Tag: Year 9
Sports On The Rise At KAS
It has been fantastic to see an increased uptake in sports so far this academic year at KAS. We have had some incredible numbers joining our clubs and the PE…
Abstract Fashion for Year 9
Year 9 students took a day off timetable in January to fully immerse themselves in a creative project with the Art Department. Teacher Nic explained to us how the project…
Poetry Pleases
Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were inspired by visiting poet Adisa earlier this term. He came in on National Poetry Day to perform and run workshops. The students…
Y9 Boys Win ISA Football Tournament
Last week PE teacher Tom was up early in order to drive the Y9 boys football team to Nottingham to take part in the ISA Schools Tournament. It was a…
Trampolining Bounces Back
This term the PE team have been so excited to be able to re-introduce trampolining to the curriculum. The students have been developing their skills and practicing the Barnet competition…
Poetry Competition Entries Shout Loudly
The English Department challenged students in Years 7, 8 & 9 to write a poem of no more than 40 lines with the title ‘My Big Mouth’ as part of…
Young Sailors Take
To The Water
After a short hiatus (caused by the departure of Edo and a global pandemic), sailing has returned to Choice on Friday afternoons with Maths teacher Hannah at the helm. Hannah…
Y9 Latin Projects Are Ancient History
Y9 Latin students were tasked to create personal projects on an aspect of Roman or Greek History which particularly interested them. Working either in groups or solo, the finished presentations…
Two Sides to Every Poem – Blake-Inspired Verse by Y9
English students in Year 9 have been studying Wiliam Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’. Teacher Zoe explains: “These poems are influenced by Blake’s ‘The Lamb’ from ‘Songs of…
Posters with in-tense-ity!
Year 9 Spanish were tasked with a flipped learning homework to come up with a creative poster that explains the how the ‘Preterite tense’ in Spanish is formed. The pupils…
