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Meet The Teachers – The English Department
What makes King Alfred School so special? Ask any of our students and they’ll say ‘the teachers’ – so we thought we’d peek behind the curtain and find out a…
Poetry inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement
In Y6 students have been looking at the Black Lives Matter movement. They’ve read poems by Benjamin Zephania and discussed racism and diversity. One student was inspired to write this…
Remembrance Day 2020
While we were unable to gather as a school to mark the two minute silence for Armistice Day, each class marked the moment separately. Using this video, put together by…
Here be dragons
Sara’s Y4 class were excited to show off the work they’ve been doing on Dragons this term. The topic, which has encompassed all aspects of the curriculum, started with the…
Autumn team-building days
As students move into new year groups, the Autumn term is traditionally a time when we take Year groups off site. This year we’re not able to provide residential camps…
Fundraising fun
On the last day before half term our Lower School students turned up in a terrifying array of costumes to celebrate the holiday and raise funds for the Parent/ Staff…
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…
Axemonsters is coming!
The legendary KAS Axemonsters concert is happening virtually this year. It’s still a live concert – giving students the opportunity to practice their performance skills in front of a live…
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’….
New Sixth Form Centre on track for Spring opening
The new Sixth Form Centre is on track to be completed before the end of this school year – great news for the current Y13 students who will get to…
