Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Going for Quadruple

  Thu 02 May 2019

  We are at it again

  Stocky – year 7 to year 10 all reach Maidstone school finals.

  All support is welcome (Parents, students and friends). A small fee at the gate is required to cover the costs of the ground. Adults £5, U16s £3 and staff free (if they show they staff ID).

  Just like we did last year, we are looking to fill the stadium with Stocky support.

   

  All information can be found here: https://www.ssscs.co.uk/news/sports-clubs-and-fixtures/

  

• Porchlight Final Results

  Thu 02 May 2019

  This week, Nathan from the charity Porchlight came back in to visit year 12 and collect the amazing donations given by our school community. The impressive final amount raised from the sleepout and cake sale was £2, 219.61! Nathan told the students that this money can keep an outreach team operating on the streets of Kent, supporting the increasing number of homeless, for almost a month.

  Nathan was also very pleased to take away with him several boxes full of sanitary products that have been donated by staff, students and parents; these will be taken to the outreach teams and be benefitting the increasing number of girls and women on the streets.  

  Finally, to support the mental health programmes run by Porchlight in the shared accommodation provided for homeless youth, Nathan collected the ‘well being hampers’ created by our prefect team from the donations of art equipment we received from our school community. These boxes will be used as part of art therapy to help youngsters with mental health problems.

  As always, I am overwhelmed with the response received from our community and proud to say that in all the years of the sleepout, this is the highest amount ever raised. Well done to everyone involved and many, many thanks to everyone for whatever contributions you have made to allow us to support this vital cause.

  Miss C. Lockett

  Deputy Leader of 6th Form

  

• Salter’s Chemistry Camp 30 April 2019

  Thu 02 May 2019

  Ms Whitehead had the great pleasure of taking four lovely Year 7 students to the Salter’s Chemistry Camp which was held at the University of Kent.

  Josh, Rose, Olivier and Charlotte completed 2 challenges which required them to work as a team, follow the instructions they were given and to keep going even when the work was difficult.

  There were nine other schools taking part in the challenges, with a Salter’s Challenge in the morning (set by the Salter’s Institute) and a University Challenge in the afternoon. I am very pleased to say that St. Simon Stock’s team came third in the Salter’s Challenge.

  The students were brilliant ambassadors for the school and deserve massive congratulations for their achievement.

   

  Salters chemistry camp was a really fun day activity because we got to do different experiments and we had a fun engaging liquid nitrogen science show. The first experiment was my favourite because it was like an investigation. We had to decode names and use chromatography to find out the criminal and we also had to mix white powders with acids and study them. All together I would like to go again.

   

  From Oliwier Sus

   

  Thank you for the opportunity to go to Salters Chemistry Camp. I enjoyed working with the team (Charlotte, Josh and Oliwier) and I think it was a brilliant day. My favourite part of the day was in the first  experiment when we had to do the chromatography. I found it interesting about what colours made up the tested colour.  I also liked the second experiment when we discovered which colour was denser. I was very happy when we came third. Thank you for the trip,

   

  From Rose Huckstepp.