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Kingsford Community School provides a distinctive and inspiring learning environment in which all students receive the challenge and attention they need to become successful and confident learners. The schools has a culture of high expectations, good discipline and mutual respect. Kingsford is a mixed comprehensive, community school for students between the ages of 11 to 16 years situated in the business and economic region of Docklands in the east of London. Kingsford is a multilingual community where more than half of the students speak English as an additional language. The school has placed extremely high expectations on all staff to deliver high quality teaching and learning within the inner city to support students with EAL and SEN needs and to stretch students academically.

At the heart of the school’s ethos, is the conviction that schools should be flexible, modern, innovative and exciting places where the learner and a learning culture are at the centre. Amongst many other innovations at Kingsford the teaching of Mandarin Chinese is the most significant. Every student at the school studies Mandarin as a compulsory part of their studies, and Chinese culture, history and society are also on the curriculum. The school is recognised as a centre of excellence for the teaching of Mandarin and became the UK’s first Confucius Classroom for London and the South east in July 2007. The school also has a unique link with the independent sector which allows gifted students to receive free boarding places at Brighton College to undertake their post 16 studies. This initiative is sponsored by HSBC.

Your river

For centuries, London's waterways have been fascinating places of historic, social and environmental significance.

Here are some amazing facts we bet you didn't know...

Wildlife
Seen swans on the river? It is believed that Richard the Lionheart first introduced the swans to the Thames from Cyprus in the 12th century.
The Thames is home to important wildlife habitats, supporting 119 different species of fish and with 146 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Drinking Water
Thames water is, believe it or not, drinkable. If you scooped a glass out of the river and left the silt to settle overnight, the water would be clean enough to drink! We don't recommend you try it though…
A drop of rain falling into the Thames at its source in the Cotswolds will have been drunk by 8 people before it reaches the sea.
Geography
The river Thames begins life as a trickle in a Gloucestershire meadow and flows for over 217km (135 miles) though the Cotswolds, Oxford, Henley and Windsor before it reaches London. See Visit Thames for information on the Thames outside London.
There are 37 major crossings over the Thames, including 33 bridges and 4 tunnels (not including Tube tunnels).
The Thames Path follows the river for 296km (184 miles) from its source, making it the longest riverside walk in Europe.
Half a million years ago before the North Sea existed, the Thames flowed from Wales to Clacton and onward to become a tributary of the Rhine!
London has an extensive canal network that includes the Grand Union Canal and Regent's Canal, totalling 129km (80 miles).
The river Thames is the longest river in England.
There is a 8m (26ft) change in the water level of the river Thames. The highest and lowest tidal changes occur in spring.
Bonus Facts
There are currently four World Heritage Sites in the city of London: the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), the Tower of London, Maritime Greenwich and Kew Gardens - and they're all along the river.
The Romans knew the Thames as Tamesis. The name may have originally come from the Latin for "wide water" or the Sanskrit word meaning "dark water".
The river used to be incredibly dirty because it was where all waste from London ended up. In 1858 the stench became so bad it was known as "The Great Stink"!
It takes 61 seconds to open Tower Bridge, which opens about 1,000 times a year.

Art workshop

For centuries people have painted many objects to decorate their homes with. The designs were simply crafted in different ways such as painted or embroidered.

All different areas of the world started to create their own style such as the beuernnmalerei style of Bavaria, hinderloopen of the Netherlands, the beautiful Russian folk art of the Ukraine and our own narrow boat painting.

While people travelled they brought along their own style with them and it was then copied or changed to their personal style.


Embroidery

Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle. Embroidery may also use other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins.

Embroidery can be used to decorate various things such as cushions, scarves, shoes and clothes. Most clothing Items can be embroided with logos, sequins and even pearls.

There are many types of embroidery they are often named after the stitch that was used, such as cross-stitch. Others were named after the place they were first introduced, such as Berlin Wool Work or Mountmellick embroidery. What can make finding a "type" of embroidery confusing is that many times there are more than one name for a particular kind of embroidery. For example, pulled thread, drawn thread and Hardanger are often classified as the
Same embroidery style.
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By Sharamaine

Kingsford Community School would like to Thank in advance;



Sabiena Aboorvasooriya
Geraldine Agyeman
Austina Balaikaite
Kornelija Mendelyte
Sharmin Noorie
Arafa Swaleh
Natalie Wong
Ruksana Amin
Kawser Huzaifa
Jubayer Ahmed
Kristina Navickaite
Ayrat Awoyemi
Lake Barrett
Sara Assumani
Fahmida Begum
Marcjan Palad
Beau Quashie
Liveta Mankauskaite
Milda Jogminaite
Farah Salem

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