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Bringing Science to Life

25th January 2023

King Alfred Lower School students have been busy experimenting in their Tuesday after-school Science Club! Teachers wanted to bring more fun to science and give students more practical experience as…

Big Playdate Playtimes

23rd January 2023

This term the Lower School has launched Big Playdate Playtimes! Lower School students who make up the Student Council, noticed that every play time, “people were playing the same games…

The Addams Family

4th January 2023

Students from Years 10-13 had a ghoulishly good time putting on an incredible show. We gathered a few thoughts from the cast. Lilli played Morticia Addams: “She was a tough…

Keeping your children safe online 

7th December 2022

Screen time, and the associated battles and worries, isn’t a problem which is going to go away, so how can parents protect their children from the potentially harmful aspect of…

Paris Through The Lens Of Our A Level Students

5th December 2022

Bella in Year 12 told us all about the recent Photography trip to Paris. “On the 11th of November, my fellow A level classmates along with Julian, Sophie, Cliff, and…

Friendships & Community With Year 1

30th November 2022

Putting on a Callover (the KAS word for assembly) is a daunting prospect for our younger students (and some of our older ones!) – but Year 1 not only braved…

Putting Presents Under The Giving Tree

29th November 2022

At this time of year many of us like to think of others as well as our own community. Around the school there have been pop-up bake sales, book drives…

Battlefield Reflections For Y9 At Ypres

28th November 2022

After a beautiful Remembrance Day service in the Amphitheatre here at KAS, our Year 9 students headed off to Ypres to discover more about World War 1 on a trip…

Autumn Leaves By Year 8

28th November 2022

Year 8 students have been getting to grips with the basics of Metalwork in Design Technology and these beautiful copper leaves are the result. The lessons help the students to…

Conference Talks Available To Watch

23rd November 2022

Back in March 2022 The King Alfred School Society and Rethinking Assessment were proud to host the Education On The Move Conference in the glorious surroundings of The Phoenix Theatre….

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