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Week beginning Monday 12 December
International Air Cadet Exchange
Aaron Ferguson (U6CH) has been selected to travel to Israel to
take part in the exchange. This is a very significant achievement
on Aaron's part.
Cipher Challenge
The King's team of Junichiro Kawakami, Max Ankers, Charles Barry,
George Kiff and Tsubasa Sato Has won a prize for the Cipher Challenge
7. This competition is run by the School of Mathematics of the
University of Southampton.
Football - Boodles ISFA
Cup semi final
The 1st XI will play Bolton School at home. It is hoped that the match will
take place on Wednesday 1 February.
Trinity College Music Examinations
A total of 23 awards have been made following the recent examinations.
They cover the whole range of grades 1 to 8 and a variety
of instruments, as well as singing. Olivia Griffiths achieved
a distinction in grade 8 singing. There were 4 other distinctions,
7 merits, and 11 passes.
Week beginning Monday 5 December Football - Boodles ISFA Cup quarter
final
The 1st XI were 2-1 victors against Bury Grammar School in the
match played at home on Wednesday 7 December. Goals for King's
were scored by Jack Minshaw and Jonathan Bedford.
Sixth form physicists' visit to CERN
Between Wednesday and Saturday of last week, a group of 20 upper
sixth formers travelled on the annual Physics department trip to
the Eurpean Centre for Particle Physics at CERN, Geneva. The
highlight of this years trip was undoubtedly the chance to
witness the contruction, in a giant cavern 100 metres underground,
of the ATLAS detector, some 46 metres in length and weighing 7,000
tonnes. The task of this experiment when it starts running will
be to detect the presence of the Higgs Boson, a vital but as yet
undiscovered ingredient of the Standard Model of Particle
Physics.
The group also visited one of CERN's many
particle accelerators, and an experiment to make and study atoms
of antimatter, which
has been brought to public awareness recently by the novel
'Angels and Demons' by Dan Brown.
In the evenings, the group dined out in style at pizza and fondue
restaurants in Geneva. Dr. Bosworth passes on his grateful thanks
to all who travelled for making it such a worthwhile trip and for
the pleasure of their company.
Children in Need Day update
Pig builders, pig decorators, slaves, sellers,
buyers .... all helped to raise around £780 for this year's appeal.
Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes
Members of the school have contributed 375
shoeboxes to this year's appeal. They are already on their way
to India along with 70,000 other shoeboxes. The world's largest
plane was used for the trans-continental filght.
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Bronze awards have recently been achieved
by Daniel Hales, William Whittaker, Adrian Tickridge-Day, David
Thompson, Jacob Newman, Tom May, Simon Bate, Steffan Cooling,
Alex Roberts and Niall Murphy.
Week beginning Monday 28 November
Muslim visitors
 The
headmaster (right) is shown
welcoming three Muslim speakers to the school on Wednesday 30th
November 2005. Mr Abdul Jolil (left), Mr Abdun Noor (next to the
headmaster) and the Imam of the Chester Mosque addressed the school's
regular Wednesday Assembly. The title of the assembly was 'A Muslim
Perspective'.
Mr Jolil and Mr Noor spoke about the Muslim Community in Chester
and the particular problems being faced by that community, particularly
since 7th July bombings. The Imam spoke about the basic beliefs
of Islam and described the difference between Sunni and Shi'ah
Muslims. All three speakers stressed the peaceful nature of Islam
and emphasised their rejection of violence. The pupils listened
attentively and respectfully and were left with much to think about.
Following the assembly, the three visitors joined in two lessons.
The first was a Fourth Year GCSE Religious Studies class, during
which pupils had the opportunity to ask questions about the 5 Pillars
of Islam. The second lesson was a Remove Thinking Skills Class,
during which the visitors stimulated a thoughtful discussion about
life after death.
The visit provided and excellent opportunity for pupils to hear
and think about a different religious perspective.
University rugby selection
Nick Jones, who captained the school 1st
XV in 03-04, has been selected to play for Cambridge in the U21
Varsity match at Twickenham on 6 December.
LAMDA (The London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Arts) awards
Carissa Parnell (4AH) achieved distinctions in both Solo Acting
and Speaking of Verse and Prose in her recent grade 6 (Bronze Medal)
examinations.
Week beginning Monday 21 November
Children in Need Day, Friday 18 November
This was a very successful day for charity
fund-raising. The pig was half decorated and students were very
generous, often paying their fee and donating the change to the
charity as well. The sixth form auction exceeded all expectations
and generated much excitement.
On the day aroung £522 was raised to help
under-privileged and abused children in the UK. There is still
money to come and the final total is expected to be around £600.
Week beginning Monday 14 November
Cheshire Chief Scout Awards
Charlie Barry (4DL), Mark Ditchfield (3JK) and James Wheatley (4DL)
received Gold Awards at a recent presentation. This is the highest
award that they can achieve for their age and is part of the
progression to the prestigious Queen's Scout Award.
Winner of the High Sheriff's Cheshire Prize for
Literature
At the recent awards ceremony Henry Pearson, Professor of English
in Education at the University of Chester and chair of the
judging panel, announced that the winner was David Whitley. His
entry was a children's story entitled "The Substitute". He collected
prize money of £2000. David left the school in 2003, having won the
school's top academic award, The Robert Jones Kendrick Memorial
Prize and The Westminster Medal. He is currently studying English
Literature at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was a member
of the college's team that won University Challenge.
