On Friday 21st April 2017, five MAS students set off for ‘Girl Leading’ a two-night residential at Kilve Court Residential Centre in Somerset led by Mulberry School for Girls. MAS was selected as one of 10 partner schools to attend. Girl Leading supports the work of Let Girls Learn, the girls’ education initiative launched in the […]
For the second year running, MAS students have been competing to win £1000 for a charity of their choice. The First Give Programme, run by the charity First Give, provides resources for student to develop presentation skills and a collaborative approach to learning, for the benefit of their community. Students are supported to research social […]
On Wednesday 19th April, eight Year 10 students took part in the final Debate Mate Cup 2017 at London Metropolitan University in Islington. The one day debating tournament was against students from schools all over London. MAS students won several debates and debated maturely, professionally and displayed their oracy skills very well. The topics included banning […]
Four Year 9 students came up with a novel fundraising idea for East Africa after they saw an artist on Instagram raise over £3 million for a similar campaign. Moved by the plight of millions of vulnerable children and their families affected by the famine crisis, the students came up with the first MAS ‘Trainer […]
In 1971 teacher Chris Searle was sacked for publishing Stepney Words, a book of challenging poetry written by his students about their experiences of the world around them. The students were so outraged they went on strike and marched on Trafalgar Square, forcing the reinstatement of Mr Searle. On 21st March 2017, Taris Gardiner, Muttaquin Miah […]
This year’s Tea Time Talks continue to go from strength to strength. Starting with our talk on ‘What it takes to be a lawyer’ back in September 2016; through careers advice from top bankers, medical practitioners, writers and a Formula One Trackside Engineer; Wednesday 22nd March 2017 brought us a fascinating and informative talk by Maya […]
On Monday 20th March and Tuesday 21st March 2017, Year 10 and Sixth Form students welcomed campaigner Mike Haines to the academy. Mr Haines is the brother of David Haines, a British aid worker who died at the hands of terrorists in 2013. Since his brother’s death, Mr Haines has travelled the world spreading a message of […]
From 20th Feb – 3rd March all students within the Business BTEC qualification completed work experience placements at organisations they managed to secure themselves. Some of the placement highlights were Elijah Marshall who managed to secure a placement at Goldman Sachs and Yeasin Zaman who completed his work experience at the Houses of Parliament. It […]
This week at Mulberry Academy Shoreditch two exciting mathematical themed events take place to develop students’ problem-solving skills, confidence and reasoning skills. Pi Day On Tuesday 14th March 2017, the academy will celebrate one of the world’s best loved irrational numbers on Pi Day. So what is Pi? Pi (π) is the ratio of a […]
On Friday 10th March 2017 the Fair Trade Pop-Up Shop was in full swing during the morning break in aid of the Samaritans, the charity chosen by Mulberry Academy Shoreditch students. Due to the resounding success of the event and the students’ enthusiasm to continue raising money for their chosen cause, the shop opened again during […]
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch is part of the Mulberry Schools Trust which is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (Company No. 10035860). Company’s registered office: Mulberry Schools Trust, Richard Street, Commercial Road, London E1 2JP..