Category: Upper School – King Alfred School
Game on for Year 9 Biologists
In Year 9 the students were given a two week project around Ecology and the resulting games they created are brain-boosting-boredom-busters.
Positive posters for the NHS
Posters by our Y11 students have been sent to The Royal Free Hospital to help decorate a corridor and give a boost to frontline healthcare workers.
Moving pictures
Year 11 photography students were working towards exam projects when GCSEs were cancelled due to Covid-19. See two of their beautiful films here.
Last exhibition before lockdown
In mid March – before the school buildings closed, our Sixth Form Critical and Contextual Studies students curated an exhibition in response to the artist Anselm Kiefer. Kiefer creates dystopian,…
Remote learning for Upper School students
Though our school buildings are closed, our students are busy studying from home. We know this new way of working can be challenging. Here are some tips for remote learning and reminders of how we will be delivering lessons to different year groups across the Upper School.
Bringing science to life – from species to space
This year the Science Department went all out to celebrate British Science Week. First they helped colleagues across the school integrate science into their subjects by sharing video clips on…
You CAN judge these books by their (brilliant) covers
In the Upper School World Book day doesn’t require last minute costume changes and face paint (though we know lots of the students would love that too) – instead we…
Jumping for ISA netball joy
Congratulations to our Y8 netball team who are through to the finals of the ISA tournament
The long walks for fundraising
Students across Y11 are working towards a trip to Namibia later in the year with a variety of fundraising schemes. The King Alfred School will be working with a local…
Student’s film nominated for Into Film Award
A film made by Sixth Form film student Rhodri B has been selected from hundreds of applicants as part of this year’s Into Film Awards.
