Month: November 2019

29th November 2019

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… thank you to the Rowswell family for kindly donating our beautiful tree, decorations and lights – and thank you to the youngest member of the family for helping to decorate it!🎄 #GadsFamily

29th November 2019

Our Juniors welcomed more than 110 Kent school children to Gad’s this week, when they hosted a cross country contest in the school grounds. Students aged between seven and eleven, from six local primaries, took part in Gad’s interschool cross country tournament, despite the very wet and muddy conditions. Not letting the weather dampen their…

28th November 2019

Our youngest GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition students have made lemon meringue pie today and demonstrated not only complex cooking skills but a deeper understanding of food science. As part of the three year course, the 13-14 year-olds are required to do much more than simply cook!  The cohort is tested on their ability, knowledge…

27th November 2019

K1 parents joined their children in the classroom this week, to take part in a phonic workshop. Head of Kindergarten, and form tutor, Mrs Victoria Grant, welcomed K1 families to sit-in on her regular morning phonics sessions, to strengthen the five to six-year-olds blending and decoding skills. During the interactive lessons, children practice familiar words…

26th November 2019

Our Year six classes spent time with a specialist from Medway Hospital as part of this term’s topic on celebrating difference. A Physiotherapist in amputee/prosthetic rehabilitation, Mrs Hayley Freeman, ran a workshop for the 10-11 year-olds on living with a disability. The aim of the session was for the Gad’s students to understand how a…

25th November 2019

Year three children have been leaning about Egyptian and Hindu traditions, by creating ceramic pieces in art class this term. The seven to eight year-olds researched and made canopic jars and Diwali diyas to celebrate their studies on ancient Egypt and the recent Festival of Lights. Class teacher, Mr John Waring, said:  “The children have…

21st November 2019

Gad’s Year five student Autumn and her dad are celebrating ten-year-old Autumn being ranked fourth in the country, after taking part in a national dance competition. Autumn finished in fourth place in both Latin and Ballroom at The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) Grand Finals in Blackpool earlier this month. Autumn’s dad, Mr…

21st November 2019

Our new L4 cadets attended their first weekend camp at Saint Martins Plain Training Centre in Folkestone last week. Read Gad’s Combined Cadet Force’s Contingent Commander, Major mark Lamb’s camp report: “The cadets arrived Friday evening to enjoy their first hearty army evening meal.  This was followed by lessons on how to live in a…

20th November 2019

Our Kindergarten and Junior children found out more about being a good friend by taking part in interactive workshops. Touring theatre group ‘Shooting Stars Entertainment’, put on a series of age appropriate shows about anti-bullying in the school’s theatre. The four to seven-year-olds watched, and joined-in with, the performances, which were packed with catchy songs…

19th November 2019

Our Y1 class worked together to find out about the Gad’s community on a recent visit to Higham village. The five to six-year-olds are learning about the local area this term and used a map to navigate the route from school to the library and Post Office. On the way, the classmates named different kinds…