News
Year 1 explore the playground’s plants
Year 1 explored some of the plants on our school grounds yesterday, identifying the wild plants and garden plants. They then chose their favourites and completed some observational drawings of two of their chosen plants. There was a lot of discussion between classmates on what they saw. Great work Year 1!
Kensington Wade is featured on ‘Which School Advisor’
We’re delighted to be included in ‘Which School Advisor’s’ piece on ‘Chinese: A growing rival to French in UK Schools?’ The article examines how and why students are increasingly looking to master Mandarin Chinese in classrooms across the UK today. To read the piece, please read here
Kensington Wade appoints Mr Huw May as Head
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Huw May as the new Head of Kensington Wade from September 2023. Mr May is a highly respected leader in the preparatory school sector and joins Kensington Wade from Eaton House Belgravia where he is Head of School. He has been a Head within the Eaton…
Holiday Camp Fun!
The children at our half term holiday camp are having lots of fun this week! Yesterday, after learning a poem about the wind, they made kites which they flew and had a paper boat race to test the strength of the wind. They have also done water calligraphy and traditional Chinese games such as rubber…
Chinese Bridge Competition Finals
We have just found out that all pupils who entered this year’s Chinese Bridge speaking competition made it to the final! The competition organisers received an unprecedented 90 entries from 34 schools across the country with more than 400 pupils taking part. Congratulations to the pupils and teachers involved and good luck for the final…
Our VR Headsets have arrived!
Year 4 have had an exciting afternoon using our brand new VR headsets. They were fascinated to look at sites in China including the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. The VR headsets are the first purchase for our new STEAM room which will be built over the summer.
Year 3 make mummified tomatoes
To support their studies on Ancient Egypt, Year 3 have been mummifying tomatoes. Firstly, the children scooped out the inside of the tomato (as Egyptians once did when they mummified people!) Then they applied hand sanitiser to the tomato to kill the bacteria before weighing the tomato and salting it. And voila! After 2 weeks…
Staff Spotlight: Mary-Anne Malloy
Our latest ‘Staff Spotlight’ features Mary-Ann Malloy, Deputy Head and Year 4 teacher at Kensington Wade. We asked Mary-Anne ‘What would pupils be surprised to find out about you?’ ‘I grew up in both pre- and post-apartheid South Africa. I went to school in a small town just outside Durban. Whilst at university I was…
Dinosaur World!
As part of their project on dinosaurs, nursery created a brilliant Dinosaur World yesterday using jelly, sand, soil, ice… and lots of dinosaurs.
ISA Digital Art Competition Success!
Congratulations to Kaia in Year 2 who has been awarded Highly Commended in the Key Stage 1 ISA Digital Art Competition. Kaia created this piece in her own time using the skills learnt in class and also by discovering some of her own creative flair! She used the Seesaw app to create the image and…
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