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Swanlea Stories – Issue 83
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Singing For Charity
Last December the Swanlea student choir sang Christmas carols at the Royal London Hospital, raising money for the London Air Ambulance. The effort netted a wonderful £95.45. With the London Air Ambulance only receiving a portion of its funds from the NHS, it relies on fundraising efforts such as this to continue to run and serve…
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IoPPN Research Interview
December has seen the beginning of the project ‘IoPPN Science of Addiction & Mental Health: Cannabis & Psychosis’, organised by Dr Kyle Dyer (Addiction department) and Dr Teresa Rodriguez (Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Department), funded by the KCL Widening Participation Team. During four sessions 14 students (year 10) from Swanlea school visited the IoPPN over…
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School Performance Tables
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GCSE Success!!
GCSE Results Day 2015 felt like the most important day of the year. Staff, students and parents have been waiting for this day throughout the summer holidays. When Ms Landers told staff that 75% of year 11 students had achieved a minimum of 5A*-C including English and Maths, they were absolutely thrilled. Teachers couldn’t wait…
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Sixth Form in Style
The new Swanlea Sixth Form is finally in use and with it comes new and exciting additions to help both students and staff alike. The new building has a dedicated independent learning suite, which was built with student learning as the key focus in mind and will be used for mentoring and independent learning, with…
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Victory at Presentation Skills Competition
On Wednesday 1st July 2015 the finals of The Presentation Skills Competition took place at King Edward Hall. Swanlea’s three finalists were Year 9 students Aissatou Djabi, Zulaika Ali and Owen Turner. The students worked very well and were committed to perfecting their presentations, which they presented in front of an audience and judges. Tower…
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End Of An Era
It is heartening to write a few sentences on the pleasure and privilege that I had during my association with Swanlea School for the last twenty one years, nineteen of which as Chair. There have been major milestones and achievement during this period, including Swanlea being rated outstanding in two consecutive inspections by OFSTED and…
