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Science Trip to Belgium 2024

Two weeks ago a lucky group of year 11 students went on a trip to Belgium to the European Space Centre with Mr Ackbersingh, our Science technician. The trip was a huge success and every student that attended had an amazing time. 

The students were on a jammed pack trip to explore the many differing areas of science. On the trip the students got to experience a wide range of activities such as: a planetarium session, tours of caves and mediaeval castles, and the finale of the History of Science Lecture Series which the students have been attending for the last year!

What an amazing way to end the year for these students!

Activities Week 2024

We’ve had an incredibly busy week at Duke’s this week. Our Activities Week has seen students engaging in a huge variety of activities, trips, workshops and our very first Culture Day!

 

We’ve had trips out to Horizon 22, the Science Museum, the Bank of England, Harry Potter Studios, Microsoft, Cineworld, London Zoo and a walking tour of London (to name but a few).  

 

Students have also been engaging in lots of fun and exciting activities in school with Dance workshops, website building, clay modelling, willow artwork, maths challenges, charity drives, protest writing workshops and escape rooms all happening on site.

 

The week ended with our first ever ‘Culture Day’ – which was a chance for our students to celebrate culture and diversity – it was amazing to see such wonderfully vibrant clothes and costumes around the school. Our students have been wanting a day to celebrate culture for some time and this was a real chance for us to celebrate together as a community.

 

Duke’s Election 

In line with the General Election this week our students took to the polls for their own exercise in democracy. We held a student election at Duke’s ably organised by Ms Tuptuk and the humanities department.

 

Students submitted manifestos and campaigned amongst the student body with five candidates standing on their own policies in our mock election. 

 

On Thursday 4th July – the same day as the UK General Election our students were able to cast their votes at the ballot boxes in the Purple Diner and gain a real insight into the process of democracy – a real world example of British Values at work!

Year 8 Athletic Success

This week Cavalli in year 8 competed at the Middlesex Athletics Championships representing Haringey in the 200m and finished in an impressive 3rd place. He was competing against some of the strongest athletes in London so we’re very proud of his achievement. Well done Cavalli!

 

Museum of London Project 

This week our group of year 8 students involved in the Museum of London project, ‘My London Story’ had the next workshop as part of the project. The exciting multi year project aims to capture the voice of young people in London for the future – we’re very pleased that some of our students are able to take part in the project. 

 

Year 11 Leavers Prom 2024

On Friday 21st June our year 11 students said a final goodbye to Duke’s with their leavers assembly and prom. This year the prom was held onsite and all students arrived looking spick and span and danced the night away to our own resident DJ – Joel in year 11! A fantastic time was had by all and we wish all year 11 students the best of luck for their exam results and future endeavours. 

 

A huge shout out to the facilitates, catering and staff teams who attended the prom to ensure our students had a night to remember – a real team effort. Well done all!