Month: November 2020

30th November 2020

Art and Design Technology (DT) lessons for Year Five students have been boosted this term, as the nine to ten-year-olds now study the subjects in the school’s specialist workshops. Working in bubbles, and able to independently access materials and resources from dedicated workstations, the classmates created a seasonal postcard as part of a textile project….

27th November 2020

Senior students take part in interactive daily form time activities, to make sure they are always learning and feel part of the school community. The 11-16 year-olds complete academic and wellbeing tasks, between 8.40 and 9am each morning, designed to challenge the mind, improve critical thinking and boost confidence. Together, the form takes part in…

26th November 2020

A local historian has created a mini museum in the Year Three classrooms, to help them learn more about Ancient Egypt. The seven to eight-year-old Juniors welcomed a member of Maidstone Museum to lead an interactive workshop, as part of this term’s History project. After finding out some fascinating and ‘frightening’ facts about life in…

25th November 2020

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… many thanks 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 dress it!

23rd November 2020

Our youngest Seniors investigated how and why a liquid boils in today’s Science lesson – and took another step towards getting ready for their GCSEs. Together, the classmates carried out an experiment to demonstrate energy transfers during a change of state, while learning more about solids, liquids and gases. Science teacher Miss Natalie Cannon, said: …

20th November 2020

GCSE students have demonstrated their filleting and presentation skills while learning more about the importance of fish in a healthy balanced diet. The Year nine Food Preparation and Nutrition cohort cooked cod fishcakes, after learning NHS guidelines recommend eating at least two portions of fish each week. As well as carefully combining fresh ingredients and…

18th November 2020

Eco-friendly Juniors are helping to keep Gad’s Hill rubbish free by litter-picking in their spare time. The four strong working group led an assembly on how fellow Gadshillians can support them in their quest to clean up the school community and protect the environment. Lily, who founded ‘Gad’s Guardians’ last year, introduced classmates Austine, Leela…

16th November 2020

Our youngest Juniors crafted their very own diyas in a DT workshop, to take home and celebrate Diwali, The Festival of Lights, with their families this week. The seven to eight year-olds made the traditional candle holders to mark the five day event, celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains all over the world. The classmates…

13th November 2020

Kindergarten and Junior children are keeping fit to help raise money for Children in Need this afternoon. Each class is taking part in The Joe Wicks 24 Hour PE Challenge and will be able to encourage each other via live screening from their very own form room. Head of Junior School, Miss Samantha Long, said: …

13th November 2020

Gad’s Hill students have #MathsWeekEngland figured out Kindergarten and Junior children have been celebrating Maths Week England with a series of fun challenges showing that maths is everywhere! Our Year four classes set problem solving tasks for their peers using resources from in and around school.  The cohort proved that mathematical problems don’t just appear…