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Jack Petchey Speak out Challenge

On Tuesday 5th February Roj in year 10 competed in the borough wide finals of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge. Roj took to the stage alongside a number of other students from Haringey schools to perform his speech. Roj spoke with clarity and enthusiasm and really represented Duke’s well. We’re all massively proud of him for braving the stage and showing real grit and determination. Well done also to Mr Avevor and the English team for their running of the Speak Out Challenge! 

 

Hardwick Hall History Trip

This week our year 11 History students got to visit the fantastic Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. The visit was a rousing success with students able to see Elizabethan England brought to life in the surroundings of one of the country’s finest prodigy houses. Well done to Mr Broadbent and the History team for organising such a great trip. 

 

Sporting Success

It’s been a busy week for the PE team. Duke’s hosted two of the borough finals for Badminton as well as beating Alexandra Park school 2-1 at football. This is a great success and paves the way for more in the coming weeks! Will be good to see a Duke’s team in the final.. Fingers crossed. Well done to Mr Green and the whole PE team for their work this week. 

Indoor Athletics

A huge well done to the year 8 athletics team and the PE department. On Thursday 16th January the PE department took 13 members of Year 8 to St Thomas More School for the annual Haringey Indoor Athletics Championships. Although they did not manage to come away with a podium finish against the other 9 schools they did show a lot of resilience, fight and competitive spirit and there were some outstanding performers.

Kimorae drove the girls team to participate and acted as assistant to Mr Green. She was also the standout performer in the girls relay.

Khyroe managed 3rd position in his 4 lap race and Clara who was the standout individual performer from the girls overall.

The team in full was: Khyroe, Javier, Guneyt, Judel, Nizae, Michael, Jordi, Kimorae, Chrisstanel, Makayla, Ava, Clara, Shamoya.

Well done to everyone involved. Next week it is the turn of our Year 7s!

Celebration of achievements – Jack Petchey 

We’ve been delighted to celebrate student success recently with our first round of Jack Petchey awards for the academic year 2024-25. Eray and Patricia in year 9 as well as Romina in year 11 were the well deserving recipients of the award this term.

Patirica was nominated for her fantastic work as a student librarian, Eray was nominated for the positive choices he has been making and Romina was nominated by the Food Technology department for her fantastic work in the subject.

We’re rightfully proud of all students for their outstanding contributions to our school community. These students (along with those students who are nominated in the Spring and Summer terms will get to attend the borough wide celebration in July 2025!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 10 Employability Programme 

Our fantastic first cohort or year 10 students who participated in the employability programme this term facilitated by Linklaters have finished their programme. Last week the students were able to visit the offices at Linklaters to celebrate the end of their work and present their ideas and learning. 

The students have been engaged in a 10 week programme around CV building and employability skills – a worthwhile endeavour for all involved.