Year 7 Football – ESFA Cup
Well done to the Year 7 Football team who reached the fourth round of the ESFA cup. The team travelled to St Ivo School in Huntingdon and faced a challenging team. KSHS played incredibly well but narrowly missed out on scoring an equalizer which meant St. Ivo won the match.
Year 7 will continue to train this season with upcoming Futsal and local school friendly matches.
Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi has this week reconfirmed the Government’s plan that examinations due to take place this month and this summer will go ahead. It is therefore timely to remind parents about what schools know so far, and when the next update will be.
Testing expectations and our contingency plan
New Year- New Chapter
Whether we are promising to get better at returning our library books on time, or making a serious commitment to reading for pleasure, books and reading will often feature in many of our New Year’s intentions.
Parents/Carers of Year 5 students: Registration is now open for those wishing to sit the 11+ for September 2023 entry.
Staff are invited to nominate students who have demonstrated a Growth Mindset in the past few weeks. This might have been in lessons, in clubs, in tutor time or simply around school. Please note we already award bi-annual subject badges and merits for good academic work, effort and improvement. These Growth Mindset nominations recognise those who show resilience (academic or otherwise); who aren’t afraid to get things wrong and learn from it; those who have a go, take themselves out of their comfort zone or show that even if a task is tough they will persevere.
Holly 11L – English Winter Swimming Championships
Over the weekend of 3rd-5th December I competed at my first English Winter Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge International swimming pool in Sheffield. I had qualified for eight events but took the decision to only compete in five.
We know this festive period may be particularly difficult for many. We have been working on the 5 ways to wellbeing in our Wellbeing Wednesday sessions and also considered the gift of ‘giving’. We thought it would be helpful to send some tips for the festive period for all our families.
On Thursday 2 December History students in Year 12 and 13 visited the Tower of London. We were welcomed at the Tower by a historian who specialises in the reign of Henry VI. The students were given an overview of the development of Tower through history and then were led on a personalised tour.
The French and German departments subscribe to various apps/platforms that your child can access from home anytime to help them improve their language skills.
As Young Journalists, we write articles on all subjects, and we interview teachers, students, and visitors for their fascinating opinions. We meet every Thursday during Break 2 to discuss projects and edit our articles.
On Monday 29 November Ashlee Elizabeth Lolo spent two hours with some students from Year 10 and Year 12 who are taking part in the National Theatre’s New Views playwriting programme.
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