Category: Lower School – King Alfred School
Poetry please: National Poetry Day
World Poetry Day came around again on October 1st which the school marked with our annual poetry competition in the Upper School. This year’s theme was ‘Vision’ and we were…
Year 3 get poetic with their art
Lower School Artist in Residence Kat worked with students in Y3 to create drawings using oil and chalk pastels in response to a poem by Michael Rosen called ‘Introduction Song’….
Getting brains buzzing with cross-curricular learning in Year 2
Y2 students in Ilona’s class have been busy bees in this first half term. A project which started out with students looking at masks has led them all the way…
A New Chapter –
Cathy leaves the Lower School Library
She is a Lower School legend who has instilled a love of books and reading in hundreds of students in the 25 years she’s been at the school. Here she…
The Art of Protest
The Lower School children have been looking at protests in Art this term. With so much in the news about protests and protesters, Lower School Art Teacher, Kat began this…
Lower School Virtual Open Morning
Head of Lower School, Karen welcomed parents to a virtual Open Morning recently. Along with Head, Robert and students Rani and Oliver from Year 6 they talked about the ethos…
Opening the gates
This week we will see the return of a small section of our student population to both Ivy Wood and Manor Wood sites. Head of Lower School, Karen, and her…
Top Trump Triumph for Year 2
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.
Facing the future – Year 6
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
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).
