Kew House School November Newsletter 2020 - Through the Keyhole

Special Edition | November 2020
Through the keyhole
ENDEAVOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT
CREATIVE MUSICIANS
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ACADEMIC
CONSTRUCTORS
SPORTING WINNERS

FEATURES
WELCOME
TO OUR
NEWSLETTER
The first half of the Autumn Term 2020
has seen a vibrant return to classroom,
laboratories, studios, rehearsal spaces and
the theatre at Kew House School. Despite
the restrictions put in place to mitigate the
Covid-19 risks, pupils and staff have been
able to engage with the full range of learning
and activities that one would expect.
With visitors to the school severely limited, we
thought you would appreciate a glimpse of the
“new normal” way of working. Throughout the first
term I have been impressed with the spirit with
which all members of the community have engaged
with their learning, whilst remembering the stay
safe messages regarding handwashing, social
distancing and face coverings in certain areas.
I hope that these images will give you a sense of
the joy of learning that has been, and will continue
to be, one of the key characteristics of Kew House
School that I have come to value over these first
weeks of my time as Headmaster. I am extremely
grateful for the support shown to all of us on
the staff of Kew House, from parents and pupils
at this time and look forward to creating more
great memories as we head towards Christmas.
Science with a bang
Year 7 experiment with evaporation
Learning lung functions -
the kinesthetic way
Food and Nutrition making
mouths water
Combustion colours - learning
from each other
Mr Will Williams
Headmaster
Food and Nutrition take on the
Paul Hollywood challenge
The fine arts of patisserie
explored
Precision in pursuit of excellence
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FEATURES
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Art, Music and Drama Thrive
Oliver in Year 13 working on the theme of mythical creatures
Piece by Ruben in Year 8 as an introduction to innovative Zoomorphic Architecture
Maisie in Year 11’s final piece on
identity, inspired by the work of
Patrick Heron
Ella in Year 13 explores
‘perceived beauty’ in this
piece
Anton in Year 12 creating a large
scale mobile sculpture from an
observation drawing of a pine
cone
Year 9 GCSE students engaged in creating compositions
Year 9 getting to grips with rhythm and blues improvisation
Molly in Year 10 creating live chord sequences
Year 10 trio bringing composition ideas to life with flute, piano and
guitar
Year 11s taking part in a virtual workshop (whilst social distancing)
from Frantic Assembly learning how to use the ‘Frantic Method’
Year 13 students who are auditioning for Drama School
entrance 2021 received some expert advice, hints and tips
from actor Jade Matthew
Year 11 GCSE students take part in performance recording
Year 7 bringing rhythm to life using West African djembes
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FEATURES
FEATURES
Year 7 alternative curriculum days
Creativity joins forces with Maths
Year 7 undertake exciting team-building exercises in our
alternative curriculum days, provided as an enrichment
activity in place of the usual external activity days which
of course sadly could not go ahead due to lockdown. The
activities were a great success with all Year 7s taking on the
challenges and activities provided with great enthusiasm.
Learning about Japanese book binding with the
Design and Technology Department
Collaborating to build spaghetti marshmallow
towers – a real team building
and problem-solving exercise.
So tempting to eat the marshmallows!
English have a way with words
Creativity joins forces with maths as mathematicians
create Rangoli patterns
A construction company has just won a contract
to repair the roof of a cathedral...
but can Year 7 pupils find the most efficient
way of making the scaffolding?
Learning History - the fun way
Left: Socially distanced
poetry learning
Right: Pupils were asked
to think outside of the
box and create something
to showcase their
understanding of the
novel ‘Of Mice and Men’.
Many opted to bake and
decorate cakes and the
results blew us all away!
Year 12 History being introduced to the concept
of hanging out the washing. Or in our case,putting
the events leading to the Great War into
chronological order onto the washing line!
Year 7 History demonstrating how William
the Conqueror could keep control of England.
We all know what happened in 1066!
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Prize winning work!
Vision
Worms can see more colours than us,
And I know it doesn’t seem like something to make a fuss,
But just imagine all those colours they see,
We could not even imagine what those colours could be.
Worms can see more colours than us,
A small creature that most people step on.
Our big, boisterous feet taking the life of a small innocent creature,
And we don’t even think about it.
Worms can see more colours than us
They see a world that we can’t imagine!
A world of colours we could not fathom.
There are things happening that go unnoticed,
Many things that humans have missed,
Small things in nature for example.
Just think of the power a whole species has
And maybe even more species have this,
So even to humans there are things that we can miss,
So, to quote Dr Suess ‘Even if you can’t see them at all, a person is
a person no matter how small.’
Other creative learners around
the school
Sixth Form return to individual learning in the
ILC in their bubble
Oxbridge Year 13 medics devised their own
experiments
Congratulations to the National Poetry Day competition winner Elsa L in Year 10
Constructing a Roman villa, labelling in Latin
and eating afterwards!
A proud Year 8 pupil completes his summer computing
project, developing complicated coding skills
Royal College of Art competition winner Molly F in Year 13 whose piece is based on ‘Reflections’.
Sixth Formers preparing their performance module
in BTEC Music
Showing creativity is possible in Computing as
pupils prepare a buggy for a moonwalk in coding
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FEATURES
Inside the Library
Sport
SPORTS
Ms McQueen, our Learning Resources Assistant is certainly queen of creative! There is always something
interesting going on in the library.
Pupils can be found playing chess at break
times.
The Kew House Senior rowers, standing proudly and resplendent in the first ever delivery of KHSBC rowing
club blazers. Beautifully designed and manufactured by Collier & Robinson in Henley on Thames, these
students are the first cohort to receive their prestigious club blazers which they will of course wear with pride.
#KewtheRowing
Pupils enjoyed the transformation of the Library over Halloween!
Keep updated on Twitter
@KewHouseLibrary
In Netball, senior girls are constantly practicing ready to play against other schools in the
near future.
A fantastic football final which finished 2-2 which
proceeded to penalties, with ‘Palermo’ team coming
out on top.
Pupils in football club play on professional pitches
where they practice and improve their skills, so that they
are ready for competitive games!
Cyclists (both pupils and staff) prepare to
depart from Kew to tackle the hills on the
way to Brighton
Prior to each term pupils can choose what sport they
would prefer to participate in given the options relating
to the time of the year. Tennis is a popular option!
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