With the general election looming, Year 2 decided to run their own version with help from Sixth Form politics pupils.  Starting with Rishi Sunak and what the Prime Minister does, pupils created their own manifestos, nominated candidates, ran their hustings then voted. There was some amazing political knowledge, with Tamara A explaining how many seats [...]

Yesterday a number of pupils from Remove made presentations before their peers, assembled parents and a panel of distinguished judges as part of the Futures Project. The Futures Project is an innovative feature of the Removes Curriculum, which aims to produce independent, inquisitive and reflective learners, as well as developing important skills and the competencies [...]

On Tuesday, the Lower Sixth chemistry students took a break from their regular timetable to dive into the fascinating world of pharmaceutical chemistry. Their mission: to synthesise the widely used painkiller, aspirin, as part of their practical endorsement. Throughout the day, they navigated a series of intricate procedures, including reflux, recrystallisation, and vacuum filtration. Even [...]

Year 7 visited an Escape Room experience on Wednesday. Escape rooms from the ground up are built for teamwork. Pupils were given a goal to accomplish within a time limit and had to work together to achieve this goal. With eight escape rooms to choose from, each group decided upon their quest. With only 60 [...]

An exciting joint Year 1 and Year 7 Geography Fieldwork project took place last week. Together, they explored the quality of life in Rochester. The young investigators spent time collecting data through an environmental quality survey, interviews with residents, and even conducting car counts to assess pollution levels and the area's popularity. It was [...]

Day 1 The House Step Challenge: Our boarders enjoyed a sunset walk along the River Medway - completing over 20,000 steps! Day 2 Sustainability Projects: The boarders were buzzing for sustainability! St Margaret's crafted bee boxes, while School House planted flowers to [...]

On a very hot afternoon on Tuesday the U15 Girls cricket side competed at the Super 8's Finals day hosted by The Mote CC with the competition being organised by Kent Cricket. The team had played in the group stages of the competition on the 20 May at St Lawrence and Highland Court CC. Despite [...]

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Congratulations to everyone who took part at the District Athletics Competition at Medway Park last week. Competing against over 15 secondary schools, King’s was thrilled to bring home a haul of gold and silver medals. All pupils that participated did extremely well in a competition that recognises the individual as well as the school [...]

Pupils in Year 2 have been learning about Musical Machines in their music lessons this term and had the opportunity last week to visit Rochester Cathedral to learn about the cathedral organ. Deputy Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral, Mr Lloyd treated pupils to a personal guided tour of the instrument and demonstrated some [...]

24 pupils in the Senior School are heading out to Kenya and Tanzania this summer to visit two school projects.  During the academic year, we have been raising money as a school to assist these projects in their work, and I am pleased to let you know that we have raised enough money to [...]

Year 3 had an exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) workshop on Tuesday where we learned about forces, momentum, electricity, conductors, insulators and how to construct and work a motor. We built a motorised robot spider and we even got to take our creations home!  

As the first part of the summer term unfolded, our talented Year 6 pupils dedicated themselves to an important and enlightening project. Tasked with researching various issues concerning tropical rainforests, each pupil worked tirelessly to understand and convey the significance of these vital ecosystems. Their goal? To educate their parents and peers about the [...]

Last Friday the Year 4's enjoyed a 'Roman Workshop'. There were many activities which included how the army made the 'tortoise' formation to protect them in battles, acting out a Roman version of Romeo and Juliet, playing a board game, taking a spelling test writing on a small board made of beeswax and making a [...]

Prep School pupils had the opportunity to compete in house rowing this week - though not on water.  The ergometers (ergos) were brought out to the Paddock: these machines simulate rowing but can also measure pupil performance as well as provide a great workout.  Teams of four took to the ergos, racing against each other [...]

We were delighted to host over 50 children and staff for our annual Year 5 Cricket Partnership event. Boys and girls from Balfour Junior School, Brompton-Westbrook Primary, Chantry Community Academy, English Martyrs Primary, Higham Primary School, and Hilltop Primary School joined us. The children spent the morning receiving coaching from members of the King’s sports [...]

Well done to Storrs who won the junior house tennis tournament at King’s Rochester Sports Centre this week. The final results were: First place - Storrs with 33 points Second place - Whiston with 32 points Joint third place - Crick and Parker both with 19 points [...]

On Wednesday, the Senior Choir and eight pupils from Year 8 visited Emmanuel College to sing evensong.  Pupils enjoyed punting on the Cam, before touring King's College, Cambridge and spending some time preparing for evensong with the Director of Music, Dan Hyde.  After evensong, the Chair refuelled on pizza before the trip home.  Everyone [...]

For 'Field Day' all our Removes and Lower Sixth enjoyed of variety of activities. The CCF visited the Historic Dockyard to conduct an Army Syllabus Assessment and pupils also took part in Rocket Building, Drone Flying and Command Tasks. Other pupils used their time to volunteer at the Royal British Legion or helped around the [...]

On Tuesday Year 3 had a day full of excitement with their second instalment of PickleBall, which they thoroughly enjoyed and then a Geography walk in the afternoon to explore the wonderful tourist attractions and local history we have on our doorstep! We will be using our photos in this term's project about our [...]

On a glorious Rochester summer evening, the First XI played an Old Roffensians XI on the Paddock in a T20 game. The ORs batted first (they didn’t have eleven men to start with) and following an aggressive opening stand by Alaistair Saunders and Joe Middleton, which resulted in a couple of broken roof tiles on [...]

This week, Year 6 had the opportunity to take part in a Giant Tetrahedron Construction Challenge, one of the STEM activities being offered by Medway Council. The activity encouraged good teamwork, problem solving and working to time constraints. Pupils’ success was based on how well they listened and how carefully they followed the instructions [...]

Mr. Charles joined the fun as Pharaoh and Hugh D (L6) sang the role of Joseph, with drum accompaniment from Bobby L (L6), directed by Mrs. Nathan. It has been a real joy to work on these songs throughout the term with English Martyrs and Oaklands pupils. Many thanks to our wonderful partnership helpers [...]