TheKingEdmundSchool - 11 Jul 2025
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TheKingEdmundSchool - 10 Jul 2025
🎓✨ Year 13 Leavers' Meal 2025 ✨🎓
An unforgettable evening filled with laughter, memories, and a few happy tears as we celebrated our incredible Year 13s at their Leavers’ Meal! 💫
It was a chance to reflect on their amazing journey, honour their hard work, and toast to the bright futures ahead. 🥂🍽️ From heartfelt speeches to plenty of smiles, we couldn’t be prouder of the young adults they’ve become.
Wishing all of our leavers the very best in their next chapter — whether it’s university, apprenticeships, or the world of work, we know you’ll shine! 🌟
TheKingEdmundSchool - 10 Jul 2025
🎉 World Record Attempt with Jamie Oliver! 👨🍳🌍
A group of lucky Year 9 students had an unforgettable experience on Tuesday 1st July, taking part in the Jamie Oliver Guinness World Record Live Cook-a-long! 🥳
Jamie aimed to break the record for the world’s largest cooking lesson, currently held by 6,778 participants from Poland back in 2015.
Our students joined thousands across the UK from P3–P4, rolling up their sleeves to make fresh pasta from scratch 🍝 — guided by Jamie Oliver himself and a Ministry of Food chef!
Not only did they cook up a storm, but they also got a taste of what a KS4 food lesson is like — an inspiring and hands-on glimpse into future opportunities in food education. 👨🏫✨
TheKingEdmundSchool - 7 Jul 2025
🌿 Well done to our #30DaysWild winners! 🌿
As part of the @EssexWildlifeTrust 30 Days Wild challenge, our students spent every day in June connecting with nature — and they did an incredible job! 🐞🌳🐦
From bug hunts to wild walks, they embraced the outdoors in creative and inspiring ways. 💚
🎉 Congratulations to our winners! 🎉
🏆 Year 7: Maisie
🏆 Year 8: Frankie & Jessica
Amazing effort from everyone who took part — your wild ideas truly brought June to life! 🌼🌍
TheKingEdmundSchool - 26 Jun 2025
🏃♀️🏃♂️✨ KES Shines at District Athletics! ✨🏃♂️🏃♀️
Our students recently took part in the District Athletics competition — and what an incredible display of talent, determination, and team spirit from our lower school athletes!
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💪 Year 9 Girls – Standout Performances:
The girls were a fantastic team, showing that hard work and commitment lead to progress and results! 🎯
🔥 Personal Bests:
• Grace – 200m
• Lily – 800m
• Sienna – Javelin
• Emily – 100m & High Jump
• Destiny – Hammer
• Kia – 200m
🏅 Medals & Records:
• Emily – Bronze (100m), 4th (High Jump)
• Destiny – Bronze (Hammer) & New School Record
• Neive – 4th (Shot Putt)
• Kia – Silver (200m), Bronze (Long Jump) & New School Record (200m – previous record stood since 2008!)
• Grace – Reached the 200m final but was too unwell to compete
• Lily & Lidia – Showed great resilience after hurdles falls; both were strong contenders for the final
💥 The girls’ relay team placed 4th, just 0.3 seconds off silver — amazing effort!
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🌟 Year 8 Girls – A Team on the Rise:
The Y8 team more than doubled their points from last year and missed out on the next position by just 2 points! Huge progress and promise shown throughout the day.
🔹 PB Achievements:
Rebecca (Hurdles)
Kotryna (Hurdles finalist)
Matilda (100m finalist)
Ella (100m)
Grace (200m finalist)
Daniela (200m & Shot Putt)
Leah – 300m finalist, PB & New School Record!
Florence (800m finalist)
Mia (1500m finalist)
Ruby – Bronze in Hammer
Hunni & Beatrix (High Jump)
Victoria (Javelin)
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🏆 Year 9 Boys – District Champions!
Our Year 9 boys were a brilliant team, demonstrating once again that dedication and perseverance lead to great results.
