Tag: The King Alfred School
Matilda Brings The House Down
Students in Lower School (and two Upper School performers) pulled off a fun and fabulous production of the Matilda musical which played to full houses and smiling faces in the penultimate week of term. Led by Head of Lower School, Karen Thomas, Deputy Head of Lower School Rachael Herman and Year 2 teacher Natalie Petzal,…
Camps Bringing Students Together
At the start of the Autumn Term students in Year 7 and Year 12 headed off on camp. As entry points, where students join from other schools, camps are a great way to build bonds between a year group. They offer the chance to learn self-reliance, leadership and teamwork. We want children to experience something…
Meet The Teachers: New Upper School Teachers
We’ve got new staff in the Upper School so if you see them around, say ‘hi’. Here’s a bit about them: Name: Hannah Sheath Role at KAS: Mathematics teacher, 6-8 Physical World (STEM) Teacher, Year 13 Tutor. Teaching career: I have been teaching for Mathematics and Further Mathematics for three years. My previous school was…
New Sixth Form Centre Opened by Old Alfredian
On Friday 24th September we celebrated the addition of a stunning new building to the Manor Wood campus. The new Sixth Form Centre was officially opened by Old Alfredian Ian Lush OBE, CEO Imperial Health Charity and Chair of NHS Charities Together . At the ceremony Ian spoke about his links to the school which…
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…
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…
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…
