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Football star progresses at Portsmouth Academy
Luke, one of our rising footballers and ISFA representative, has been awarded an extra 8 week trial at Portsmouth Football Club Academy. He has spent the past few months trialling with the Club, in the hope of getting an extension at the Academy. After dedicating himself every week to playing one day at the Academy,…
Finding Mat Finderling
On Sunday 22nd May, families, pupils, and staff joined us for an immersive, theatrical experience exploring the history of King Edward’s. The initial idea was imagined in 2020 by Mrs Caroline Shouksmith, Head of Art. Working closely with Mrs Lynsey Cleaves, Director of Drama, the duo breathed life into the concept and it was truly…
Rain disrupts girls cricket tournament
It was all set to be a fantastic day of girl’s cricket, with King Edward’s Witley all ready to host a U13 softball cricket tournament. However, the weather had different ideas and the heavens opened minutes before play commenced. A quick decision was made and the girls instead headed to the sports hall for an…
A lesson in Medieval Medicine
On Tuesday 26 April, the 1st Form were introduced to Master Aylward – a Medieval Physician who gave a zoom lecture to the pupils about medieval medicine from his clinic in the Jorvik Centre in York. The audience heard about Galen, a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher who lived during the time of the Roman…
5th Form celebrate Hollywood style!
On Friday 22nd April, our 5th Form pupils celebrated nearing the end of their Academic year in the best way possible – an Oscar themed ball! The Selborne Room was transformed into a Hollywood theme, complete with a red carpet. The pupils gathered in the Quad, where they had a photoshoot, and a chance to…
A learning experience in our week one cricket fixtures
Five cricket fixtures on Saturday kicked off the beginning of the busy cricket term. With three teams at home and two away, Gordon’s presented to be competitive within all matches in the summer sun. Although the fixtures did not go our way, our pupils displayed some excellent cricket, with some promising individual performances. From the…
County Cricketer hits 50 runs in game one
2nd Former and Youth County Cricket player Will displays his excellence after retiring at 50 runs against Gordon’s on Saturday. As the opening batter in the U13A’s, Will partnered up with Tom to hit 86 between them. Will is the first pupil in the school to receive our signed certificate of achievement award, alongside a…
German Play
On Wednesday 23rd March, we received a third visit from Onatti Productions, who came to put on a play in German for our pupils and guests from Rodborough School. Each year, Onatti visit us to perform plays in different languages our pupils learn in School: French, German and Spanish. In attendance this year, were pupils…
Who Cares
On Sunday 20th and Monday 21st March, our GCSE Drama pupils, led by Lower Sixth pupil Azariah, performed an adaptation of Matt Woodhead’s ‘Who Cares’ which focuses on bringing awareness to Young Carers. The play was performed by six of our pupils and was made up entirely of words from Young Carers from across the…
Remote Chess Tournament
Our second Remote Online Chess Tournament of this academic year took place on Saturday 19 March. Due to the variety of ages, we divided the competition into two categories, which proved very successful. Category 1 was for children aged up to 10 years old and Category 2 was aimed at those aged 11 and above….
