insideKENT Magazine Issue 81 - December 2018 | Page 151
EDUCATION
THE NEW BEACON OPENING
NEW CO-ED NURSERY
SEPTEMBER 2019
CCF BIENNIAL INSPECTION
Ashford School and Wye School’s
Combined Cadet Force took part in their
Biennial Inspection and Open Day recently
– and achieved the highest pass possible.
The Biennial Inspection of a Combined
Cadet Force (CCF) is the most important
day in the cadets’ calendar as they welcome
high-ranking officers from Cadet Force
headquarters who assess their quality,
learning and achievements. The guest of
honour and Inspecting Officer was the
Deputy Colonel Cadets, Lt Col Saunderson,
accompanied by the Officer Commanding
Cadet Training Team, Major Gray MBE.
Expansion Programme and offers cadets
aged 12-18 the chance to learn valuable life-
skills through military training. As well as
taking part in drill and learning how to safely
handle and shoot weapons, they have
enormous fun challenging themselves on
assault courses and adventure training, as
well as taking part in an annual camp.
“This was a truly superb day,” said Mr
Michael Hall, headmaster of Ashford School.
“The cadets demonstrated with ease all the
skills they have learnt from their time in the
CCF – leadership, teamwork and
confidence – and showed a real sense of
pride in their achievements.’’
Ashford School and Wye School’s CCF was
formed under the government’s Cadet
The Nursery is one of the key points of entry
to the School and it will be accepting girls and
boys in the term they are rising three years of
age. From Reception to Year 8, The New
Beacon will remain a boys’ school.
The Nursery will offer a warm and stimulating
environment where great care will be given
to make all children feel safe, comfortable, and
nurtured. They offer experienced, highly
qualified staff within the happy and caring
New Beacon family. A wide range of exciting
learning activities will be provided to ensure
the development of each child’s innate
curiosity whilst embedding lifelong skills.
During term-time, morning sessions are from
8.40am–12.15pm (including lunch), and full
days from 8.40am–3.20pm. Parents will be
able to sign up for either with a minimum of
three sessions per week. The Wraparound
Care from 8am until 6.30pm gives parents the
opportunity to extend the hours your child
will be able to come to the nursery, with prior
booking. The fees start at £360 per morning
per term. 01732 452131 /
[email protected]
AN EXTRAORDINARY GLOBAL SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Over the past eight years, Kent College,
Canterbury has developed an extraordinary
Global Schools partnership with schools
and communities in southern Tanzania.
Three teachers at Kent College, Canterbury
recently visited Masambarawe in southern
Tanzania as part of their remarkable Global
School Partnership with schools and
communities in southern Tanzania. Kent
College, Canterbury has developed this
partnership with Klerruu Secondary School and Saba Saba Junior School in Iringa, Tanzania
with teacher exchanges and student visits.
Groups of pupils and staff have all been in the last six months in order to support the
extraordinary work that is going on – and in particular to transform the lives of people in
a remote rural village by creating a well to provide a consistent water supply.
Part of the outreach has included developing and equipping a school in the remote rural
community where Kent College students and their Tanzanian counterparts have decorated
the school and provided furniture and the resources to build walls and toilets. On a recent
trip, Kent College provided a feast for 300 villagers to celebrate the work done. So far this
term, Kent College has raised £2,000 for charitable causes.
VIVAPOROUS LIZARDS MOVE TO ASHFORD SCHOOL
The ‘Lizard Sanctuary’ at Ashford Prep School in Great Chart is now populated with 180
common viviparous lizards, relocated from various local housing development sites.
The sanctuary, built by staff and children across the Senior and Prep Schools, was developed
to create a learning resource for the School in the form of a real-life scientific product, and
has since been visited by parents, staff and students who have contributed to setting the
site up according to what the reptile’s natural environments should be. Included in the site
are brush piles, bare batches and a hibernaculum.
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