Month: September 2019

27th September 2019

Please pop in today to enjoy cake and coffee with our students, staff and parents to help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

27th September 2019

Junior scientists dissected an ox heart, as part of this term’s studies on how the human body works. The nine to ten-year-olds learned how the animal’s heart, which is almost identical to a human one, pumps blood throughout the body via the circulatory system. Together, the classmates found out more about the anatomy of the…

27th September 2019

On the day it has been nationally reported that ‘critical-thinking skills are the most important thing we can teach our young people as they navigate the information super-highway’, Gad’s Hill School continues with weekly Critical Thinking sessions for its Senior pupils. Education publication, tes, formerly known as the Times Educational Supplement has today published an…

27th September 2019

Our J5 class slept aboard HMS Cavalier at The Historic Dockyard Chatham last night as part of an educational overnight trip. The intrepid travellers are due back to school at lunchtime, after a morning of fun interactive workshops.  

26th September 2019

Our J5 class is spending the night on the HMS Cavalier at The Historic Dockyard Chatham tonight. So far on the educational overnight trip, the classmates have learned how to bend metal to build different parts of a ship and spent time in a real-life air raid shelter.

26th September 2019

Students as young as four, gathered for a Gad’s breakfast meeting this morning to talk about things that matter to them and their classmates. The Gad’s Hill School Council is made-up of representatives from each class in the Kindergarten and Junior School and today was their first official get together of the new term. Year…

25th September 2019

Our Year seven students were commended on their ‘splendid behaviour’ and enthusiasm’ after a day in Canterbury, finding out more about the Medieval era. The 35-strong Shell cohort took part in The Canterbury Tales Medieval Education Day and received high praise from event organisers after taking excelling in a shield designing workshop. Head of History,…

24th September 2019

J3 classmates created their very own woodland workmate during a regular outdoor learning session in Gad’s Forest School. The seven to eight-year olds have been reading ‘The Hodgeheg’, written by master author of animal adventures, Dick King-Smith. Together, the cohort has really enjoyed getting into character and looking at setting descriptions, so what better way…

24th September 2019

Junior artwork has taken pride of place alongside GCSE pieces outside the Headmaster’s study today. The handiwork of three younger students now joins the portfolio of talented past and present Gadshillians. Gad’s celebrates its art students’ successes by displaying their creations on walls around the school, for everybody to enjoy. Proud Year six artists Peter…

23rd September 2019

Creative Kindergarten children demonstrated their crafting skills by making colourful collages of a favourite nursery rhyme character. The K1 and K2 classmates created the artwork at Gad’s after-school craft club, set up to promote team work, self expression and develop fine Motor skills – as well as have lots of fun with friends! Together, the…