TheKingEdmundSchool - 27 Jun 2025
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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
TheKingEdmundSchool - 19 Jun 2025
📚 Year 10 Essential Reading Lists📚
Want to earn 15 House Points? Just read one of the books from our Essentials Reading List and complete a reading record!
📝 Ask your English teacher for a reading record or download one by searching “English Essentials Reading List” on the school website.
All books have been carefully chosen to complement your English lessons and are available to borrow from the school library.
Get reading and start earning! 💪📖✨
TheKingEdmundSchool - 19 Jun 2025
🎙️ Celebrating Young Voices! 🎙️
A huge congratulations to Kacie, Autumn, and Amy, who recently took part in the Gresham College Young Orator of the Year competition!
👏 Amy impressed the judges with her powerful presentation on “How much wealth is too much wealth?”, ranking in the top 30 nationally!
🌟 Autumn also achieved a fantastic result, placing in the top 100 in the country!
All three students received outstanding feedback for their thought-provoking entries and confident delivery. We’re incredibly proud of their achievement and the way they represented our school! 💬✨
TheKingEdmundSchool - 18 Jun 2025
🎓 Uniformed Professionals – We Need You! 🚓🚑🛠️✈️
Do you wear a uniform for your job? Whether you're in the emergency services, armed forces, healthcare, trades, hospitality, transport, or any other uniformed profession — we’d love to hear from you!
We're planning a careers inspiration session for our secondary school students in the next academic year, and we’re looking for volunteers to come in and share insights about their roles. It’s a fantastic opportunity to help young people explore different career paths and understand the real-world impact of your work.
🕒 Time commitment: Just 2 hours
📍 Location: The King Edmund School
📅 Date: To be confirmed
If you’re interested — or know someone who might be — please contact Wendy Maslen at the school:
📞 01702 545771
📧 wendymaslen@kes.essex.sch.uk
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TheKingEdmundSchool - 17 Jun 2025
🌿 It’s Week 3 of #30DaysWild! 🌿
The first 30 people who come to L4 this week and tell me what they’re doing for the #30DaysWild challenge will get a limited edition sticker AND a house point! 🏅🐾
Need some ideas? This week, you could:
🦋 Go wildlife spotting (check out the worksheet!)
👀 Keep a log of wildlife you see from your window
🏡 Design a bug hotel or hedgehog hideout
🗑️ Do a litter pick—at school or near home
Let’s keep going wild for nature! 🌍💚
TheKingEdmundSchool - 16 Jun 2025
🎉 Congratulations! 🎉
A huge well done to our Junior Boys, Inter Girls, and Inter Boys athletics teams who made it through to the Regional B Final and competed last Thursday! 💪🏃♀️🏃♂️
The students were absolutely fantastic — representing themselves and the school with pride. 🌟
And also a big congratulations to Henry T, Brandon K, and Lenny E, who represented Castle Point and Rochford at the Essex Athletics Championships on Saturday! 🏅
This is a massive achievement — we are all so proud of you. Well done! 👏👏👏
