Month: November 2019

15th November 2019

Our Kindergarten and Junior children raised £282 for BBC Children in Need today. The students, and staff, dressed in pyjamas and sold official merchandise to school friends to help fund raise for the UK children’s charity.  

15th November 2019

Year six classmates crossed ‘No Man’s Land’ when they re-enacted a scene from World War One, after being inspired by a recent visit to Hawthorne Trenches. The 10-11 year-olds have been learning about The Great War this term and, just like brave soldiers before them, they marched from the unoccupied ground (Gad’s Hill field) to…

14th November 2019

Thank you Medway Messenger for spreading our Harvest news and helping promote the work of Chatham homeless day centre Caring Hands.

14th November 2019

Gad’s students are looking forward to supporting BBC Children in Need tomorrow with a pyjama day, organised by the School Council. Kindergarten and Junior children will don their comfiest attire to help fundraise, after council members voted on a fun way to help others this term. The Gad’s Hill School Council is made-up of representatives…

13th November 2019

Mrs Taylor’s year four form has written letters to Santa, after being inspired by their class text, ‘The Christmasaurus’ and posted them in Dicken’s very own re-commissioned letterbox, just outside the school. The eight to nine-year-old classmates were challenged to use persuasive vocabulary and pen a Christmas wish list but the caring cohort has also…

12th November 2019

Mrs Sandhu’s Junior class is celebrating 550 years since the birth of Guru Nanak today, by producing posters representing the Sikh faith. The seven to eight-year-old classmates have been learning about the founder of the Sikhism and the religion’s principles, which include living honestly and working hard, treating everyone equally and being generous to those…

11th November 2019

Today at 11am, Gad’s students and staff will join the nation in a two-minute silence to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in wars. Armistice Day commemorates the day World War I ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918.  This year also marks 100 years since…

8th November 2019

  Our Year nine and ten GCSE drama students took part in a whole day workshop with theatre group Frantic Assembly this week. The UK touring company, set up 25 years ago, makes and delivers ‘brave and bold’ theatre and aims to ‘tell stories in a voice we don’t always hear and find talent in…

7th November 2019

The England women’s team’s run to the 2019 World Cup semi-final has sparked an increase in female participation in football, it has been reported in The Telegraph this week. Gad’s PE teacher, Mrs Charlotte Jago, said:  “Our girls have been inspired by this year’s coverage of women’s football and the sport has become increasingly popular…

6th November 2019

Our oldest Juniors found out first-hand what life was like for World War 1 soldiers on a day trip to a replica war trench. The 10-11 year-old classmates travelled to Hawthorne Trenches to learn how thousands of allied troops survived in the long, narrow ditches dug into the ground on the front line of battles…