Weekends and Events
SUMMER 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 our second ‘Weekends and Events’ booklet. While this term sees pupils embarking on public exams, there is still a vibrant programme of events in place, and I hope you will enjoy browsing through what is to come later this term.
Of course, the summer term also plays host to the King’s Week festival, and we look forward to sharing more details of this unique festival of the arts, music, creativity and recreation when the full programme is published in due course.
Full details of all of the events of the term can be found in the school calendar, accessible via the ‘News and Events’ tab on the website. Events where parents can attend have been marked with an Asterisk* in this booklet. As ever, we hope to see you at one or more events this term and wish our community a positive, productive and exciting summer term.
Jude LowsonSunday
14 April
Year 8 Taster Experience begins
4.00pm
Year 8 Pupil & Parent drinks reception
4.30 - 5.30pm, Malthouse
Tuesday
16 April Head’s Tea Party for Shell Parents
3.15 - 4.00pm Pupils’ Social Centre
Parents of pupils in the Shell who are attending the parents’ afternoon are warmly invited to join the Head beforehand for an informal gathering over tea and refreshments.
Shell Parent-Teacher Meetings
4.00 - 6.00pm, Shirley Hall
Thursday
18 April Whole School Photograph
10.30 - 12.00pm, Green Court
Friday
19 April
Jervis Leavers’ Dinner
Saturday
20 April
7.00pm Sport
Cricket v Eastbourne
Tennis v Haileybury
Cricket v Kent College
Sailing v KSSA
Rowing
Junior Inter-Regional Regatta
Nottingham
Carlyon Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
Pupils’ Social Centre
Luxmoore Leavers’
Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
Gateway Chamber
School House Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
St Augustine’s Refectory
Sunday 21 April
Matins (Chapel Choir)
9.15 - 10.00am, Nave
Sport
Cricket v St Edmund’s
Golf v OKS
Rowing Lea Spring Regatta
Rowing GB trials Small Boats
Regatta
Harvey House Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
Gateway Chamber
Monday
22 April
6b PE trip to CCCU Sports Labs
10.30am - 12.00pm
Blaxland Society Talk: Flood Risk
6.45 - 7.45pm
Gateway Chamber
Tuesday
23 April
Broughton House
Photograph
1.50pm
Recital by the Kentish Piano Trio
6.30 - 7.15pm
Peter Stone Room
Wednesday
24 April
Mitchinson’s House
Photograph
8.00am, Lattergate Lawn
Carlyon House
Photograph
8.30am, Lattergate Lawn
Marlowe House
Photograph
2.00pm, Green Court
Walpole House
Photograph
4.45 - 5.15pm, Walpole Garden
Kingsdown House
Photograph
5.30pm
Thursday
25 April Sounding Out Primary School Workshop
9.30am - 3.00pm
Shirley Hall
6a Leavers’ Panoramic
Photograph
11.10 - 11.40am
Green Court
History Talk by Professor
Doyle: ‘The collapse of the Terror in France 1793’ 7.00pm, Science Auditorium
Friday
26 April Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm
Peter Stone Room
Bailey Leavers’ Dinner
7.00pm
Mitchinson’s Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
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
Saturday 27 April
Opening of The Rausing Science Centre
12.00 - 2.30pm
Talk by Lord Robert
Winston - ‘The Future of the Human Race’
12.00 - 12.45pm, Shirley Hall
Sport
Sailing v BSDRA
Sailing v ITCA
Cricket v Worth
Cricket v St Lawrence College
Tennis v Felsted
Cricket v Worth
Broughton Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
Sunday 28 April Sport
Girls’ Touch Rugby Tournament, Birley’s
Sailing v ITCA
Linacre Paintballing Trip
10.00am - 3.00pm
Prep Schools’ Choral Day
1.00 - 8.15pm
13+ Scholarship Candidates’
