Students took to the ‘Open Stage’ at the end of January when they entertained family and friends in a variety style show. Audiences were wowed by the vast array of talents from our students including Enya Kneeshaw (Year 10) rapping the 'Queen's Speech', singing, dancing, gymnastics and an amazing magic trick presented by Elliot Risely (Year 9). A short play ‘Sparkle Shark’ was enacted by students who are part of a drama club organised by Year 10 Chloe King. Students in the Blue Weasel Choir sang “Trail of the Lonesome Pine” and “Good Morning Baltimore” from Hairspray.

Following on from the Area trials which took place on 13 January at Kings College, 20 Kingsmead students from across years 7 to 11 qualified for the Somerset Schools Cross Country Championships. These took place on a dry but windy Saturday on 23 January at Aldon Hill in Yeovil.

Kingsmead students have been selected to represent the school at the South West Regional Final of the Coca-Cola Real Business Challenge. They will travel to Ashton Gate in Bristol on Thursday 4th February where they will have the unique opportunity of working alongside business experts from Coca-Cola Enterprises on a live project.

On Wednesday 13th January, seven Year 8 students took part in the Rotary’s ‘Youth Speaks’ Public Speaking Competition held at Richard Huish. The students had to speak for 10 minutes on a topic of their choice, with the main speaker having a whopping 6 minutes of uninterrupted time to explore their chosen subject.

On 15th January Year 10 students spent the day in 30 minute careers-taster sessions learning about industries as diverse as Construction, Retail, Engineering and the Army. Visitors provided students with a detailed overview of their employment to enable them to make better informed career decisions. This comes at a crucial time, as Year 10 are starting the process of information gathering prior to making post-16 training decisions. Thank you to all our visitors for giving up their time to support the careers programme at Kingsmead School.

Following on from his success in the Intermediate Maths Challenge during the last school year, Jonti Ruell in Year 11 has recently participated in the Senior Maths Challenge which is aimed at year 12 and 13 students. Jonti was the only student from Kingsmead to take part in this challenge held at Wellington School. It was an extremely demanding set of questions requiring exceptional mathematical ability to complete.