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Remembering the Holocaust
On 27 January our Upper School students watched this beautiful online Callover created by our Drama and Music Departments featuring moving readings and a piano recital. As a community we strive to embody the theme of this year’s remembrance day: Be the light in the darkness. It encourages everyone to reflect on the depths humanity…
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…
Shaping words and communities with Year 2
Our Year 2 students have been very busy working on their handwriting, vocabulary and playing with words as part of their topic of Communities. Teacher Kim said: “We have been talking about communities in Year 2 and having tremendous fun exploring our own communities and designing and making an ‘ideal’ community. This has manifested in Lego…
Poetry and pictures from Year 3
Our Y3 students have been sharing a lot of wonderful work from KASConnected classrooms and it really showcases their talents. Teacher Sally said: “We have been writing poems this week and learning different styles from kennings, acrostics and free poems. We spent lots of time reading out and sharing what we had written. Here is…
Window Wonders from Year 3
Students in Sally’s Year 3 class have been changing their view using only paper and scissors! Sally says, “In today’s art lesson, I wanted to do something that would make a virtue out of necessity, in this case being stuck inside. I also wanted to get children to think outside the box – literally.” “These…
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.
Peaceful Thoughts
The Y6 inquiry topic this half term is ‘Peace & War’ and they’ve been creating some amazing artwork as part of the project. To introduce the subject, Adele’s class were visited over zoom by Salima (Elodie’s mum), who talked to about her experiences visiting Kashmir during the 1999 conflict as part of a University work…
Bringing History to Life
Mark Levy joined Y13 historians (via Zoom) to talk about his experiences during the Freedom Summer. “Mark Levy was a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964 and he spoke to us because we’re learning about Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA. It was interesting to find out about the complexity of the…
Let’s make up
Back in October with students in school and in bubbles, Sixth Form students studying the UAL Performing Arts Diploma and those doing Theatre Studies were able to take part in a stage and screen makeup workshop as part of their courses. It happened to coincide with our regular photographer Emma Ziff popping in for the…
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.
