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work to be done on the inside of the building. The whole church family helped to
decorate it.

Bill Still was gifted at making things out of wood, and he made the lockers and
shelves and cupboards. Shortly after he had finished his work at TKS, he was
knocked off his bike and killed, but every year at prize giving, we award a prize in
honour of him to someone who is very gifted at making things. It is called the Bill

Still Memorial Prize.

3. There was an assembly before we moved in, in which we all went around the outside
of the building, putting our hands on the walls and thanking God for the building and

asking him to bless and help all who would work there. It was very memorable.

4. Read about moving in from the book ‘The King’s School: The First Ten Years.’ (P.26-
27)

Back then in April 1988, it seemed so big, but not for long.

5. TKS kept growing – just like the picture of the tree – and it became more of a
challenge to fit everybody in.

At first there was no upstairs in the building. Then we put in stairs and made rooms
above the foyer. At one time Mr. Freeman had his office upstairs! Then it was
needed for a classroom, so he moved his office back downstairs again!

Then we got a temporary classroom (the Terrapin) which was put up in the
playground. Some of the Infants were in this room for a while.

6. At last it became impossible to fit everybody in, and so September 1994 YR went to
37 Woodlands Road.

Mrs. Philip and Mrs. Griffin, who lived in this house, kindly allowed Miss Dunlop to
turn their dining room into a classroom! There she taught six children until the new
children came in February.

It was fun. At playtimes the children played in the back garden. If the grass was
wet, they went for a walk. Occasionally they went to the playground at the end of
New Yatt Road. At story-time the children all sat on the settee. At lunch-time they
sat around a table and had lunch together. Mr. Freeman used to come and visit.

When they did painting Miss Dunlop had to cover the carpet with a big sheet of
plastic! (Why?) The children came to the main school for big assemblies and PE.

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