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05/12/23

A huge well done to everyone who took place in the MiSST 'Play Day'!Students played a wide range of repertoire and a very short period of time culminating in an excellent performance at the end of the day.  pic.twitter.com/CLzhmJ6Rj1

05/12/23

Our second day working, alongside , with Harris Academy schools in London. Today we’re based and our day began with DPhil student Emma Slater looking at literary theory. pic.twitter.com/57ukbV2AbE

05/12/23

Thanks to today’s participating schools: Your students are so engaged and articulate! 🥰

27/11/23

Great to see our Sixth Formers leading the Peer Mentoring programme in the academy. A great way for some of our younger students to build confidence, optimism, and resilience! pic.twitter.com/bqBa1N42hg

24/11/23

We are marking from the moment students arrive today. Here's Mr James and some of our Year 7 volunteers distributing white ribbons and collecting student pledges, as they enter the building. "I promise to never use, excuse..." pic.twitter.com/RzrqU5HyJK

24/11/23

White Ribbon Day at Invictus pic.twitter.com/Z82mp2nnXD

22/11/23

Thank you to the team for the super organised and informative Year 11 Independent Learning Day today! Our Harris Experience Year 11 students loved it, especially the debates and philosophy sessions! pic.twitter.com/ZHq2dRAQpE

20/11/23

Today, our Safer Schools Officers have come in to talk to each year group about Harassment & Inappropriate BehaviourOverseen by Mr James, our Designated Safeguarding Lead, we share the importance of these themes within the Academy & our wider context. pic.twitter.com/9M2iVHZzRd

18/11/23

Yes Tops! Thanks for having him - Best of luck for the season! 💛#SuttonUnited | 🟡🟤 https://t.co/XlwEPOXrBS

17/11/23

A pleasure to host the brilliant Tope Fadahunsi from yesterday!He supported our fantastic Y7 Football team in their first game of the season & talked to the students about what it takes to be a pro footballer. Thank you to Mr Xavier for organising! pic.twitter.com/Q9NOebu5p8

16/11/23

Students came down from as far as Newham to meet the staff and ambassadors.They spoke to Pharmacists, Nurses, Non-Clinical staff, healthcare assistants, and more on the different careers in the NHS. Fabulous crowd of students and families! pic.twitter.com/9EVuem4MAX

16/11/23

Tonight we’re the hosts of a Croydon and Sutton wide event with NHS Careers with a wide range of volunteers in healthcare. What a huge turnout this evening! pic.twitter.com/F6KTvnDdGl

16/11/23

We are celebrating Diwali this week, so It’s Curry Day today! A tasty array of Curries and delicious sundries keeping the students happy and fed throughout the day! Thank you to the and the whole team! to all our celebrating families ! pic.twitter.com/8O1YJrsiRT

13/11/23

Well done to all the schools taking part in our KS4Boys Badminton today.🏸 Congratulations to the winners! 👏👏👏🥇A big thank you to the teachers umpiring the matches. 🙏🏸 pic.twitter.com/XcRQrxfLbU

10/11/23

Well done 🎉🔥⚽️ https://t.co/mF81BizuBY

10/11/23

Here’s a fantastic video of our wonderful science technician, Mr Flemetakis, eagerly prepping for sixth form open evening last night! Superb physics, Mr F! pic.twitter.com/ta23yXMzPS

10/11/23

Today we had the DISCOVER Team from come in to deliver their assembly to 6F on Wellbeing.With discussions on managing stress, workload, and emotional resilience. We’re looking forward to having them back in for their workshop! Thank you Emilie & Ajua! pic.twitter.com/mx57sUd3S9

09/11/23

Our students displayed not only their football skills but our fantastic new 4G pitch for visitors tonight! pic.twitter.com/ZlnuOISf63

09/11/23

Ms Bent, our Associate Vice Principal, and Faculty Coordinators Ms Brown & Mr Barker, talked to prospective students and parents about the vast no. of opportunities offered at our Sixth Form. pic.twitter.com/aLG7lWWy1N

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Literacy

Sir Kevan Collins, former chief executive of the EEF, explains:

‘Literacy is fundamental for success in school and beyond. Young people who leave school without good literacy skills are held back at every stage of their lives.’


At Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (HIAC), we acknowledge that in today’s diverse and global world, to read, write, think and communicate like a scientist, historian, writer, musician, artist or mathematician are important considerations for secondary teachers and their students. Coupled with this, is the broader literacy curriculum considerations, that is, literacy also encompasses the cultural references students need to read widely, identifying and considering the perspectives, privilege, message and source of the texts they consume to meet the demands of challenging exam texts and beyond. Ultimately, we recognise that literacy is a broad term for the multiple skills and knowledge which pupils need to be fluent readers, writers and speakers.

Consequently, we also recognise that being literate requires students to become a variety of readers, writers and performers (Gee, 200). With this in mind, we put the student at the heart of everything we do, surrounded by experts and key services. (Fig. 1).  The Education Endowment Foundation’s first pillar, Disciplinary Literacy, is the bedrock for curriculum and instruction at the academy. ‘Teachers must therefore apprentice students through scaffolded instruction and guided practice helping students to develop the capacity to read disciplinary specific texts through an insider perspective (Beuhl, 2011). As an academy we provide academy wide literacy training complemented with subject area training to design curriculum and lessons which teach the necessary literacy skills to succeed in each discipline. We firmly believe that literacy is not a stand-alone issue: it is a multi-faceted issue with many challenges; it takes excellent curriculum design; excellent teaching and learning; targeted intervention and cross-curricular effort to ensure our pupils have the tools to succeed.

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HIAC’s literacy policy has been informed by recent research led by The Education Endowment Foundation’s ‘Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools’, research endorsed by The National Literacy Trust. It is also informed by the work of Alex Quigley’s The Vocabulary Gap, Doug Lemov’s Reading Reconsidered and Daniel Willingham’s The Reading Mind.

Our literacy priorities for this academic year:

  1. Applying Disciplinary Literacy
  2. Specific Literacy Training for Staff
  3. Management and use of data
  4. Use of the Library

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