The King's School, Gloucester is an independent school in the United Kingdom, taking students from the ages of 3-18, with around 500 students. An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and perhaps the investment yield of an endowment. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ...

Origins

The current school was officially founded in 1541, during the English Reformation, by a direct royal proclamation by King Henry VIII. However, prior to that date, there was a school on the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral even since it first opened as the Abbey of St. Peter around the year 1100. This would make King's one of the longest continuous running schools in the world. Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ... King Henry VIII of England. ... Henry VIII King of England and Ireland by Hans Holbein the Younger His Grace King Henry VIII (28 June 1491–28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Gloucester Cathedral from the north east in 1828. ...

The School

The school is based around Pitt Street in the centre of Gloucester. It is near Gloucester Cathedral and has assemblies there every morning. Most public examinations are held in the Chapter House. The school is based around several buildings - The Palace, the Mathematics Centre, Little Cloister House (the oldest part of the school, containing the oldest functioning classroom in the world), 6th form centre Dulverton House, (the former residence of the Bishop of Tewkesbury), the Gym (formerly the main school building), the Art, Textiles and Technology department buildings, the Science block, Wardle House (the Nursery) and the Anniversary Building (Junior School). Pitt Street is a major street in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ... Gloucester Cathedral from the north east in 1828. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... Cloister of Saint Trophimus, in Arles, France A cloister (from latin claustrum) is a part of cathedral, monastic and abbey architecture. ... Dulverton is a village in the heart of West Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. ... Location within the British Isles The Tewkesbury War Memorial, locally known as the Cross Tewkesbury is a historic town in Gloucestershire, England. ... Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops. ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). ... This article is about the type of fabric. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Wardle is a village in north-west England located in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. ...

The school is divided into 3 age specific sections:

• The nursery, for 3-5 year olds
• Junior school, for scholastic years 2-6
• Senior school, for scholastic years 7-13

Pupils are divided into Houses, in Senior School they are Laud, Wheeler and Serlo. There are House competitions all year round, including House Drama, House Cricket and the Inter-House Athletics, held at the Prince of Wales stadium in Cheltenham. Supplementing these larger events are once weekly activities held in the second half of a lunch break, the makeup of which changes from term to term, and which vary from volleyball to bridge. Houses in Fishpool Street, St Albans, England For other meanings of the word house, see House (disambiguation). ... Look up laud in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wheeler is a commonly used surname and term. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... For the parliamentary constituency, see Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency). ... An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance (the relative proportions depend on the variant played). ...

Archdeacon Meadow

The school owns Archdeacon Meadow, which was given as a gift to the school by the people of Gloucester. Archdeacon Meadow is used as a sports field for rugby, some hockey and cricket for the boys, and rounders in the summer for the girls. House cross-country running is also held there. The Meadow is also the home to the annual Gloucester Cricket Festival. A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world; it is the second most popular team sport after football (soccer)[]. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is hockey [1][2... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Rounders is a sport which developed from Cricket and originated in Great Britain and Ireland. ... US Armed Forces cross country meet Cross-country running is a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain before other teams. ...

Notable Alumni

Button Gwinnett: mid 18th century; On behalf of Georgia signed the United States Declaration of Independence. With the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, he became the President and Commander-in-chief of the state of Georgia. He died shortly afterwards when he somewhat foolishly challenged one of his political enemies to a duel, the injuries resulted in his death a few days later. Button Gwinnett. ... A copy of the 1823 William J. Stone reproduction of the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies were independent of Great Britain. ... Combatants American Revolutionaries, France, Dutch Republic, Spain, American Indians Kingdom of Great Britain, German mercenaries, Loyalists, American Indians Commanders George Washington, Comte de Rochambeau, Nathanael Greene, Bernardo de Gálvez Sir William Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis (more commanders) The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the... State nickname: Peach State / Empire of the South Other U.S. States Capital Atlanta Largest city Atlanta Governor Sonny Perdue Official languages English Area 154,077 km² (24th)  - Land 150,132 km²  - Water 3,945 km² (2. ...

John Stafford Smith: late 18th century; wrote the tune for "To Anacreon in Heaven". In 1814 Francis Scott Key would set his poem to this piece and was named Star Spangled Banner, the National Anthem of the United States. John Stafford Smith (1750 - 1836) is a composer best known for writing To Anacreon in Heaven. ... The Anacreontic Song was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, a club of amateur musicians in London who gathered regularly to perform concerts. ... Francis Scott Key Fort McHenry looking towards the position of the British ships (with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the distance on the upper left) Francis Scott Key (August 2, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, an author, and an amateur poet who wrote the words to... Nicholson took the copy Key gave him to a printer, where it was published as a broadside on September 17 under the title The Defence of Fort McHenry, with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. ...

External links

• The King's School, Gloucester website
• A history of the choristers of Gloucester Cathedral