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Posted : 1st October 2024
A group of King Alfred Sixth Form students recently journeyed to remote Indonesian islands where they conducted ecological research – and learned valuable life lessons, too. The two-week trip saw the group of eight – six students and two teachers – travel to the Wallacea region in eastern Indonesia. There they worked on two separate projects alongside scientists from Operation...
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Year 7 got hands on with their Exploration as they worked towards answering the question 'How do we survive and thrive on a deserted island?'
Explorations are extended projects, led by teams of teachers from mixed subjects, where students apply skills from one or more school subjects to answer enquiry questions. The students are working towards creating a living museum with artifacts which demonstrate their learning across a range of disciplines:
📐In Maths they learnt about scale, coordinates, contours and ratios in order to create maps of their island - they then created 3D maps from cardboard to showcase locations where they would build their shelter, forage or fish.
🎣In Design Technology they created items which would aid their survival. They used traditional techniques to craft fishing rods from bamboo poles, wire and thread and used paper in place of vegetation to create woven baskets for gathering food or storage.
🔨More Design Technology skills were on show from another group who continued their work on shelter building, using rope and wood to create sides for more substantial shelters.
🎨In Science they looked at which plants could be used to make dyes and created natural paints. The Exploration's driving question challenges them to look at how they could not just survive, but thrive, and by decorating their baskets they are making them both useful and beautiful.
If you want to find out more about the ideas which underpin our Explorations - you can watch this short film: loom.ly/iAp_G1k
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ISI Report March 2022
"Pupils of all ages demonstrate an intrinsic motivation towards their work and towards their contribution to the extracurricular life of the school, and this comes from the high expectations of their teachers and from the school's culture of mutual respect."
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“The aim is to allow children to grow chiefly through their own efforts, and more or less at their own temperamental pace, into their own image.”
John Russell, KAS Head 1901-1920
Space to Grow
The village green setting of the main school site contributes to the community feeling with Lower School classrooms all opening out directly onto the play areas, parents encouraged to spend time in the grounds and all students offered opportunities for outdoor learning.
