Mr Pavis' Video Newsletter: Friday 13th November

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This week’s newsletter comes to you from the newly refurbished food tech department. It’s Friday 13th November, and no, I’m not about to give a cookery demonstration. Huge thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen, and to the PTA in particular. The students are already making the most of their great new facilities.

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Thank you too to the PTA and the student volunteers who helped at last week’s fireworks display. It was fireworks without the fireworks this year, with a laser show instead, and it was a brilliant evening and a great community event, enjoyed by all.

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Ralph and Amber, our Heads of School, represented Kingsley at the Remembrance service in Bideford on Sunday and laid a wreath on behalf of the school. On Wednesday we held our own service, with the whole school together in the theatre. Well done to the band, who played brilliantly, and to everyone who gave a reading. A special mention goes to our international students, who gave their prayers of remembrance in their own languages. It was a great cultural moment and a reminder that this is a global event, not just a UK one. Well done also to Harry for playing the Last Post so well.

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Thank you to Sydney for playing us into assembly on Monday morning, and to Mr Harty’s Year 8 class, who presented an assembly on the Christmas jumper problem. If you don’t know what that is, ask your children to explain it, and to tell you the solution the Year 8s have come up with. You’ll be hearing more over the coming weeks as we build towards what I hope will be a fast-fashion-free Christmas jumper day later this term.

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It’s been another busy week for sport. Last Saturday our judoka were in action at the West of England Schools Competition, hosted here at Kingsley. We came away with nine golds, five silvers and three bronzes, and took first place overall. Very well done to all of our judoka. In rugby, our Under 13s took on Plymouth and Shebbear, with Freddy named Player of the Match. Our Under 13 girls’ A and B teams played Shebbear, with Olivia and Florian taking Player of the Match respectively. The Under 18 boys faced Plymouth, where James was Player of the Match, and our Under 15 girls played St Joseph’s, with Lena (A team) and Ruby (B team) taking the honours. Our senior netballers picked up a win against All Stars Black earlier this week. Our Under 15 footballers beat Sir John Hunt Academy in the second round of the English Schools FA Cup and are through to the third round. Joe was Player of the Match.

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This weekend we have a very cold, although hopefully warming up, Ten Tors practice expedition tomorrow. Our boarders will be enjoying Segway safaris and bowling. That’s everything for this week. Have a great weekend, and see you again next week. Bye for now.