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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…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
As part of our Drama curriculum, 3rd Form pupils went to see The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Troubadour Theatre in Wembley. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time from The National Theatre is an adaption of the popular novel and touches on Autism awareness and neurodiverse personalities…
Our modern day production of Twelfth Night
From Sunday 28th – Tuesday 30th November, our new Studio Theatre transformed into Illyria from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for our school production. The production had a modern day twist, set at a music festival with partying, live music and lots more partying! The play is set at Duke Orsino’s music festival, called “ILLYRIA” complete with…
School Concert to celebrate our pupils’ musical talent
On Friday 26th November, pupils, staff, parents and families from our King Edward’s Witley community, gathered in our Chapel for the School Concert, a celebration of the musical talent in our School. Due to Covid restrictions, the Concert was the first in two years, and it was wonderful to welcome everybody to our Chapel. With…
Biology, Physics and Chemistry in Action!
On Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th November and Tuesday 7th December, our pupils from the 5th and Sixth Form took part in a series of Biology, Physics and Chemistry in Action virtual lectures. Over the duration, pupils had the opportunity to listen to an external speaker provide real life examples of the science they learn in…
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…
Pupils attend Cranmer awards at Charterhouse School
On Wednesday 1st December, five King Edward’s pupils produced wonderful spoken pieces in the Senior and Junior Heats of the Cranmer Awards held at Charterhouse School in Godalming. The Cranmer Awards are a national competition to promote familiarity with the Book of Common Prayer amongst young people and to develop their public speaking abilities. The…
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…
Café Scientifique presents: ‘Physics of Movies’
On Wednesday night, the Physics Department hosted the second Café Scientifique of the term, this time focused on the Physics of Movies. Mistakes were highlighted, myths were busted and problems pondered. Movies dissected included Star Wars, Superman, The Italian Job, James Bond, Prometheus and The A-Team. Next term at Café Scientifique, themes will be “Extremes…
Onatti Spanish play for our GCSE pupils.
This morning we welcomed pupils from Bohunt and King Edward’s in Years 8, 9 and 10 all studying Spanish GCSE to our second of three Onatti foreign language productions. As always, the two actors gave clear, fun and funny performances which had everyone in the audience chuckling throughout. Good friends Matteus and Catalina decide to…
