INTREPIDUS MAGAZINE - SUMMER 2019

THE OFFICIAL KENSINGTON ALDRIDGE ACADEMY MAGAZINE 

#14 SUMMER 2019 

Our biggest and best summer 

production yet 

S U M M E R O F ARTS 

The KAA Choir open the 

BAFTAs with Gareth Malone

IN THIS ISSUE OF ... 

CONTENTS 

Principal’s Welcome 1 

Year 11 Prom 2 

Performing & Creative Arts 

Hairspray: The Musical 3-4 

KAA Choir opens the BATFA awards 5-6 

KAA Choir on Jeremey Vine show 6 

Art & Dance showcase 7 

Dance workshops 8 

A Level art exhibition 9 

The Ship of Tolerance Project 9 

ACAVA artist workshops 10 

House Competitions 

House Debating 11 

Interim Competitions 12 

Sports Day 13-14 

Trips & Workshops 

Debate Box at the Harrow Club 15 

Geography Fieldtrips 15 

Duke of Edinburgh 16 

Y11 India Trip 17 

Sports 

Rowing Regatta 1 

Parent Calendar 

Back page 

Dear Parents & Carers, 

Welcome to the final Intrepidus magazine of the 

2018-2019 academic year. Our students have had a 

fantastic year, excelling in their studies, 

performing arts, sports and more. As always, the 

following pages will keep you updated with the 

fantastic work our staff and students have done this 

term. 

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate 

our Intrepidus badge winners this year. This is the 

highest accolade awarded at the academy, and this 

year’s very deserving winners are: 

Year 7 - Irene (7 Gupta) & Gabriel (7 Pinter) 

Year 8 - Eliana (8 ) & Daniel (8 

Year 9 - Yousra (9 Hamilton) & Navid (9 

The Intrepidus badges for Year 10 and Year 12 

students on work experience this week will be 

announced and awarded next year. 

I’ll close by thanking each and every student and 

parent for your support this year. 

Best wishes, 

David Benson 

Principal

FOUNDER STUDENTS FINISH THEIR GCSE S 

On Friday 28 th June our founder cohort of 

students celebrated the end of their GCSE 

exams with a Year 11 prom at the Rembrandt 

Hotel in Knightsbridge. 

Donning formal attire (and looking fabulous!) students 

enjoyed a buffet meal and party. The long awaited 

prom awards (voted for by the students) were 

presented by Mr Kirby and prom hostesses Amani (11 

Oliver) and Parmida (11 Winfrey). 

Awards ranged from classics such as “most likely to 

become Prime Minister” (Fatima - 11 Berners-Lee) and 

“most likely to win an Olympic gold” (Jeriel - 11 

Kidston), to some more contemporary awards 

including “most likely to become ‘insta’ 

famous” (Cheyenne - 11 Berners-Lee) and “most likely 

to become a motivational speaker” (Sara 11 

Berners-Lee). 

Everyone at KAA is so proud of our first year group 

for their focus and resilience they’ve shown over the 

past two years whilst studying for their GCSEs. We 

now look forward to seeing students on results day 

this summer. 

GCSE results day is on Thursday 22 nd August, and 

school will be open from 9am for students to pick up 

their results. For those who have applied to KAA sixth 

form, please remember that you must enrol with the 

sixth form team on results day. For those who have 

applied to other colleges and apprenticeships, our 

careers team and representatives from local colleges 

will be available to help with your enrolment on other 

courses. 

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PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS 

This year’s summer production of Hairspray 

wowed audiences as the performing arts team 

put on the biggest and the best musical yet in 

KAA history. 

