We enjoyed celebrating the rich diversity of the different languages spoken by staff and students at KWS this week. Particular thanks to Rayan P, Syan B, Veer Sher S, Matilde F-E, Ferdinand V , Mohammed D and Ayaan M who spoke to us in assemblies about their various traditions and cultures.
We also have a Language ‘cook off’ competition this week.
All entries by Monday 3rd October please.
Mrs Kelly
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KWS has been given a Saracens Rugby shirt has been signed by all the current first team squad who reached the Rugby Premiership final this month including England stars (and ex Harpenden RFC players) Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje. The shirt was kindly donated by ex Saracens and England sevens player Kevin Barrett. Kevin is currently Head of Academy Strength and Conditioning at Saracens. The donation was arranged by Harpenden Rovers Youth FC who use the KWS facilities on Saturday mornings for training.
This morning we were lucky enough to welcome Anthony Glenn back! He visited Year 8 this time to help them get to grips with their study of Romeo and Juliet. We hope to provide more detail of the performance in our next newsletter but for now enjoy these pictures of Year 8 getting stuck in…
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Mrs Aikman
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Tickets for our first school production Bugsy Malone tickets are on sale now via the KW-Arts Box Office – https://kw-arts.co.uk/box-office
The Year 7 and 8 (Cast B) will be performing at the Friday Evening and Saturday Matinee shows and the Year 9 (Cast A) at the Thursday Evening and Saturday Evening shows.
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As a new option for Period 7, Year 9’s will now be able to experience a taster of Hairdressing and Beauty.
Students will learn basic skills & understanding of the industry lead by Miss Bifolco.
We are making an appeal to parents/carers for support with this new option. To increase our resources, if anyone has any unwanted hairdressing or beauty equipment please could they donate it to the school for our students to use. There will be a donation box in the main school office.
We would be most grateful for any hairdryers, heated styling equipment, hair accessories, rollers, face paints and brushes.
We really appreciate your help and generosity to help support the development of this new option for many students.
Miss Bifolco
https://kwschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Hair-and-Beauty-p7.jpg25601920Keris McCormickhttps://kwschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/smlogo.pngKeris McCormick2022-03-16 11:52:132022-03-18 14:00:22Hair and Beauty – Period 7 at KWS
We are now well into our third block of period 7. This sees us setting a new record for the most period 7 we have ever been able to run in an academic year, COVID having scuppered our previous plans. The second half of the academic year sees lots of new sessions on offer across all three of our Period 7 categories: Mind, Body and Soul.
New sessions include: Sign Language, Ceramics, CSI, Ranger School, Reading, Orienteering, Virtual Reality Creative Writing, Classic Movies, Politics, Chinese Calligraphy, Team Building, Mindful Colouring, Hair and Beauty running alongside many popular favourites like Arabic, Small Animal Studies, Rockets and Spheros.
Two of our new Period 7 sessions are focused around preparing for our upcoming Performing Arts shows – Technical Production who are focused on getting to grips with the lighting and sound, and our Set Design and Construction period 7 who are shaping all sorts of things out of wood currently.
We have been fortunate enough to have an external company, Archimake running a set of Period 7 sessions for our Year 7 students. During the sessions they are learning about some inspirational Architects like Richard Rogers – exploring their work and influences. As well as being guided in how to draw like architects – covering perspective, section drawings and lots more. Archimake run a range of courses for primary and secondary aged students both during term time and as holiday clubs.
Our body options have switched to summer sports, in the anticipation that we can develop some great skills ahead of Summer term competitions. Tennis, Athletics, Rounders and Cricket all in action outside, along with some volleyball, table tennis, dodgeball, dance and yoga taking place inside. Huge thanks to Menace sports who are continuing to run two sessions a week for us – previously Bootcamp, now Tennis.
In addition to Period 7 we have some great new lunchtime clubs that have started up. These have brought in many of those summer sports mentioned above and added in some new opportunities include Badminton, Italian Language, Mindful Crafts and Strategy Games – huge thanks to the staff and parents who give up their time to run these for our students. If any student would like to join an additional club they should contact the member of staff running it.
Thinking forward – if you are a parent, volunteer or local company that would like to offer a lunchtime club or Period 7 for our students in the future, please drop me an email z.coomber@kwschool.co.uk – we would love to talk to you!
Mrs Coomber
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