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A Pride of Lions will Adorn the New King’s School

A pride of lions will adorn the new King’s School, thanks to the young willow sculptors of their Junior department. The woven willow sculptures were part of King’s Infant & Junior Division ‘Well-Being Week’, which aimed to give pupils the time to emerge themselves in all things creative, and with a positive impact of their health, safety and well-being

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King’s Alumna Alex Clarke has Won the ‘The Rising Star Award’

King’s alumna Alex Clarke has won the ‘The Rising Star Award’ in the 2019 British Jazz Awards.
The talented Jazz saxophonist and former King’s pupil landed the top prize in what is regarded as one of the blue-ribbon categories for British jazz aficionados. Among the top award winners this year was the legendary Courtney Pine, so Alex is in very good company.

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Young Historians at King’s Travel Back in Time

King’s pupils have been experiencing history in a distinctly personal way through their ‘Living History Days’. These allow pupils to dress up and immerse themselves in the way of life associated with a particular historical era.

Whilst Year 4 pupils came face to face with the brains and brutality of Roman Britain, Year 3 were transported all the way back to the Stone Age. The pupils found themselves realizing just how closely we are linked to our historical ancestors, and how much we build upon their knowledge even now.

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New £60-million King’s School Campus is on Schedule

One year on from the ground-breaking of the new £60-million King’s School campus, it is on schedule to be completed by deadline day in May 2020.

The main structure has been finished with the roof already on the main academic building. Ground works on the grass and all-weather sports pitches is well underway and by Christmas work will begin on completing the internal work.

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Alderley Edge Festival – 2019

For more than a hundred years Alderley Edge Festival has been a delightful event for people in Cheshire. As Maria Rushton, one of the organises of the Festival-2019 said, “There’s an element of competition but this is much more about bringing people together to share their enjoyment of performing.” A lot of local schools embraced an opportunity to join the ‘wonderful culture of music, speech and drama’ and some of the children won top awards during the festival.

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