Set in 1960s Baltimore (and with accompanying 

accents from the full cast), Hairspray follows teenager 

Tracy (played by Irene, 7 Gupta), whose dream is to 

dance on The Corny Collins Show. Her parents (Navid - 

9 Hamilton and Finn - 7 Stoppard), with fantastic 

comic delivery, warn her against disappointment and 

tell her not to dream so big. Tracey doesn't listen, and 

accompanied by her best friend Penny (Amira - 9 

Murray), auditions for the show, falls in love with 

teenage heart throb Link Larkin (Gabriel - 7 Pinter) 

and is taught to dance by the ultra stylish Seaweed 

(Yonis - 8 Jones). When Tracy wins a role on the 

show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. But Tracey 

is shocked by the prejudice and racism shown by the 

show’s producer Velma Von Tussle (Olivia / Adea 10 

Baker) and joins forces with Motormouth Maybelle 

(Eliana, 8 Yousafzai) and her friends to use The Corny 

Collins Show to campaign for social change. 

Students from Year 7 to 12 spent the spring and 

summer term rehearsing for the show during 

enrichment across music, drama and dance 

disciplines. On Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th July 

t h e c a s t p e r f o r m e d t w o m a t i n e e 

performances for students from Oxford Gardens, 

Avondale and Colville primary schools, followed by 

two evening shows for a full audience of students, staff 

and parents. 

Our thanks to the director Miss Miller and the 

whole performing arts team, our talented student 

technicians Musa (10 Lennon) and Noah (10 Baker) 

for running the lighting and sound for all four shows, 

and the entire cast for their 

d e d i c a t i o n a n d 

enthusiasm in creating our 

best summer production yet. 

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Following the BBC2 documentary The Choir 

featuring the KAA choir and choirmaster 

Gareth Malone, which was watched by over 1.5 

million viewers in the Spring term, the KAA 

choir were invited to open the British 

Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 

awards on Sunday 12 th May. 

The choir opened the show accompanied by Gareth 

on piano with a cover of London Grammar’s Strong. 

We were blown away by the way all students rose to 

the occasion and put on a fantastic performance after 

having time for just two choir rehearsals to 

prepare after the Easter break. 

Suad (11 Balon) performed spoken word at the intro 

of the song, and Adil (10 Nijinsky), Irene (7 Gupta) 

and Lyric (10 Chaplin) had solos in the 

arrangement. This was a truly once in a lifetime 

opportunity as Gareth and the choir were singled out 

as the one performance for the annual show. 

Students performed in front of an audience packed 

with TV stars, including Ant & Dec, Benedict 

Cumberbatch, Holly Willoughby and Graham Norton. 

They also had the chance to walk the red carpet 

before the show. 

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The BAFTA awards by Irene (7 Gupta) 

A selection of students who took part in the Big 

Show were chosen to perform at the Royal Festival 

Hall. I remember everyone on the coach, we were 

so ecstatic (but of course nervous too!) - after all 

we were on our way to the BAFTAs! 

When we arrived for a sound check it was terrifying 

as we could see place cards on the seats in the 

theatre showing us who was coming. 

So. Many. Famous. People! 

The whole experience was breath-taking. There so 

many things that seems unreal. It shows how far we 

came from the very beginning and the experience 

the choir has gained through working with Gareth 

Malone. 

When we final all got on stage to perform and got 

into our places, you could almost sense the buzz on 

stage. It all went by so quickly! We finished, 

everyone was so proud of our journey as a choir. 

by Miss Cockell 

On Friday 7 th June the KAA Choir travelled to 

BBC Wogan House to perform live on the 

Jeremy Vine Show on Radio 2. 

We were invited ahead of the BBC's Music Day in 

September to discuss the power of music upon our 

students and our recent experience working with 

Gareth Malone. Always up for a challenge, the choir 

was tasked with performing two songs from 'The 

Big Show' completely acapella - that is, with no 

instrumental accompaniment or backing tracks! 

The students performed Memories, celebrating the 

early days of secondary school, and the chorus of 

the finale song, with its uplifting line 'with our arms 

around our friends, keep on holding till the end'. 

Both songs were performed By Miss Cockell with confidence, 

accurate pitch and clear diction. 

Lyric (10 Chaplin) and Olivia (10 Baker) then spoke 

eloquently to Jeremy about the power of music and 

explained how they have been able to express 

themselves through singing and the creative arts. 

Thank you so much to the students for their 

professionalism and dedication. 


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by Mr Dunning 

On Thursday 23 rd May the Dance and Art 

departments hosted a showcase of student 

work to celebrate the achievements of our 

students this year. 

