Posted on: 16/01/2020Adobe Competition WinnersThe Abode Spark competition winners had a fantastic opportunity to be the first school to visit the new Microsoft Flagship store in Oxford Circus. Students spent most of the day using advanced editing software to design their own EGA photobooks about their friends’ and their own passions. There was also the opportunity for students to drive a McLaren simulator car and play on an Xbox in the state of the art gaming pod. Students left feeling inspired and empowered about the prospect of working in the tech industry in the future!
Posted on: 16/01/2020GCSE RS and Philosophy Guest SpeakerOn Wednesday 18th December, Noor Owain came to deliver a session on Shi’a Islam. It was a great opportunity for students to clear misconception of Shi’a Islam and the session also supported students learning of the GCSE curriculum.
Posted on: 4/12/2019Michelle Obama, One Year OnThis week last year was a time of great excitement at EGA. There were whispers. There were rumours. Something was clearly about to happen. Students applied to take part in a conference on Belonging. “You had to write about something that you wanted to change, “ recalls student Aizea, “I wrote that I wanted a world that was more forgiving.” Then on the day of the conference, as groups of excited students gathered in school, it was revealed that there was another big event taking place. Michelle Obama was paying her second visit to the school. She had chosen it as the setting for the book launch of her bestselling memoir, Becoming. “I remember the atmosphere in the school,” says Aizea, “”Michelle Obama seemed to want everyone to be comfortable and not feel out of place. She wanted everyone to feel that they deserved to be there and that they could achieve.” “And I got to hug her,“ she added. Another student, Aviva, recalls the day as “inspirational.” She says, “Mrs Obama talked about her childhood, What she said about bullying really stuck with me.” Executive headteacher and several alumni led a panel discussion in which Ms Obama shared her views about work, ambition, marriage, supporting other women and kindness. “We as women don’t have the luxury of tearing each other down. There’s no room for mean girls.” After the book launch, the school moved onto the Belonging conference and took part in workshops on a range of topics including political action, social media, education and individualism versus collectivism. Mr Scott, who organised the Belonging conference says, “The aim was to consider all the ways in which we - students and staff - can make EGA an even more diverse and welcoming community.” For the full photo album, click here.
Posted on: 25/11/2019Misst Together WorkshopOn Monday this week we hosted our third MiSST Together orchestral event with students from Central Foundation Boys School. Our beginner instrumentalists worked incredibly hard throughout the day in both sectional and full ensemble rehearsals to produce two outstanding performances. It was wonderful to see some of our students who are now in the second year of the program mentoring and supporting our beginner players during this workshop day. The day culminated in a full performance for parents/carers and staff from both schools. One parent commented “I attended the MiSST Together concert today, and was blown away by it. It was such a wonderful and inspiring event, and so brilliantly organised and introduced. The repertoire was perfect, and the students’ announcements were so confident, and I couldn’t believe how much progress this enormous number of students had made in such a short time.” Well done!!!
Posted on: 15/11/2019French and Spanish Spelling BeeOn the 6 November, our Year 7s spent their afternoon competing in the French & Spanish Spelling Bee. In a lecture theatre full of their supporting peers, six girls took part in the French competition and 6 girls took part in the Spanish one. After the first two rounds, three girls were left to compete in each language. After a close third round, Yasmine Chehili won the competition in French, Saoirse Exelby came second & Lucy Swann finished in 3rd place. In Spanish Sydah Hoque won the competition, Celestra Cjergji came second and Khadija Mouauia.
Posted on: 13/11/2019World Famous Violist at EGANicola Beneddi, a world famous violinist came to talk to students at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School. Not only is she a talented musician (leader of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain at the age of 8) she is also passionately committed to the cause of making music accessible and available to all. One student, Vivien Short reflected on the talk: "I had an amazing and mesmerising evening on Tuesday,” she said, “Hearing the famous Nicola Benedetti talk was incredible. I enjoyed listening to her define music and its lasting importance to the world. Hearing Nicola talk about her attempts and success at providing better music education for children in deprived areas, was deeply inspiring and has made me appreciate all the musical opportunities I’ve been given over the years."
Posted on: 12/11/2019Dance Workshop with Mel SimpsonOn Tuesday 12th November, GCSE dance students took part in a whole day workshop with visiting dance practitioner Mel Simpson. The girls worked so hard all day to create an exam performance piece. This is no small task as they were dancing for 8 hours being pushed hard to achieve some complex ideas and choreography. Well done to all and special thanks to the wonderful Mel Simpson.
