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March 2019

  • King's High and Warwick Prep STEM Club

    Published 27/03/19
    Stemillions is a joint club for Years 6-9 at King’s and Warwick Prep. The girls meet every Thursday afternoon at Warwick Prep. They look at inspirational women working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), and carry out activ
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  • King's High: 140 years young

    Published 26/03/19
    King’s High’s 140th birthday is in full swing.  Festivities began with the ‘official’ anniversary photograph, and conclude with the Birthday Celebration Weekend and Farewell to Smith Street in July. In the meantime,
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  • Sparking students' imagination: Sixth Form Extended Projects

    Published 26/03/19
    Sixth Form EPQ subjects this year include: The Bilbao Effect, Feminism in Rural Northern India, Music in Soviet Russia, Prison Welfare, Addictive Personalities, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Trojan Horse Therapy, the Japanese Language, the Human Rights Act,
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  • Creating Apps for Good in Computer Science

    Published 25/03/19
    Year 9 girls have been working towards a nationwide competition, Apps for Good, in their Computer Science lessons. Bob Schukai, Senior Vice President, Identity Solutions at Mastercard, mentored them for the competition, and pupils discussed their &nb
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  • Young Enterprise Teams - making an impact

    Published 21/03/19

    King’s High and Warwick School Young Enterprise teams are on fire.  At the Young Enterprise Presentation Evening at IBM, Team Ambiente won Best Marketing, and Teams Imperium and Fresco won through to the next round of competition at Coventry University on May 8.  All the teams have been out and about, pitching their company products at the Leamington and Central Warwickshire Trade Fair, and the Young Enterprise Trade Fair in Stratford-upon-Avon.   

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  • King's High Festival of Wellbeing

    Published 13/03/19
    Mental wellbeing, confidence, social ideals, laughter yoga, resilience, mindfulness, relationships, identity, music, dance, comedy, meditation, fitness, self-care - and knitting. King’s High’s first Festival of Wellbeing was a great succe
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  • England U16 Rounders and U12 Hockey Champions

    Published 11/03/19
    King’s High pupil, Sophie has been selected for the England U16 Rounders team.  The England U16 squad (and Sophie) have been training hard on the Warwick Independent Schools Foundation pitches, ahead of their summer fixtures. In a busy few
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  • Charlotte is UK Schools Ambassador for Medic Mentor

    Published 11/03/19
    King’s High is unusual, in that 50% of girls go on to study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics) subjects - far higher than the national average.  Sixth Form pupil, Charlotte helps run the Medical Society (MedSoc).
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  • GCSE cookery students put their skills to the test

    Published 06/03/19
    'GCSE cookery doesn't get tougher than this...' GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition students showed admirable calm, as they prepared to tackle the MasterChef-style practical component of their GCSE course. They had three hours to produce
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  • Cracking language codes, from Braille to Mongolian

    Published 06/03/19
    To quote Nelson Mandela: ‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.’  And with GCSE and A Level language oral exams on the horizon, King&
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  • Project One Campus working parties

    Published 05/03/19
    A series of working parties is giving King’s girls and Warwick School boys the opportunity to discuss the day-to-day practicalities of life together on one campus. As King’s prepares to move to its new school building in September, girls
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  • Gymnastics and Hip Hop

    Published 04/03/19
    Gym Club and Hip Hop Club pupils from Years 7-10 showcased their talents, in a display that included tumbling, gymnastics, trampettes, and dance routines, choreographed by the girls. It is exciting to think that the next Gym Display will be in the ne
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March 2019