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Groundswell Workshops

This week year 9 students have been involved in workshops with ‘Groundswell’ a London based organisation specialising is working against extremism. The workshops were informative and thought provoking and our year 9 students left feeling a sense of empathy and understanding. The work was focused around Groundswell’s mission to bring peace and harmony to all communities through a shared understanding and sense of belonging. A great way to begin our first Personal Development workshop of the academic year. 

Extra Curricular Activity

We’ve seen lots of our extra curricular activities in full swing this week with the Haringey Music Hub, Instrumental Lessons, Chess Club, Computing Club, Art Club, Swimming Club, Netball, Football, Badminton, Basketball and Volleyball all having students along to experience additional activities. All students who have been attending clubs and groups have commented on what great experiences they have had. We’ll be reporting soon on more of our exciting additional activities. 

Year 7 Theatre Trip – My Neighbour Totoro

A very lucky group of year 7 students this week got to travel into London’s West End to watch the enchanting show ‘My Neighbour Totoro’. It was an amazing trip and the first theatre trip of the year for Duke’s. Students absolutely loved the production – full of puppetry and magical creatures. What a fantastic experience!

Linklaters Employability Programme 

This week our first Employability session with Linklaters kicked off at Duke’s. A group of year 10 students took part in the first workshop aiming to build their employability skills. They will continue on with 12 sessions including a presentation and workshop at Linklaters later in the term. 

Welcome Back to All Duke’s Students and Staff

We’ve had a great first full week back to Duke’s this week – students and staff have been welcomed with assemblies and positivity. It’s been wonderful to see all of our students back at the academy ready for a productive and exciting year ahead. We know that 2025-26 will be a year full of opportunity and success. 

Linklaters Success – Social Mobility Awards 

We were delighted this week to learn that Linklaters Law have been nominated for a Social Mobility Award. We are very proud of our partnership with Linklaters and all of our students benefit from the work we complete with them around careers and aspiration. The award nominations are for Social Mobility Network of the Year and Community Programme of the year. The work we have completed over the last few years with Linklaters has led to these prestigious nominations and we’re very much looking forward to hearing the outcome on the 2nd October. 

A very busy week at Duke’s this week. We’ve had lots happening with our careers related learning. Year 10s have been out on work experience and having some fantastic experiences plus our year 7s got to experience their Career Focus day at Linklaters.

Drama Performance – LAET

A group of year 9 students have been working on a drama project with LAET which culminated in a performance this week of ‘Beneath the Badge’. This was a devised performance based on an original published story written by a student at LAET. The students performing put in a fantastic performance and showed poise beyond their years. 

Haringey Intergenerational Project

We’ve also this week launched a new intergenerational project with a group of older residents in Haringey. Scheduled to take off in the autumn term the project aims to link older residents of the borough with young people. Our students asked some incredibly insightful questions and really listened as our visitors were speaking. A great start to a project that will be exciting in 2025/26.