In preparation for our Year 11 boys playing in the county cup plate final on Thursday 25th April, the HSFA are looking for sponsors for the final. Please see the flyer attached if you are interested. The game is being played at Colney Heath FC in St Albans with a 7pm ko. It’s £6 entry for adults and £3 for U16s. It would be great to have as many KWS supporters there as possible!
We firstly wanted to share with you some hugely pleasing news from before the Easter holiday. Both our Years 7&8 boys football teams won their respective district cup finals on Tuesday 26th March, which were played at Woollam Playing Fields.Â
The Year 7 team had only won their semi final against Nicholas Breakspear the night before. In pouring rain, the Year 7 match could not have got off to a better start with Harris M putting Finn J through within the first 10 minutes to put KWS in front. Harris then scored a lovely strike from outside the area to make it 2-0 at half time.Two further goals after half time from Josh R and Lucas W cemented KWS’ dominance to make it 4-0. Sandringham scored a late consolation late on but KWS held firm to win the final 4-1. The boys can be immensely proud of their performance demonstrating the KWS values and showing respect to the opposition and referee throughout the game.”
At the same time, our Year 8s produced an excellent performance after conceding a goal within a really difficult first minute of the game. They recovered very well and controlled the game there on, with some excellent fluid passing football. Special mention to Finlay R for grabbing a cup final hat trick with three very well taken goals, including a towering header to put us 2-1 up. All boys played a vital role and well done on an excellent season all round.
Finally, our Year 11 boys football team booked their place in the final of the County Cup Plate final after a convincing 6-1 away win at Broxbourne School. Jordan C continued his fine run of scoring with a brace, meanwhile Lewis N and Jamie D scored goal of the season contenders. We thoroughly look forward to the final, which is due to be played at Colney Heath FC on Thursday 25th April with a 7pm kick off. KWS students and parents are welcome to attend. Please note there is a small entry free.
At KWS, all staff are invited to join our book club and we have meetings at the end of each half term. Staff agree on a book to read and meet up in our school library during home learning club to discuss it; this allows students to see us as reading role models and it benefits our wellbeing too! Everyone has their own perspective on the books so the discussions are varied and interesting.
In March we read:Â
The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
We generally enjoyed the book and had a good discussion about the fact that characters are referred to by their initials the writing style was interesting as the text is separated by gaps and asterisks.
It’s a post-apocalyptic, dystopian novel set in Britain. Flood waters close over London and a woman gives birth to a child. The young family are forced to flee their home and seek safety with relatives but disaster strikes and they must flee once more. The book has been turned into a film starring Jodie Comer.
We have already started reading our next book:Â
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin