On Thursday, Remove and Lower Fifth students were invited to participate in a workshop on the theme of Culture and Identity. This event formed part of our Language and Culture Week celebrations and was delivered by MACA, Medway African and Caribbean Association. MACA is a local charity which promotes diversity and inclusivity within our [...]

Year 3 have been busy making Roman clay pot reliefs. First we spent some time carefully designing our pots, considering important aspects of Roman life. We then learnt how to use clay techniques like wedging, carving, sculpting and moulding to bring our designs to life! [...]

Year 1 pupils visited the Guildhall Museum in Rochester to explore a range of toys from the past, linking to their History topic this half term. They learnt about the pumpette, the wooden acrobat toy, the zoetrope and the toy mangle!

KSR Girls' Rugby Club KSR is excited to announce the launch of its new Girls’ Rugby Club, for Senior pupils which meets every Wednesday after school. The sessions have seen a fantastic turnout, with pupils eager to learn the fundamentals of the sport. So far, the club has covered essential skills including handling, tackling, [...]

Monday saw a fun afternoon of performances from 10 talented musicians from the Prep and Senior Schools. Each pupil was picked randomly through the use of a spinning wheel, and when the needle landed on their name it was their time to shine! The two pieces of music that perfectly complemented our celebrations for [...]

Are we in Spain or in Mexico? No no …this is just another normal day at King’s School Rochester, where learning is fun and interactive, as pupils found out at breaktime on Tuesday. Read more here. As part of Language and Culture Week, Mrs Wiltshire and Mrs Brett organised a Selfie (or Usie) Booth [...]

The Combined Cadet Force Field Day last Friday saw 144 cadets take part in a range of activities. The Navy Section attended Whale Island in Portsmouth where they got to take part in the Field Gun Training, the Ship Bridge Simulator and visit the Queen's Gun Carriage. The Army and RAF Sections visited Mereworth [...]

All week King’s has been celebrating language and culture. The week started with a Cultural Clothes Day, where everyone had the opportunity to wear clothes that reflected their culture. Throughout the week, there were a variety of events and activities to recognise and celebrate our different cultures, including international film screenings, a workshop by [...]

To celebrate Language and Culture week Year 5 had an invigorating start to a Tuesday as they danced a Ceilidh in the School Yard and in the sun! The first challenge was to learn the dance steps alongside their friends. Once this was mastered their dance moves were put to traditional music. Ceilidh dancing [...]

In a remarkable achievement Max C (8W) has become the U12 World Champion of the FISTF Sports Table Football World Cup in Royal Tunbridge Wells, the town where the game began. There were 36 elite players in his category from various countries, and Max played the final against the Italian #1 as his opponent. [...]

Year 2 have been learning about habitats and finding out why living things live in different places, how they have adapted to their habitat and how plants and animals depend on each other. As well as visiting the Alps, pupils learned about and built an aquatic, forest, grassland, desert or polar/tundra habitat as a [...]

This week marked the age-old tradition of the House Conkers Competition at the Prep School. This year saw the addition of stings with house colours. The atmosphere was electric as the pupils took turns, swinging their conkers at each other in hopes of being crowned the ultimate conker champion! Our oldest images of the [...]

Sixth Form Politics pupils visited two major UK institutions on Monday. First was the Houses of Parliament, which started with a tour then a workshop on creating election manifestos. Although the House of Commons was out of bounds for refurbishment, the pupils had a Q&A session with Rochester MP Lauryn Edwards, with the first [...]

Four RAF cadets; Alex, Ben, Sage and Angelika, soared to new heights on Sunday, 29th September, as they embarked on a thrilling gliding adventure at RAF Kenley. Each cadet enjoyed two exhilarating flights, experiencing the thrill of soaring through the skies, and getting the opportunity to take control of the glider. Unfortunately the unpredictable [...]

L6 Psychology pupils have been learning different concepts in a variety of unusual ways. In a lesson about correlations they tested a theory that the amount of saliva that is produced during a lemon test is correlated to a person’s personality type by counting how many licks they can do on a piece paper [...]

In Science, Year 3 have been learning about rocks and soils. This week we created edible soil profiles to show the different layers that soil is made up of. It was a lot of fun ... and tasty too!

King’s were delighted to host another exciting Orchestra Day this year, welcoming over 70 young musicians from seven schools for a day of music-making with a spooky twist. Pupils aged 9-13 from Ashford, Sevenoaks Prep, Lorenden Prep, Merton Court, Dartford Primary Academy, Gateway Primary School, and Wrotham Road Primary joined forces to learn and [...]

Year 3 enjoyed making replica Roman coins on our trip to the Roman Museum last week. This week in Art, we have been experimenting with charcoal and using blending and shading techniques to draw Roman coins. We have really impressed ourselves!

Talented Thomas in Year 3 loves art and has impressed his teachers with his art skills. Last Friday, Thomas and William had the opportunity to visit the art classrooms and work alongside Sixth Former Bobby to produce some clay art of their own. A great opportunity for Pre-Prep and Senior pupils to work together. [...]

Year 2 have been very busy both inside and outside the classroom.  2MR embarked on a scavenger hunt to find many different items outside for Green Day. They particularly enjoyed identifying the rosemary in the herb garden! Year 2 have also been playing shops and can now use all the different type of coins when [...]

In Pre-Prep, the School Council for the year has been elected. Congratulations to Maya (3G), Isaiah (3J), in Wilf (2K), Jiya (2MR), Ean (1BP) and Sapphire (1O). They have already got to work choosing the charity for the year which will be Kent Air Ambulance. They are very excited to represent the ideas put forward [...]

It has been a busy week for boys’ football in the Prep school with our U13, U11 and U9 teams all competing at tournaments. The U13As travelled to New Beacon School on Saturday for The John Norman, 7-a-side competition. The squad performed well, losing only one game in the group stages and progressing to [...]

The Years 7 and 8 House Swimming Competition took place on Monday. The competition was extremely close. Storrs won by only 2 points above Crick, while Whiston and Parker drew with 73 points each. It was a fantastic afternoon for everyone involved.

In Preparatory School one of the best things about starting in Year 4 is finding out who your Year 8 buddy is going to be! Every Year 4 pupil is paired with a Year 8 buddy and introductions are made in the first week of term during form time. Last week there was a [...]