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Visiting Authors
The children had a whole host of visiting authors last week (online), who shared snippets of their books, ran quizzes and shared their writing experiences with them. This year, we were visited by published authors: Chris Bradford, Lou Treleaven, Chitra Soundar, Nicolette Sheehan and Claudia White.
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…
Sport in Lockdown
Sport lessons and activities are a key part of getting outside and away from the screen. Keep active KS!
London Youth Games: Weekly Fitness Challenges
As a school we have started taking part in the London Youth Games Weekly Fitness Challenges. We enter as part of our borough and try to earn as many points as possible through completing the fitness challenges that are set each week in hope to be the winning borough at the end of the Spring…
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…