Category: Lower School – King Alfred School
Investigating Earthquakes Through Coding
As part of their investigation into natural phenomena and how it impacts our world, Year 5 made an earthquake simulator by designing a platform that can attach to a motor….
Year 5 Build Digital Literacy Skills
Recently, we caught up with Digital Literacy Coordinator, Kevin, as he ran a lesson for a Year 5 classes. During the lesson, the students were split into groups of four…
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…
Year 3 Collaborate On A Brilliant-Body Callover
Year 3 informed and entertained the rest of Lower School with their production of ‘The Body Show’ and it all began back in March when a mysterious letter arrived in…
Cheerleading Success
The KAS Jets are a cheer squad of 20+ KAS students in Years 6 and 7. A dedicated bunch, they train every Thursday afternoon after school under the watchful eye…
Team Sport Success For KAS
Once again it’s been a flurry of sport on and off site for students from Year 2 upwards. It’s great to see so many students finding the joy of team…
Who Run The World? KAS!
The school has been celebrating recent successes in Cross Country running. In the Upper School a group of students took part in the regional ISA competition and came home with…
World Book Day 2023
In honour of World Book Day, we spent last week celebrating our love of all things books. In the Lower School, we’ve had some incredible guests come to visit our…
Year 3 Health Tech Project
Year 3 recently took part in an interdisciplinary project to explore how we can use technology to encourage us to stay healthy. The students were tasked with creating step counters,…
Head’s Blog – Empowering our Students Through Listening
Like many schools, we tell students that “the door is always open” if they want to talk. We want them to know that we are receptive to their ideas and…
