Author: Gail KnoxWilson
e-safety Bridewell Talk
On Wednesday 22nd June, parents both from King Edward’s as well as from local prep and primary schools attended the final ‘Bridewell Talk’ of our series this year, held in our Chapel. The evening was the last of the three ‘Bridewell Talks’ this academic year, each of which was designed to share ideas and focus…
Unveiling of the Portrait of Peter Estlin
On Thursday 23rd June, members of the 1553 Guild met for their annual gathering at King Edward’s. They enjoyed welcome drinks in the Quad before progressing into the Selborne Room for a sumptuous lunch joined by the newly elected prefects. After lunch and before the speeches, they were entertained by our talented music scholars before…
Maths and Science Challenge Day
On Tuesday 21 June, Year 5 and 6 children from ten local prep and primary schools took part in the annual King Edward’s Maths and Science Day Challenge. With each school bringing six children, we were pleased to be able to welcome 54 children from Year 5 and six from Year 6 from Royal Grammar…
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…
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….
King Edward’s Spy School
In the Autumn Term, we launched our Spy School video game as a pre-cursor to running Spy School on site at King Edward’s Witley. If you haven’t played yet follow this link to give it a go! So we were very excited to open the doors of our ‘real’ King Edward’s Spy School to 18…
Olympic Gold Medallist unveils fantastic new Astro
Today, Hockey Olympic Gold and Bronze medallist Giselle Ansley MBE, visited our school to launch our newly resurfaced Astro. Giselle was part of Team GB’s victorious 2016 women’s hockey team and continues to represent England and Great Britain. As part of the celebration, Giselle led a masterclass for our pupils on the new surface from…
Mathmagics!
On Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th January, 8 prep schools joined us for Mathmagics! Live. A 50 minute interactive show hosted and performed by actor David Hall. Greenfield School were so enthusiastic, they came on both days! In total, King Edward’s Witley welcomed over 420 pupils who had great fun learning about the magic of…
NHS Careers Event a Success at King Edward’s
In a fast moving, funny and exciting show focusing on the hugely wide variety of career options within the NHS, three actors from Enact Solutions gave an inspirational performance to the 3rd Form in Charter Hall this morning. The National Health Service is the 5th largest employer in the world. With a total of over…
Two pupils celebrate National Football Success
Celebrations were held as Luke and Cameron were selected by The Independent Schools Football Association (ISFA) as best players in their age group. In a national ISFA trial held on 19 September the two boys took part in the Under 14 and the Under 15 categories respectively. Each succeeded in going through to the second…
