Noticias
Halloween Dress Up Day, 27th October 2011
No hay tradución disponible en este momento.Halloween at King’s College.
Today, Thursday 27th October, King’s College, Murcia was visited by many strange creatures including, ghosts, vampires, witches, wizards black cats and pumpkins! But not to worry, it was Halloween activity and dress up day and the children arrived at school looking magnificent and very life-like in their wonderful costumes. A number of children even had their faces painted, some of which were really scary!!
Children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 started off the morning with a parade around the school to show all the other children and staff how great they looked. Even the wet weather didn’t dampen the spirits and excitement shown by the children and they were all were very proud to be part of the parade.
Children then had lots of fun doing an array of Halloween based activities in their classrooms which included bobbing apples, pumpkin carving, face painting, ghost craft and much more! The younger children even had a little party with scary music and treats such as ghost crisps and Halloween sweets!
A massive thank you to parents for their donations and the effort they had made with their children’s costumes and to all staff who worked really hard and planned some really exciting activities for their children. A great fun day all round!
Mrs Maree Wood
Head of Early Years
Inter-House and the the Inter-House Quiz
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Churchill versus Gaudi? Newton against Cervantes? I’m sure you wouldn’t normally think of these giants of the historical and cultural lives of Spain and the United Kingdom as opposing forces, but if you had been involved in the inter-house competitions at King’s College Murcia recently, you would find that it all makes sense.
The new names for the school houses were decided after a popular vote held amongst pupils, with colours assigned to each house soon afterwards. It was decided that 'Churchill House' will wear yellow; 'Newton House' wear red; that 'Gaudi House' wear blue and that 'Cervantes House' will wear green.
Mr Rumistrzewicz, the Deputy Head, Head of Primary and Quizmaster gave this report:
“There was much excitement in KS2 as the Inter House quiz began on Monday 17th October. Teams were comprised of two members of each year group, with one representative of Y6 as the Captain.
Cervantes House managed to win, having been behind for the entire quiz, with a brave answer from Toby B to pip Newton House to the post. This was unfortunate for Newton House, who fought well throughout, with a fantastic display of random, or should I say ´general´, knowledge from Jake M.
The following day, the Grand Final took place between Churchill and Newton House. The two nervous teams entered the fray watched by not only members of their Houses but many others from the Primary School. The battle was tense and close until the final stages, with some good answers from the younger members of each team, Theo R in Gaudi and Marco M for Churchill. However, finally victory was won by Churchill House. Well done, Churchill and congratulations to their unshakable captain, Juan C for steering them home to victory.”
Duke of Edinburgh´s Award in Sierra Espuña
No hay tradución disponible en este momento.DUKE OF EDINBURGH´S TRIP- SIERRA ESPUÑA, 14TH-16TH OCTOBER 2011
16 pupils from Years 9 to 11 set off from school at 5.15pm on a Friday evening to Murcia´s adventure playground- the Sierra Espuña. We arrived at the campsite at 6.30pm, whence we proceeded to set up our tents and cook our food for the night. The teachers, we found out, were taking the luxury ´glamping´ option of sleeping in the adjacent cabins, rather than putting up tents.
That evening Mr Silk gave us a map reading lesson, focusing on taking bearings using a map and compass. All left convinced they could use bearings and hopefully find their way on the Sunday when they were left to fend for themselves.
The following morning, after one or two of us had spent a little too long talking into the night, Miss Harrison woke us at the ungodly (for a Saturday) hour of 7am. We readied ourselves in our three groups that came to be known as Tortoise, Hare and In-Betweeners. The Hare group, led by Mr Silk and Mr Farnes set off first at 8.45pm for a 20km walk up the Espuñas highest climable peak- Pedro Lopez at 1,569m. It was an excellent walk- good weather, great views, a bit of scrambling up rocks and scraping through the heather and thornbushes, and a chance for everyone to have a go at navigating a section of the walk. Best of all was having lunch at the very top, before a long wind down the hill. We learnt a lot about navigating, especially as we went the wrong way twice! After filtering very dirty water for 40 minutes through Mr Silk´s MSR water filter we ended up getting down at 5.15pm- tired, but very satisfied, having completed a challenging but very fulfilling trek in the mountains.
The other groups also had a great day, with the ´In-betweeners´ also completing a challenging walk, not much shorter than the Hare´s walk. This walk was led by Mr Ward Campbell and Mr Goodwin and arrived back at about 5pm. The Tortoises enjoyed a more relaxed walk, led by Miss Harrison and Mrs Goodwin, arriving back shortly after 3pm. Best of all though was the discovery of another dog that latched on to us and became our best friend for the rest of expedition. He was christened Brian 2, after the last dog that had befriended us and remarkably he looked identical to the first Brian (it was almost as if Brian from the Sierra Nevada had found his way all the way to Murcia just to be with his companions). We were all very sad that Mr Silk did not let us take the dog with us when we left.
