Food Bank Volunteers

21st Oct 2022
Senior School

This week, Alice Chew, Johanna Meyer and Savannah Taylor (all Lower Sixth) started their volunteering placement at the Salvation Army in Maidstone. Savannah had previously worked with Mr Matt Jones and Clothworkers' House to set up an appeal for donations, meanwhile, Mr Shuttleworth is also currently doing an appeal with Lambe’s House.  

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Monologue Performance Evening

21st Oct 2022
Senior School

Monday saw the IGCSE Drama class perform the last of their coursework pieces. The evening consisted of a series of monologues from a variety of different plays, ranging from Ancient Greek theatre to the present day, which were presented with slick professionalism to a delighted audience of family and friends. 

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Oasby Horse Trials 

21st Oct 2022
Senior School

Olivia Petersen (Lower Sixth) attended the Oasby Horse Trials in Lincolnshire last weekend for the Novice U18 class, going double clear and finishing 11th out of 32, which is a brilliant achievement.

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ESSKIA National Dry Slope Finals

14th Oct 2022
Senior School

Last weekend saw our U16 Boys’ Ski race team set off for Norwich for the ESSKIA National dry slope finals. The team, comprising of Max Chapman, Evan Henley, Edward Homard and Charlie Wells (all Third Form) had qualified for this competition via the South East regionals. 

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Lord Lieutenant of Kent Awards

14th Oct 2022
Senior School

This week saw Major Millbery, CCF Contingent Commander, attend the Lord Lieutenant of Kent Awards to honour Major Prem Ale, our CCF Adjutant. Each recipient of the Lord-Lieutenant’s Certificates for Meritorious Service marches to stand next to the Lord Lieutenant of Kent, The Lady Colgrain, whilst a citation, detailing reasons for the award, is read. You can read the citation for Major Ale below.

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Kidenza Orchestra Trip

14th Oct 2022
Senior School

This week a group of seven chosen young musicians from SVS took a trip to Benenden School’s brand new auditorium to watch the Kidenza Orchestra perform. Harry Heyworth and Dominic Powell (both Second Form) speak about this experience below.

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Super Shakespeare Event

14th Oct 2022
Senior School

On Monday 10th October, a group of Fifth Form students attended a Wealden Hub Shakespeare Event at Benenden School. Mathilda Featherstone, Brook Homewood, Celestina Meneses-Bautista, Fred Mundell and Otto Plant have written the following report about their trip.

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Headmaster’s Headlines – 14.10.22

14th Oct 2022
Senior School

I continue to be inspired by how much so many students care about the School and community here. On Tuesday, I enjoyed meeting with the Student Council and hearing their reflective and constructive ideas about how we can maintain many of the good points at the School and consider what we can do to make it even better. These conversations are important and I really value their thoughts.

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