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 […]
Friday 22nd March saw KWS open it’s doors to host our first ever Ramadan dinner (iftar) as a collaborative effort with Harpenden Community Circle. As the first Harpenden school to host an iftar, we invited people from the local area as well as a number of KWS families which resulted in us hosting 14 different […]
On Tuesday 19th March KWS welcomed Anthony Glenn, from Shaking Up Shakespeare to perform his fast-paced and fully interactive one man show of Romeo and Juliet to Year 8. Having studied the play earlier in the year, this was a great opportunity to see it as it was meant to be – performed, live, on […]
Huge congratulations to Will E, Matthew P, Josh P and Riley W who travelled up to Telford last weekend to compete in the Schools National Trampoline Finals. It was a great event and all students performed excellently. Will placed 16th in the year 10-14 intermediate category and the team of Matthew, Josh and Riley were […]
World Book Day took place on 7th March and provides a fantastic opportunity to focus on reading for pleasure, support children’s autonomy in book choice, and celebrate the many benefits that reading brings. Every child in full-time education in the UK and the Republic of Ireland is provided with a voucher to spend on books; […]
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 90% is defined nationally as a persistent […]
In the penultimate week before the Christmas holiday, our year 11’s came into school to experience a day as a KWS sixth former. Students arrived in their smart, casual sixth form dress and participated in a full timetable of sixth form lessons. Some highlights included the dissection of a heart in an A level biology […]
On Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December, 104 pupils in Yr11 visited the Radlett Reform Synagogue as part of their Jewish Practices module within GCSE Religious Studies. It was a great opportunity to experience some of the things that have been and will be studied, and will hopefully aid pupils in their very first GCSE exam in May. Pupils used the visit to […]
Last week, we took the wonderful year 7s to Norfolk to develop students’ social skills and to build new friendships. The students had the opportunity to try exciting activities such as kayaking, fencing and caving. The experience offered students a safe and supportive environment to try new activities outside of the classroom. For a lot […]
On the “Beyond Year 11” drop down day, we had lots of great opportunities to have sessions with different colleges, universities and companies offering apprenticeships, to look at careers and education opportunities post-16. Firstly, my form had a speaker from Parker Hannifin (Gail Anthony), a manufacturing company, who talked to us about how their creations […]
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