Parents and carers joined staff and students for an 

exhibition of student art work from 5.30pm to 6pm, 

featuring work from students in years 7 to 11. 

The art exhibition was followed by a dance show and 

awards in the theatre. Fifty students performed 20 

different dances in a full production which highlighted 

the talent and skill of the KAA dancers. Of these 20 

performances, 9 were choreographed by the 

students - a clear credit to their dedication and 

talent. The dance staff were proud to watch each 

student perform to the audience, showing all of the 

hard work they had put into the show during the 

month beforehand. 

The show also allowed the opportunity for the dance 

team to give awards to students for their work in 

dance throughout the year. This included KS3 

Dancer of the year Ana (8 Truth), KS4 Dancer of the 

Year Isha (10 Hepburn) and KS5 Dancer of the Year, 

Miriam (12 Tutu)! A huge congratulations to all the 

dancers who took part, and thank you for your hard 

work all year. 

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By Miss Cockell 

by Mr Dunning 

As always, the Dance Department have been 

incredibly busy this year, ensuring that KAA 

students have as many opportunities to get 

involved in dance as possible! 

In addition to the fantastic Dance Showcase and 

Hairspray production this term, the dance 

department have also been busy with the Intrepidus 

Dance Company and GCSE Dance workshops. 

In June over 20 members of Intrepidus Dance 

Company have started to complete the Bronze 

level of the Arts Awards. This is an extra 

qualification that the students have elected in extracurricular 

clubs, showing their dedication and love 

of dance. For this award, the students have written 

reviews on the live performances they have seen, 

and have also done independent research into a 

dancer or choreographer that inspires them. 

To complete the award, the students will 

choreograph and teach to each other, among other 

tasks. The students have been really enjoying the 

process of gaining their Arts Award, and we hope 

that they all keep working hard to eventually go for 

Gold! 

Throughout the year, prospective and 

current GCSE Dance students have had the 

opportunity to experience additional professional 

performances and workshops. This has included 

traveling to watch ‘Infra’ in November, performed 

by The Royal Ballet. This was especially valuable to 

the students as ‘Infra’ is one of the set works in the 

GCSE specification. 

The students also had the opportunity to gain 

insight into another of the set works, ‘A Linha 

Curva’ in December, when Rambert Dance 

Company came to KAA and delivered a workshop. 

Students from Year 9 and 10 were challenged with 

choreographic tasks and developed a great 

understanding of the movement style which will 

support their upcoming GCSEs. 


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Art department news by Miss John 

KAA’s second annual A Level Art exhibition 

took place on Saturday 13 th and Sunday 14 th 

July at Maxilla Studios, with a private view on 

Thursday 11 th July. 

The artwork exhibited this year included A Level 

work and a selection of exceptional GCSE pieces, 

exploring themes of identity, light, reflection and 

environment. 

Working with local artists from ACAVA, year 12 

students curated the gallery space to showcase the 

progress they have made throughout the year, and 

how they have developed into young artists. The 

work displayed demonstrates our students’ skill and 

conceptual understanding; they produced personal, 

reflective responses, using materials and techniques 

to communicate their ideas effectively. 

On Tuesday 18 th June our year 9 students 

created paintings based on the theme 

‘Tolerance and Diversity’ as part of the Ship 

of Tolerance workshops with artists Ilya and 

Emilia Kabakov. 

This project aims to connect children of different 

continents, cultures and identities through art and 

create a dialogue about diversity and tolerance. 

Through a program of in school workshops, 

students will spend a time discussing the meaning of 

tolerance and the value of being exposed to 

different cultures, races and ideas. They will share 

their thoughts and produce drawings of vision of 

tolerance and peace. The work students produced 

will form part of a ship with sails made of 139 

drawings that will be selected from art workshops in 

30 schools, refugee groups, local community art 

organisations. 

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In September, The Kabakov Foundation and Art 

Action Change will bring The Ship of Tolerance to 

London as the centrepiece art installation of Totally 

Thames 2019. The ship will be built at the Royal 

Docks in the London Borough of Newham and then 

located by the Millennium bridge. We look forward 

to seeing our students’ artwork sail down the 

Thames in September.

