The East Kent Schools Together (EKST) partnership is set to make a big splash at Kingsmead Leisure Centre on Tuesday 19 March 2019 thanks to Active Life, Canterbury City Council and The Lawson Trust who have made it possible for us to run this innovative event for local students.
Paralympian Millie Knight will be in attendance to present awards.
It is so exciting to watch the progress of our students as they work collaboratively under the watchful eye of Esther Miles, Artist in Residence. These photos show students from three schools developing their ideas now on the deckchairs themselves. Cannot wait to see the final results at Turner Contemporary later this year. …
Read MoreThe rehearsals are underway at each of our partner schools now ahead of the Big Sing’s performances at the Beaney Art Gallery and Museum, The Kent Teacher of the Year Awards and at Turner Contemporary this academic year. At the first rehearsal with Lemon Otter at Herne Bay High School the KM Charity Team came…
Read MoreA new Globalist website has been launched and so do take a look. The website details all the historical and current competitions so you can get inspired and enter. http://globalistjournal.co.uk
Read MoreThe East Kent Schools Together partnership welcomes an Artist in Residence to engage students across seven schools in a six month long unique art collaboration entitled ‘Rearranging Deckchairs’ to be exhibited this summer at Turner Contemporary, Margate. The Kent coast has long been the inspiration for local artists. Continuing in this tradition East Kent Schools Together’s…
Read MoreClick this link to find full information about this event for students at The King’s School. All welcome on 19 March at 7.40pm.
Read MoreEKST Student Voice Ambassadors were invited to speak at an event at Canterbury Christ Church University on Tuesday 20th November to mark Universal Children’s Day. Imogen and Matthew, the co-Chairs of the Student Voice, together with Marissa (all in Year 12), spoke about what it means to be a child in the 21st century in…
Read MoreCluster groups are one of the core activities of EKST, enabling colleagues across the partnership to build a local network, learn from each others, share ideas and resources and more. Currently active cluster groups are taking place in the following subject areas: Art, DT, Science, English, Maths, ITT, Computer Science, Pastoral, MFL and a general Support…
Read MoreThe results of the Globalist photography competition are in! A reminder that students were asked to submit a photograph with the theme of Urban and give a caption in a modern foreign language. The winning image is shown here. Well done to all who took part. We hope that the winners enjoy spending…
Read MoreEKST is delighted to announce we have been successful in our grant funding application to the Kent Community Foundation with funds allocated from the Lawson Endowment Fund for Kent. The core funding will make a huge difference in helping us to achieve our aims of raising aspirations and widening horizons of students in East Kent.…
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