On the final day of the Ashes’ first Test of 2023, we welcomed a very special visitor to our school. Justin Langer, much decorated former Australian batsman and national coach, came to see what makes our school special.
Justin loved what he saw! He was impressed with our building, including the floor-to-ceiling murals in the corridors, and he loved how Family Lunch encourages the young people to take responsibility and to socialise with one another.
The cricketer, who is also a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, was in full agreement with our values and was able to share numerous anecdotes of successful adults who live those values.
It was a privilege to show Justin around our school. Maybe he’ll return one day to give us a cricket lesson!
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Pupils at our school are well acquainted with Winston and Amber, Vice Principal Green’s dogs. The extraordinarily well behaved pooches regularly visit the school and enjoy time with the pupils, including being taken for walks.
It is, therefore, with great delight that we can share news of Amber having received the highest accolade at the 2023 Walthamstow Dog Show. Congratulations on being awarded ‘Best in ‘Stow.’ In victory you exemplified our value of humility and you inspire us all to be disciplined, hard working and honest! (Winston, we love you too).
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BACE (Barnet Active Creative Engaging) Holidays are running a huge range of activities over the summer. Bookings are open so please have a look here to see which activities your child/children would enjoy.
If your child/children receives Free School Meals you would have been sent a voucher on 12 June which you can use to book up to 16 activities free of charge.
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At the beginning of half term Year 9 set off in glorious sunshine for a three-day residential trip to Dorset.
On day one we hit the beach! We visited Shell Beach, Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. What a beautiful setting to learn about coastal landforms and to see erosion in action.
Day two was all about rivers as pupils followed the River Wey from source to mouth, taking measurements to see how it changed along its course.
On day three we carried out a coastal study in Lyme Regis and visited the unique Chesil Beach.
We loved staying at PGL in Osmington Bay where we enjoyed a camp fire with marshmallows, singing and dancing, a giant swing and an axe throwing competition (it’s harder than it looks!)
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A team of readers from Saracens High School earned a place at the grand final of the National Reading Champions Quiz after winning the regional heat.
The star-studded event was held in the prestigious Goldsmiths’ Hall in London and was hosted by the National Literacy Trust.
A huge congratulations to our team – David (Y7), Maali (Y8), David (Y8), and Najma (Y9) – for how they performed against 22 other teams from across the UK.
Contestants were welcomed with free goodie bags as well as being invited to choose four new books each from a vast bookstall. They also met some famous children’s authors at the end of the event.
Although our team didn’t come home with the championship trophy, how well they represented our school definitely makes them winners in our eyes!
Congratulations to the following athletes from Year 7 for their fantastic results in recent athletics events: Jaden, Khaieem, Samuel, Arshia, Maha, Nikola and Grace.
We’re also really proud of Iris, Lily, Jamie, Latrell and Dereon from Years 9 and 10 for being selected to represent Barnet at the Middlesex Championships. Good luck to those athletes and we hope you enjoy the experience.
We’re so grateful to Saracens for the tickets they have given us to the Premiership final at Twickenham Stadium this Saturday. Lots of us will be there cheering on our team. Let’s go Sarries!
Saracens Women are having a great season so we hope they’ll make it to the Premier 15s final on Saturday 24th June!
Middlesex University came to lead lessons with Year 7 on ‘building a university’. The pupils worked in groups and used Lego to aid their learning!
Our school enjoys partnership with Middlesex University and we’re particularly excited about some students studying T Level Health in our sixth form this September. They will receive some of their teaching from Middlesex University teachers in the purpose-built health suites at StoneX Stadium.
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Some Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils enjoyed a really special visit to the Home of Cricket, Lord’s Cricket Ground, in central London.
The pupils watched top level cricket in the Specsavers County Championship match between Middlesex and Somerset. They also took part in some cricket activities such as a quick cricket match and a tour of Lord’s.
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On Saturday 20 May, when the building was unoccupied, there was a fire in the main school kitchen. The fire alarms were triggered and the Fire Service was automatically called. They arrived swiftly and put out the fire, restricting the damage to the kitchen.
The Fire Service believe the most likely cause of the fire was a washing machine. We’re so thankful that no-one was harmed and that our fire systems were effective in preventing the fire spreading and causing further damage.
We’re grateful for the hard work of so many staff: first responders like Jakub our Lettings Supervisor; Suzana for cleaning the hall over the weekend; our Head Chef, Cristi, for planning a menu for this week at such short notice; Our Facilities Coordinator, Lee, and our ICT Network Manager, Stuart, for ensuring the safety of the building; staff who came in over the weekend; those who have been arriving early to prepare 1000 packed lunches each day; those working flat out to get the kitchen back in action as soon as possible…and many more! It has been great to see everyone working as a team.
Repairing and refitting the kitchen is our priority and we hope to be able to cook hot meals again soon after half term.
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