Entries by Julie

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Lessons from Auschwitz

On Thursday 18th October, four Year 12 students took part in a nationwide initiative to travel to Aushwitz-Birkenau to visit the Nazi concentration camps in Poland.  The event was a once in a lifetime experience for our students to witness the camps and hear the harrowing stories of the atrocities that took place there.  In […]

Year 9s ‘bunny hop, step up and drop off’ at the Velodrome

On Friday 28th September, a group of Year 9 boys took the opportunity to undertake a Mountain Bike skills lesson at the Olympic Park. They used bunny hop manoeuvres and they pumped over rollers, they stepped-up and they dropped-off!  It was rocky terrain and the weather was less than desirable, but the boys did amazingly […]

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NCS inspire students to take social action!

On Wednesday 3rd October, students in Year 11-Year 13 met with the National Citizen Service (NCS), an organisation the academy have worked with for several years now.  Our strong partnership with the NCS goes from strength to strength and students were delighted to hear all about their October residential programme. The programme involves three phrases; […]

STEM Outreach Programme

This week, 16 lucky Year 9 students were specially selected to take part in the launch of a STEM outreach programme sponsored by JP Morgan and Imperial College London. Twelve  mentors from J.P. Morgan in Canary Wharf and two from Imperial College London visited the academy to work with the selected group of students.  Activities […]

National Poetry Week Celebrations

From Monday 1st October, students at the academy celebrated National Poetry Week.  In keeping with this year’s theme of ‘Change’, Key Stage 3 students worked together to decide what this meant to them, linking their thoughts and ideas together into a ‘Chain of Change’. Alongside activities in The Street, there were ‘Poetry by Heart’ workshops […]

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Sixth Form students hold court!

On Tuesday 2nd October, ThinkForward arranged an insightful visit for Sixth Form students with Tribunal Judge Norton-Taylor.  Students were introduced to the world of work as a Barrister and a Tribunal Judge and they were provided with some helpful guidance and advice about the profession. Judge Norton-Taylor spoke about the importance of being resilient, driven […]

Macmillan Coffee Morning Fundraiser

On Friday 28th September 2018, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch hosted their annual Macmillan Coffee Morning and joined millions of people worldwide to raise money for cancer support.  Parents/carers were treated to muffins, cakes and biscuits baked by Sixth Form and served by our lovely students from across the academy.  The academy raised over £300 at first […]

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Join us – Friday 12th October 2018

The Mulberry Schools Trust Warmly Invites You To A conference for schools exploring gender equality The conference is designed in collaboration with students from the Mulberry Schools Trust. Our conference brings young people together from across the country for the day to imagine what a gender equal society might look like. As schools, we recognise that young people […]

Mulberry Academy Shoreditch take a charity road trip to Cardiff

On Thursday 27th September, nine of our Year 9 students, Fares Azzazi, Rosina Barbara, Umayya Rahman, Fred Cox, Manha Teevana, Adibah Nushrat, Callum Seagrave, Divine Raji and Ayman Sheikh travelled to Cardiff to perform at the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Bay. The group of students, known as Addaction, were invited by the charity […]