Spring 2016 - Kemnal Technology College

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NEWSLETTER SPRING 16
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A BUSY TERM!
Contents
D of E
Extended Project
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Bugsy Malone
Highest Score Finance
Exam
3
Ski Trip
Art Trip
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Creative Writing Yr9
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Creative Arts Events
6-7
London Marathon
Bad Hair Day
8
Trip to CocaCola Factory
Art Club
EU referendum
9
JP Awards
10
Holocaust Talk
Bromley Rotary Club
11
Year 13 product design 12
Paris Trip
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The spring term has
passed in a haze (I
seem to say that a
lot!). It always feels
like a short hop from
Christmas to Easter
but this year seems
especially fast.
For
the first time in nearly
10 years, I was unable
to go on the annual
school ski trip to Italy.
To say I was unhappy
when the coach pulled
away was an understatement. This left a
big hole in my half
term holiday, but did
allow me time to reflect on all the work
is such a good way of
sharing
messages,
ideas and good news.
I would encourage all
parents and carers to
look at the College’s
Esafety Policy and
related Safeguarding
Policies to ensure that
while using the latest
devices to communicate we all stay safe.
Mr Markham
Head Teacher
NEW LIFE IN THE SCIENCE LAB
The science department is
proud to announce the
hatching of 8 new chicks.
The eggs have been borrowed from a farm and have
been hatching in Miss Maddison’s room.
Many students from the
school have been excitedly
keeping track of the hatching
chicks and have had the
opportunity to hold and pet
them.
In the photo you can see the
brooder box in which the
chicks will live until they re-
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that the College has
been involved in since
September. A quick
scroll through our
Twitter feed gives a
good summary of
events. My personal
highlights include the
College’s production
of Bugsy complete
with splurge guns, the
on-going success of
the Duke of Edinburgh
award and seeing
some of the excellent
A level Technology
design work, especially the Elephant Light
designed by Harry
Broad. Social media
turn to their farm next week.
We only have the chicks for a
week so if you have not seen
them yet, make sure to pop
down to room 1.10 as soon
as possible to say hello.
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KEMNAL TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE DUKE
OF EDINBURGH SILVER AWARD 2016
After months of training, our
Silver DofE boys finally had
the chance to put all their
skills to the test on a practice expedition in April. They
were dropped off at Farnborough Church on an early
Saturday morning and spent
three days crossing the Kent
countryside. They covered
27 miles and camped in very
cold conditions at Waylands
and Downe scout campsites.
All four groups displayed
confidence in navigation,
camp craft and teamwork.
They cooked a variety of
pasta dishes both nights
keeping their strength up for
the arduous walks in the day.
Even the staff got to work
finding wood for the campfire!
The boys now have the chal-
lenge of preparing for a 36
mile trek across the New
Forest in June where their
skills will be scrutinised by
two New Forest Network
assessors. The environment
is far more challenging to
navigate and they spend one
night wild camping in the
forest with the ponies and
deer.
We will update you on their
progress via
twitter.
Good luck
boys.
The DofE team
2016 EXTENDED PROJECT
On Wednesday 27th April,
Year 13 students Mary
Adeyemo, Patryk Deniziuk
and Charlie Hearn presented
their research topics to staff
after completing the Extended Project Qualification. The
topics they researched were“Do pharmaceutical companies charge too much for
their products?” “Does partial sensory deprivation af2
fect the ability to estimate
time?” and “What motivates
us?” All three students explained their interest in the
topics they chose, the process
of how they did their primary
and secondary research and
what the findings of their research was. Well done to all
three for their dedication and
hard work in their final preparations for academic life at
university.
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BUGSY MALONE
This year’s production of
Bugsy Malone continued the
exceptionally high standards
that we have come to expect
of Kemnal Technology College productions. The fine
cast of students, which was
supplemented by several
girls from All The Arts Theatre company put on an excellent show, taking us back to
the gangland streets of
1920s Chicago. With a professional sounding band and
an excellent 1920s set this
show was a real triumph for
the Creative Arts team. A big
‘Thank you’ to all those involved.
Jon Hunter (Creative Director)
HIGHEST NATIONAL SCORE IN YR 13 FINANCE EXAMS
On 15th April, Kemnal
welcomed back recent Sixth-Former,
Louis Tirado. Louis
came in bearing with
him a large, fancy
carrier bag. Was it full
of nice presents to
thank his old teachers? Not quite… but
what it did contain
was enough to put a
big smile on everyone’s face. Louis had
come in to shows us
the award he won
from the Chartered
Institute for Securities and Investment
(CISI) for the best performing student nationally in the Certificate in Finance, Risk
and Decision-Making
qualification last year.