Welcome & Tea
4.30 - 5.20pm
Pupils’ Social Centre
Evensong (Crypt Choir)
7.30 - 8.15pm, Nave
Wednesday 1 May
Luxmoore House
Photograph 8.00am
Ex King’s Fury 24Removes CCF Trip departs Wednesday 1 May returns Thursday 2 May
Running Wild Trip departs Wednesday 1 May returns Thursday 2 May
Shell Global Perspectives Presentations Final 7.15 - 8.45pm, Malthouse
Thursday 2 May
Jazz Vocal Open Mic 9.10 - 10.00pm Pupils’ Social Centre
Friday 3 May
Recital Prize (6a) 5.00 - 7.00pm
Peter Stone Room
Saturday 4 May
Sport
Sailing v KSSA
Fencing, British Youth Championship Finals, Sheffield
Cricket v St Lawrence College
Inter-House Girls’ Cricket
Tennis v Epsom College
Rowing. Chiswick Regatta
Online Parent Forum with the Head
12.00 - 1.00pm
ESU Public Speaking Competition National Final
departs Saturday 4 May returns Sunday 5 May
Meister Omers Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm, Meister Omers
Walpole & The Grange
Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
St Augustine’s Refectory
Kingsdown Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm, Kingsdown
Galpin’s Leavers’ Dinner
7.30 - 10.00pm
Gateway Chamber
Sunday
5 May
Boarders’ TripPaintballing & Kayaking
Linacre Charity Event
6.00am - 6.00pm
Sport
Fencing, British Youth Championship Finals, Sheffield
Inter-House Sailing
School House Charity Swim
11.00am - 5.00pm, Whitstable
Voluntary Service, Upper Chapel
7.30 - 8.15pm, St Augustine’s
Tuesday
7 May Purples’ Lacrosse
6.30pm, Green Court
Wednesday
8 May
CCF Shell Adventure Training Trip
2.30 - 7.00pm
Thursday
9 May
Singing from the Cathedral Tower for Ascension Day
7.30 - 8.00am
Friday 10 May
Remove Latin translation tournament
10.00am - 6.30pm
Battle Abbey School
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm
Peter Stone Room
Crypt Choir and Chapel
Wardens’ Dinner
7.00 - 9.00pm
St Augustine’s Refectory
Saturday
11 May
Saturday Smarties
12.30 - 3.30pm
Science Auditorium & Cellarer’s Garden Sport
Sailing v BSDRA
Sailing v KSSA
Cricket v Skinners’
Cricket v Ashford
Inter-house Tennis
Rowing Borne@Chiswick
Bridge Regatta
Sunday
12 May
Markha Valley Trek, Practice Walk 1
11.00am - 7.00pm
Evensong (Crypt Choir)
7.30pm, Nave
Monday 13 May
6b Theatre Studies Trip to the National Theatre Archives
Wednesday 15 May
CCF Shell Adventure Training Trip
2.30 - 7.00pm, Stour River
Tuesday 14 May
6b Challenge Day
9.00am - 6.00pm, Birley’s
3.00 - 5.00pm, online
6b BBQ
6.00 - 8.00pm, Birley’s Young Enterprise Showcase
Friday 17 May
6b Geography Field Studies Trip departs departs Friday 17 May returns Sunday 19 May
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm Peter Stone Room
Saturday 18 May 13+, 14+ & Sixth Form Open Morning
9.30am -1.00pm, Green Court
Saturday Smarties
12.30 - 3.00pm Science Labs
Online Parent Forum with the Head
1.00pm
A link to the webinar will be sent directly to families closer to the date.
Sport Cricket v Sutton Valence
Tennis v Dulwich College Tennis v Tonbridge Tennis v Benenden Rowing, Thames Ditton Regatta
Sunday 19 May Linacre Wakeboarding Trip
10.00am -12.00pm
The Robert Rose Society Lunch
12.00 - 3.00pm, Green Court
Evensong (Crypt Choir)
7.00pm, Nave
Sport Rowing, Poplar Regatta
Tuesday 21 May
Remove DofE: Summer Bronze 24.1 departs Tuesday 21 May returns Wednesday 22 May
Wednesday 22 May
Ex Kings Havoc 24 - Shell
CCF Exercise departs
8.00am, Mereworth Woods
6b Scholars Plus trip to Bletchley Park
8.00am, - 6.00pm
Remove DofE: Summer Bronze 24.2
departs Wednesday 22 May returns Thursday 23 May
Choral Repertoire Sing Along
6.30 - 7.30pm, Music School
Friday 24 May Head’s Tea Party for Remove Parents
1.15 - 2.00pm
