Category: Lower School – King Alfred School
Celebrating Art in Lower School
“We all worked hard and transformed it into something you’d never really have imagined that we could do.” Hugo, Year 4 Magical things often happen in the Lower School Hall, but this half term got off to a particularly strong start with an exhibition of artwork and ceramics by students from Years 2 to 6….
Studying Shakespeare – from Lower School to Sixth Form
As the world’s most famous playwright, the works of William Shakespeare can be enjoyed at any age – as KAS students from our Lower School and Sixth Form recently had the opportunity to appreciate. In the same week as World Book Day, Sixth Formers journeyed to The Bard’s birthplace for an enriching educational trip, whilst…
Year 5 raise the roof at The O2
Lower School students channelled their inner rock stars in January as they performed at London’s O2 Arena. Year 5 sang, danced and shook pom-poms to songs by Bob Marley to Benson Boone as part of the annual Young Voices concert series. Billed as ‘the world’s largest children’s choir’, the event saw KAS students singing with…
Head’s Blog: Resilience In Focus
Karen Thomas, Head of Lower School appears in the current issue of Absolutely Education magazine as part of an article called ‘Developing Resilience in Schools’. You can read the whole article here. While our natural tendency may be to protect the children in our care at all costs, wrapping them up in cotton wool does…
In pictures: Lower School’s moving ‘Museum of Us’
Lower School’s inaugural ‘Museum of Us’ has been hailed a huge success, with some who visited the resulting exhibition moved to tears by the creative project. The brief to students was simple: bring in a shoebox containing a representation of yourself and the things that are important to you. The results were a joyful celebration…
Keeping your children safe online
Digital devices and platforms are an ever-greater presence in all our lives – something which presents many opportunities, but also various risks. We appreciate that this is a key concern for parents, who are keen to understand and manage the various issues arising from these developing technologies. As a school, we are constantly monitoring and…
Your trash is our treasure! ‘Loose parts play’ at KAS
Here at KAS, we are always keen to receive any items our Lower School students could make use of during ‘loose parts play’. As such, we welcome donations from any members of our KAS community. Please do think of us if you are having a clearout! Loose parts play is a play-based approach to learning…
Adventure Journals Bring Learning to Life
When adventurer and author Teddy Keen came in to tell us about his book Journey to the Last River, it inspired Natalie and Shirley’s Year 3 class to create their own adventure journals. These books aren’t just beautiful objects – they also perfectly showcase the way subjects are brought together in an Enquiry topic at…
Sports Day 2024
The King Alfred School Sports Day took place at the StoneX Stadium for the second year running. It was fantastic to take students from Years 6 – 10 to the stadium where they could participate in several events including the 4x100m relay, shotput, javelin, long jump and many more! The students were brilliant with supporting…
Saying Goodbye to Our 2024 Retirees
Our community is a special one and so we are always sad when people move on to their next adventure. This year, we will be saying goodbye to three, much loved, long standing teachers who really are part of the DNA of the School. Ilona, Claire Michael and Jane have around 90 years of service…
