Category: Lower School – King Alfred School
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…
Smells Like Teams’ Spirit
Head of Sport, Henrietta took two teams to a regional ISA Netball Tournament in East London and the girls performed brilliantly. We asked Hen to explain why she was so…
January Sporting Highlights
The last couple of weeks have been busy for our PE team who’ve braved the cold and wet to accompany our teams to lots of fantastic sporting events. Across both…
Lower School Enrichment Is Off To A Great Start!
Starting in September, our Lower School has introduced an exciting new enrichment program for Y3-6 students. The first cohort of courses has included sushi making, a mindfulness spa, puppet making,…
Bringing Science to Life
King Alfred Lower School students have been busy experimenting in their Tuesday after-school Science Club! Teachers wanted to bring more fun to science and give students more practical experience as…
Big Playdate Playtimes
This term the Lower School has launched Big Playdate Playtimes! Lower School students who make up the Student Council, noticed that every play time, “people were playing the same games…
Friendships & Community With Year 1
Putting on a Callover (the KAS word for assembly) is a daunting prospect for our younger students (and some of our older ones!) – but Year 1 not only braved…
Art Speaks To Year 3
This term our Year 3 students have been looking at Art and Artists. They researched famous and favourite artists and produced some beautiful posters to showcase and explain each creative…
Robot Takeover In Years 5 & 6
Years 5 & 6 have been looking at robotics and building their own creations. New Digital Literacy Coordinator, Kevin taught them about inputs and outputs and provided them with a…
