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PARENTS PRAISE Finding exactly the right school for your
SPORTS TRANSFORMATION AT KENT COLLEGE PEMBURY
Kent College is launching an ambitious development project to match its ambitious ethos, with plans for outstanding new sporting facilities on the school site in Pembury giving the girls greater opportunity to grow and develop beyond the classroom. The proposed facilities include a second sports hall and all-weather pitch, which will transform fi tness and sport, bringing benefi ts to every pupil aged three to 18.
The new project will enhance the site at Kent College and allow every girl the opportunity to fi nd a sport they love and to excel as talented sportswomen, both now and into their futures. As part of the plans to continue
raising awareness for this important transformational project, Kent College launched a Fit for Life Appeal, supported by inspirational sporting champions
including Olympic silver medallist and British badminton player, Gail Emms MBE, Bonita Norris, the youngest person to have stood at both ‘tops of the world’, and British Lions and Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas, who played professional rugby for 12 years. Construction for the sporting development will begin in July with completion anticipated for the academic year 2015/2016. Senior School Headmistress, Sally-Anne Huang said: “Ultimately, it’s about the girls. Kent College’s developments, ethos and vision are all directed and stimulated by providing the best possible education for the girls, to prepare them for successful and fulfi lling lives,” adding: “Kent College goes from strength to strength. We have come a long way, now we are poised to move forward again.”
child is never going to be an easy task, even when you have access to schools’ performance data and inspection reports. However, for these parents, just one visit to Bricklehurst Manor School in Wadhurst made the decision for them.
“Bricklehurst is an exceptional school and its excellent academic results are only part of the picture. This school is ensuring our child experiences a truly broad and enriched curriculum. The quality of the provision, the use of specialist subject teachers and routines that are clearly based on common sense and what a child needs have left us in no doubt that choosing Bricklehurst was the right choice,” they said. “It has been a pleasure to witness
the relationships between the staff and children, as a whole, as well as among the children themselves. Bricklehurst is a happy school with a culture of kindness and respect. This is undoubtedly why it is able to consistently challenge children while ensuring they are happy, relaxed and confi dent. We are so delighted to have found this school!”
• Bricklehurst Manor School is in Bardown Road, Stonegate, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 7EL. For more information, call 01580 200448, email offi
ce@bricklehurst.co.uk or visit
www.bricklehurst.co.uk
High Sheriff visits
Walthamstow Hall Junior School The recently-appointed High Sheriff of Kent, Hugo Fenwick, swapped his ceremonial sword for a pair of scissors to cut the ribbon on the new dining hall at Walthamstow Hall Junior School in Sevenoaks. Pupils were fascinated by Mr Fenwick’s offi cial Court Dress of a black velvet coat and breeches complete with shoes with silver buckles and badge of offi ce strung on a ribbon and very much enjoyed his opening speech. The opening ceremony also featured musical performances
by the Walthamstow Hall Junior School choir, Cantores, whose repertoire included John Rutter’s A Gaelic Blessing and a rousing rendition Food Glorious Food. The Reverend Gill Le Boutillier-Scott, from the Drive Methodist Church, offered thanks and a blessing for the new facilities.
As well as the new dining hall and kitchens the new Junior School building also includes a new pre-prep room for girls in the nursery and reception classes at the Junior School. • Parents who are considering Walthamstow Hall Junior School for their daughters will be able to see the new facilities at the Junior School Open Morning being held on Saturday, 20th September.
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