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Well, we all enjoy an Indian Summer but the hotter spells this year have been more akin to Flaming June at times. The upside is glorious coffee mornings like today’s at the Astro Café, break times with children scattered across the park land and yet I do hear concerned rumblings from those anxious about water tables.

Wednesday served up a spectacular example of the upside both at break time and then again during matches. There were break time groups all the way down by the lakes (pretty low themselves) and to the corners of the south field and after lunch the top field was picture perfect bedecked in flags as parents watched their children exert themselves in warm temperatures. I was there in my trousers and tie and jealous of the many who were in shorts and flip flops – probably not going to be the same in January.

Today marks just about a quarter of this term done – good job we haven’t wasted any of it and once again this Newsletter and associated news feeds will give you some insight into what has been going on.

A reminder that the Autumn Fayre is just a week away and I hope it is firmly in your family diary as well as in advance preparing any items you need to: I notice there is a terrific opportunity to bid for a week in a 10-bed Cornish seaside cottage!!

We are heading to a family wedding on the south coast this weekend and so I’m very grateful for the Indian Summer – sun cream and sunglasses packed!

Bright and early on Tuesday morning, a group of enthusiastic readers met in the Library to chat about the two books that they had read over the summer holidays, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr, as they feasted on a delicious spread of Danish pastries and fruit juice. It was, we all agreed, the very best way to start the day!

Then on Thursday it was the turn of Year 3 Book Club who had been reading the hilarious Adventures of Harry Stevenson by Ali Pye. This story features an intrepid yet rather accident-prone guinea pig named Harry who gets up to all sorts of mischief. We all had lots of fun imagining other funny adventures that Harry could get up to and ideas included travelling to the library to explore all the exciting books there, inadvertently ending up on an aeroplane headed for the beach and mistakenly tumbling into the basket of a hot air balloon just before take-off! A thoroughly enjoyable time was had by all.

Finally, Year 5 and 6 Book Club met on Thursday afternoon to discuss Abi Elphinstone’s latest novel, the gripping fantasy adventure Rumblestar. Many of us remembered meeting Abi when she visited King’s Hall in 2018. We really enjoyed Abi’s online video masterclass which gave us tips for creating our own fantasy stories as well as giving us insight into Abi’s writing and the inspiration behind her stories.

All items to be brought to school before Friday 27th September and left either side of the stairs in the Pemberton Room please (no perishables before the 27th please).

You should hopefully all have your raffle tickets by now; the ticket stubs and money should be returned to the School Office by Friday 27th September or to the Raffle Stall on the day please. The draw will take place at 4.00pm on the afternoon of the Autumn Fayre.

Summer is back again, so why not make the most of it? However, it was one of those weekends where things just didn’t go our way! The children wanted to go to Hestercombe for a picnic by the ponds, followed by a long walk and ice-cream. Upon arrival, armed with food, drinks and Snoops, we were told that no picnicking was allowed.

Never to be defeated, we decided to eat our picnic before going in. We then queued, only to find out that our membership had recently expired (to later find out we did have current membership!) Persevering, I said "let’s go to the pirate park instead!". This was well received and we ended up having a wonderful afternoon soaking up the remainder of the summer sunshine.

Click below to find out what else they got up to!

Hello friends,

Where did the week go? We are steaming full speed ahead into the term and time is flying by! As you know, I turned two earlier this year, which means I am able to take on roles with ever increasing responsibility. Well, what do you think about this? I’m going on my first residential trip to New Barn with the Year 4 pupils next week. My main role will be ‘Chief Pastoral Carer’, but I am looking forward to having oodles of outdoor fun with the children. I can’t wait to post some pictures when I return.

On Tuesday, I also received many compliments for my impeccable posing with the school photographer. I was well turned out thanks to an extra special grooming session with Matron and I hope my portrait is sited in a prominent position; maybe next to Mr Chippendale’s? We'll see ...

Over and out,

Snoops x

Last week our Year 7 pupils took a trip back to the 16th century as part of an English and history cross-curricular project.

During their lessons, the children have been exploring what life was like for the Tudors and Stuarts. The aim of the project was to plan and write a historically accurate story reflecting the period, taking inspiration from further studies on the most famous Renaissance of them all, William Shakespeare. To fully understand the voices of the period, the children have been reading one of his most inventive plays, The Tempest.

If this was not exciting enough, last Friday, the whole of Year 7 decamped to Montacute House, a beautiful late Elizabethan mansion just 50 minutes’ drive from King’s Hall.

Following the successful rugby camps in the summer holidays, King's College are running another camp for 8-12 year olds during half-term ...

When?
Tuesday 29th October 2019
10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Where?
King's College

Cost?
£30

The U12 girls were extremely excited about their first few fixtures of the season and demonstrated this in a quality warm up and preparation session before their first game of the season.

With lovely passing hockey and accurate finishing, the team blazed through the first game with ease, despite good goal keeping from the Hazlegrove keeper. They carried this momentum through to the next game against Taunton School and managed to maintain a lot of the possession with good defending at times from the two backs. This allowed us a narrow victory against our rivals, and took its toll as both teams played withenthusiasm.

In the deciding final game against an unbeaten Millfield, the girls opened well but were unfortunate not to close with some good attacking play (credit must be given to the opposing defence). Just before half time, Millfield managed a great break and thundered a ball home to go 1-0 up at half time.