Category: Whole School – King Alfred School
Online safety advice for parents
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Tracy Preston has written to parents with a helpful guide to online safety. With information on the most used apps, what we teach as part of PSHE and some of the problems young people can encounter online along with links to helpful website – its a must read.
Joys Found in Lockdown – order your copy now
The dark, wintry days of this year’s lockdown feel a distant memory as summer finally seems to have arrived and the world is returning to some semblance of ‘normality’. However, it was only a few months ago that schools were still remote and we were all largely contained within our own homes. You will hopefully…
Premier role for KAS students
The Performing Arts Department is hugely excited to announce the premiere of their movie, ‘Here’s Looking at You Kids’. Due to Covid, they were unable to put on the normal school production and so they made a film instead, consisting of songs, dances and scenes from the Golden Age of Hollywood. All cast and crew…
Children’s Mental Health Week
Our child-centered approach means that we always put the wellbeing of our pupils at the top of the priority list. This week we’re focusing on mental health and wellbeing with our students looking at ways to care for yourself and others. Fiona Parsons, Assistant Head – Personal Development and Wellbeing is co-ordinating activities in the…
Message from Robert – 22 January
Reflecting on a week with some high points and looking forward to when we might be able to return to site – Head, Robert shares this week’s video message.
Message from Robert – 15 January
As we complete week 2 of KAS Connected learning – Robert updates parents on the work being done around Covid testing and the ongoing decisions about what will replace GCSE and A level exams.
Message from Robert – 10 January
Robert updates parents on the schools planning for this half term in his video message.
Meet the teachers – The PE Department
What makes King Alfred School so special? Ask any of our students and they’ll say ‘the teachers’ – so we thought we’d peek behind the curtain again and find out a bit more about the teachers in trainers (or the PE Department as we like to call them). Lauren Weston – Director of Sport New…
Message from Robert – 5 January
With the last minute announcement of school closures lasting until half term – Robert looks ahead to the challenges of the next six weeks and how we will face them together as a community.
