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March 2021

  • Changemakers - inspiring the scientists of the future at King's High

    Published 31/03/21

    In line with the rest of the world, interest in science continues to grow at King’s. Some recent highlights include: 

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  • How King's High pupils and their artwork brought cheer to the NHS

    Published 31/03/21

    'King’s High School has been like an emergency rapid response team during the Pandemic' - Caty Oates, Project Director, Warwickshire for Kissing It Better

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  • King's High wins All Together Gold School 2021 Award in national anti-bullying programme

    Published 30/03/21
    We are delighted to announce that King’s High has received an All Together Gold School Award 2021, for demonstrating commitment to stopping bullying and improving the wellbeing of our pupils.   The All
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  • King's High's 'Unsung Hero': High Sheriff of Warwickshire's Award for Sonia Brown

    Published 24/03/21

    'I’m just a normal person who works hard and tries to help people.  l love working at King’s.'  -  'Unsung Hero', Sonia Brown 

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  • CyberFirst Girls: Success in GCHQ’s National Cyber Security competition

    Published 22/03/21

    Changemakers of the future 

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  • Junior Creative Writing Club - Spring Anthology

    Published 19/03/21
    The King's High Junior Creative Writing Club's Spring Anthology is now available to download below.
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  • Mindful Mile Reflective Trail

    Published 17/03/21

    Following our ‘Make every day a wellbeing day’ countdown to the end of Lockdown 3, the whole school had the opportunity this week - one Year Group each day - to follow the Mindful Mile Reflective Trail around the school site. Seven reflection points were linked to Action for Happiness wellbeing keys, and pupils had a chance to pause, reflect, and write messages.    

    ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ is our inspirational joint message from King's High. In form groups, students created a tile to decorate our windows for all to see. Each letter is also filled with messages of hope. 

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  • Choose to Challenge: Dr Burley's message to students

    Published 17/03/21

    Choose to Challenge and Be an Upstander  

    Our students have responded to recent events as they always do – with commitment, energy, and a drive to make the world around them a better place, as highlighted by the growth in student-led groups, such as the Foundation Equality Working Party, Interfaith Council, and National Council for Young Women.   

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  • New Express Solihull to Warwick Bus

    Published 16/03/21
    We are very pleased to announce that, for the benefit of our families from the Solihull area, a new Express Bus service is coming into operation from September 2021. The new Express Bus will pick up Warwick School and King's High pupils from S
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  • How Birmingham Conservatoire’s historic organ found a new home in our Foundation: read Principal, Richard Nicholson and leading organist, Tom Bell’s article here

    Published 16/03/21

    Read the extraordinary journey of how the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s historic Susi Jeans organ came to find a home in our Foundation, and how a shared passion to create a cultural legacy has seen leading musicians and institutions, craftsmen, donors and local businesses come together, to build a musical future we can all enjoy and share. 

    Richard Nicholson, Principal of the Warwick Independent Schools Foundation, and leading organist, Tom Bell (Artistic Director of the London Organ Day) tell the story in Organists’ Review. You can read their full original article below.    

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  • What does the future of education and employment look like? Read Dr Burley's article in Independent Education Today

    Published 15/03/21

    'Creativity, creative thinking, emotional intelligence, digital skills, teamwork and networking, social responsibility – these are just some of the qualities that will be vital to enable young people to thrive in the world of the future and the employment market that develops from that.' 

     

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  • Be Inspired: our Art Society students are collaborating with leading artists in a series of Artist Talks

    Published 15/03/21

    King's High's Art Society - run by Laura and Emily - have worked alongside our Art Department and Inspire Programme to develop a series of Artist Talks, as part of our Art Inspire Lecture Series.  Talks so far have really captured students' imaginations, with record numbers signing up to enjoy the immedicacy of hearing leading contemporary artists talk about their work and life.   

    Angela Gordon Webb is a Scottish architect turned artist, working in Leamington Spa. 
    She works mainly in oils, but has a growing interest in printmaking. Her subject matter ranges from figure work to still life and landscape. She says: ‘My goal is to enjoy the sensory qualities of paint. If I am successful, my collection of marks and paint strokes come together to convey air, colour, light, atmosphere - the moment.’ She regularly takes part in art festivals and Open Studio events, and teaches workshops for schools and art societies. Her work has been exhibited at Bankside Galleries, the Royal Society of Portrait Artists, The Mall Galleries, The Gallery on Cork Street, and Warwickshire Open Studios. 

    Figurative artist, Barbara Walker answered questions about her work and art practice, and shared her insight into the Art world, exhibiting at the Venice Biennale, and much more:

    'Barbara Walker MBE, is a British artist based in Birmingham in the UK. Her work is informed by the social, political and cultural realities that affect her life and the lives of those around her. Growing up in Birmingham, her experiences have directly shaped a practice concerned with issues of class and power, gender, race, representation and belonging. Her figurative drawings and paintings tell contemporary stories hinged on historical circumstances, making them universally understood and reflecting a human perspective on the state of affairs in her native Britain and elsewhere.

    Art historian Eddie Chambers calls her “one of the most talented, productive and committed artists of her generation”. Walker makes portraits in a range of media and formats, from small embossed works on paper to paintings on canvas and large-scale charcoal wall drawings. Her works depict subjects who are often cast as minorities, inviting the viewer to look beyond the anonymising act of categorising or classifying citizens. Her pictures make visible the lives of others, and address the allusions associated with the labels conferred upon people by society. The issues of belonging, power, visibility, and representation are central to Walker’s practice.'

    London-based wildlife artist, Mark Adlington gave our students a virtual tour of his studio:  

    Paint and wildlife have been Mark Adlington’s twin passions since he was a small child. Growing up by the ocean on Ireland’s western fringe it was seals that first hypnotised him ; an animal that perfectly exemplifies the simultaneous otherness and similarities of all living creatures. 

    It was only after an academic degree in Art History at the University of Edinburgh and several years working for Sotheby's Auctioneers that Mark had the courage to throw caution to the wind and go to Art School. Since then he has travelled the world seeking out his elusive subjects project by project with obsessional fervour.’

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March 2021