In the News

CHRIS GRAYLING MP VISIT
January 2012

KHS welcomed the Conservative MP for Epsom and Ewell, Chris Grayling, this month. He came to talk to the pupils about politics on Friday 13th January 2012. Mr Grayling, who is also the Minister for Work and pensions, toured the School and talked about education and employment.

Headmaster, Peter Brooks, said: "It was a very interesting visit and it was a privilege to have such an important visitor to show off our school."

YEAR 3 VICTORIAN DAY
January 2012

Pupils in Year 3 spent the day going back in time recently for Victorian Day at Holly Lodge Richmond Park. The children dressed up and took part in lessons. Below is an extract from the journal of Lucas Patel:

Lesson 1 - Reading. Sounds easy but this is old reading that means old words.

Lesson 2 - Writing. This is harder than you think. You can only write with your right hand so look out left handers.

Lesson 3 - Arithmetic. This is sums and the sums we did were money sums.

Treat - 5 stones. The aim of the game is to balance blocks on the other side of your hand.

PUPILS ENJOY THE THRILLS OF LIVE RADIO November 2011 KHS became a professional radio station for the day as pupils experienced the highs and lows of producing three live shows. The children were give time to write scripts and rehearse before going live with news bulletins, radio plays, adverts, sport and weather forecasts. Nearly 150 pupils took part in Radio Day on Wednesday 12th October 2011 with three groups - Years 6 and 8, Years 5 and 7 as well as Years 3 and 4. The young broadcasters were under the tutelage of broadcasting expert, Russell Prue, who runs live radio workshops for schools across the country. Staff were able to listen live on the internet with the podcasts also available for download afterwards. Headmaster, Peter Brooks, said: "It was a fascinating day as the children came across a variety of porblems to overcome as live radio can be very daunting. They had to learn lots of techniques and see for themselves just how much work goes into producing live radio segments."

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