King’s Hawford pupils have plenty to celebrate

This week’s Celebration Assembly started with pupils joining their counterparts from across the Foundation to watch a special Coronation address from Headmaster, Mr Doodes. Pupils listened intently as Mr Doodes was beamed live into The Barn from the John Moore Theatre in the Senior School.

After Mr Doodes’ rousing presentation, Mr Butt shared the exciting news that our Senior Choir had won their hotly contested class at the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts. The Choir treated the assembly audience to performances of their two winning songs: The Bare Necessities (arranged by Greg Gilpin) and I Am The Wind by Lin Marsh. The audience were completely captivated by these two impressive performances; it was easy to see how the Choir had managed to scoop first place! You can read more about their success here.

From one outstanding success to another, Mr Butt congratulated the School’s very first Equestrian Team on their recent success at the National Schools Equestrian Association Competition. The very newly formed team comprising of Annie, Adelyn, Rosie and Chloe finished their first competition in second place. This has earned them a place at the NSEA Grassroots Show Jumping Competition at Hickstead in August. In addition to the team’s success, Annie also saw success individually, finishing third out of forty-nine entries, and also qualified for the NSEA competition at Hickstead. Mr Butt took great delight in presenting the girls with their rosettes. More information can be found here.

Out of School Achievements.

Our Year 1 pupils have been extremely busy outside of the classroom of late. Chester L achieved his first intermediate alpine skiing award during the Easter break; well done Chester. In the pool, Ellis N has achieved his Level 3 Swim England Award. Demonstrating the breadth of interests our pupils possess from a young age, Alex V has recently taken part in his first football tournament for the Lickhill Colts U7s, came 17th (out of 202) in the U15 Kenilworth Runners May Day Mile Race and progressed to Purple Belt at Mini Ninjas.

Subject Merits.

Year 1: Alexander SC, Alfie P, Aoife W, Bonnie W, Carter S, Emily G, Frank O, Noah P, Rupert C, William C and Yaseen A.

Year 2: Amelie B, Eleanor N, Fearne B, Joshy R, Sophia R and Tom H.

Year 3: Maysie L, Orla B and Rosie H.

Year 6: Edith D, Erin L, Freddie P, Georgia P, Harriette T, Hudson M, Isla HM, Jack M, Johnnie T, Khaleefah GF, Max M, Michelle Z and Rose G.

Top House Point Achievers.

Reception: Jack W
Year 1: Frank O
Year 2: Joshy R
Year 3: Jasper P
Year 5: Luca M
Year 6: Rose G

Activity Badges.

English: Rose G
Science: Arya P
MFL: Barnaby B, Max M
Humanities: Jack M

Jack has also achieved his Two Star Badge to commemorate gaining 10 badges; well done Jack.

TT Rockstar Status.

Wannabee: Annie W
Gigger: Harry J
Breakthrough Artist: Luca M, Oscar H
Support Act: Leighton S, Charles H

Headmaster Awards (HMAs).

Well done to Isla HM, who was awarded a HMA for excellent completion of her homework diary last term.

Cameron HT was put forward for a HMA by Mrs Beech, who wanted to recognise his effort and commitment in music and dance as part of the Years 5 and 6 production.

Mr Butt awarded HMAs to Rosie H, Charlotte P, Issie W and Maysie L for their tremendous writing using propositional starters.

Well done to Alanna, Joshy and Evelyn, who have produced some fantastic independent writing on castles.

Year 1 are currently studying the Great Fire of London and have been inspired to do further research outside of school. Jessica S and Alex V have both done independent research and have produced work containing facts about the event.

Sadie G has impressed her teachers with a huge improvement in her confidence and work ethic in recent assessments. Sadie has shown great growth mindset.

Jasper P has had an excellent week scoring boundaries in cricket, achieving full marks in recent assessments and producing some excellent coding in IT.

Year 6 pupils have entered an IAPS Arts Competition. The brief was to take a picture of a urban environment and, using IT, turn it into a wilderness scene. The top Year 6 entries were displayed in the staff room anonymously. Staff voted for the picture to be entered into the competition. Well done to Issie F and Arya P, who were voted as runners up. Rose G’s artwork will be put forward for the competition and we congratulate her upon being chosen.

Robyn C was praised for producing some wonderful artwork that exudes positive vibes!

Pre-Prep Praise Assembly.

Manners Certificates:

Rec – Oliver N

Year 1 – Alfie P

Year 2 – Bruce W

Stars of the Week:

Reception

Clancy N, for being a superstar and doing some beautiful, neat writing.

Theodore T, for being so brave.

Year 1

Harper P, for having a much more focused week.

Sadie G, for an excellent attitude towards her maths this week.

Perle Y, for fabulous phonics this week.

Year 2

Rosie J, for her super enthusiasm in English and extra effort in her spellings.

Amelie B, for excellent week of learning in all subjects.