Category: Upper School – King Alfred School
Upper School Show Success: ‘Crazy For You’
The Upper School Show is always a highlight of the Autumn Term and this year’s was no exception. The production of George and Ira Gershwin’s exuberant musical ‘Crazy For You’…
Field Trip For A level Biologists
At the end of November, the A level Biologists in Years 12 and 13 headed off to Flatford Mill in Suffolk – Constable country – for their Ecology field trip….
Head’s Blog – What are the alternatives to GCSEs?
For many schools the exams hiatus caused by Covid increased the desire to explore different forms of assessment, particularly at GCSE level. In a recent article for the Times Educational…
Trampolining Bounces Back
This term the PE team have been so excited to be able to re-introduce trampolining to the curriculum. The students have been developing their skills and practicing the Barnet competition…
Poetry Competition Entries Shout Loudly
The English Department challenged students in Years 7, 8 & 9 to write a poem of no more than 40 lines with the title ‘My Big Mouth’ as part of…
Young Sailors Take
To The Water
After a short hiatus (caused by the departure of Edo and a global pandemic), sailing has returned to Choice on Friday afternoons with Maths teacher Hannah at the helm. Hannah…
Axe Monsters…Rocked!
The return of live performances is something the Music Department have been waiting a long time for. Axe Monsters is a KAS fixture which always brings out great performances from…
T-Shirt Designs Show Love of Languages
The MFL Department recently ran a t-shirt design competition around European Day of Languages. Students in Key Stage 3 were invited to come up with designs which represented what learning…
Year 12 Peer Educators Begin Teaching Year 7
A group of Year 12 students have been training as Peer Educators and today they began delivering lessons on mental health to our Year 7 Crews. The initiative, led by…
Language Department Celebrate El Dia De Los Muertos
In Modern Foreign Languages, students have been learning about the cultural aspects of Dia de los Muertos, a tradition from Latin America (Mexico) which happens every year on the 1st…
