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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…

12th November 2020

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…

12th November 2020

While older children at Gad’s Hill took part in parades, interactive lessons and outdoor activities to mark Remembrance Day yesterday, the school’s littlest learners also commemorated the day. Nursery classmates joined the rest of the #GasdFamily in the two-minute silence and proudly displayed their poppy artwork, created by apple printing, in their craft workshop.

11th November 2020

Cadets from Gad’s Hill took part in a Remembrance Day parade in their school grounds this morning to commemorate those who lost their lives at war. Watched by Kindergarten and Junior students, the 15-16 year-olds joined Combined Cadet Force leaders to mark the end of hostilities in the First World War. A wreath was laid…

10th November 2020

Senior students marked the end of exam week by taking part in growth mindset workshops and a range of outdoor activities, as part of Gad’s Hill School’s ongoing commitment to wellbeing. On completion of their Autumn progress tests, the 11-16 year-olds were challenged to test their mental and physical skills in the termly wellbeing day,…

9th November 2020

The #GadsFamily was honoured to join the Mayor of Gravesham, Cllr John Caller, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives at war, in a private ceremony on Remembrance Sunday. Former Senior Cadets and now Gad’s Hill contingent instructors, Portia Hunt and Matthew Dwyer represented the school as the Mayor laid a wreath to…

6th November 2020

Junior students continue to spend time in the on-site Forest School as part of Gad’s Hill’s commitment to making sure the whole school community benefits from the resource, which is proven to improve social skills, motivation and knowledge and understanding of the world we live in. The 7-11 year-olds take part in regular free play…

5th November 2020

Year five classes travelled back in time to the Victorian era to sample how life would have been lived over a hundred and twenty years ago. The 9-10 year-olds spent a day at Horton Kirby Environmental Centre finding out how different their lives would have been if they were to be born when Queen Victoria…