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11th March 2020

Kindergarten children have been finding out more about the taste and texture of food at an after-school club. Members of the Little Chef’s club meet once a week to prepare and share recipes, which so far have included gingerbread, salad, pancakes, savoury wraps and sandwiches and firm favourite, ice cream sundaes. The last get together…

10th March 2020

Year eight cadets were challenged to think creatively, to complete a treasure trail based on a military mine detection exercise. The 12 to 13 year-olds were assisted by Gad’s year 10 contingent on the scavenger hunt, where the objective was to unearth a series of ‘safe’ boxed items. In the British Army, the ‘Vallon Man’…

9th March 2020

Year seven students carried out a GCSE-level practical in lesson and all passed with flying colours. The 11-12 year-old classmates were challenged to produce a stained plant cell slide, correctly set up and use the microscope, state the total magnification used and then pack away their equipment, following laboratory routine health and safety procedures. Science…

6th March 2020

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6th March 2020

Gad’s Hill students welcomed a local industry expert, and friend of the school, to judge their House art competition this week. Illustrator and Graphic Recorder, Mrs Juli Dosad, joined Kindergarten, Junior and Senior children in the school’s theatre to critique the exhibition of more than 50 2D and 3D pieces.  Entrants from Beatty, Haig and…

5th March 2020

Children as young as three dressed to impress at a special parade held at Gad’s Hill School today, to celebrate World Book Day. The Nursery classes joined the Kindergarten and Junior students at a catwalk show in the school theatre, where classmates, and their teachers, took a turn on the runway dressed as book characters….

5th March 2020

5th March 2020

4th March 2020

Our Year four classes put their needlecraft skills to good use to create their very own sock monsters. As part of this term’s Design and Technology textiles topic, the eight to nine-year-olds made the colourful creations, complete with button eyes, pipe cleaner antennae and Pom Pom tails! The children were challenged to demonstrate different stitches,…

3rd March 2020

Gad’s Kindergarten children took a trip to the Moon, ahead of taking part in space-themed activities on World Book Day this Thursday. The four to seven-year-olds visited the Museum of the Moon at Rochester Cathedral to find out more about the solar system and prepare for reading children’s author Simon Bartram’s Man on the Moon:…