UK Senior Maths Challenge
The results this year were outstanding. Of the 21 sixth formers
who entered 10 were awarded Gold certificates, placing them in
the top 7%. These were Alexei Makhort, Andrew Norman, Richard
Thomas, Chris Blake, Jin Young Park, Peter Walker, Sean McMahon,
Lewis Gurran, Richard Fletcher and Ming-Chee Chung. A further 6 students were awarded Silver and
2 gained Bronze certificates.
Alexei, Andrew, Richard and Chris also qualified
for this year's British Maths Olympiad, which is the selection
contest for the British International Olympiad team. This means
that they were ranked in the top 1%. Jin Young, Peter and Sean
missed qualification by just 1 mark.
Football selections
Jack Minshaw and Andrew Dyne have been
selected to play for the ISFA Under-16 North team against the
South team on Sunday 27 November. The match is to be played
at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Week beginning Monday 7 November
Football - Boodles ISFA Cup
The 1st XI have reached the quarter
final of the Boodles ISFA cup with a superb 1-0 away win at Shrewsbury
School. We
are only 2 matches away from 'Wembley', or Filbert Street (Leicester City's
stadium) to be strictly accurate.
Week beginning Monday 31 October
CCF news
Aaron Ferguson (U6CH) received a glowing
report from the Flight and Course Commanders at the
Air Cadet Leadership Course and was selected as Best Cadet.
A number of cadets in the RAF section have
recently received promotions. See the CCF
page for details.
Week beginning Monday 24 October was half
term holiday
Week beginning Monday 17 October
Battle of the Bands
Seven school bands engaged last Friday in
front of a large and enthusiastic audience. Approximately £1500
was raised for the purchase of a drum kit and other musical instruments
for the school.
Taekwon-Do
A number of students have been presented
with grading certificates.
Week beginning Monday 10 October
County sports selections
As reported earlier several girls have been
selected for representative teams. Hockey: Lucy Swe was
selected for the Welsh U18 squad that recently travelled to Lithuania;
Alice Plews has been selected for the U14 North of England Development
Squad and the Cheshire U14 squad; Siobhan Barnard and Kate Saunders
have been selected for the Cheshire U14 squad.; and Laura
Spaven has been selected for the Cheshire U17 squad. Netball: Hannah
Phillips has been selected for the Cheshire U14 squad.
CCF competition
Two teams from King's competed in for the King's and Cheshire Regiments
Cup. They won the Cheshire Cup for the third year in a row. More
details on the CCF page.
Liverpool Physics Olympics
This event took place at Liverpool University
on Saturday 8 October. The members of the King's team were Andrew
Norman (U6SW), Ming-Chee Chung (U6SD), Richard Fletcher (U6CH)
and Peter Walker (L6KS). The team finished 5th overall out of
28 teams but won the theoretical physics competition that ran
throughout the day.
Week beginning Monday 3 October
Independent Schools Football Association honours
Following trials at the weekend Andrew Dyne
and Jack Minshaw (both of 5PF) have been selected to represent
the Under-16s ISFA (North) against Cheshire. The match takes place
at the school on Sunday 16 October. The kick-off is at 2pm.
Golfing success continues
Thomas Burnet (3JK) has reduced his handicap
this season from 16 to 8 and though only 14 has been selected for
the Welsh U16 squad. He now goes on to train at Carden Park with
the Welsh National Coach David Llewellyn. Thomas has also been
selected for county training and has played his first match for
North Wales County Boys, winning both of the matches he played.
To add to these honours he has recently taken up his position as
Junior Captain of his home club, St Melyd Golf Club.
Another county hockey selection
In addition to those mentioned below (week
beginning 12 September) Laura Spaven (L6KL) has been selected
for the Cheshire U17 hockey squad.
Week beginning Monday 26 September
Chester Schools FA selection
Richard
Sissons (3SO) and Thomas Pearson-Jones (3MB) have been selected
for the County Schools FA U14 squad.
Week beginning Monday 19 September
Chester Schools
Football Association U-19
7-a-side Competition
Two King's teams entered the competition.
The 'B' squad acquitted themselves very well and narrowly missed
qualification for the Plate final. The 'A' team won the competition,
scoring a good number of goals in the process.
Prestigious equestrian award
Laura-Beth Pilkington (U6SW) has been presented
with a Caroline Pratt Memorial Bursary. This is a very prestigious
award, with much emotion involved since it is only 12 months
since Caroline was killed at the Burghley three-day event. The
memorial fund is administered by the British Horse Society.
Laura-Beth was one of only four riders to
be chosen nationally. The bursary is a substantial amount of training
money together with training days with the British Olympic coach.
Week beginning Monday 12 September
County Cricket Champions
The U12 team became county champions after
defeating Cheadle Hulme by 6 wickets. They now go on to take part
inthe national Lord's Taverners' knock-out competition. The victorious team is shown below.
Hockey and Netball selections
Alice Plews (3SO) has been selected for the
U14 North of England Hockey Development Squad. Alice plays in goal
for the school U14 team and played for the Cheshire U14 squad last
season.
Hannah Phillips (3SB) has been selected out of
120 players for the Cheshire U14 Netball Squad. Hannah plays Goal
Attack.
Lucy Swe (U6AW) was selected for the Welsh U18
Hockey Squad that recently travelled to Lithuania. Lucy plays in
the centre of midfield for the 1st XI.
Swimming champion
Adam Jones (ShJJ) took part in various swimming events over the
summer, winning 2 silver medals at the Holywell Sprint Meet and
3 golds at the Welsh Regional Championships in Swansea. He has
now earned the title of Welsh Regionsl U12 Champion for 200m
backstroke.
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