On the Saturday evening it was Miss Harrison´s birthday and the staff all enjoyed a fine paella while we cooked up our own fare, once again.
With tired limbs and weary minds we woke for the walk on Sunday morning and proved a little slow in getting ready. After 9am we set off for our unassisted walk, navigating our own way via some teacher manned checkpoints. This went very smoothly for most, with the exception of one group who did not even make the first checkpoint! They took a wrong turn early on and carried on walking down the path in error, before belatedly deciding they must have gone wrong as the checkpoint after half an hour was never going to be reached (we will call them ´the blondes´!) In the meantime four teachers had set off to find them and only came across them retracing their steps at 1.30pm. Safe, relieved and ready for a doze in the car on the way back we set off for home at 2pm. There was one final navigation error on the way back, when one of the teachers missed the turn off to the motorway, but we all arrived safely back by 3.30pm to be greeted by our expectant parents. An early night for all and ready for school the next day!
Thanks go to all our teachers for making the trip such an enjoyable one, but especially to Miss Harrison for superb organization and for caring so much about our safety. We look forward to the next expedition and hope our navigation and camp craft skills will step up to the occasion.
Romans and Carthaginians- Year 4 and 5 Trip to Cartagena
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On Friday the 23rd October our roving Romans in KS2 bravely went where no King’s College students had gone before! Cartagena.
On arrival we were greeted by none other than Julius Caesar himself. He had taken time away from his busy schedule to guide us around the streets of Cartagena. Just like Roman soldiers of two thousand years ago, the children of years 4 and 5 trusted in this powerful emperor.
Our first stop of the day was to the Carthaginian Roman amphitheatre. The children had a personal guide around the theatre and were interested to learn about the hierarchy of seating. The amphitheatre was built around A.D 70. We also toured the museum which stands on the site of the original Roman necropolis of San Antón, built at the end of the 4th Century AD. The museum now contains some of the most important ancient inscriptions in Spain.
Following a quick snack and play on the park away we all trooped up to the ‘Casa de Fortuna’. This was once the home of a wealthy family. The house itself is built out of sandstone and full of mosaics. Year 4 was really excited to see the mosaics, as it is the basis of our Art project this term.
Finally the moment had arrived! The highlight of our trip was a boat ride on Mar Menor on a catamaran. There were a few nervous Romans boarding but soon our crew found their sea legs and we had a fantastic time sailing around the port of Cartagena to cries of “This is much better than numeracy!”
As always the children did us proud. Their behaviour as ever was impeccable and they are a credit to our school. Thank you to the children of Years 4 and 5 and the staff for making it such a memorable and informative day.
International Day 2011
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On Friday 30th September the school celebrated its inaugural, annual International Day, to coincide with the International Languages Day happening that week. Secondary and some Primary pupils were put into teams and decorated classes according to a particular nationality, represented among the pupils of the school. Parents provided food and drink for the classrooms, relative to the country and pupils made displays and presented audio visual material relating to their nationality. The event proved highly competitive and prizes were on offer for the best nationality, judged on presentation, teamwork and originality. The three winning teams in reverse order were 3rd Place: Australia, 2nd Place: Spain and the winning team: China. The winning team consisted of: Laura Praznik Lozano (Y4), Vivian Lopez Gill (Y9), Kalyn Coleman (Y10), Mirena Xia (Year 10) and Maria Theresa Cassinello Parra (Y11). The following nationalities were represented:
Australia
China
England
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Mexico
Netherlands
Peru
Poland
Scotland
South Africa
Spain
UAE
USA
Venezuela
Wales
In addition to the eating, drinking, touring and viewing, the Key Stage 2 pupils were challenged with a 210 question quiz. They had to go round each of the rooms and find answers on each of the countries represented and the two other nationalities represented in our school: Russia and Peru, as bonus rounds. There were two winners from Year 3 and two from Year 4: Charlie Walsh came top overall in the Quiz with 170 points, with Lauryn McReynolds finishing second by a hair´s breadth, with 169 points. The top two in Year 3 were: Year 3 Red- Gonzalo Castilo Vigueras with 155 points and Year 3 Yellow- Megan Wood with 122 points. All the winners will receive prizes at our next assemblies on Friday 14th October.
Lastly and probably most importantly, we raised over €900 for the Vincente Ferrer charity helping disadvantaged children in India. Well done to all involved and thank you to all parents who participated. It was a superb occasion: full of enthusiasm, a riot of colour and lots of very full people!