Louis achieved Agrades in both papers
– a magnificent
achievement.
Louis was presented
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with a trophy and a
magnificent silver salver at the CISI’s 23rd
annual awards ceremony held at the
Mansion House, in
the City of London on
18th April. The Mansion House is the
home of the Lord
Mayor of the City of
London and it was a
glittering occasion.
Top performers from
over 40,000 CISI exams taken in 80
countries were recognised for their outstanding exam success, with prizes being awarded in 58
categories, covering
capital markets and
corporate finance,
operations, compliance and risk, wealth
management, financial planning and Islamic finance. Louis
beat all-comers in the
Schools category by
coming top in the ALevel equivalent Certificate.
This autumn,
Louis will put
his Finance ALevel to good
use when he
goes up to the
Caption describing
University
of picture or
graphic.
Essex University, to start his degree
course in Accounting
and Finance. His
achievement is an
inspiration for all the
Year 12 and Year 13
students taking the
CISI Finance A-Level
equivalent at Kemnal.
Louis Tirado
receives his award
from the chair of
the CISI
Educational Trust,
Clare GoreLangton FCISI
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SKI TRIP BORMIO 2016
ART TRIP
On Friday 12th February,
the year 13 took a stroll to
London to gather evidence
for their photography exam.
Year 13 BTEC Art investi-
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gated shop logo design.
We went to the Photographers gallery then walked
back to the National gallery
where students were asked
to find work related to their
art project. We finished the
trip on the Southbank.
The trip was inspiring and
students gathered material
throughout the day. WE
also had time to visit a
couple of art galleries, a
real treat to see how much
… a piece of art can be
sold for £32,000… Mrs C
Robert (art)
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Y E A R 9 C R E AT I V E W R I T I N G
CHARLIE HARRIS (9MC)
MISSION TO SAVE PLANET
EARTH
that will fit an atom bomb
inside with four screw holes
we will also need 4 x 1m long
screws to keep the case in
place on the meteor.
28 January 2016
While I continue to brag to all
of my friends about the mission, I remember that I need
to pack food so I did. I
packed the following ; ice
cream, bread, frozen meat,
pot noodles and 10 chocolate bars just as a snack.
Dear Diary
Today I’ve been chosen to go
on a mission of a life time.
My mission is to go to space
and take out the incoming
meteorite that is heading
towards earth. I don’t know
how I’m going to do it but I
will conquer this meteorite
and save the world.
My phone started to ring so I
answered the call it was
NASA they said that they
needed the team there
ASAP. I replied saying ok
boss I am on my way. I have
to admit, I broke the speed
limit but I made it.
I begin to pack for my epic
journey to space, I pack 4
pairs of pyjamas, 2 tracksuits and my sleeping bag all
in a 5” x 8” x 2” bag. For the
equipment we will use a
tactical atom bomb, a trigger, drills and a metal casing
space in 20 minutes.
So 20 minutes had passed
and we were about to take
off. I feel the engines rumble
then all of a sudden I was
jolted back in my seat, I
thought to myself this is it. A
big gust of smoke came from
under the aircraft then we
heard the roaring flames
from the engine, we had lift
off. We travelled so fast that
before I knew it we were in
the mysterious world of
space. It was breath taking
but we saw the asteroid pass
it.
We were taken on board the
space craft, they told us that
we would be taking flight for
JORDAN SELF (9TTH)
MISSION TO SAVE PLANET EARTH
It was huge, the tall giant was
standing in front of my eyes.
Millions of people standing
cheering team GB. Loud noises echoed through the metal
monster. It was time. Nervously walking towards the
rocket. We arrived. The government, my wife, even my
boss was cheering me on. I
climbed up the ladder into a
small hole in the rocket. I
said my last goodbyes to family and friends. I bet you’re
wondering why are we going
to space? Well a huge corrupted meteor was racing towards
our planet ready to kill mankind. I’m so nervous. It was
small inside the rocket hardly
anything to do. I got told we
had one minute until blast off.
5
Seconds turned to minutes
turned to hours and hours
turned to days. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
blast off!
