School News
Chick ‘Eggcitement’
We took delivery of eight eggs yesterday and three of these have already hatched into adorable, very squeaky chicks! Pupils are taking it in turns to carefully look after the chicks and they are monitoring them in their incubator before they are able to go into their big cage. Their arrival is causing great egg-citement…
ISA Art Competition Win
Welcome back to all our pupils, we hope everyone had a lovely Easter break. We discovered during the Easter break that Aroa in Year 3 has won the award for the Most Creative Egg, KS2 in the ISA Easter Egg Competition 2023. Congratulations Aroa, what lovely news for the start of term!
Case Study by the Independent Schools Association
Following our success at the ISA Awards in November, when we won the ISA Award for Innovation in Independent Education, we were visited by ISA and our Head, Suzanne Haigh, was interviewed for a case study. We’re delighted that this has now been published and you can read it here: ISA Kensington Wade Case Study….
Kensington Wade is featured in Education Choices magazine
We’re delighted to be included in the Spring issue of Education Choices magazine. Please take a look at Suzanne Haigh’s piece on the benefits of a bilingual education on page 14!
We’re members of IAPS!
We are really pleased to announce that our membership of IAPS has been accepted. The Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) is a schools’ association with over 660 of the world’s leading prep schools in membership. Schools must reach a very high standard to be eligible for membership, with strict criteria on teaching a broad…
Reception send their rockets into space!
Reception were busy yesterday designing and creating space rockets from recycling materials. They were very excited when their rockets blasted off!
Year 2 learn about germs
Year 2 have been learning about germs today. The children were challenged to show how germs spread using glitter paint and squirt bottles. They also examined how covering their mouths with a mask, using tissues and washing their hands can help to prevent germs spreading. Great work Year 2!
Year 2 get inspired by Van Gogh
Year 2 have been busy designing their own 3D room today inspired by Van Gogh’s painting ‘Bedroom in Arles’. They also shared their work with each other to inspire their classmates and then written their own essays in Chinese on the topic of ‘I like my room’. What creative pupils we have – lovely work…
Year 1 explore the continents
Year 1 have been busy learning about continents in their geography topic. Yesterday they worked in small groups to explore the seven continents and researched lots of new and exciting facts! They then presented and taught their findings to the rest of the class. Great work Year 1!
Year 4 make Roman roads – not quite as the Romans did!
Year 4 have been learning about the Romans this term. To help develop their learning about the way Roman’s built their roads, they made their own edible Roman roads yesterday! They used plain biscuits for the rubble, custard with Maltesers and Smarties in it to substitute the sand and pebbles and lastly a layer of…
