Join our Music students for a evening of fun and festivities with the annual KEVI Christmas Cracker on Friday 13 December.
The annual Carol Service will take place on Tuesday 17 December 2024 7.00pm to 8.30pm at St James Church, Morpeth
Year 11 Drama students enjoyed a fun filled afternoon at the opening show of the Theatre Royal’s annual pantomime. It was an opportunity for our students to enjoy a professional production in a stunning venue, giving them the chance to see, in practice, the techniques they learn about in class.
KEVI students get an awful lot of opportunities which they can take advantage of and aspiring Engineer, James, did just that. Students were invited to apply to become part of Northern Powergrid’s Youth Insight panel. Successful appliant James, who is a current Sixth Form student, is enjoying his time learning about different careers and sharing his ideas.
Read more about James’ experience â
https://www.northernpowergrid.com/news/inspiring-an-engineering-generationÂ
Students from A Level Product Design visited FaulknerBrown Architects in Killingworth as part of their course; understanding Design Technology in Commercial Industry.
All students had a studio tour and a workshop tour so they can see what it is like working in a professional environment. There presentations from various staff within FaulknerBrown so they could discover the variety of roles available and they also took part in a design challenge to create a concept for a community pavilion with thought around how to make it inclusive and sustainable. The visit really brought the curriculum to life.
The staff at FaulknerBrown commented on studnets’ excellent behaviour and also their positive and engaged attitude towards the team challenge that they created.
KEVI students supported the Morpeth Rotary Club at the Morpeth Christmas Light Switch On during Saturday 16 November. The students volunteered their time to dress up in the Rotary Club mascot costumes. The money raised will go towards the Mayor’s Charity, which this year is the Oswin Project. The Rotarians who escorted them around the crowds in their costumes were very impressed with their conduct.
Several sttudents also supported the event playing in the Ellington Colliery Band.
James becomes the youngest ever to complete The Arizona Trail Race.
Year 9 student James Rothwell and his dad have just completed The Arizona Trail Race, a gruelling south-to-north 930-mile self-supported mountain bike race. Itâs an incredible achievement for anyone to complete, let alone a 13-year-old. James was officially the youngest rider to have ever completed the race.
40 riders started, and 16 finished and this was actually a very high completion rate. It’s usually about ten!
During the trail temperatures ranged from 45 degrees to minus 10. The pair also had to contend with extreme isolation, days without real food or resupply. The trail also involved massive amounts of climbing (32,000 vertical metres) and the brutal Grand Canyon traverse.
Not only was it an amazing feat of endurance for a 13yr old, James also learned about the fascinating plant and animal life, saw incredible geology, and gained interesting insights into American culture.
We are so proud of James and are in awe of this phenomenal achievement.
“Numbers” by Kieron Barry is a brutal and hilarious one-act comedy, set in an all-girlsâ boarding school, depicting a vicious battle of wills between four Sixth Form girls in the hour before a new Head Girl is announced.
Eva Clarke, Kitty Ellis, Alex Shepherd and Maisie Newcombe have spent 5 months co-directing, producing, choreographing and set designing alongside learning lines and performing, and their hard work has undoubtedly paid off!
The play is both complex and thought-provoking, but it Is the actors who have made it a visceral emotional experience for the audience. Each one of them has shown depth to their acting, with precision and honesty.
A team of 20 students represented KEVI at The English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) North East Secondary Schools Teams Championships 2024 in Durham, making waves amongst the established schools on their first visit.Â
Our school entered two boys teams and two girls teams of year 9 and 10 club swimmers, with each team swimming a 4x50m freestyle relay and a 4x50m medley relay. All our swimmers performed really well, with team manager Claire Crossman (from Alnwick Dolphins) saying: âThe swimmers were a credit to their school and their swimming clubs â it was a wonderful day for us all.âBecki McGuire, (head coach at Morpeth ASC) said; â All our teams were in the top half of the results table and our Girls A team will be awarded top 3 medals in both the freestyle and the individual medley racesâ.Â
As a result of these performances, our girls team will advance to the finals in Birmingham this weekend.
There is a wonderful pool of swimming talent at King Edward VI school, and with the support of the school, parents and our local swimming clubs, we will hope to continue to build on this success.
Reverend Canon Simon White led our Remembrance Service on Tuesday. Year 9 form representatives and cadets were in attendance and our Senior Students laid wreaths on behalf of the school, the school and the Foundation Governors in remembrance and tribute to all who suffered or died in war.
In World War One, 58 Old Boys and one member of staff paid the supreme sacrifice. Most of them found their last place of rest far from home: in Belgium, in France, in Gallipoli, in Poland, at sea; many of them have no known graves.
In the Second World War, by a strange coincidence, yet another 58 Old Boys perished in War â this time together with two members of staff. Only a few of them are buried in the UK. The remainder lie in France, Holland, Belgium and Germany, in Iceland and Italy, in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, in Burma and in Singapore. Again, many have no known grave but the sea.
In the Korean War of 1953, one Old Boy was killed while fighting for the United Nations in the cause of world peace.
In gratitude for the service and sacrifice of all these young men â their average age was only 24 â Arthur Graham took the reading and Mr Tedder read The Pride of the Poppy.
The service ended with the Last Post played on trumpet by Matthew Turner Will Straughan, Arthur Graham and Luke Miller supported by Ms Waterhouse.
