School Productions are back!

The KSHS school hall was a jamboree of colour, sound and imagination on Tuesday and Wednesday night this week. Playing to over 300 guests ‘Alice in Wonderland’, our first whole school production for 3 years, entertained the audience as over 100 students in Years 7-12 came together to celebrate a brilliant collaboration.

With different students playing some of the lead roles on each night over 100 students had a chance to tread the boards or help out backstage. Highlights of course included the Mad Hatter's Tea Party with brilliant performances from Alice and Lola on Tuesday and Erin and Penny on Wednesday. Nancy was a suitably domineering Queen and Lilly Rose stole the show as the hedgehog croquet ball! What was most heart-warming was to see students in different year groups working together towards a common goal in a way that has been so difficult to achieve over past months. My thanks go to Mrs Thomas Subject Leader of Drama and her dedicated team of staff supporters.

Student Surveys

This week we have been surveying students as we are very keen to seek their views on how we move forward with our wellbeing agenda. We have certainly seen lots of change since the last survey in October 2021.  Thanks to all students who had the opportunity to complete the survey during form time, we are genuinely looking forward to hearing their views.

What Parents Need to Know About Online Grooming

Please have a read of the online safety guide on online grooming. Online Grooming is when someone befriends and builds an emotional relationship with a child and communicates with them through the internet with the intent to commit a sexual offence. This type of victimisation can take place across any platform, from social media and messaging apps to online gaming and live-streaming. Often it involves young people being tricked, forced or pressured into doing something they wouldn’t normally do and often the groomer’s goal is to meet the victim in a controlled setting to sexually or physically abuse them. In the guide below, you will find tips on a number of potential risks such as strangers online, closed messaging and emotional attachments. This is part of our Online Relationships work with partners and parents/carers.

Look Closer

Get to know the signs of child exploitation and how to report it through the #LookCloser campaign with the British Transport Police and National County Lines Coordination Centre. For more information follow this link to their campaign:

#LookCloser To Spot Exploitation | The Children's Society (childrenssociety.org.uk)

Primary Schools Dance Festival – Friday 11 March 2022

Sports leaders from Years 9, 10 and 11 ran a very successful primary schools Dance festival here at the High School throughout the afternoon.

Primary teachers and outreach staff were very complimentary regarding the confidence and nature of the leaders’ delivery to their students. They were inspiring, were fantastic communicators and made the afternoon thoroughly enjoyable for all.