The last few weeks have seen our students and staff take part in a variety of activities around the school to mark Black History Month. As well as assemblies for each year group discussing the theme of ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’ which recognises the strength and resilience of Black communities globally, our students were invited to take part in poetry workshops with Adisa the Verbalizer organised by Mrs Yates.

Additionally, KWS were invited by Herts for Learning to a conference hosted by Kit Brown, a primary school teacher, who has found social media stardom through his messages of hope and resilience and is now in talks with Downing Street and the BBC to help raise aspirations amongst young people.

Accompanied by Mrs Hobson and Miss Annie, our Sixth Form student leaders visited the Nobel School in Stevenage, where Kit spoke about his life experiences, inspiring young people as a role model in overcoming challenges.

It has also been a month of reflection, with Mr Bowsher hosting Year group assemblies looking at the contributions made by African Caribbean military personnel in the World Wars for Britain and how without those, Britain would be a very different place today.