In the Summer 2 term our Year 10 Fine Art 

GCSE students took part in a workshop with 

ACAVA studios working with three 

professional artists. 

Students worked on sculpture and self portrait 

pieces with Clare Burnett, Nadine Mahoney and 

Nicole Morris. The work produced over a five-week 

period was in response to ideas based on the 

themes the artist’s presented or the artist’s practice. 

The students were set the task to collaborate in 

small groups or work individually to produce a final 

outcome and learn some exciting new techniques. 

The students worked really well with the artist and 

we think you’ll agree that the work they have 

produced looks fantastic! 


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The Summer 1 term was host to the 

school’s much anticipated fifth and 

penultimate major house competition: 

house debating. 

by Miss Rose 

Following the heats, in which we heard why video 

games are not as bad as we might think and how 

reality TV may be more toxic than we even realise, 

the results came in and it was Angelou and 

Pankhurst that pipped the other houses to the 

sought after finals. This meant that these two 

houses would be fighting for 1st place in the following 

week's final, while Franklin and Honeyball 

would be battling it out for 3rd and 4th place. 

The final rolled around on Thursday 23rd May, 

with all teams debating the motion ‘that any form 

of protest which disrupts the lives of others should 

be illegal in the UK’, while the rest of the school 

watched around the building through a live 

stream. 

The final was a display of fiercely penned rhetoric 

and skill from all houses, with arguments ranging 

from obscure historical events, to pertinent issues 

of today such as Extinction Rebellion and Black 

Lives Matter. The passion and thought was second 

to none and, by the end, every student was yet 

more proof that KAA is full of young people who 

truly care and are going to make a difference to 

our society. 

Pankhurst - 3rd place - 10,000 points 

After impassioned debate full of flair and challenge 

that would put our country’s politicians through 

their paces, Angelou came out on top. Huge congratulations 

to the winning team; Nora (9 Farah), 

Ahmed (8 Yousafzai), Badee (7 Graham) and Rami 

(8 Yousafzai). 

A big well done to all students involved, it takes 

courage and resilience to research, plan and 

perform such impressive speeches. The winning 

team showed Intrepidus at its finest. 

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Elliot Warren, Olivia Brady, Nicola Alexis and Natalie Jennings 

gave detailed feedback and comments to each house.

Art and Design Portraits 

Computer Science 

by Miss John 

What an exciting year it has been for the art 

department with the launch of the underwater 

installations, ‘selfie’ portraits and t-shirt design 

competition. The level of creativity and quality of 

entries into each of the three competitions has been 

amazing this year. To end the year, the art department 

set the challenge for students to create their own 

‘selfie’ portrait. Rose Macdonald (Year 8) showed outstanding 

skill and imagination to produce a winning 

piece of work for Franklin. A big thank you to all the 

students that participated in this year’s Art and Design 

house competition. We cannot wait to see what next 

year brings! 

by Mr Crook 

At the start of the academic year Computer Science 

students were asked to create an interactive version 

of the word Intrepidus. Students could approach this 

in any way that they saw fit. The winning entry came 

from Daniel (8 Truth). Daniel explored a number of 

ideas and set an ambitious, creative goal for a fuller 

project. He has broken the problem into smaller steps 

and has demonstrated resilience in pursuit of his idea. 

Following this, students were asked to remix a retro 

game on scratch. The winner was Maha (7 Hansbury). 

Swimming Gala by Miss Thompson 

With swimming making a return to the PE 

curriculum this year at KAA it was time to bring 

back the annual swimming gala. The PE 

department were overwhelmed at the 

enthusiasm of the competitors who showed fantastic 

commitment and organisation in being fully 

prepared for the after school event. 

Year 7 & 8 were certainly well represented and 

had highly competitive races. The crowd also 

provided supportive motivation to all 

competitors. There was some stand out performances 

from Rama (Y7), David (Y8), Tashi (Y9) 

and Bobby (Y10). 

