UK Maths Trust Competition
This week, Year 12 and Year 13 students participated in the team Problem Solving competition organized by the UKMT (UK Maths Trust). During this event...
26/04/24
Today, our Student President Ruweida and one of our Vice Presidents Sarah went over to @HarrisClapham to deliver some words of wisdom to the Year students about how to prepare for Year 11 next year.#community #studentleadership pic.twitter.com/G3QF8zPACf
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26/04/24
This week students from the Clapham Cultural Society organised an Eid celebration for our school community. This included a session on Eid Al-Fitr, quizzes and games, henna designing and a bake sale. More than £100 was raised for charity! #community #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/44LnfLgGac
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26/04/24
A glimpse of Enrichment at Harris Clapham Sixth Form through photos 👇.Enrichment choices range from Tennis to Photography to Gardening: We believe that these experiences will empower students to thrive in various aspects of their personal, academic and professional lives. pic.twitter.com/8EKC7cYFvK
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26/04/24
Here’s our word of the week from Mr Lepretre, teacher of English #literacy #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/m9F1IPRJjo
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26/04/24
A book recommendation by Bushra (Y12). She described the book as “A thriller with a good plot that makes youquestion who to trust” #literacy #reading #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/THC52PWnLd
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24/04/24
Lessons that you can learn from Jake and Elwood Blues, from Aretha Franklin, from Erasure, and from Barbie (part 1).https://t.co/Sdy1sKWrJY
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17/04/24
As part of House Morris Day, students took part in a scavenger hunt and a cupcake icing competition! #HouseMorris #competition #community pic.twitter.com/H1cqeJbvCj
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17/04/24
Three excellent goals to aim for.- Avoid procrastination- Remove distractionThose work for everyone, and then, particularly for Y13 and Y11 we have- Revise effectively.
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17/04/24
Today our Vice Principal, Mr Lloyd gave an assembly on how to manage the stress that may come during exam season. Mr Lloyd provided strategies on how to avoid procrastination, remove distraction and revise effectively. #assembly #confidence #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/lUb8cAwv4W
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10/04/24
Student leadership is really important to us at Harris Clapham Sixth Form and this week we announced our new Student Parliament President and our new Vice Presidents! #studentleadership #confidenceterm #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/IwgHeQ0GDw
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10/04/24
Happy Confidence Term from Harris Clapham Sixth Form! Yesterday our Executive Principal @JamesHandscombe gave an assembly to our Year 12 students on the importance of being confident and taking opportunities in life. #confidenceterm #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/V6JClA2veM
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10/04/24
Today our Head of School, Ms Heuston gave an assembly to our Year 13 students which highlighted the importance of removing distractions and remaining focused in order to achieve success. #confidenceterm pic.twitter.com/BxlHtyaRcL
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10/04/24
Yesterday we had our first assembly of Confidence Term at Harris Clapham Sixth Form. A delight to be able to share two of my cultural favourites, a character deficiency, and to celebrate the new student President:https://t.co/QvNOPtz1MM@HAClaphamSixth
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10/04/24
Eid Mubarak to all of our students and families who celebrate it (and to everyone else, actually - have a great Eid). https://t.co/fSQOOk8gwU
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10/04/24
A strong reading recommendation from our Executive Principal (and a beautiful cover). https://t.co/T8IJdtI97e
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10/04/24
A new book to go into the work bag - thanks to @bennewmark (and others) for the recommendation. pic.twitter.com/9KzilnOqcG
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10/04/24
Oscar Wilde said “Why was I born with such contemporaries?” Gore Vidal went further with “It is not enough to succeed, others must fail.”These witty comments touch on a darker part of humanity, and one of the things I love most about schools is when they challenge this.
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18/03/24
Last Wednesday the Year 12 Biologists visited Beckenham Place Park to complete some of the field work required for their A level studies. Despite challenging weather, students did incredibly well and were able to finish their practical work. #biology #trips #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/3bbOQ3xhpO
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18/03/24
Congratulations to Year 12 drama students who performed brilliantly in their recent theatrical crime drama for an invited audience of teachers. #CreativeArts #Courage #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/whplo1TLzV
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18/03/24
Clapham Cultural Society celebrated Ghana Independence Day by hosting a fun quiz highlighting key facts about Ghana #Culture #StudentLedSocieties #HCL6F pic.twitter.com/77GryY3t3y
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Being Executive Principal of Harris Clapham Sixth Form is an enormous privilege both because of the vision with which I’ve been entrusted and because of the students I work with each day.
I was educated at Silverdale Comprehensive School in Sheffield and then at Oxford and Harvard Universities. I found several things difficult about the transfer from school to university: the pomp of the buildings and the confidence of the other students was intimidating; the wealth of opportunity was not something I was used to; and, having done well at school, I was unused to finding study difficult and was therefore ill-equipped to work resolutely through a problem or to seek advice and support from other students.
I do not think that these experiences are unique and am delighted that students leaving Harris Clapham go on to study at top universities in the UK and abroad will be better prepared than I was: the breadth of the Cultural Perspectives courses will prepare them to look for and take opportunities for enrichment and inspiration and the pitch of lessons and quality of peer group will ensure that they learn both to find things difficult and to seek help when they need it.
It is a privilege to be part of this community, to have an opportunity and an excuse to learn with the students: to make my own knowledge more extensive and more exact; to be challenged critically to defend my own assertions and be scrupulous with my assumptions.
Since graduating from Harvard, I have taught in many schools in England, Wales and Australia and have taught many students of all abilities and backgrounds and I am determined that all young people should have the scholastic opportunities that are enjoyed by the most privileged. Harris Clapham students come from all backgrounds: each of them brings their own intellect, experience and viewpoint and comes ready to learn from their peers as well as from their teachers. It’s very exciting and, if you are an ambitious London student, I hope that you might want to join us.
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