Category: School Events
Key Skills & Leadership Week
Key Skills and Leadership Week was fabulous. Taking place in the first week of half term, we learnt all sorts of new and exciting things thanks to a brilliant array of workshop leaders. The week featured True Deli, who taught us about creating and costing our own breakfast cereal and canapes, Mr Henry from Ogilvy…
Be Bright, Be Seen Day 2016
Our annual Be Bright, Be Seen Day, in association with DirectGov and the Department for Transport, was potentially our best ever! The school was unbelievably colourful, fantastically bright and dazzlingly neon. Asides from the excitement caused by everyone being dressed so colourfully, much of the day was focused on the importance of road awareness…
Digital Technology Trip to National Museum of Computing
All S5 and S6 pupils visited The National Museum of Computing as part of their Digital Technology curriculum topic on programming and computing history. It was an incredibly inspiring day – everyone learnt so much about the history of computing, the pupils were amazed by the historical programming equipment and the talks led…
Academic Challenge at St Edward’s, Oxford
Congratulations to the S6 Scholars team who finished runners up at the Academic Challenge at St Edward’s. Those involved made KS proud with their enthusiasm, confidence, clear arguments and general knowledge. Our team took part in a four part carousel of activities which required them to think on their feet, use new information, solve problems…
J1 Trip to London Zoo
J1 boys and girls hugely enjoyed their first trip of the year to London Zoo. A fun, educational and sometimes quite hair-raising day was had by all! For many, it was their first time seeing animals like penguins and meerkats up close. Whilst everyone agreed they were incredibly cute it was also fascinating to hear…
What a Start to the Autumn Term!
We’ve had a fantastic two weeks back at KS to kick off the 2016-17 academic year. Everyone arrived refreshed and ready for the challenges ahead and new families were welcomed warmly. We had a wonderful assembly in St Columba’s to celebrate our 10 year anniversary, there have been lots of football and netball matches already…
Entrepreneurs’ Evening 2016
This year’s Entrepreneur Event, where children created, merchandised and sold their own products, was a huge success. The quality and hard work that the children put into the event was outstanding. A big thank you to the three fantastic judges – Paul Deeming (Finance Executive), Harry Scrope (Brompton Bikes Managing Director) and Tabitha Webb (Fashion…
Passo del Tonale Ski Trip 2016
Over the Easter holidays, 31 children and 6 lucky members of staff spent a wonderful week in the Passo del Tonale ski resort in Italy. Everyone had a brilliant time- the quality of the snow was fantastic and was perfect for the seasoned skiers in the group as well as the newcomers who quickly gained…
ISI Report 2016
Please click here to view our 2016 ISI report. We are delighted that we were awarded excellent in every single category.
Artist-In-Residence Edwina Bridgeman
View fullsize From 8th to 12th February 2016 the Art Department hosted the artist Edwina Bridgeman. She led workshops with all pupils from J1 to S8 in which the children were encouraged to work creatively with a wide range of materials. Edwina helped the children to think about the theme of birds in art and…
