Orienteering

We are delighted that we have finally had an orienteering course installed around the school grounds in the last few weeks. Orienteering provides an excellent opportunity for students to develop their map reading skills, as well as cardiovascular endurance. We have introduced it into core PE lessons for Year 10 and 11, and will make it part of the curriculum timetable for all year groups moving forwards. Thank you very much indeed to KWAF for providing the funding for this fantastic additional feature to the PE curriculum – it is greatly appreciated. 

Gymnastics

A massive well done to everyone who competed in the recent trampolining competition over the weekend. It was an extremely tough competition and they all did their absolute best. All 9 competitors performed brilliantly with:

Will E – 2nd Place

Jude D – 5th place

Matthew P – 2nd place 

Riley W – 4th place

Joshua P – 6th place

Dylan W – 2nd place

Violet R – 9th place

Sophie D – 2nd place (team only)

Lucy H – 5th place (team only)

All the boys progressed to the BSGA National Finals in Derby in March.  Well done all.

Netball

During the recent weeks, we have also had some entertaining netball fixtures for a variety of year groups, with fixtures against Sandringham, Roundwood, Beaumont, St George’s and Samuel Ryder.  Amelia S, Macy R, Violet S and Emily C (all Year 7), Emily (Year 8) and Chloe T (Year 9) were all highlighted as KWS’s most outstanding players in terms of performance and effort in their respective games. 

Football

A clinical win by our Year 9 boys’ football team in the quarter final of the county cup against Ashlyns School. A mixture of goal scorers and every squad member got valuable game time. We look forward to our semi final against Chauncy School at the beginning of March.

To run alongside this, we have also had a number of Saturday football fixtures for Years 7-10 against St Columba’s College and Nicholas Breakspear. Some hugely impressive performances from all year groups, including Year 10 having a morale-boosting and convincing win in their most recent game. Particularly impressive performances across the school from Noah E (Year 7), Henry C (Year 9), Liam E (Year 9) and James B (Year 10).

This week, KWS hosted the Inter-School Debating Competition, where we were joined by teams from St George’s, SJL and Roundwood. Students from Years 7-12 then engaged in debates about a range of motions (from the length of school days to the morality of zoos).

KWS won three out of four debates and came joint first! Sophie H and Flo C (both in Year 10) won the prize for best team, with Sophie then going on to impressively win the prize for best individual speaker!

Well done and thank you to all who contributed towards the event.

Mr Houghton

KWS Talks has been officially released! Interviewing teachers, bringing you fresh perspectives, insightful conversations, and a touch of humour to brighten your day.

Have a listen now, and be sure to share it with someone who would find it enjoyable!

Did you know, the KWS Library offers a request service to all students and staff? If there’s a book you need for a course of study, a subject you’re interested to learn more about, or if you’re desperate to discover what happens next for your favourite characters in the latest instalment of your best-loved series, come and talk to the library staff, and we’ll see what we can arrange. We can get books added to the eplatform in either print or audio, or we can order a physical print copy. And don’t forget, the eBooks can be converted to read aloud via the ‘immersive reader’ in the app. There are a multitude of ways to devour our books!

Over the last few weeks we’ve responded to requests for lots of sport-related books, including football, horse riding and golf – maybe in response to some sport-related new year resolutions? We’ve also added books to support our A level students, and those studying for their EPQ (extended project qualification), as well as the latest books in a long-running crime series, and a well-loved fantasy collection.

So, do come and have a chat with us if there’s a book we don’t currently stock that you’d like to read. We’re very keen to support both reading for purpose and for pleasure.