Category: Upper School – King Alfred School
Parents marvel at end-of-term exhibition: “A clear love of learning”
Two fantastic student exhibitions took place at the end of Spring Term, with Years 7 & 8 proudly showing off the culmination of a term’s work. Year 7 Parents were invited into school to view Year 7’s final projects based on two enquiry questions: ‘Is space exploration ethical?’ in STEM and ‘Should we fear or…
Ski trip 2025: a student (and teacher’s) perspective!
This year’s annual ski trip saw a group of 40 KAS students travel to Val di Fiemme in the Dolomites, Italy, for five days of fun on the slopes, accompanied by five teachers. Below you can read two accounts – one by a student, the other by a teacher – of the trip, and also…
Spotlight on: Classics Choice
KAS students with a passion for classical civilisations took a deep dive into Ancient Rome last term as part of our Upper School co-curricular programme. Having selected Classics for their Friday afternoon ‘Choice’ activity, the students – Hugo C, Inigo W (both Year 8), Tate K and Georgiy V (both Year 9) – decided to…
Berlin trip brings History to life
Year 10s studying GCSE History travelled to Berlin during Spring Term to experience some of the city’s historic sites. The trip brought new depth to their learnings on The Cold War, with visits to landmarks including the Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall. They also visited the Stasi Museum, where political prisoners and…
Mathletes find the positives following maths challenge
Mathletes representing The King Alfred School took part in the UK Maths Trust (UKMT) Team Challenge this term, travelling to the City of London School for a regional heat. With four rounds and 24 teams competing, the event tested the Upper School students’ mathematical problem-solving abilities while also developing their teamwork and communication skills. The…
Year 7 get creative with specialist workshops
Our Year 7 students enjoyed two days of creative workshops in the spring sunshine. While Art, Computing and Design Technology are all interwoven into students’ timetables as part of the Explorations programme, these day-long workshops gave students the time and opportunity to really get to grips with the equipment, ideas and techniques involved in these…
Space exploration ethics, AI, and restoring the balance
This Spring Term, students in Upper School have enjoyed deeper learning experiences on topics including the ethics of space exploration, whether AI should be embraced or feared, and the precarious nature of systems. The topics were considered as part of Explorations, interdisciplinary enquiry projects that our students complete in Years 6, 7 and 8 –…
Children’s Mental Health Week at KAS
To mark Children’s Mental Health Week (3-9 February), our pastoral care team devised a special events programme, sharing helpful advice on maintaining good mental health, highlighting emotional coping strategies, and encouraging students to support one another. Well-being activites Year 7 and 8 students were able to select from a menu of activities designed to promote…
Year 12s lead mental health sessions for Year 7
Community, contribution and collaboration are key values at The King Alfred School. One way we help students to develop these skills is through interaction with other year groups, and our Peer Education Programme (PEP) is a great example of this. PEP is a transformative programme from the Mental Health Foundation, designed to equip young people…
Benedict Cumberbatch shares Hamlet insights with A level students
Upper School library was the only place “to be” for KAS Sixth Formers recently, where they had the opportunity to quiz actor Benedict Cumberbatch on his portrayal of one of Shakespeare’s most iconic roles – Hamlet. The Olivier Award winner took questions from A level English students ranging from which production of the play he…