HOUSE COMPETITIONS 

The afternoon was dominated by the Franklin 

swimmers, even with Honeyball’s last minute 

relay success it was a comfortable win for 

Franklin. Well done to all who took part, it was 

brilliant to see such a variety of students at this 

sporting event. 

Ready, Steady, Cook! 

Winners: Franklin 

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On Friday 12 th July our Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and 

12 headed to the Linford Christie Stadium 

for our fifth annual Sports Day house 

competition. 

With 20,000 house points up for grabs, Sports Day 

always proves a key point in the final push for the 

house cup. With every student signed up for a 

least one event, it was an action packed day with 

track events ranging from the newly added 60m 

sprint to the 800m race, and field events including 

tug of war, javelin and high jump. 

As always our staff were not afraid to show the 

Intrepidus spirit and get stuck in to the staff events. 

Pankhurst staff came off victorious against Franklin 

in the staff tug of war and students were gripped 

by the last leg of the staff relay which saw a photo 

finish between Mr Campbell (Franklin) and Mr 

Cyrus (Angelou) - with Franklin just snatching the 

victory. 

The students displayed fantastic resilience and 

Intrepidus, with a huge number of new school 

records set (all listed opposite). Special mention to 

Jayden (10 Lennon), who broke numerous Year 10 

records! 

Students are awarded a medal for first, second or 

third place, and points are accumulated for all 

participation from 10 for a win to 1 for 8th place. 

Students competed well, but the other houses 

couldn’t prevent Franklin from stealing a third 

consecutive Sports Day win with 8,310 points - 

securing them the 20,000 house points! Honeyball 

took second place with 7,610 points, earning them 

15,000 house points. Angelou came in just behind 

Honeyball with 7,470 points. Pankhurst came 

fourth with 6,870 points. 

Well done to all students (and staff) who took part 

and our huge thanks to the PE department for 

organising the day. 

1 st Franklin 

2 nd Honeyball 

3 rd Angelou 

4 th Pankhurst 

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SCHOOL RECORDS SET 2019 

Event Year Name Time 

60m 7 Terrel Mason 0.09 

60m 7 Shion Wright 0.08 

60m 8 Courtney Phillips John-Baptiste 0.08 

60m 8 Ayah Hamri 0.09 

60m 9 Joao Verissimo Camara 0.08 

60m 9 Kayla Chance 0.08 

60m 10 Kyle Simpson 0.07 

60m 10 Tyra Bailey-Folks 0.0918 

100m 9 Annalise King-Fullerton 14.46 

200m 10 Katie-Marie Sherlock 0.28 

300m 7 Salma Boulaghrasse 56 

300m 8 Lirio Tobaruela Nakamura 0.52 

300m 9 Ismail Ibrahim 0.44 


400m 10 Jayden Harris 59 

800m 7 Abdullah Elyimlahi 2.59 

800m 8 Lirio Tobaruela Nakamura 3.05 

800m 10 Jayden Harris 2.31 


Long Jump 7 Terrel Mason 3.53 

Long Jump 7 Salma Boulaghrasse 3.36 

Long Jump 8 Aaliyah Pham 3.26 

Long Jump 9 Zebedee Nash 4.49 

Long Jump 9 Kayla Chance 3.63 

Long Jump 10 Jayden Harris 5.26 

Long Jump 10 Romaissa Kaddour 2.52 

High Jump 7 Mia Hinds 1.35 

High Jump 10 Jayden Harris 1.75 

High Jump 10 Katie-Marie Sherlock 1.4 

Shot put 8 Lirio Tobaruela Nakamura 7.71 

Javelin 10 Ricardo Grant 25.3 

HOUSE COMPETITIONS 

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TRIPS & WORKSHOPS 

by Miss Green 

This summer 12 brave year 8 students have embarked on the DebateBox challenge. Innovative and 

exclusive to our community, DebateBox is a program which seeks to develop young people's oracy skills and 

personal discipline through combining the practice of boxing with debating. Each week students have been 

going to the Harrow Club and working with talented DebateBox mentors and the coach from the Cuban 

Boxing Academy. 