There was a sudden shudder, the roaring rocket finally
leaped into space. Our mission has started. I looked
back at the space station,
the smoke had spread like a
deadly disease.
We were miles away from
Earth now, I felt myself
screaming in my head why
did you do it? I looked out
the small circular window.
Millions of shining stars
shimmered in the utter darkness.
The kaleidoscopic
galaxies floated silently beside me.
Brilliant, bright
shooting starts whizzed past
me into the future. I plugged
my headphones into my
phone and listened to the
wonderful music of 2055.
There was a loud noise coming
from the speakers above my
head. It said we are now exiting Earth’s atmosphere unplug
your seatbelts. So I did. I felt
amazing. I felt like I was a bird
flying into the night sky. My
stomach was doing front flips
inside of me. I floated towards
the small window I looked out.
It was huge. Saturn was in
front of me. The huge spherical rings of frozen ice and
frozen rocks spun with it. We
had one day to reach this asteroid. I was starving now, I
pulled out of my bag a small
portion of chicken and another
small portion of fruits which
was inside a plastic bag. How
am I meant to eat this I
thought.
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KTC Youth
Theatre
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Creative Arts team are pleased to confirm another jam-packed calendar of fantastic Arts
events throughout the summer months.
On 16th
Kemnal Youth Theatre
meet up every Tuesday
after school to get
involved in Drama
games and short
performances. This year
we plan to perform to
parents a short modified
version of Peter Pan.
We are looking at
performing the roles of
the Lost Boys. Time and
date TBC.
June, we have
the ever popular
‘Kemnal’s Got Talent’
competition. Once
again we invite our talented (and some not-so
-talented students!) to
take to the stage
and brave the
dreaded buzzers,
with the one aim
of achieving a
place in the Trust’s
Got Talent final at
Rainham School
and winning the
coveted £100 cash
prize. This year we
have ex Kemnal student and West End Musical star Renato Paris
together with the lovely
Hayley Walters (from
THE TKAT GAMES
16th June
Kemnal’s got talent
21st June
TKAT games
28th June
Stars of Tomorrow
1st July
Art Exibition
11th July
Summer Concert
12th July
Lord of the Flies
14th July
Awards Ceremony
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On the 21st June, the Creative Arts road show continues rolling with the TKAT
Olympics. This is a new TKAT
event which draws all 42
TKAT schools together in a
massive sporting competition held at Crystal Palace
Football Stadium. The Kemnal choir will lead the singing
of ‘One Moment in Time’ with
additional acoustic performances from Ben Barker
and Charlie Harris. The Art
Department are also creating
a KTC banner that will be
carried by our athletes in the
final ceremony.
Jon Hunter (Creative Director)
STARS OF TOMORROW
On 28th June, the winning
acts from ‘Kemnal’s Got
Talent’ will compete against
several other TKAT schools
in the ‘Stars of Tomorrow’
final at Rainham School.
Jon Hunter (Creative Director)
the West End Musical
‘Ghost’) coming to
press the buzzers and
provide some (not too
harsh!) feedback and
encouragement to our
competitors.
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KTC ACADEMY
AWARDS
1 4 T H J U LY
Finally on the 14th July, we
have the KTC Awards evening. This ‘Oscar style’
awards ceremony is a massive celebration of the
achievements of our amazing students across the college. Hosted by our very own
Mr Chalaye and Miss King,
the evening will also feature
some excellent live music
from the choir and selected
musicians. I am especially
looking forward to the grand
finale in which the choir and
all the audience will join
together to sing “One Mo-
ment in Time”.
None of these events would
be possible without the commitment of our talented arts
students, and not forgetting
the dedication and sheer
hard work of the KTC Creative Arts Team. Thanks to
you all!
Jon Hunter (Creative Director)
A R T E X H I B I T I O N 1 S T J U LY 6 - 8 P M
On Friday 1st July,
GCSE and A Level students will be showcasing their work in
the drama studio.
You will be able to
witness a range of
photography, sculpture, poster design,
abstract and innovative work. We look
forward to seeing
you there!
Mrs C. Robert (Art)
THE SUMMER MUSIC CONCERT
On 11th July we have
our outdoor summer
music concert. This
festival style event has
become a very popular
fixture in the Creative
Arts calendar for the
past 3 years. It is so
great to see the high
standard of performances from students
from across all year
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groups coming together in a big celebration
of all their hard work
in music throughout
the year. Let’s just
hope the weather
holds…! Jon Hunter
(Creative Director)
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LONDON MARATHON
Mrs Maddison (in yellow)
from the Science
department and her
daughter ran on behalf
of Sparks (with daughter
in red) - and raised
£3,400. Our target from
the charity was £4,000 so we are a bit short, but
still delighted with our
donations.
mad hair day at school
which helped to raise
donations.
