A NOTE FROM THE HEADMASTER, Mr Duncan Giles
We are delighted to share this latest newsletter with you. As you will see, the school continues with its efforts to ensure that student learning extends beyond the classroom and our thanks to the Art department for organising such inspiring trips for our students, we are very fortunate to have the city's vast array of art exhibitions with which to inspire our young artists.
We have poets as well, and the entries for this year's National Poetry competition were excellent. All focused on the theme of the 'Environment', very in keeping with our status as an Eco-School. Congratulations to our winners and our thanks to those students who chose to take part.
Students in Form 5 and the Sixth Form were able to enjoy two separate university fairs, one organised by the school and hosted by us and another run by the British Council. As Upper Sixth students begin to make their university choices, tutors, subject leaders and members of the Senior Leadership Team are all on hand to guide them with their choices and support them in their applications. Those applying to the United Kingdom through UCAS have a January deadline, so as is to be expected, this is a particularly busy time for students and staff. The school has contracted the services of 'Unifrog', a UK based online platform that will go some way towards making this whole process easier for them.
Kensington has already welcomed visitors from the University of British Colombia (Canada) and will host both ESADE and La Salle in the coming weeks.
There was also time for some festivity, as the school came together for Halloween. Form One with the 'Cereal Killers' were the worthy winners of the inter-form fancy dress competition but there were also winners in the Junior School for their pumpkin carvings. Thanks go out to the efforts of the K-Parents, the day ended with a Halloween Ball and a wide-range of activities for all to enjoy.
And finally, Christmas will be soon upon us and the school had already launched its yearly Christmas card competition and is planning a Christmas themed 'Meet and Greet'.