KEW COLLEGE | UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF 3 TO 11 YEAR OLDS
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AN EVENTFUL EDUCATION
There ’ s always something going on at Kew College . These are just some of the annual highlights you and your children can look forward to :
SPORTS
Every summer , we hold our annual Sports Day , which involves all children from Nursery to Year 6 , at the University of Westminster Playing Fields in Chiswick . Children from Years 3 to 6 also have a chance to compete at our Swimming Gala at Chiswick New Pools .
To finish off a long Autumn Term , Years 3 to 6 take part in a netball and football tournament for The Rudolph Cup , while Year 2 enjoy our festive-themed Jingle Bell Races .
There are also numerous sporting fixtures against other schools , and charity fundraising events with a sporting theme .
DRAMA
At the end of the Autumn Term , each EYFS and Infant House class performs its own Christmas Play , while Junior House children hold their Christmas Carol Service in St Anne ’ s Church . The Summer Plays are an annual highlight , with children from all year groups working alongside class teachers and our Head of Music to create truly spectacular productions . For Year 6 , the Leavers ’ Play provides a fitting , memorable and very moving end to their time at Kew College .
CHARITY
Children take an active part in our fundraising work . Each year , each House presents a charity , chosen by the children themselves , to the Junior House , staff , Kew College Friends ( KCF ) and governors , with the final choice decided democratically in an election . Pupils then raise money through cake sales , mufti days in school , other functions and events and through their own activities outside school .
MUSIC
The Junior House Spring Music Concert features recorder groups , strings , the wind band and the brass ensemble , as well as the school choirs , Beatz Club , instrumental and vocal soloists and small singing groups .
FOUNDER ’ S DAY
Every March , we celebrate Founder ’ s Day , to commemorate Mrs Hamilton-Spry , who gifted the school and its buildings to our charitable trust in 1985 . She bought the school in 1953 from the original founder , Mrs Ellen Upton , who started out in rooms over a shop in Kew Village in 1927 .
Founder ’ s Day is an off-curriculum day in school , with children given an opportunity to enjoy new experiences and activities that extend and challenge them , as well as providing immense enjoyment .
BOOK DAY
We celebrate Book Day every year with an off-curriculum timetable to immerse ourselves in the joy of reading and related activities such as author events , the Big Read and reading with the younger years .
OTHER SUBJECT DAYS
Throughout the year , we run specialist days when the whole school timetable is devoted to a single subject , such as History , Art , or Science . These are great opportunities for children to study different aspects of these important subjects , above and beyond the requirements of the curriculum .