KWS has been awarded a Modeshift Stars Silver Awards for our commitment to sustainable travel. The school has an active travel plan and travel plan committee that works hard to ensure the way students travel to school reaches certain targets. We now have nearly 90% of students travelling by sustainable means.
Over the last two weeks, over 100 students auditioned for our school production and rehearsals begin this week!
To avoid the Bank Holiday, we are also moving the production to Thursday 19th May – Saturday 21st May with four performances over three days.
For more information, please see out dedicated Performing Arts Website at www.kw-arts.co.uk or follow us on twitter @kwpaherts.
Mr Bullock and Mr Church
It’s been a busy few weeks in the PE department. We have seen some excellent work produced in recent Year 8 girls gymnastic lessons.
Our Year 9 netball team also put in a very positive performance against STAGS on Tuesday. Well done to all those involved.
Wednesday saw our Year 8 rugby boys team travel to the home of Saracens, the StoneX Stadium, to participate in a tournament against other schools. They played 3 games – winning 1 comfortably, drawing 1 and losing 1. Special mention goes to Jamil E, Maxton B and Aaron N, who Mr Ellershaw deemed player of the day. However, all boys played very well and did the school proud.
Four of our players have got into the Saracens Player Programme. Congratulations to Jamil E, Kaavy S, Oliver Sh, and Brodie G.
Congratulations to Becky D, Annalisa R, and Pearl P for achieving their red belt in kickboxing during the self defence classes that have been taking place since last year.
Finally, our football season begins this Saturday with fixtures for all year groups against Townsend School. We look forward to this very much!
Mr Alexander
At KWS we will be celebrating the Chinese New Year next week with a special themed menu on Wednesday 2nd February. Students will also have the opportunity to make dumplings during their MFL lessons.
Year 10 Spanish Trip – Oct 2022
The Spanish department is hoping to run a Spanish Immersion trip in October 2022 which will include Spanish lessons with the native monitores, adventure activities, visit to Water World Lloret, trip to medieval market and Spanish language team games.
More details to follow!
Mrs Kelly
Head of Languages
Ski Trip – March 2023
We are looking to launch our first Ski Trip in the Easter half term 2023, available to all current years. We will be heading to Alpe D’Huez in France, where the students will enjoy 6 days of skiing with expert instructors and a number of fun apres ski activities. The trip will accommodate both beginner and intermediate skiers, providing students with the opportunity to be active, learn new skills and make new friends.
Keep an eye out for the official launch.
Miss Patterson
There will be training this Saturday (15th January) for Year 9 boys football only, on the main football field between 9am and 10am.
There will also be Rugby (run by parents) on the rugby pitch between 9am and 10am.
Thank you very much to the parents that have volunteered to support with rugby.
Mr Alexander
There has been lots going on in English. Our students have been provided with some amazing opportunities and experiences. Check them out below.
Harpenden Creative Writing Competition
We launched the ‘Harpenden Creative Writing’ Competition last week. Our students are being challenged to write an original story up to 1500 words about one of the following subjects:
The closing date for the competition is Friday 4th February. Judges will announce the winners on Wednesday 16th March. We can’t wait to send off the fabulous entries!
Read Aloud
Once a week, our students take part in a Read Aloud session where they are read to by Mrs Aikman on the big screen. This session builds foundational skills of reading, introduces vocabulary, provides a model of fluency, expressive reading, and helps our students to recognise what reading for pleasure is all about.
“I think this book was chosen by the year group because it is quite an exciting and interesting one to read. It is about a girl who is always disobeying the rules and is extremely stubborn toward others, her wild and daring games always cause her trouble whilst she is out and about. So far I have learnt that Tulip is always out to get Natalie into trouble along with her wherever she goes. From what we have read so far, I believe that Tulip can sometimes be quite a cruel and defiant character, especially towards animals. The characters in this book are quite interesting, especially Tulip and her brutal ways.”
We would like to congratulate Sampiseth, Chef Manager at Katherine Warington School as a finalist at the Herts Catering Limited (HCL) awards for Chef Manager of the Year 2022. The prestigious awards dinner is held annually and celebrates catering across Hertfordshire. I am sure you will all join me in congratulating him for his hard work and dedication.
We have reduced our CO2 output by combining deliveries. Our butcher, William Whites, deliver to our main supplier allowing us to reduce emissions. HCL is looking for Sustainability Champions at KWS to support recycling, we would like to join the Eco Team onsite and promote Sustainability throughout the school. Pupils will take part in workshops discussing their vision and mission, HCL will support pupils to introduce new ideas onsite.
Upcoming Theme Day – Monday 17th January Martin Luther King Day (Special Menu Attached)
The Term Dates for the 2022/23 Academic Year have now been published on the website – Click Here
