On Tuesday, the Senior and Prep schools celebrated the start of term with our Epiphany service. Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the Wise Men to see the infant Jesus and is celebrated on January 6th, following 12th Night. Although we normally take our decorations down by the end of the 12 Days of Christmas, some [...]

Our talented pupil organists, Alex M and Alex S, welcomed the congregation into the magnificent Rochester Cathedral, opening what was to be a spellbinding occasion. The annual Carol Service was a magical celebration of music, tradition and community, as the Cathedral’s stunning architecture was lit by candlelight and filled with the intricate harmonies of [...]

There was a bit of a snowy surprise on the Pre-Prep playground on the last day of term. Children arrived to be greeted by staff in their best Christmas knitwear to a playground full of snow! Christmas music was playing and even Father Christmas turned up to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! What a [...]

The annual Boarders Christmas dinner took place this week, a tradition dating back to Victorian times. The boys hosted the event in School House and did a wonderful job decorating the room. The girls, and selected invited guests were welcomed and enjoyed a fantastic three course meal. There were speeches from the Upper Sixth [...]

Friends and family of Prep School pupils were treated to an evening of singing, dancing and music-making with lots of festive treats. Choirs from Years 4, 5 and 6 sang songs that they have been learning in their music lessons, whilst the Choristers and Prep School Choir shared two of the songs they have been [...]

Nursery and Reception children were so excited to take part in their nativity, Whoops-a-Daisy Angel. The performance took place yesterday in front of a captivated audience of parents and carers. This wonderfully festive play tells a delightful nativity tale, featuring a lovable but disorganised angel who has been chosen to show the way to [...]

The Pre-Preparatory Supporters (PPS) have had a very busy couple of weeks, hosting not one but three different events for children across the school. The Pre-Prep pupils enjoyed playing games at the Christmas Fayre complete with Santa's Grotto, the Prep School Y4, 5 & 6 pupils danced the night away at the Christmas Party, [...]

As part of their enrichment a group of U5 pupils carried out a mock trial with a real barrister (Tania Dosoruth) presiding as judge. A court illustration was drawn by Alice H and the report written by the court's reporter Anita O. Lana M was the defendant and Ben R, Freddie R and William M [...]

This week Ronnie the Elf asked Nursery children to plant some magic buttons. Imagine everyone’s surprise to find they had grown into candy canes overnight! Nursery pupils have also been learning about senses this week by exploring Christmas through smell and touch. [...]

Congratulations to Mrs Nathan who has completed an extraordinary musical challenge this week in aid of the music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins. During 2024 Mrs Nathan has taken ten Grade 5 ABRSM music exams, nearly all in instruments she has been playing for less than a year: Harpsichord (April 2024) Treble Recorder (April 2024) [...]

This week King’s celebrated Christmas Jumper Day. With an array of reindeer, Santas and even the odd Grinch everyone looked festive-tastic!

The House Chess competition has taken place in the Senior School. The tension in the room, the rapid movement of pieces due to timed games and the focus of the pupils created a closely fought competition. Parker were the winners, with Storrs coming a close second! [...]

Year 3 had a lovely time visiting Watts Almshouses to sing carols for the residents. Christmas spirit truly was in full swing, with the residents singing along to their favourite carols with us and Mrs Elvers on the flute and there were festive treats to enjoy. It was wonderful seeing the joy the older [...]

Last week, Mr Smith spoke to the Senior School on the theme of waiting. To illustrate the importance of watching and waiting in the Christmas story, Houses battled to open Advent calendars in the correct order. It proved harder than the pupils anticipated!

Last week the whole school had a delicious Christmas Dinner. Tables were decorated, Christmas jumpers were donned and the Christmas hits playlist activated, adding to the festive atmosphere. Both pupils and staff got to enjoy a fabulous festive meal together – as well as the usual dreadful cracker jokes! [...]

In the run up to Christmas, the Senior and Prep schools donated toys in their weekly service in support of struggling families. The Salvation Army collected the donations and distributed over 1,400 toys over the Christmas season to families in Medway. A heartfelt thank you for all that you donated. Our contributions made a real [...]

We announce that our Principal, Ben Charles, will be stepping down at the end of this academic year to take up the prestigious role of Head of Foundation at King’s School Worcester, starting in September 2025. While we are very sad to see Mr Charles and his family leave King’s, we deeply appreciate the exceptional [...]

We were fortunate to have nine mentors join us for a day to support our business challenge and to provide Lower Sixth pupils with a business problem to solve. Pupils were given a brief and then had the day to work on it, before presenting their business idea Dragon Den style to the mentors [...]

What an amazing few weeks it has been for our Year 5 pupils! They have truly knuckled down and immersed themselves in a variety of humanities subjects, including Religious Studies, Geography, History, and PSHEE. Their hard work culminated in a fantastic final project that involved creating artefacts linked to religion, beautifully merging elements from [...]

Reception visited the Nativity at the cathedral on Friday. The children had a lovely time learning about the Nativity story. They had a chance to try on costumes and then made a ‘Nativity crown’ to record the story in pictures.

The overall results for the Nickless Prize for General Knowledge 2024 are now in! Christopher H (8W) was one of six centurions in Round Two of the Nickless Prize for General Knowledge. Recording a total of 141 points, Christopher snuck ahead of last year’s runner-up to claim the title by four points from classmate Emma [...]

The Choristers met the Master of the Mercer’s Livery Company this week when they sang for their Advent Sermon service. This took place in London and the Dean of Windsor was the Preacher at the service. The Choristers are also singing carols this week in aid of Air Ambulance.

Lower Fifth Computer Science pupils had the opportunity to visit the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, a pioneering museum dedicated to the story of the Information Age. The visit included a fascinating tour showcasing the evolution of computing, an interactive session with the MegaProcessor - the world’s largest CPU - and a hands-on [...]

Recently 118 Senior School pupils participated in the Oxford/Raspberry Pi Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge (more than 40% of the whole Senior School!) and the results are now in. In Remove, 17 pupils got a Distinction, and 14 achieved a Merit award. In GCSE (L5 & U5), 12 pupils got a Distinction, and 11 achieved a [...]