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A culture of respect & inclusivity.
A sense of purpose and possibility.
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Empanada, it even sounds tasty.

Thirty Year 8 Spanish students designed Latin American food posters this term. Each teacher picked a winning group.

The winners got lunch at Chacarero on Lordship Lane. Argentine empanadas, two flavours each.

Chimichicken. Flank steak. Spinach. A breakfast version with egg and ham.

Qué rico.

What tasty words do you know in other languages?

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Where does our food come from?

That's the question this bake actually asks.

For World Fair Trade Day on 9 May, Beth in Year 7 baked a Fairtrade cake and entered it into our House Cooking Challenge. Then she shared the recipe so other students can repeat it.

Fairtrade ingredients pay producers a guaranteed minimum price, return a community premium to their cooperatives, and give them more say in how the money is spent. The cheaper alternative is cheaper because the cost lands somewhere further up the chain. Usually on the producer.

We'd rather Year 7s know that before they pick up a measuring spoon.

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A good learning ecosystem changes up the classroom.

On 7 May, 27 Year 7 French students took their class at the BFI.

Morning: three French short-films with language exercises drawn from each.

Afternoon: Le Petit Nicolas: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?, a 2022 animation tracing how writer René Goscinny and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé built the character together.

Two hours of native-speaker French does what a textbook can't. Rhythm, prosody, idiom, slang, humour timed correctly. Vocabulary lands attached to images and emotion.

What's your favourite non-English language film? 📽️

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The @Caecilius_CLC Ovid Competition turns 10 this year.
Brief: listen to an Ovid myth, produce an original response in an art form. Open to Year 7 students at schools that teach Latin. KFS submitted 4 entries.
1 won its category. 2 came second.

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Isabelle Prempeh has been training with the @twiindance Company for six years.

In July, Isabelle, a Year 7 student at Kingsdale, will compete in the Junior Hip Hop Division at the @worldofdance Summit in Los Angeles.

She is joined by three other KFS students: Rahniyah Cato (Year 9), Phoebe Charalambous (Year 8), and Lillian Johns Whiddett (Year 8).

The team will face competitors from 25 countries.

Isabelle has battled illness all her life, spending long periods of time in hospital before starting at Kingsdale and in recognition of her amazing resilience The Voice, the national newspaper, is following her and the team on their journey to LA.

We wish all four students the very best of luck.

Support Isabelle and the team here: https://t.co/rSrRFrVtBY

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25 Year 12s in Oxford and Cambridge this month. Lab practicals in biochemistry and materials science. Personal statement guidance. And former KFS students Ben and Rosa, there to answer the question every applicant asks: do people like me study here?

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On Saturday morning, the Barry Graham Big Band left Kingsdale at 5:30 AM.

They performed at the @NCBF_festival National Showcase for the third consecutive year.

🏆 Platinum Award

🎺 @ABRSM Award for best section - trumpet.

🥇 Studio Music Award for best programme.

They were home by evening.

Third Platinum in three years.

Let's congratulate them on their incredible achievement.

@rncmlive

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Milton Keynes. Thursday 23rd April. 6:00 AM departure.

Five Kingsdale dance teams entered the @UDOStreetDance Secondary School Regional Finals. All five placed in the top three.

🥇Year 7 Street: 1st.
🥇Year 8 Contemporary: 1st.
🥇Year 10: 1st.
🥈 Year 8 Street: 2nd.
🥉 Year 7 Contemporary: 3rd.

Eight soloists competed in the Freestyle Solo. Three placed first. Two placed third.

All five teams have now qualified for the Regional Finals in July 2026.

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7-0. South London Cup. Retained. 🏆

Year 9 Girls' beat Graveney School in the cup final. Ruby Trim scored from 30 yards. Inner London Cup semi-final next!

Wish them luck

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The Annual Kingsdale Art Exhibition. Once a year, the work that fills our corridors finds a room of its own. Student work from every year group, live music, drinks. Follow @kingsdaleart on Instagram.

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JNR NBA season opener. Away to Harris Crystal Palace, the unbeaten leaders. Kingsdale lost 51-44. Seven points, on the road, in game one. If you work in basketball development, DM us.

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Rosslyn Park 7s. Year 8 competed in every game at one of the most competitive school rugby tournaments in the world. A tough day on the scoreboard. If you coach or work in rugby development, DM us.

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Eastbourne seafront. Year 10 examined coastal defences in action and interviewed local residents on their effectiveness. Observation, questioning, recording. Primary data from a managed coastline. If you work in coastal engineering or environmental planning, DM us.

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The Kingsdale Art Department has always been a major part of what steers the culture in our school.

When you walk the halls of Kingsdale you can see the curated output of this hub of creativity all over the school - and when you find yourself in the Art department it becomes clear how it is all possible.

The atmosphere is palpable; students bloom in a place they feel safe to explore and to fail and out of that something meaningful often arises.

It takes years to develop this culture and climate, it doesn't happen overnight.

Leadership
Team work
Shared vision

Follow on Instagram @kingsdaleart

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@RPNS7s. 43-14 down to the group winners, the only team to score against them. Led Malvern 24-21 with seconds left, lost 28-24. Beat Mount Kelly 29-12 in the final game. Jaiden Afranie-Wilson: 7 tries.

If you work in rugby development, DM us for career talks.

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5 kilometres. 200 lengths. 2 hours 15 minutes. Sophie-May Rowe and Valerie Wang, Year 7 sports scholars, completed the 40th anniversary Swimathon on Saturday. They raised £650 for @CR_UK and @mariecurieuk .
If you work in endurance sport, DM us to arrange a career talk

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ExCeL London. 20th March.

Years 7–9 at Move It, the UK's largest dance event. Live performances, training routes, dance schools. @Abby_Lee_Miller was there.

If you work in professional dance and want to speak to our students, DM us.

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Language study provides the primary tools to navigate a globalised world.

At @TrinityHallCamb , Cambridge, our students deconstructed the theme of 'Borders and Boundaries' through AI workshops and undergraduate research panels.

They analysed the friction between linguistic theory and the reality of artificial intelligence with Marcus Tomalin. A careers panel mapped the professional trajectory for language specialists in the modern market.

Linguistic competence is a high-velocity asset in the global economy.

Linguists and International Relations Specialists. Please DM us to arrange a career talk.