Congratulations!!!
Mrs L. Cooper and
S . Maddison
Lisa Cooper from our
Computer Science says
“ I ran for Coppafeel and
MacMillan , a charity that
is very important to me”.
Lisa managed to raise
£1105, some of which
came with the help of a
BAD HAIR DAY
Teachers and students
showed their more creative
sides on BAD HAIR DAY
which was organised for
Friday 20th April in support
of staff at the school. Lisa
Cooper, Susan Maddison
and Roz Hopgood who were
all running the London Marathon for good causes. A huge
well done to these sporting
superstars and to all the
staff and students who
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wowed us with their fantastic
hairdos.
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EU REFERENDUM FOR KEY STAGE 3 AND 4
STUDENTS
The boys in the College Council have
been preparing their
campaigns for the upcoming KTC EU Referendum. In the
"Remain Campaign"
we have Matthew Wilkinson as the chair,
Louis Meldrum, Harrison Ellis, Morgen
Steward, Shakil Aziz,
Joash Abejide, Feranmi Okeremi and Logan Mee. These boys
will be trying to convince the students at
Kemnal that Britain
would be better within
the European Union.
Within the "Leave
Campaign," headed
by Hashim Effendi, is
Joshua Colson,
Sachin Thorogood,
Xavier Mosley, Kye
Miah, James Cockburn, Frazer
Wadsworth and Jesse
Izuchukwu. These
boys will be trying to
persuade the Kemnal
students that Britain
should leave the EU.
The boys have tried to
put their already form-
attend the Thursday 2.504pm session get a mug of
hot chocolate and two biscuits and sometimes a kit
Kat instead whilst they debate the merits of each other’s work.
A year 10 film maker Chris
Boccovi is making a film
about the projects we are
doing in our art club.
Well done to all of Kemnal’s
budding artists and future
GCSE success stories. Well
done! - Mr Elias.
ART CLUB
ART Club 2016
This year’s art club was established for year 9’s interested in gaining extra experience to support their forthcoming GCSE choice. However it was invaded by several
years 7’s who have also
made a great start on their
artwork. Currently we are
completing our finger paintings (A2 in size!) in preparation for our next project
based upon chosen super
heroes. All participants who
COCA COLA FACTORY TRIP
On 26th April 2016, set 2
went to the Coca-Cola factory
in Sidcup to help students
who are taking geography as
an option for our GCSE's.
The trip was very interesting
and educational. We learnt
various different things
about the industry and how it
all works. I also learnt different things I never knew before, for example, over 31
million Coca-Cola bottles are
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made every week and it
takes 2 hours for one finished product of coke to be
made.
Logan Mee 9.2
ing political opinions to
one side, as the
groups were selected
at random. It is hoped
that the whole student
body will benefit by
engaging in the debate that has started
to immerse the whole
country. As well as
raising political awareness around the
school, students at
Kemnal will start to
understand how to
respond to the different campaigns and
ideas that are presented to them. So, look
out for posters, announcements, and
leaflets around the
school, soon!
Mr S Addison
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HARRY HAGUES 11MH
Congratula ons to Harry Hagues 11 MH for his outstanding commitment to extra‐
curricular sports clubs. Harry has been a part of the table tennis club since year 7 and throughout his me at the club he has grown in his ability to play as well as coach others. He works well with younger students and increases both their confidence and skill.
Harry has also been a part of the football team for the same pe‐
riod of me and acts in an incredibly selfless manner, al‐
ways pu ng the teams interest before his own.
Since ob‐
taining his FA qualifi‐
ca on for officia ng in football he has used this skill to referee fix‐
tures for KS3 teams. He is a fantas c role model for these stu‐
dents as he is very reli‐
A N U B A B AT U N D E
.
Not only is he extremely conscientious
in his work, he always
offers help within the
department. He
helped me with my
voice training of the
schools trainee teachers and supports the
drama department in a
number of ways. He
has been using his
Wednesday afternoon
enrichment sessions
to coach and help a
yr11 drama group with
their GCSE. What
ever I ask of him, he is
willing to help out. I
reckon if I was to bring
my ironing in, he
would oblige.
