Category: Lower School – King Alfred School
Warning! Scientists at work
This term, the Lower School acknowledged STEM week with several workshops, provided by external visitors and from our own KAS staff. It was a brilliant week of discovery and excitement…
Lower School Make Pledges During Earth Day
Our Lower School started the second week into Summer Term celebrating Earth Day. Students demonstrated their support for environmental protection through several different gestures. From Reception to Year 6, students…
Learning about the ‘Unknown Adventurer’
It was an exciting start to the Summer Term for Year 3 who welcomed Teddy Keen, the author of The Lost Book of Adventure and Journey to the Last River. Teddy’s…
Year 6 Are Winners At Watford
The majority of our Year 6 students headed to The Watford Festival to take part in the annual choir competition and came away with the trophy! The students were supported…
Lower School Performs Hamlet at The Shaw Theatre
During the term, students from Years 4 to 6 had the opportunity to perform the Shakespearean play, Hamlet, at The Shaw Theatre. This was a fantastic opportunity for the students…
Year 4 Enter The Dragon’s Den
The Lower School Library was transformed into a TV studio this morning as Year 4 put their hard work into practice pitching their newly invented food products to a panel…
Head’s Blog: Learner attributes supporting learner agency
Deputy Head of Lower School Rachael Herman looks at how we weave learning skills into our curriculum from Reception and how the methods we use adapt as children move…
Eco Cities of the Future
This term, one of our Year 4 classes had the exciting opportunity to combine several of their subjects together to learn how to create an eco-city. Pupils discussed how they…
Year 3 & 4 present Bugsy Malone
This Autumn Term, we had a fantastic opportunity to turn the Lower School Hall into a speakeasy from the 1920s for the Year 3 & 4 performance of Bugsy Malone….
KAS & Anti-Bullying Week
This half term saw Anti-Bullying Week take place from Monday 13 – Friday 17 November but the idea of kindness to others is a year-round mantra. Our students in Lower…
