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Sat 22 & Sun 23 Feb 2025
Read MoreMythology Competition for Years 7, 8 and 9
Students are invited to submit a piece of Creative Writing, Art or an Animation in response to all or a part of the myth of Romulus and Remus.
We would suggest students familiarise themselves with the myth through any anthology, and perhaps also listen to the myth being read. Students might be interested in reading the winning story of the CA Creative Writing Competition by Allan Gaw (2022), which was inspired by the Wooden Horse and was narrated by the author Lindsey Davis on the Classical Association podcast.
Please read the General Guidelines below and the further information about each type of submission. Submissions should be made to tildesley20@gmail.com by Friday 9th May 2025. There are book token prizes to be won!
For guidelines and more information, please visit: Mythology Competition - The Classical Association
Read MoreBritish Science Week - Women in Chemisty
British Science Week Event 2022 - Tuesday 15th March, 4:00pm
Read MoreStepping Up Your Study Skills
Have GCSE exams got you feeling overwhelmed, worried or stressed? Look no further than Stepping Up Your Study Skills - an online 6 week course designed to help with revision techniques and much more!
Read MoreMaths Short Story Competition
The Young Mathematical Story Authors (YMSA) competition is the world's first annual international competition set up to encourage young mathematics learners (4-16 years old) from around the world to creatively embed their mathematics learning in a meaningful and engaging context through creating their own mathematical story picture books.
This competition is organised by MathsThroughStories.org, and it has been running every year since 2019. Since then, the competition has received entries from around 4,000 students across over 260 schools in 23 countries.
The competition's social media hashtag is #YMSAMaths.Entries to this competition are due by Fri 21st March 2025 : https://www.mathsthroughstories.org/competitions.html
Last year’s winners for our age group & runners up can be viewed here: https://www.mathsthroughstories.org/the-cindyneuschwander-award-2024.html
Read MoreKAAEP TALK: Going viral - the human defence against viral invaders
This is one of our series of KAAEP Evening talks which are FREE to our students and staff, and are designed to broaden our students' horizons and raise aspirations.
Read MoreKAAEP Newsletter for Christmas and Term 3
The Academic Enrichment Newsletter lists some of the many opportunities for enrichment in our area, as well as websites to explore, recorded talks, recommended podcasts, competitions, and more.
Read MoreTRINITY TALKS
Trinity Talks offer a public platform for Trinity fellows and the broader academic community to share their latest research and thinking. Wide ranging in subject, from Brexit to poetry, and from international criminal justice to the visual arts, these highly informative and engaging talks are a chance to hear some of the leaders in their fields.
Trinity College is pleased to announce the launch of the third season of Events at the College – featuring a fantastic line-up of fascinating Trinity Talks on topical subjects of interest to students and the general public. The programme is open for everyone to attend – no specialist knowledge required.
Read MoreKAAEP Newsletter t2 2024-25
The King Alfred's Academy Academic Enrichment Newsletter for Term 2 has just been released!
Read MoreGlow Your Own
Glow Your Own – Six online workshops, weekly from Wednesday 9 October Glow Your Own is a six-week online creative coding workshop which takes place October-November in partnership with our local festival, IF Oxford.
Read MoreRoutes into stem face-to-face, for Years 9 and 10
ETrust are excited to let you know that they are now accepting applications for their Oxford Face to Face Routes into STEM course experience that will take place locally for our students over the upcoming half term – 29 - 31 October.
Read MoreCreature fest - 11th October!
For all who are fascinated by mythological creatures as well as Dinosaurs, there is a Creature Festival at Cheney School on Friday 11th October, after school, and it is FREE. But you do need to book in advance.