🥇 District Champions:
• Duke – 300m
• Brandon – Shot Putt
🔥 Record Breaker:
• Duke – Not only District Champion in 300m but also broke both the District and School Records in the event! 🚀
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👏 A huge well done to all students who competed — your performances were full of pride, passion, and persistence. You’re a true credit to The King Edmund School! 💙💛
TheKingEdmundSchool - 26 Jun 2025
👥✨ KES Anti-Bullying Ambassadors in Action! ✨👥
This morning, our Anti-Bullying Lead Mrs Heatley and 7 members of our Senior Leadership Team visited Rochford Primary School to deliver an inspiring session on Anti-Bullying to their Year 5 and 6 students.
The younger students were amazing — full of energy, brilliant ideas, and enthusiasm that was truly infectious! 🌟👏
A huge thank you to our fantastic Senior Leadership Team — you were absolute stars and a real credit to The King Edmund School. 💙
🚌 Next stop: Ashingdon Primary!
Rochford Primary & Nursery School
TheKingEdmundSchool - 26 Jun 2025
🛍️ The KES Pre-Loved Shop Needs Your Help! 🛍️
We're currently looking for curtain poles, hooks, and shelving units to support the ongoing work of our Pre-Loved Shop.
If you have any of these items in good condition that you no longer need, please consider donating them. 💛
📩 To donate, contact us at:
kespreloved@kes.essex.sch.uk
Thank you for your continued support! 🙌
TheKingEdmundSchool - 25 Jun 2025
🎨✨ Maths in Your Dream Job – Poster Competition ✨📐
Students from Years 7–9 recently took part in an exciting poster competition where they were challenged to design a colourful and creative poster showing how they would use maths in their dream job.
Year 7 and 8 entries were also submitted to the National Numeracy competition, with national results to be announced in mid-July 2025—fingers crossed! 🤞🏆
💫 Over 90 entries were received, and every participant earned house points for their fantastic efforts. Our top winners received gold, silver, or bronze numeracy badges for their standout designs!
Here are the results:
🔢 Year 7 Winners
🥇 1st – Elsie
🥈 2nd – Wren
🥉 3rd – Olivia
🔢 Year 8 Winners
🥇 1st – Jannat
🥈 2nd – Jessica
🥉 3rd – Kali & Aashiff
🔢 Year 9 Winners
🥇 1st – Annemari
🥈 2nd – Oliver
🥉 3rd – Hollie & Seanna
Well done to everyone who took part—your creativity and enthusiasm for maths were truly inspiring! 📊💡🧠
TheKingEdmundSchool - 25 Jun 2025
Monday Morning, students had the privilege of attending the official Flag Raising Ceremony in the local community to commemorate Armed Forces Day. It was a moving and meaningful event, offering a powerful reminder of the bravery, dedication, and sacrifices made by the men and women of the Armed Forces.
A particularly proud moment came when the school’s Head Students recited their chosen poem, ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling. Their thoughtful delivery brought a reflective and powerful tone to the ceremony, perfectly capturing the values of resilience, courage, and integrity.
Students shared their reflections on the experience:
🗣️ “It was really moving, and an honour to represent the school.”
🗣️ “It was enlightening to see how much is involved in the military.”
🗣️ “I felt honoured to be at the ceremony—it was fascinating to attend.”
🗣️ “I really liked that young people were included in such an important event.”
🗣️ The Head Boy said, “It was great to be given the chance to celebrate our Armed Forces and to help raise awareness of Armed Forces Day on the 28th of June.”
🗣️ Esme, the Head Girl, shared, “It was an honour to be invited, and reading the poem was an incredible opportunity.”
It was inspiring to see the students engage so meaningfully with the day, showing deep respect and appreciation for those who serve. A huge thank you goes to the organisers and to all who serve today and every day, we remember and honour you. 💂♂️🎖️
TheKingEdmundSchool - 24 Jun 2025
🌟 #KESPROUD Moment! 🌟
We’re thrilled to celebrate the incredible achievements of Lily-May this past weekend!
Not only did she represent The King Edmund School with passion and confidence at the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge, securing an amazing 2nd place, she also went on to WIN the prestigious Jack Petchey Award through her Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC)! ✨✈️
Lily-May, your dedication, talent, and drive continue to inspire us all — we are unbelievably proud of you!
👏💙 #KESPROUD #JackPetchey #RAFAC #StudentSuccess #SpeakOutChallenge
