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Top Trump Triumph for Year 2

5th May 2020

For their non-fiction inquiry writing task, the children in Year 2 are learning about natural habitats and the organisms that live within them. They used their non-fiction reading and writing skills to create Top Trumps cards all about living organisms.

Personal Space (with Y7 scientists)

5th May 2020

In the Science Department, Laura designed an amazing project for our Year 7s to complete. They had to choose one starter, one main and one dessert from their ‘Nandos Space…

Game on for Year 9 Biologists

30th April 2020

In Year 9 the students were given a two week project around Ecology and the resulting games they created are brain-boosting-boredom-busters.

Positive posters for the NHS

29th April 2020

Posters by our Y11 students have been sent to The Royal Free Hospital to help decorate a corridor and give a boost to frontline healthcare workers.

Facing the future – Year 6

28th April 2020

Before the school buildings were closed, some Lower School students created some amazing sculptures. Y6 teacher Sophie describes the atmosphere which surrounded their creation. “This group art work was created…

Down on the (virtual) farm – Week 4

28th April 2020

Since the start of the Summer Term the farm has seen fluffy rabbits finding their way in the world, a multi-animal picnic in the sun, sneaky ducks stealing strawberries from unsuspecting tortoises and Dave making his farm debut (and sleeping on the job).

Down on the (virtual) farm – week 3

28th April 2020

During the Easter break Karen was still caring for the KAS farm creatures and shared some adorable moments as the tortoises woke up, lizards enjoyed warming themselves in the sun and she wrapped baby bunnies in a feather boa (beacause, why not?).

Message from Robert – 24 April

24th April 2020

Robert’s message this week focuses on the mental health challenge posed by Covid-19 and how we can support each other through this difficult experience.

Moving pictures

22nd April 2020

Year 11 photography students were working towards exam projects when GCSEs were cancelled due to Covid-19. See two of their beautiful films here.

Perfect poems from Year 6

22nd April 2020

Students in Adele and Sophie’s Y6 classes have been creating beautiful poems full of characters.

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