David (8 Tatchell) said: "In DebateBox we learn about the positions of a debate and exactly, in greater detail, what 

each position does. We also learn how to judge a debate. It's helped me with my English speaking skills as well as my 

public speaking in general. In the boxing section, we do a warm up that consists of boxing drills. After that, we learn 

combinations on the punching bag and pads. Boxing has helped me with my co-ordination and confidence. It's really 

fun and proactive." 

I hope the students taking part are as proud of themselves as we are of them. Their dedication and 

enthusiasm has been tangible across the term and I have no doubt that their achievements will transfer to 

their academic work and beyond. Well done. 

Geography students have shown true 

Intrepidus spirit this academic year with house 

competitions, enrichments and interventions 

they have been involved in, and most crucially 

through the GCSE fieldtrips this term. 

by the Geography dept. 

In the Summer term, our year 10s braved pouring rain 

on Monday 10th June and intense sunshine on 

Tuesday 11th June during our field trip to Eastbourne. 

We began the day at Beachy Head where we climbed 

the highest chalk sea cliff in the UK (531 feet above 

sea level), giving spectacular views of the coast. We 

then walked down to Holywell to see first-hand the 

coastal management scheme protecting the coastal 

town behind it. 

Next up was the most crucial geography of the day: 

students carried out a bi-polar analysis on each coastal 

management scheme, completed a few questionnaires 

and successfully measured out a beach profile and 

analysed beach sediment - all vital skills for their 

geography GCSE! 

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y Miss Armitage 

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh participants in 

Year 10 completed their assessed DofE 

expedition in the Surrey Hills on the 3rd 

and 4th of May. 

Setting off on their routes in teams in the 

morning, our students were enthusiastic for the 

challenge that lay ahead. 

As the realisation hit and they faced the confusing 

challenge of navigating through a thick forest 

(quite different from their practice expedition in 

Hyde Park!) all groups realised the importance of 

their compasses. They showed great team work 

in cheering on the members of their teams who 

were struggling and soon were back on the 

(proverbial and literal) right path. 

Our Duke of Edinburgh programme is now 

growing year on year thanks to donations from 

our KAA Intrepidus Trust supporters and the 

hard work of Mr Meighen and Miss Armitage 

leading the programme. 

This year 40 Year 10 students completed their Bronze 

Award expedition in May, and 10 Year 11 and Sixth 

Form students will complete their Silver expedition this 

weekend. As the programme grows, we now have 50 

year 9 students registered to begin their Bronze award 

next academic year. 


After their competitive training in Hyde Park, 

their tent making skill and speed was impressive, 

motivated by trangea-roasted marshmallows 

before bed. 

The early morning start the next day saw most 

teams tired and slightly soggy. However, this was 

the day where they truly demonstrated the team 

working, navigating and camp making skills they 

have been practicing this year. 

We were impressed with their resilience and 

their support for each other and are happy that 

so many have been successful in this aspect of the 

award! We look forward to our students 

progressing to the Silver Award next year. 

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As we go to press, a group of our Year 11 students 

are currently in Delhi, India with our history 

teachers on a once in a lifetime trip before starting 

their A levels in September. 

Leila (11 Dyson) wrote the following about the trip before 

setting off, and will be providing a full write up about the 

experience on their return: 

“A small group of Year 11 students are travelling to Ladakh, a 

region in India for two weeks, where we’ll explore its 

vibrant Buddhist culture, in Ladakh’s largest town of Leh, and 

complete a 9 day hike through the Himalayas. We will be 

guided by an all-women tour guide company, set up by the local 

women to bring in income, at that time of year when most of 

the men in the region are in the cities for work. On each day of 

our hike we will be staying with a different household; enjoying 

their food, their cultures and their rich histories, whilst getting a 

real feel for what life is like in a developing country. 

It is an extraordinary opportunity to escape the chaos of London 

life and explore what will certainly be a culture shock for many 

of us. For two weeks we will be living almost solely from the 

contents of our bags (with very limited opportunities to wash our 

clothes) and with means of washing ourselves that are far more 

basic than the luxuries we enjoy at home on a daily basis. I’m 

also certain that most of us will suffer from corner shop 

withdrawal at some point; a brief moment of craving something 

that we soon realise we can’t just pop down the road to buy. 

