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Meet the teachers: New Deputy Head
There are a few new faces around school this year so we’ve tracked them down to find out a bit more about them. First up it’s new Deputy Head, Al McConville. We asked him to tell us a bit about himself: “I’m Al McConville – short for Alistair, but no-one calls me that – which…
Pop Art Portraits – A Hit For Year 6
Walking past the Year 6 classrooms you can’t help but notice the bright and bold portraits covering one wall of Adele’s room. 6S have been busy looking at pop art and there are artworks inspired by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein creating a riot of colour. The Lichtenstein-inspired portraits also feature bold descriptive words, which…
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). Tom Franklin – Head of Sport “I…
Meet The Teachers – The English 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 and find out a bit more about some of our fabulous teachers. Alex Marrion – Head of Department Alex has been Head of English at KAS…
From KAS to NHS – letter from an Old Alfredian
David Kovar KAS 1988 – 2000 University of Leeds 2003 – 2006 Director of Operational Resilience at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust I’ve been asked to share a couple of specific memories about my time at KAS, and there are just far too many to put on paper, so I will simply say that…
Perfect poems from Year 6
Students in Adele and Sophie’s Y6 classes have been creating beautiful poems full of characters.
World Book Day costumes delight and inspire
Across the Lower School – imagination and creativity were on display when the students chose their favourite book characters to dress up as. World Book Day is always an excuse to raid the dressing up box but the real joy is in sharing favourite books with friends and celebrating stories and reading. We had visits…
Success for TEDxKingAlfredSchool speakers
For the second year running, The King Alfred School (KAS) in Hampstead hosted a day-long TEDx event featuring inspirational short talks by students, staff and parents. The event which took place in the school’s Phoenix Theatre, presented 19 talks and one musical performance. With 10 of the talks being delivered by students, some as young…
Farewell to Dawn Moore, KAS Head 2003 – 2015
Today is a sad day for the KAS community as many of them gather to say a final farewell to former KAS Head, Dawn Moore who sadly passed away at the end of December.
