THE KING'S SCHOOL, HARPENDEN
An Independent Christian School
PUPILS
LUNCH-TIME CLUBS
At different times of the year, we can offer a variety of lunch-time clubs from the following:
Primary KS1&2
KS1&2 Board Games Club
KS1&2 Drama Club
Primary KS2
KS2 Art Club
KS2 Choir
KS2 Orchestra
Primary KS2 Sports Clubs
KS2 Basketball Club
KS2 Football Club
KS2 Hockey Club
KS2 Indoor Athletics
KS2 Kwik-Cricket Club
KS2 Multi-sports Club
KS2 Netball Club
KS2 Table-Tennis Club
KS2 Tag Rugby
KS2 Tennis Club
Secondary
Art Club
Bible Study Club (Student led)
Chess/Board Games
Choir
Debate Club
Drop-in Subjects (various)
German Club
Homework Club
Instrumental Ensemble
Student Voice
Touch-typing​
Secondary Sports Clubs
Basketball
Darts
Football
Netball
Table Tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
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Bible After School Club
Our Bible After School club is for pupils in Years 1 to 4 and is held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:30pm until 5:30pm. The children participate in worship, Bible stories, and various other activities such as arts and crafts, song writing, dancing and acting, quizzes, and much more.
Sports Clubs After School
We usually have a couple of weekly after school sports clubs for Years 5 to 11. These often involve Multi-sports on a Monday and Table Tennis coaching on a Thursday, both for an hour from 3:30pm.
SPORTS
Inter-house Sports
Within school we have an inter-house sport programme, covering a variety of activities throughout the year. Pupils can enjoy competitive sports, working as a team and learning good sportsmanship.
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Sporting Fixtures
We have a number of sporting fixtures which happen on a regular basis. For the Primary School these are arranged casually between schools in Athletics, Basketball, Football, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Tennis & Table Tennis. At Secondary, we offer fixtures in Basketball, Football, Netball, Rounders & Table Tennis, all with local small schools. We also enter some of the events on the district 'school games' programme and our Table Tennis teams often progress from here to the latter stages of the Butterfly National Schools Team championships.
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ISA Tournaments and Festivals
We enter many of the ISA regional and national tournaments and festivals, including athletics, football (boys & girls), multi skills (Yr2), netball, swimming, table tennis, tag rugby and x-country. We are always looking for new opportunities at these exciting events that are competitive but also have a strong emphasis on participation. Several of our pupils have won the ISA National Table Tennis championships in recent years.
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Athletics
We hold two annual Sports Days. The Primary enjoy a picnic on the school lawn with parents and family members, followed by all the Primary pupils entering into races of all kinds and competing against their classmates to gain points for their Houses. The second Sports Day is held at Stockwood Park Athletics Centre, Luton, for Years 5 to 10, where pupils compete in all the different races on the track, as well as high jump, long jump and shot put.
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A large cohort of pupils from Years 5 to 11 enter the annual Christian Schools Sports Day and we also take teams to the district and county athletics champs.​ We always have a strong showing at the ISA regional athletics in Bedford, which act as a qualifier to enter into the National Championships held at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. We have had several ISA National champions on the track in recent years.​​
MUSIC
Music Within the School​
In addition to the timetabled curriculum music lessons, the Music Department offers individual lessons on the clarinet, brass, drums, guitar, piano, recorder, saxophone and violin, as well as singing lessons.
Throughout the school, pupils have the opportunity to join the Primary or Secondary choir or orchestral groups which practise once a week during lunch times.​ We also have our annual Primary & Secondary Instrumental Concert where pupils who have been having individual lessons get to show their friends and family what they have been learning. Some of our pupils enter into the ISA National competitions, which include music, art and drama, with one being a recent winner of the ISA Young Musician of the Year award!
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Arts Festivals​
Our annual Secondary and Primary Arts Festivals always feature musical items performed by our budding musicians and offers a chance for pupils to show off their skills and learn to perform to a friendly and supportive audience. The Festivals are followed by a Primary Arts Festival Concert and a Secondary Arts Festival Concert where winners perform to parents and friends.
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Musical Events:​
Every other year we produce a musical show with the Secondary pupils, often supported by Years 5 & 6, which is held in a local theatre or large church auditorium. These are great opportunities for our budding actors and singers, theatre production crew, and support artists. We have produced many of the popular West End musicals, such as Oliver, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Fiddler on the Roof. Our latest two musical productions were written and produced by our very own Mr Chris Burrett, one of our Music Teachers. ​​​​
The Legend of Troy (2022)
At the end of March 2022, our Year 6-11 pupils performed in the brilliant ‘The
Legend of Troy’, which was adapted from a Musical written and produced by Mr Burrett. All the pupils worked really hard to learn the songs and their lines, practicing regularly through lunchtimes and after school to put on a wonderful production. It was funny, moving and thoughtful, with the pupils performing their roles with perceptive sensitivity and drama.
The Golden Days (2024)
Another musical written and produced by Mr Burrett, this time set in a 1960s Jazz Club. This slick, stylish and sensitive production had many beautiful Jazzy songs, performed by our exceptionally talented young artists, with a storyline to make you laugh and cry!