However much our privileged London perspective has 

fragmented our view of the wider world, I am sure that as we 

take our next step towards adulthood, this chance to explore 

one of the most rural regions on Earth will open our eyes to the 

sheer diversity of living and culture that exists on our planet.” 

Our huge thanks to every donor so far making this 

incredible journey possible for our Year 11 students. You 

can donate towards this Ladakh trip here: https:// 

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/olivia-boyle. 

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Our annual rowing regatta took place again this 

July to help bring another fantastic year for Sports 

at KAA to an exciting conclusion. 

It was a glorious Monday afternoon down on the river 

Thames by Hammersmith Bridge. We had 4 very strong 

boats made up of our very own Elite Rowing Squad, our 

Y10 GCSE rowers and some Y10 core PE rowers. Fulham 

Reach Boat Club were out in full force to officiate our 

most competitive regatta yet! 

by Miss Paine 

SPORTS 

Follow 

Pankhurst got off to a very strong start being the first team 

to win two out of two races. But that only spurred the 

other houses on, and by round three Honeyball and 

Angelou had also won 2 races each! This left us with a 

three way final between Pankhurst, Honeyball & Angelou. 

The race was on over the 400m race to the pontoon. 

All three boats got off to a great start but Honeyball pulled 

out in front. Pankhurst were literally an oars length behind 

when they both sprinted towards the line. Honeyball held 

strong and finished with a comfortable lead, Pankhurst 2nd 

and Angelou 3rd! 

All houses should be very proud as the standard of rowing 

was excellent and all of the students left with big smiles on 

their faces, calluses on their palms and well deserved 

burgers in their hands!! 

Our thanks to the Fulham Reach Boat Club staff, donors to 

the KAA Intrepidus Trust, and Miss Paine for leading the 

rowing programme at KAA. 

KAA__PE on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with all the latest KAA sports news! 

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Autumn Term Parent Calendar 

Date Time Event 

Thursday 5 th September 8.25am Y7 & Y12 Induction Day 

Friday 6 th September 8.25am Whole school timetable begins 

Tuesday 17 th September 6.30pm - 7.30pm Y7 Parent Evening - Welcome to KAA 

Tuesday 24 th September 9am - 10.30am Y6 Open Morning 

Tuesday 24 th September 5pm - 8pm Y6 Open Evening 

Wednesday 25 th September 9am - 10.30am Y6 Open Morning 

Thursday 26 th September 9am - 10.30am Y6 Open Morning 

Saturday 28 th Sep - Monday 30 th Sep - Y12 Oxford Residential 

Tuesday 1 st October 6.30pm - 7.30pm Y11 Crunch Time Parent Evening 

Thursday 10 th October 6.30pm - 7.30pm Y10 Crunch Time Parent Evening 

Tuesday 15 th October 5pm - 8pm Sixth Form Open Evening 

Monday 21 st Oct - Friday 29 th Oct Two weeks Half Term Holiday 

(school closed to students) 

Monday 4 th November 8.25am Autumn 2 term begins for all students 

Monday 18 th Nov - Friday 22 nd Nov All week Charity Week 

Monday 25 th Nov - Friday 29 th Nov All week Anti-Bullying Week 

Thursday 28 th November 4pm - 5.30pm KAA’s Got Talent 

Monday 2 nd Dec - Friday 13 th Dec Two weeks Y11 Mock Exams 

Monday 9 th Dec - Friday 13 th Dec All week Y7 - Y10 Assessment Week 

Tuesday 17 th December 5pm - 8pm Y12 & Y13 Progress Meetings 

Thursday 19 th December 6.30pm - 8pm Christmas Concert 

Friday 20 th December 11.30am - 12.30pm End of Term Assembly 

(students finish at 12.30pm) 

Monday 23 rd Dec - Tuesday 7 th Jan - Christmas Holiday 

(school closed to students) 

Wednesday 8 th January 8.25am Spring 1 term begins for all students 

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