Parents of pupils in the Remove who are attending the parents’ afternoon are warmly invited to join the Head beforehand for an informal gathering over tea and refreshments. Remove Parent-Teacher Meetings
2.00 - 4.00pm, Shirley Hall
Saturday
25 May Sport
Rowing National Schools Regatta, Dorney Lake
Wednesday 5 June 6b History of Art & German Study Day
9.00am - 6.00pm, Tate Modern
Friday 7 June Shell trip to The Kent Science & Technology Challenge Day
8.00am - 4.30pm
University of Greenwich, Medway Campus
Thursday 6 June Partnerships Event: Minilympics
9.00am - 3.00pm, Birley’s
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm
Peter Stone Room
Purples’ Drinks Reception
6.00 - 7.30pm
Lattergate Garden
Saturday 8 June
Sport
Sailing v KSSA
Cricket v Sutton Valence
Cricket v Cranbrook
Tennis v St Lawrence
Linacre 70th Anniversary Celebration
Main Dining Hall
CCF - Colonel’s Review of the Trooping the Colour
6.50am - 2.40pm
Horse Guards Parade, London
Sunday 9 June
Boarding Trip to Howletts
Wildlife Park
Sport
House Sailing
Matins (Chapel Choir)
9.15am, Nave
Markha Valley Trek, Practice Walk 2
11.00am - 9.30pm
Shell Music Scholars’ Concert
2.30 - 4.00pm
Peter Stone Room
Monday 10 June
6b Biology Fieldtrip to Flatford Mill
departs Monday 10 June returns Wednesday 12 June
Remove Music Scholars’ Performance Class
5.45 - 6.40pm
Peter Stone Room
Friday
14 June Fifth Form Tea Party
3.45 - 5.00pm, Plane Tree Lawn
Friday@5.15 Informal Recital
5.15 - 5.45pm
Peter Stone Room
Saturday
15 June
Historical Association
Local History Trip to Wye
10.00am - 4.00pm
Sport
Sailing v BSDRA
Cricket v Sevenoaks
Tennis v Duke of York’s
Tennis v Sutton Valence
Rowing, Barnes & Mortlake
Regatta
Rowing, Marlow Town Regatta
Rowing, Reading Amateur Regatta
Sunday 16 June
Family Science Day
Markha Valley Trek, Practice Walk 3 11.00am - 6.30pm
Evensong for Shell, Remove and 6b (Chapel Choir) 7.30pm, Quire
Tuesday 18 June
6b Classics Trip to the British Museum: Roman Legion exhibition 9.00am - 5.00pm
Musical Theatre TripJesus Christ Superstar 7.00 - 10.15pm
Marlowe Theatre
Thursday 20 June
Remove Challenge Day
Friday 21 June Economics Trip to local businesses
9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday
22 June Sport
Cricket v Kent College
Cricket v St Lawrence
Sailing v HBSC
Fencing, KSC Youth Epee Development Series
Tennis v Sevenoaks
Rowing, Henley Womens’ Regatta
Sunday 23 June Sport
Fencing, KSC Youth Epee Development Series
Rowing, Henley Women’s Regatta
New Pupils’ Lunches
12.20 - 3.30pm
Voluntary Service, Upper Chapel
7.30 - 8.15pm, St Augustine’s
Tuesday 25 June History Talk by Katja Hoyer
‘German Unification ‘
7.00pm, Science Auditorium
Monday 24 June Shell Activity Day
9.00am - 4.00pm, Birley’s
Wednesday 26 June
House Summer BBQs
6.00 - 9.00pm
Thursday 27 JuneWednesday 3 July
King’s Week
Please see the King’s Week website for details about events - www.kings-week.co.uk *
Sunday 30 June
Matins (Serenade Choir)
9.15 - 10.00am, Nave
Tuesday 2 July
Final Assembly with Prizegiving
9.00 - 10.00am, Shirley Hall
Wednesday 3 July
Sports Day
9.00 - 12.00pm, Birley’s
Thursday 4 July
Commemoration Day
Commemoration Service
11.00am, Nave
6a Leavers’ Summer Ball
7.00 - 11.55pm
Godmersham Park
Biology South Africa Conservation Trip departs Thursday 4 July returns Monday 15 July
Saturday 6 July Sport
Sailing v Itchenor Schools Week
MFL Lacrosse Tour to Canada
departs Saturday 6 July returns Saturday 13 July
CCF Ex KINGS OAK Summer Camp with Sevenoaks School departs Saturday 6 July returns Saturday 13 July Sunday 7 July Sixth Form Markha Valley Trek departs Sunday 7 July returns Sunday 21 July *