Category : Front Page News

Eastside Employability Programme 

This week our second cohort of students involved in the Eastside Employability programme had the opportunity to visit Linklaters offices and graduate from the programme. The third cohort of year 10 students is now involved in the project ready for their graduation in a few weeks time. The programme – delivered in conjunction with Linklaters is a fantastic opportunity for young people to hone their employability skills including CV writing, presentation skills and interview technique. 

“Aim A Little Higher” workshops

On Friday 6th June Duke’s was delighted to welcome the team from “Aim and Little Higher” to the school to run workshops focusing on the future. The dynamic and exciting presentations were all about raising aspirations and helping young people see what they can achieve in the future. A fantastic way to end the week! 

Celebrating Success!

We’ve had a great week this week celebrating success at Duke’s. Our Heads of Year have run their half termly celebration assemblies and we’ve had our now infamous ‘pizza parties’ for the tutor groups with the highest numbers of positive points. 

It’s been great to see so many students celebrating their own success as well as that of others. A really positive week!

 

Viddal Riley Visit

This week also saw an inspirational visit from ex student Viddal Riley, a professional boxer, rapper and internet personality. He came into Duke’s to deliver an inspirational speech to our students as well as reflecting on his times at the school. It really was a fantastic visit – thank you to Ms Bailey who organised it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spurs Success!

We can’t end our weekly news round up without acknowledging the historic Spurs victory on Wednesday 21st May. Tottenham Hotspurs beat Manchester United to lift the Europa League trophy in Bilbao, spain. It is the club’s first major win for 17 years. Being closest neighbours with Spurs has meant our students have been witness to sporting history being made!

Sporting Success!

It’s been a big week for sporting success at Duke’s. We’ve had over 30 Year 7 and Year 8 pupils at the New River Sports Centre competing in an athletics competition. Our students arrived with a strong competitive spirit and were determined to leave their mark—and they certainly did!

Our athletes delivered outstanding performances across their individual events, with many achieving notable success. Despite bringing a relatively small group of competitors, our Year 7 team secured an impressive 6th place overall, a fantastic accomplishment.

A special mention goes to those who earned honorary placements (positions 1–4) in their respective events

 

Y7 Boys 

Issac Ingoua Okombi – 1st in 100M + 2nd in shot put 

Kwabena  – 1st in 100M  

Zubair – 7th 1500 

Nathen – 2nd hurdles

Chukwunonso – 1st hurdles

Omar – 5th 800M 

Winnerh – 1st long jump

Y7 boys relay 2nd

 

Y7 Girls 

Charlize – 4th Javelin

Miarna – 1st hurdles

Y7 girls relay 3rd

 

Y8 Boys 

Khyroe – 3rd 100m

Michael – 200m 2nd

Jordi – 4th javelin + 3rd 300m

Nizae – 4th 200m

Javier – 3rd 300M + 1st in high jump – by a FULL METRE!

Rakan – 2nd hurdles

Y8 boys relay 3rd 

 

Y8 Girls 

Kimorae – 1st hurdles

Chrisstenel – 4th 100m

Clara – 2nd 100m

Ava – 1st 200m (tied 1st in a photo finish)

Y8 girls relay 1st

Year 8 Challenge Mentoring

This week a group of year 8 students started their challenge mentoring programme with Linklaters. Each week a group of students get to go to Linklaters Law and meet with a specially chosen mentor. They will spend 8 weeks working together each Wednesday. The programme aims to foster links between our school and the wider world and give students an insight into the world of work as well as working towards targets in school. 

 

Year 10 Business Studies Trip – Camden

The year 10 Business Studies group took a trip to Camden Market this week. The students were able to see a variety of entrepreneurial organisations and understand more about the world of business. Using their skills from Business studies they completed case studies into some of the organisations they saw there. Well done to Ms Karaphillides and Mr Cox who led the trip.