Tag: Explorations
Year 7 find inspiration at Kew Gardens
Year 7 made the most of the summer sunshine on a recent trip to Kew Gardens. They were there, in part, to get inspiration for their current Exploration enquiry, ‘How…
Parents marvel at end-of-term exhibition: “A clear love of learning”
Two fantastic student exhibitions took place at the end of Spring Term, with Years 7 & 8 proudly showing off the culmination of a term’s work. Year 7 Parents were…
Exhibiting Excellence: Year 7 Explorations On Display
This term, for their STEM Exploration, Year 7 students have been working towards answering the question, ‘How can we survive and thrive on a deserted island?’ As Term drew to a…
Year 7 Stir Up Success with Global Food Fair
Year 7 raised money for Alexandra Wylie Tower Foundation during their Project Week (Monday 17 – Friday 21 June 2024) by creating and running food stalls. Over the Monday and…
Exploring Kew With Year 7
Students in Year 7 braved the cold snap for a trip to Kew Gardens to launch one of this Term’s Explorations. Explorations are extended projects which are led by teams…
Year 8 Global Health Exploration
At The King Alfred School, Year 8 students partake in term-long interdisciplinary enquiry projects known as ‘Explorations’. Explorations provide students with a deeper learning experience and the opportunity to develop…
Year 7 STEM Exploration
At The King Alfred School, Year 7 students partake in term long interdisciplinary enquiry projects (‘Explorations’). Explorations provide students with a deeper learning experience and the opportunity to develop their…
Year 7 Exploration Takes Off
As part of the interdisciplinary curriculum followed by our Year 6-8 students, our new Year 7s were bringing together Science and Design as they built and tested paper rockets. This…
