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Visit our state of the art £150k sports science
laboratory
Students at The
Malling School
enjoy sport and PE lessons
in our fabulous laboratory every day, using the same
standard
of fitness and diagnostic equipment as athletes
preparing for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games might
use.
In 2010 The Malling School installed a brand new hi-tech
sports science laboratory costing £150k to celebrate its
status as a specialist Sports and Science college. The
facility houses a large range of fitness equipment as
well as two further devices providing detailed analysis
of physical output. Using this facility, the
sports department can support the development of
training programmes aimed at improving health and
fitness levels and raising local sporting participation
and achievement.
This means that the laboratory is so much
more than just a health and fitness suite. It's
also a full performance diagnostic centre, of interest
not only to individual members of the community keen to
improve their personal fitness levels, but also to
serious health and sports professionals. It will
provide a level of testing unprecedented in the west of
Kent and possibly in the entire county.
The
Malling School is a mixed 11-18 school which is part of the
Malling Holmesdale
Federation.
This ensures
that our students have
access
to
highly specialised resources and teaching,
with
a high ratio of computers to students
and
every Year 7 student accessing their own laptop.
The school teaches the full curriculum but also
allows students to specialise in the health-focused subjects
of Sports
and Science – increasingly relevant in today’s society.
The school has state-of-the-art facilities in brand new
buildings,
completed in
September 2007. The school is set in unique and extensive
grounds, which include
extensive playing fields,
a
mountain bike track and a
lake.
We have
a full complement of experienced and talented staff
with
a ‘can-do’ attitude. The school has a proven track record in
supporting our students to make the most of their
opportunities and achieve their
potential.
What’s new...
GCSE results continue
to rise at The Malling School
This year’s results at The Malling School in East
Malling continue on an upward trend.
The number of students gaining 5 good GCSE grades is
up to 71%, an increase of 21% on last year.
Similarly, the number of students gaining
5A*-C grades, including English and mathematics,
increased by a further 5%
on last year and was the school’s highest result ever.
92% of students gained
5A*-G (up 6% on last year) and again no student
leaves the school without qualifications with 100% achieving
at least one GCSE .
Red Nose Day 2011 @ The Malling School
Red Nose Day is the biggest charity fund raising event
of the year at The Malling School.
The day was launched by The Principal, Carl Roberts.
Activities included
a sponsored basketball match between Year 11 girls and
female staff in the Sports Hall. There was a Comic Relief
Concert in the hall with performances from some of the
schools’ many talented singers and musicians.
There was also a helicopter challenge, followed by
sponge throwing at their teachers.
15 year old Roisin Gengasamy held a 5-day sponsored silence
and raised over £320!
The Malling School Choirs sings at the O2
On Thursday 28th January
The Malling School travelled to London’s O2 arena to sing at
the Voice in a Million concert. Teacher of Music at The
Malling School, Mrs Elaine Cox said: “This trip was a great
experience for both students and teachers and everyone
involved hopes to be part of it again next year.”
Junior school pupils step up in the sports lab
On Thursday, 24th March, 30 year five pupils from
Offham Primary School enjoyed their final science lesson in
the high tech sports science laboratory at The Malling
School.
Throughout the year the primary teaching staff have been
enriching their science curriculum by teaching science in
the £30,000 lab. This
week parents were also invited along to see the pupils
present their work in a final showcase.
The Malling School’s science teacher, Miss Claire
Mills, said: “It has been great to be able to share our
state of the art facilities with another school.
The children have really enjoyed using all the
machines and monitors.”
The Kent Panathlon at The Malling School
The Panathlon team consisting of Simon Oakley, Joe Prichett,
Charles Davies, Edward Gladwin, Gareth Riley, Sean DeCosta,
Lewis Smith and Tom Steere, all students at The Malling
School, represented West Kent in the KENT finals on
Wednesday 25 May at Malling School.
More information available from:
www.panathlon.com/news/1/2011/
West Kent’s school of first choice - The
Malling School has never been more popular. This September
twice as many students started in year 7 as last year. The
pattern looks set to continue as parents from Maidstone,
Malling and Medway have been flocking to visit the school
and secure a place for 2011.
For details of tours, please
click this
link.
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