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28/03/24

Well done everyone 💪

27/03/24

A huge congratulations to all of our students that took part in the bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition. In spite of the inclement weather, their perseverance throughout the expedition was truly inspiring.  pic.twitter.com/ffHkwcgNLj

27/03/24

Mr Manners kicks off this term’s Rewards and Celebrations Evening, along with our four Head Students! pic.twitter.com/wQHPnvfjkH

27/03/24

Our Year 8s have been completing a project called My Croydon, exploring the history and amazing architecture in Croydon. They also looked at the work of local signwriter, Lionel Stanhope. See pictures below, completed for Homework. Well done Year 8! pic.twitter.com/3NI2I9UrcD

25/03/24

Year 7 have been making their own imagined Dragon eye out of air drying clay. They have used their colour blending skills to add paint to show the scales pic.twitter.com/s7Sp4KHLpk

22/03/24

We are thrilled to have Mr Nunes, Captain of the London U18 Volleyball Team, with working with us moving forward, as our Associate Sports Coach across all key stages. Fantastic opportunity for our students! pic.twitter.com/ACWfaaONNx

22/03/24

We are thrilled to have Levi, Captain of the London Volleyball Team, with working with us moving forward and our Year 10 and 11 students. Fantastic opportunity for our students! pic.twitter.com/FqAMe7g0nA

22/03/24

Each week we have reading buddies from come to read with our Year 2s. This is part of our primary/secondary links and the children love meeting the older Harris children! pic.twitter.com/MQDDOPoEbw

18/03/24

The Great Big Footy & Booky Quiz. Our students did really well on the quiz, with 5 students who got 9 out of 10 questions right! We also held a 'Book Tasting', with different extracts from various books. Students really enjoyed this and championed their favourite book choices. pic.twitter.com/cFhxsHrjsG

15/03/24

This week we also celebrated 🧪Activities spanned across lessons, lunchtimes, and after school! We had demos, fun experiments, and a quiz for all students to take part in!Thank you to Ms Salmon and the whole science team for such a fun filled week! pic.twitter.com/2byOxERD3G

15/03/24

Fantastic recital this afternoon! With our first place winner reciting a whopping 263 digits of Pi!!!Fantastic effort by all of our participants and Happy Pi Day once again! Thank you to Ms Lee and her Maths team for organising pic.twitter.com/KVT1RsctXM

14/03/24

Happy Pi Day! It’s been fantastic wishing all of our students happy Pi day today! Here’s some of teachers in their Pi tees! Tomorrow, is our annual Pi Recital comp and we can’t wait! Last year’s winner, a former Y11 recited 177 digits of Pi!!! pic.twitter.com/53pK63TXoN

14/03/24

Historian Isaac Crichlow visited our Year 8s and Year 10s today to discuss his research on African and Caribbean cultures during and after transatlantic enslavement. They asked some great questions. Thanks Isaac for your time and energy.Truly inspirational! pic.twitter.com/62yHFTTAK9

13/03/24

🎶 We’re so lucky to have not one but TWO MiSST Together days happening today in different parts of the UK. 🙌 Students from a total of 6 of our partner schools are making music together in Oldham and Peckham! We can’t wait to hear them play! 🎺🎻#MusicEducation… pic.twitter.com/s4ULZIZO0x

13/03/24

Do you live in Croydon but attend a school outside of Croydon? You can request a voucher from the council through the voucher request form ~ https://t.co/LuKR0LwNY7 |

11/03/24

Last week our Student Voice baked and decorated an amazing rainbow cake to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month. Delicious! pic.twitter.com/W0by5ZIX03

07/03/24

Happy World Book Day from us to you! We hope you had a fantastic day celebrating reading and we look forward to next year! pic.twitter.com/7IRI0nczrH

07/03/24

The start of World Book Day today! Students were greeted by staff dressed in an array of character costumes! Here some of the Senior Team this morning! pic.twitter.com/XdghTQFVxm

04/03/24

Today is the final day of the tailored talks on Stop & Search for all students. have been fantastic in sharing with students on the rules and their rights of Stop & Search. Our final session was for Year 7 this morning. Thank you to the Mentivity team pic.twitter.com/4gDj9S9LIW

02/03/24

Thanks all! A great game and a great way to end the week! https://t.co/vEOYWZVdXY

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Posted on July 20th 2019

Year 7 'Go Ape' in Battersea Park

By Grace Zhang and Priya Thakor, Year 7.

This summer, Year 7 went on an amazing trip to ‘Go Ape’, an outdoor adventure centre in Battersea Park that includes tree climbing, team building and zip wires!

The trip was a way of having more opportunities to work together with our friends as well as a celebratory reward for our achievements in our first year of secondary school.

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Students from X1, X3, Y1 and Y3 went on Monday whilst the rest went out on a Friday. This was done deliberately to help us meet new people that were outside of our normal classes.

This trip was organised by Ms. Davis, an English teacher who is also in charge of making sure that children who arrive in Year 6 feel welcome in our school. She and the other teachers did an amazing job organising this trip and making everyone smile – it certainly made our day!

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When we got to the park we completed “gorilla games” and a “tree top adventure course”. Gorilla games were team building exercises on the ground where students use creative thinking to overcome challenges with their teammates. It is also used to help our communication skills and to help us think outside of the box.

The tree top adventure was an outdoor experience in the trees that tests your limits at dizzying heights. Make sure you tread carefully along the wobbly bridges! This not only tests our physical strength but our mental strength too as we whiz through on ziplines from different heights.

Janelle, a student from year 7 gave us some views on the trip. “I really enjoyed the Gorilla games since we got to socialise with people we wouldn’t usually talk to. But the main problem that I found was the trip was too short!”

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