The Good News

Our Year 13 Geography students visited Epping Forest to carry out their fieldwork.

They investigated carbon stores in the trees, litter and deadwood in a 1 square kilometre of woodland.

They were able to apply their knowledge of the Carbon Cycle to Epping Forest!

We are delighted that Lyan has received the Hackney Mayor’s Music Award at the Hackney Music Service Gala.

Well done Lyan and a huge thanks to the Hackney Music Service for their continued support.

Students in our Stem Club began an Easter Egg project at the beginning of March.

They have been incubating eggs to represent the rebirth of Jesus.

Well done to our Year 11s for their dedication, hard work and support of each other throughout the lead-up to their performances.

They did an amazing job and should be so proud of themselves.

Our Year 7s braved the rain to enjoy a reading reward trip to see Matilda the Musical.

A gripping plot, excellent lighting and sound and energetic performances really brought Roald Dahl's beloved characters to life, they really enjoyed themselves.

Our Year 10 pupils took part in the AMSP Maths Feast Competition at Oaks Park School.

They competed in 4 rounds, putting their Maths skills to the test in varying contexts.

A group of our Year 9 students had a brilliant time on the 4th March celebrating their faith at Flame Congress at the OVO Arena in Wembley.

8000 Catholic young people gathered for praise, worship reflection and inspiration!

Our Year 7 students loved dressing up as their favourite characters for World Book Day.

Diary of a Wimpy kid and Dork Diaries were popular, as was Alice Walker from Vashti Harrison's brilliant 'Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History'.

On International Women's Day, students listened to presentations, nominated peers that inspire them and had an inspiring talk from Leonor Jaquemet, about her journey of becoming a Lawyer.

Our GCSE Drama students loved their visit to the London County Hall to see 'Witness to the Prosecution' by Agatha Christie. An amazing site-specific piece of theatre!

Our staff celebrated St Patrick's Day by dressing in green and sharing some delicious themed doughnuts!

8SWL performed their Lord of the Flies projects this term in drama, full of Brechtian techniques to show the build-up to what happened to Simon! They demonstrated wonderful group work during the project!

During British Science Week, our students did different activities like, the rainbow fizz experiment using acid, sodium carbonate and a universal indicator to see the reaction; students also learnt how acid & alkali affect us; and learnt about engineering.

Our Year 7 footballers loved meeting Dan Freedman, author of the 'Jamie Johnson' novels & creator of the top BBC TV show.

They wrote their own Jamie J stories and thought about what makes a compelling character.

Last week, Heads of Sixth Form in Hackney toured high-achieving schools in the Borough. We are proud to say that Cardinal Pole is one of those high-achieving schools!

Mr Read gave a presentation about supporting the most disadvantaged at KS5.