Category: School Events
Last Week of Online Learning
The students, teachers and parents are all very excited for the return to school next week but are still keeping focused with their online learning this week. Year 4 have been creating sculptures for their river topic, Year 2 have created water cycles and Reception have been exploring their new topic ‘Under the Sea’.
Guest Speaker: Aatif Hassan
Our Seniors got to enjoy an inspiring talk from our KS Chairman, Mr Aatif Hassan. They learnt about his life journey, from being diagnosed as dyslexic and making this a strength, being in the parachute regiment of the army, his successful career in the City and what motivated him to turn his attentions back into…
Half Term London Scavenger Hunt
KS students had fun this half term completing Miss Fran’s London Landmark Scavenger Hunt! For every landmark, statue, monument and blue plaque found students won themselves a super.
Eco Insect Hotels
KS’s Eco Committee is completing challenges every week to help keep our community green, the latest was the challenge of creating insect hotels. Keep up the good work Eco team!
Express Yourself for Children’s Mental Health Week
The theme this week was Express Yourself for Children’s Mental Health Week in collaboration with Place2be and the pupils and staff expressed themselves through a myriad of different ways. It was fantastic to see the broad range of skills and talents that our community are still using to express themselves, even in lockdown. We had…
External Guest Speakers
Written by Raika (Year 9): This week we’ve attended two very different guest speaker talks, both from Journalists. On Monday we spoke with Kay Oliver, who has worked on local and national newspapers and radio. She told us that from a young age (14), she realised she wanted to be a Journalist, and applied for…
Year 4 spoke with Explorers!
Hugo Turner, one half of the Turner Twins (https://www.theturnertwins.co.uk/) came to speak to our Year 4’s about his adventures, expeditions and challenges. He was fantastic, sharing life lessons with the students, explaining that it was ok to fail, the importance of team work and being curious about the world. The students all said they wanted…
Lockdown Photography Competition
Inspired by the ‘Hold Still’ community project which aimed to create a unique, collective portrait of the UK during the first lockdown, KS is creating their own video of lockdown photo submissions. Our aim is to represent how our KS community is spending our lock-down in this new normal world, being heroes and showing kindness!…
Senior School Guest Speakers
Our Senior students (Year 7 – Year 9) join guest speaker talks every Monday at 3.30pm. So far this term they have had the oppurtunity to listen and put their questions forward to Samah Siddiqui, a NHS doctor and Professor Mark Bailey, KS’s Education Chairman and Ex-England Rugby Union player.
Eco Challenge – Garbage Bots
This week, we would like you to be as creative as possible with your recycling. Have a go at making your own robot using old recycled materials at home. Below are some ideas to get you thinking! Email photos of your creations to our Eco lead, Miss Olivia: o.lankester@knightsbridgeschool.com