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4th July 2019

Gad’s youngest athletes competed in interactive sporting activities to help win points for their Houses at this year’s KG sports day. Children from our Nursery to Year two classes took turns jumping, running and balancing their way round the track as they took part in team races such as ‘Bean Bag Balance’, ‘Catch the Ball…

3rd July 2019

Our Y10s are working ‘9 to 5’ at work placements this week – one has impressed her employer so much, she has been offered a Saturday job! Libby’s placement is at Lucia Victoria Interiors Ltd. In West Malling. The 15-year-old is enjoying creating mood boards for clients who are renovating their homes and was thrilled…

2nd July 2019

Our wonderful Friends of Gad’s put on another great summer fair, with all monies raised going towards making Gad’s a cooler, and greener, place to be. Traditional stalls, a Bhangra dance display, inflatables and a guessing game featuring a very impressive spots car, all helped make enough money to start work on two new exciting…

1st July 2019

Two Gad’s Year 8 classmates have joined Saracens after being selected to play in the rugby union team’s elite development programme. Freddie Petersen and Kieran Rains, both 13 and from Gravesend, won places after being nominated by Gad’s and taking part in the reigning champion club’s intensive selection process. The Saracens Kent Developing Player Programme…

27th June 2019

As part of this term’s English and Geography topics, our J4 classes navigated their way around a castle, museum and city centre. The 8-9-year-olds travelled by train to the Guildhall Museum in Rochester to find out more about Dicken’s stories. After, they explored the 12th century castle and its glorious grounds and created maps of…

27th June 2019

A Higham pensioner spent the afternoon at Gad’s Hill, her daughter’s former school, celebrating with friends at a very special get-together. Mrs Barbara Laurie, attends the Gad’s Hill Pensioner’s Tea Party every year and especially enjoys talking to the students about her daughter’s time at the school, almost 40 years ago. Mrs Laurie said: “We…

27th June 2019

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA), welcomed Year 9 and 10 Gad’s students to a careers workshop, following its partnership with the school to train and inspire the creative talents of its students. The Gad’s cohort was given a tour of the Rochester campus and found out more about the post-GCSE courses on offer,…

25th June 2019

Our Year two classmates found out more about Charles Dicken’s life when they spent a day in his former home, Gad’s Hill Place. The six to seven-year-olds were excited to leave their modern purpose-built Kindergarten building and venture into the Victorian mansion, just a short stroll away, through the school grounds. Now home to many…

25th June 2019

A Gad’s Hill student was awarded first place in a regional ballroom contest, just over a year after starting dancing. Autumn Hansford, 9, from Shorne, took the title of best Under 10 Ballroom dancer at the ProAm Champions event in Brentwood, Essex earlier this month. Competing in the youngest category, Autumn competed in 70 heats…

24th June 2019

Our J5 classmates faced-up to a monster of a challenge in their Year six art transition lesson. The nine-to-ten-year-olds were tasked with designing and creating their very own 3D monster, in just one hour! Art teacher, Miss Rachael Baker, said: “Moving-up a year can be exciting but daunting. “I wanted the children to stretch themselves…