Contact
Director of Leadership: Dr Grant Bell
Phone: 9683 8445
Email: gmb@kings.edu.au
117TH AAGPS ATHLETICS
Saturday 5 May saw TKS head to the Athletics track at Homebush to defend their 2011 Junior and Senior titles. Perfect conditions saw our athletes secure the Junior title for the fourth year in a row!
ANZAC DAY 2012
Anzac Day, 25 March, dawned crisp and clear, just perfect conditions for our Marching Band who were resplendent and tuneful as they marched around the city streets in front of the crowds.
SPACE ODYSSEY TEAM (SPOT)
Senior students from King's have joined The Space Odyssey team with girls from Tara, after Tara was selected by the Oxford University Astrophysics Department as the Australian school to participate in their Global Jet Watch Program.
PREP BROTHERS CHESS CHAMPIONS
There has been great celebration in the Willathgamuwa household, as siblings, Kevin and Rowan have been crowned U10 and U12 National Chess Champions recently.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
Year 6 leaders from King's, together with leaders from Tara Anglican School have worked together in a Leadership Day, conducted by “Impact Leadership”, with the aim to better equip our leaders for the future.
PREP RUGBY TOUR
Recently the Prep 1st XV toured to Armidale for a rugby carnival and were presented with their bags and jerseys by Benn Robinson ('02).
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Student leadership
Monitors
The King's School selects its prefects (known as Monitors) on an annual basis. Students in Year 12 apply in writing to be a Monitor and attach a resume to their application. Staff are invited to vote for candidates from the incoming Year 12 cohort and this is followed by a peer vote where the whole Year group selects its best candidates. This information is collated, a short list drawn up and these young men then proceed to an interview phase. At the conclusion of the interviews a recommended list of Monitors is given to the Headmaster for his consideration.
The newly appointed Monitors attend a leadership training day, and after this initial training, they meet regularly with the Director of Leadership Studies throughout to discuss issues related to School leadership. The Monitors work in portfolio groups to manage the key elements of school life.
A ‘Captain's Court’ also exists, which is a disciplinary court chaired by the School Captain and two other Monitors, to hear cases of bad student behaviour. The court has the power to issue detentions and recommend other sanctions.
The Student Representative Council
A Student Representative Council (SRC) operates within the Senior School, with membership made up of elected students from all Year levels. The SRC acts as a generator of ideas to improve the operation of the School. It also has an advocacy role and engages in significant fundraising for a variety of charities. A project entered into by the SRC has been to write to world leaders seeking a response from them as to what constitutes good leadership and responses are on display in the Centre for Learning and Leadership.
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