The Kings’ Messenger

Hold the front pagefor the re-launch ofPlatformMagazine!The exciting re-launch of theAcademy’s new and improvedPlatform arts magazine isdrawing close onWednesday 19 June 2013.The team of students leading themagazine have been busy collectingthe great talents of all year groupsto compile a mixture of artwork,Textiles and Photography, poetry and short stories together in a wonderfulpocket-sized booklet. The front cover of the magazine seen here is graced by the beautiful artwork of Rosie Best inYear 12, whose AS Level Art final piece was selected over many other deserving candidates.The Platform team would like to thank everyone who submitted their work for the magazine and as a final messageto all years they’d like to say – KEEP CREATIVE KINGS!Watch out on the website for more information! By Lorna Mortimer, The Kings an Queens News TeamTime for the 10 Minute Interview:Emma Treharne of The Kings and Queens News Team set her watch for an interview withTeacher of History Mr Targett, who is due to retire from Kings after an epic 36 years’ service.This is what she found out in 10 minutes...Question 1: Why did you decide to become a teacher?I was taught well at my school in Bristol and enjoyed the lessons.Question 2: Why did you choose History as a subject?It was my favourite subject, I particularly enjoy readingbiographies. I got into History aged 10-11, when I read allthe Sherlock Holmes books in the Public Library. The biographysection was next to the fiction section. I saw a bookon Asquith and he dressed similarly to Sherlock, so I tookthe book out.Question 3: What is the best bit of being a teacher?I enjoy being in the classroom and the practical teaching.Question 4: What is your least favourite part of teaching?I dislike admin, form-filling and marking!Question 5: How has the school changed since you havebeen teaching here?I started teaching in Kings in 1977. We have recently had arefit, and since 1977 all the classrooms have changed position- the History classrooms used to be the Maths classrooms! There also used to be lots of temporary classrooms for History,Geography, R.E. and Languages and only one computer in the whole school - it was kept in the History office and tookup half the room!Question 6: Do you have any interesting hobbies?I am interested in family history, and I am a fairly good cook, in particular main courses. I also have an interest in railways- I was a station master in Washford station for a while, I am hoping to do this more after I retire.Question 7: So...are there any skeletons in your closet?Literally, yes. In 1997 HTV (now known as ITV) contacted me to film part of a series of archaeology programmes in theWest, in particular Cheddar. They did a piece on the Cheddar Man, and as part of the programme they took some DNAswabs from a few of the local children and myself to see if it matched the DNA of the Cheddar Man. We got the results infront of two film crews in a Science lab and the narrator said, “We have one direct match,” before turning around andsaying “And, it’s you!” I was on quite a few programmes because of this link and even made the Guinness Book of WorldRecords in 1998.