Ms Garrard—Head of
Drama
BRANDON MURPHY 8TMA
Brandon really is superb
in class but what sets
him apart is that he is an
exemplar student. He
completes homework
and all classwork and is
an absolute delight. Polite, courteous and always on time to lessons.
He is very helpful in
class and so committed
to doing well that I wish
all of our students were
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like him - Ms Allen Head
of Maths.
Brandon has to be one
of the most polite and
courteous students in
the year group. He has
faced some difficulty at
times but always remains a well mannered
student willing to help
others and the teacher.
He came on his own
from Horizon primary, settling quickly with ease.
Ms Cooper Head of yr8.
able, always punctual and demonstrates de‐
sired quali es like sportsmanship and fair play.
For these reasons Har‐
ry has become a vital part of extracurricular PE at Kemnal
Congratulations to
Alex Mendes 13PO
Alex gives willingly his
time to support, encourage and motivate younger students at the
school. He can be seen
in his free time coaching
them basketball skills
and facilitating ad hoc
practice sessions. An
excellent role model,
Alex is calm and positive
and encourages the students to treat each other
with respect and courtesy. He also encourages
the students to follow
school expectations and
behaviour guidelines.
Students in the younger
years look up to Alex
and will go to him for
support which he freely
gives. Alex also actively
runs the basketball club
with yr7 through to 10
after school. He is fully
committed and his dedication and enthusiasm
inspires both students
and staff. We are lucky
to have him in our sixth
form and would like to
recognise the positive
impact he has on the
college and the students
in it. Ms Morris
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HOLOCAUST TALK
On 21st March, through
the Holocaust Education Trust, we had the
honour of having Mala
Tribich, survivor of a
Jewish Ghetto labour
camp in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, Ravensbruck Concentration Camp and BergenBelsen Concentration
Camp speak to the Year
7, 9 and 12 students
about her experiences
during the Holocaust.
Survivor Mala Tribich pictured with
College Captain George Sayell and Senior
Prefect Anu Babatunde.
The students and staff
who were fortunate to
hear her testimony found
it inspirational and moving.
Some of the students had
this to say about Mala’s
visit.
“I think it was very beneficial for all students to
hear the story from a
person who was actually
there.”
Alex Ngan- Year9
“I thought the talk was
very interesting and
shocking. I really didn’t
know that much about
the Holocaust before.”
Jack Rogers- Year 9
“It was a very emotional
BROMLEY ROTARY CLUB
Recognising
young
people’s outstanding
contributions to the
community.
On 29 January the
Mayor of Bromley
Councillor Kim Botting
presented awards to
22 young people from
local
secondary
schools for their contributions to the community as volunteers
or carers.
This was the first
award ceremony under a scheme set up
by Bromley Rotary
Club to recognise the
good work young people do in the community and to encourage
more to be community
-minded. The ceremony took place at
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Langley Park School
for
Boys,
whose
dance band provided
musical entertainment.
The scheme started
with four schools: Ravensbourne,
St
Olave’s,
Kemnal
Technology and Langley Park Boys.
Kemnal
Technology
College were very
proud to be part of this
event and recognise
the achievement of
the year 10 students
who had worked so
hard on the project. In
year 9 these students
had worked hard with
year 6 students from
Grays Farm Primary
to help them adjust to
secondary school life
and build their confidence about the transition process. Stu-
dents form the Primary school were encouraged
to
talk
through their concerns
and given the opportunity to work with our
students to complete
some cooking and get
to know their way
around the college.
A very big WELL
DONE to Cameron
Stephen, Harry Bush,
Tom Cannon-Smythe,
Jordan North, Robbie
Muckle and Chris
Wayman.
A
special
WELL
DONE to Daniel Whitten year 11 also for
his work in supporting
his siblings and other
young people with
their first year at
school.
Miss J Morris
talk that changed hearts and
made everyone remember the
terrible event that will remain
a dark stain on history.”
Levi Taylor- Year 9
“Her story, and the story of
those that faced persecution
is still relevant today.”
Patrice Solomon- Year 12
We are very grateful and honoured to have had Mala spend
time as part of our school
community.
Mr G Scott
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YR13 PRODUCT DESIGN STUDENTS
ILLUMINATE KEMNAL
A level students in
yr13 have been
designing and
making light installations for their A2
coursework. They
have produced elegant and sophisticated solutions for
their individual client design briefs
and used a range
of materials to
achieve a high
quality product.
