A big thank you to Ollie from Pitlane Development who delivered a remote session with a group of year 9-11 students. The talk was informative and students had the opportunity to ask questions. Students looked at the qualifications required to get into Engineering. They looked at websites and places they can utilise and apply for […]
This week, Mr Martin welcomed a group of students and parents to his office to celebrate their passing of an external English qualification called the Level 3 Entry Level Certificate. Students studied for this alongside their normal English curriculum and worked hard to improve their fiction and non-fiction reading and their creative and transactional writing […]
Thank you so much to everyone who entered our KWS Library Something Summer Reading Challenge. We loved reading all the reviews and seeing which old, new, borrowed and blue books our students were reading during the holidays! We have now drawn the winners and Ellie B (year 8) will be receiving a £25 Waterstones voucher, […]
The start of term has already seen a number of sporting activities take place. The opening weeks of the new school year mark the cross country season. On Tuesday we had the MOB race for our new Year 7s. Encouraging performances by all students, with fantastic runs in particular by Thomas B (4th place) and […]
Last Tuesday morning, the gates of KWS opened once again to welcome in a new cohort of Year 7 students. Amongst the nerves there was a distinct sense of excitement in the air as SLT and the Transition Team welcomed everybody into the courtyard looking ever so smart in their brand new uniforms. It was […]
As briefly mentioned in our last newsletter, Thursday 29th and Friday 30th June saw the whole school community participate in our KWS Sports Day(s), with everyone trying to amass points for their House. Students on the whole performed brilliantly and were a credit to their House and our school. There were a total of 15 […]
Year 9 Mandarin students present their posters in Mandarin, introducing the city of Xi’an, they gave the presentation completely  in Mandarin. Miss Hu
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 […]
Thursday 6th July saw the final Transition event held at KWS for our new Year 7 students. Thank you to all staff who helped make it a success. I am sure it will be a day to remember for all 186 of our new students coming from a mammoth 32 different primary schools. Both Mr […]
This summer, KWS Library would love all students to take part in our Something Summer Reading Challenge. Students are asked to read Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue and to either email us a review of anything they read on library@kwschool.co.uk or post it on Instagram @kwschoollibrary and tag us in. They […]
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