Canterbury Since 1500 7.00 - 9.30pm, Clagett Auditorium
6b Universities Seminar, David Hawkins 2.30 - 4.00pm
TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY Remove Drama Trip: Metamorphosis 3.30 - 11.45pm, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY Fifth Drama Trip: Metamorphosis
3.30 - 11.45pm, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY Young Enterprise Regional Trade Fair 9.15am - 3.30pm, Old Spitalfields Market
Outreach Professional Drama Workshop 10.00am - 2.00pm, Malthouse
Sixth Form Professional Drama Workshop 1.00 - 3.00pm, Malthouse
MID-WEEK TALKS AND TRIPS FOR PUPILS: LENT TERM 2024 TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY Shells Professional Drama Workshop 3.00 - 5.00pm, Malthouse
Remove & Fifth Professional Drama Workshop 5.00 - 7.00pm, Malthouse
Marlowe Society Talk
WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 6b History of Art Study Day National Gallery, London
OKS King’s Talk: Jonny Murch 7.45pm, Gateway Chamber
THURSDAY 29 FEBRUARY 6a English Trip to ‘The Motive and the Cue’ 10.30am - 7.30pm, Noel Coward Theatre, London
MONDAY 4 MARCH 6b Geography Trip to London Docklands 7.30am - 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH BFFE Horse Riding Competition 11.40am - 4.00pm
WEDNESDAY 6 & THURSDAY 7 MARCH Fifths & 6b CCF Exercise KINGS CITADEL (TIBUA Training, Group 1) 8.00am - 4.00pm, Hythe Ranges
THURSDAY 7 MARCH History Talk on the US Civil Rights Movement 7.00 - 9.30pm, Science Auditorium
TUESDAY 12 MARCH Optasia Squash Championships 10.00am - 10.00pm, Wimbledon
MONDAY 18 MARCH Blaxland Society Talk: Transport 6.45 - 7.45pm, Gateway Chamber
MID-WEEK TALKS AND TRIPS FOR PUPILS: LENT TERM 2024 TUESDAY 19 MARCH History of Art Talk by Dr Marine Authier 5.00 - 6.00pm
MONDAY 25 MARCH Peach & History and the History of Peach 7.30 - 9.00pm, Wye