Welcome back to the new academic year in PE. Just a reminder to please ensure your child has a pair of plastic studded boots, a gum shield and shin pads for the new term and they bring them to PE lessons. There is no rugby training this Saturday due to Open Day. All lunchtime […]
Welcome to the new school year everyone and welcome back to the library! We have had a very busy start to the year with many new students visiting the library at break and lunch. We’ve also had Year 7 library induction classes this week to show Year 7 the library and how to use the […]
Attendance Rewards, Review & Absence Reporting Procedures As a school, we place great importance on attendance and expect that all our students will achieve an attendance level of at least 96% each academic year. Parents have a legal responsibility to ensure their child attends school regularly and punctually. Any student with an attendance figure below […]
After learning about the Holocaust this term in History, Year 8 students were privileged to be visited by a speaker from the Holocaust Educational Trust. Due to the Holocaust being around eighty years ago, we are not able to hear from survivors any more. However, a new generation of speakers are now sharing the stories […]
STAFF BOOK CLUB For our Staff Book Club, staff agree on a book to read and arrange to meet up in our school library during home learning club once a half term to discuss it; this allows students to see us as reading role models and it benefits our wellbeing too. Everyone has their own […]
Sports Day Well done to all those that participated so fantastically during our annual Sports Days. There were a total of 20 individual events for students to score points on, including the traditional athletics events such as 100m, javelin and shot put, but also other events such as Beat the Goalie, Netball/Basketball Shoot and […]
On Friday 12th July the KWS Dance Company were fortunate enough to take part in a Dance Masterclass taught by Clare Gower a second year student at the prestigious Urdang Academy. Clare has an impressive background in the performing arts and dance, having performed in TV from a young age. The students were taken through […]
Year 10 students were put through their paces by members of the Colchester Army Outreach Team as part of the KWS Careers programme. Students were required to work in teams to complete the ‘Tyre Challenge’ (moving numbered tyres across to the opposite side, within specific rules), ‘Minefield’ (using ropes, a hook and a helmet to […]
What a buzz we had on Thursday 11th July as all of our new Year 7’s entered KWS ready to meet their new form tutors and classmates. After a Headteacher’s welcome assembly they all went into their form bases for the day to get to know each other and go through our KWS expectations as […]
Wednesday 26th June 2024 saw our Inaugural Year 11 Prom and it proved to be an absolute spectacle of an event, sending our first ever KWS year group off in real style. As the hottest day of the year dawned, our fabulous prom committee and various teams across the school set to work. There was […]
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