They have competently used the
software and
equipment we
have at Kemnal to
make these amazing lights including
the laser cutter
and 3D printer.
Each piece was
entered for the’
Furnishing the Future’ School Design Prize and
Competition. As a
recognised and respected awardgiving body The
Furniture Makers’
Company School
Design Prize is a
fantastic accolade
to feature on a student’s CV and we
are extremely
proud that Adam
Norman was a
winner for his
‘Rose lamp’. The
prize is designed
to build the foundations of confidence and aspiration in young people and inspire
them to consider a
future career in the
furnishing industry.
Well done to you
all for such incredible designs, what
an achievement!
Miss Crawford &
Mr Mclean
Callum Shillabeer
Adam Norman
Harry Board
Jeevan Deusi
Rachael Olatunji
Karl Richley
Shane Worges
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TO PARIS WITH LOVE
The Stade de France tour
was sensational and
going up the Eiffel Tower
was a lot of effort but was
definitely worth it! - Luke
Harvey.
The Tour
of the stadium was perfect, we saw a lot of
things, like the changing
rooms, the skyboxes, the
tunnel and the tour guide
was very entertaining. Muhammed Khan.
We went to the Louvre
and saw many famous
paintings including the
Mona Lisa.- Karel Gordon
Mme. Lambert excelled her
self again in her superb planning and tour leading of 12
Kemnal students and staff
this Spring 2016.
The morning started very
early at Ebbsfleet Station,
where Mme. Lambert and
myself were joined by 9 of
Kemnal’s finest students, 1
arriving just 5 minutes before the departure of the
train itself (mentioning no
names !). Nevertheless, the
Eurostar journey was comfortable, if uneventful, as
most of us were too intent on
catching up on missed sleep.
As the Eurostar glided into
Gare Du Nord, we were gently awoken to shards of golden sunlight, and stirring ourselves, stepped out into the
waking French capital, at
which point Mme. Lambert
took full control and shepherded us into the Metro,
leading to our Auberge in
central south Paris.
As we made our way from
the Metro stop, the students
were heard to remark how
laid back and clean the
French Capital was, with it’s
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wide boulevards, Cafés, and
elegantly dressed residents.
Firmly ensconced in our lodgings, Mme Lambert cheerfully ‘cracked the whip’ and
thus began our first day of
sightseeing. And boy ! Did
we see a lot of sights, crisscrossing Paris taking in Les
Invalides, L’Arc de Triomphe,
then to Jardin de Luxembourg for the Museum of
Languages, followed by an
evening trip on a pleasure
boat on the Seine, all the
while enjoying Paris’s historic
architecture, food smells and
multilingual chatter that surrounded us everywhere.
Day two saw us up and out
of our Auberge good and
early, and first stop was at
the Chateau de Versailles,
where we saw how the Sun
King not only cut up his kingdom, but also his household,
banishing his wife to the
ground floor, and taking
formal residence in grand
apartments, which on closer
inspection, revealed secret
doors to a tiny bedroom and
simple single bed, where he
apparently preferred to
sleep.
Later that afternoon, and
after a leisurely mosey
through Les Jardins du Chateau de Versailles, where
plentiful chocolate Gauffres
were munched, we made our
way back to central Paris,
where we took in the Tour
Eiffel, up close, and in 700
steps. Vertical ones !
The Tour Eiffel never fails to
make an impression on people, both young and old, and
our modest group was no
exception. Were it not for
the pigeons that swirled
high above, we would have
stood, agog, mouth open,
gaping at this French icon.
But as the ever energetic
Mme. Lambert would have
it, we wasted no time in scaling the tower – on foot. The
boys, to their credit seized
the chance to show their
steady heads for heights
zooming up the foot shined
steel steps, to the second
floor, where the boys confidently leaned on the heavily
fenced balconies, pointing
out distant objects on the
horizon, and contributing
their own excited chirps to
the hubbub of hundreds of
other visitors of every imaginable nationality.
These are some of the many
delightful experiences that
Paris has to offer, and, given
enough time off the Kemnal
timetable, I am sure that
Mme. Lambert would have
enthusiastically and energetically shown us them all, and
we, her tour party, would
have soaked it all up with
gusto !
Bravo boys of Kemnal &
thank you Mme Lambert for
showing us Paris, a city
that’ll be part of us forever !