Oct
14
Life after Lockdown Photography Competition 16.10.2021
As the half term holiday begins, I hope that you will all take the opportunity to capture some of the special and exciting moments that occur away from your laptops. Now that we have more freedom to travel and restrictions are easing, I hope everyone manages to do something fun and exciting this holiday. This [...]
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Oct
14
From the Head of Secondary 16.10.2021
This week we had some excellent student-led assemblies. The first was on Wednesday where Vadim in Year 13 told us all about the Adopt-a-Float initiative: https://www.go-bgc.org/outreach/adopt-a-float. Vadim is running a community competition for the naming and design of the KIS Float, with a deadline of the 26th October. We are hoping that students will feel [...]
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Oct
08
From the Head of Secondary 09.10.2021
The return to school has gone smoothly, with teachers keeping Google Classrooms open for those students who are not yet in physical school. Thursday was a significant day for quite a few as they headed off to get their second vaccination [many thanks to parents for keeping us informed of this] We fully expect that [...]
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Oct
01
From the Head of Secondary 02.10.2021
Charity Committee 2021 – 2022 I am pleased to announce the Secondary Charity Committee for 2021 - 2022 President: Kaiyisah Nazif. Kaiyisah will be in charge of the team meetings and organising the students in their endeavours Vice President: Leya Razak. Leya and Kaiyisah will make a formidable team! Treasurer: Aeymann Anwar Vice [...]
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Sep
30
Life after Lockdown Photography Competition
This week, KIS is pleased to launch our photography competition ‘Life after Lockdown’. The competition will run for the duration of the academic year as our intent is to chronicle what we very much hope will be the last leg of our long online learning journey. With that in mind, we encourage entries not just [...]
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Sep
24
From the Head of Secondary 25.09.2021
Secondary students are stepping up into leadership roles and interviews for Prefects from Years 11 – 13 took place this week, with each applicant doing extremely well. This followed their written applications in which they expressed a range of ideas about how student leaders can contribute to their school. Student councillors for each form have [...]
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Sep
15
From the Head of Secondary 18.09.2021
We are very pleased to announce that Mrs Colbeck is now Acting Head of Key Stage 5 [Years 12 and 13] due to Dr Dickinson’s departure. Mrs Colbeck, who is a teacher of Humanities and our librarian, is a very experienced Sixth Form tutor. She is now responsible for the academic and pastoral guidance of [...]
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Sep
10
From the Head of Secondary 11.09.2021
Having received their A Level results last month, the Class of 2021 who graduated from Year 13 in June have had a busy time communicating with their chosen universities and making final decisions about the subjects they are to study for their first degrees. Whilst some are having a gap year, most are heading off [...]
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