Category: Upper School – King Alfred School
Lockdown Portraits By Year 8
We’ve all seen a lot more of our own faces than we’re used to during lockdown (thanks Zoom!) but for our Year 8 artists this was a source of inspiration….
Upper School Show Trailer is live!
Because the Upper School Show couldn’t go ahead with an audience last term – it was filmed in socially distanced bubbles and has been edited into a fabulous film. Here is a teaser ahead of (fingers crossed) an official premier screening at the beginning of May.
A level Film Students Sounding Good
Foley sound – Year 12 Film Students Foley editing is named after Jack Foley, who was working in the early days of Hollywood. Before we had technology such as boom…
Two Sides to Every Poem – Blake-Inspired Verse by Y9
English students in Year 9 have been studying Wiliam Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’. Teacher Zoe explains: “These poems are influenced by Blake’s ‘The Lamb’ from ‘Songs of…
Well Versed In History – Y8 WW1 Poems
Students in Y8 have been looking at the poetry which came out of WW1 and writing their own verses, inspired by the war poets. Here are three of their moving…
Meet the teachers – The MFL Department
In order to really get to know our wonderful Modern Languages Department they asked their own students to interview them in their respective languages. Every day really is a…
Remembering the Holocaust
On 27 January our Upper School students watched this beautiful online Callover created by our Drama and Music Departments featuring moving readings and a piano recital. As a community we…
Cooking Historical Christmas Cakes
Before the Winter break Y10 students taking part in cooking as their Choice activity were cooking up a festive storm. In fact they were continuing a KAS tradition — they…
A level Photography Masterclasses
The photography department had the delight of welcoming Glen Erler to the school last month and had a chance to hear him speak about his work during a Q&A with Head…
Upper School Show – Coming Soon!
Nothing stops our Drama and Music Departments putting on a show. If a pandemic means no mass gatherings, so be it. Instead they’ve created a cavalcade of Hollywood classic clips…
