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Bursar:
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Chief administrative and financial officer. Responsible for the school’s finances, estate, facilities and personnel.
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Bursary:
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Finance and Personnel Department.
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CCF:
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Combined Cadet Force (Army and Air Force), a very popular activity.
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DofE:
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Duke of Edinburgh Award programme.
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Exeat:
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A long weekend on which the boarders are encouraged to go home.
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Houses:
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The school is divided into eight houses: two day houses - Havelock (boys), Latimer (girls); a junior boys’ house - Plymouth; a junior girls’ house - Greenwich; three senior boys’ houses - Bradford, Norwich, Sheffield; a senior girls’ houses - Severn.
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Plym:
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Plymouth House.
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Plyms:
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Students in Plymouth House.
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Shower and Shoes:
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Time allocated in Plymouth in the afternoon for exactly that.
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Prep:
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Another word for homework.
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Lights Out:
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The time when boarders must be in bed ready to have their lights turned out.
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San:
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Sanatorium - sick bay.
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Signing Out Book:
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Where boarders sign in and out when they go to and from house. An essential safety record.
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Tuck Shop:
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Sells hot savouries and drinks at morning break
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Greens:
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Learning Support Department.
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Grades:
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All students are evaluated every three weeks and given ‘grades’.
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School Casuals:
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‘Casual’ school uniform.
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Top School:
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Main teaching area.
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KHA:
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Kingham Hill Association. Past staff and students, friends and supporters.
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The Mass:
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An annual in-house competitive Cross Country run. A Kingham Hill tradition.
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The Hill:
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School magazine.
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House Shout:
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Annual inter house competition where the students perform their chosen song and are judged, ‘pop idol’ style, by a panel of ‘experts’.
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Go Girls:
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Yr 10 & 11 girls group to encourage self confidence and self esteem, build friendships and to generally have some fun.
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Choc and Chat:
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Junior version of Go Girls for Years 7 and 8.
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Founders Day:
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Day on which the life of the Founder is celebrated.
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Balls’ Gap:
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Literally a gap in the hedge which was used as a shortcut so frequently by a member of staff it was named after him and a commemorative stone placed there.
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The Planney:
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Area of woodland.
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Boot Room:
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Area in the boarding houses for shoes, sports boots etc.
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Gating:
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Restriction of privileges.
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