On Friday 10 February novelist Jyoti Patel visited the school to run creative writing workshops with students from Years 9 and 10. She spoke inspirationally about her life and motivation, and on the power of representation in art and literature, encouraging students to use writing as a way to honour their lived experiences. (more…)
On Friday 10 February, we had the privilege of hosting at Alperton two artworks of Turner Prize winning artists Lubaina Himid and Rachel Whiteread. The event was organised by the charity Artists in Residence who has been collaborating with the Government Art Collection organisation to bring art collections to schools and give students an up-close look at famous works of art. (more…)
Last week, Alperton Community School welcomed back another two former pupils, Priya Madani and Saurav Acharya, who both left Alperton almost 10 years ago. Priya is a qualified Secondary School Science teacher and Saurav is a Data and Insights Consultant at Capgemini. (more…)
Well done to our Sixth Form Year 12 Students who came second and third in the Artemis Profit Hunt Challenge. Students have been preparing for this moment since September and in the competition they presented to a panel of three judges, including the CEO of Artemis. The students competed against eleven other teams across London. (more…)
On Friday 3 February we organised an excellent University Fair for our Year 10, Year 11 and 6th form students. We had representatives from 17 different universities: Brunel University, City University London, London Metropolitan University, Middlesex University, Queen Mary University, Roehampton University, West London University, University of Reading, surrey university, University of Essex, Unviersity of Sussex, University of Hertfordshire, University of Bristol, Newcastle University, York University, St Mary’s University, University of Westminster and SOAS University. (more…)
This week we are celebrating Healthy Living Week at Alperton and our students have created some amazing work to celebrate this event.
During our art class taught on Tuesday after school, a group of six year 7 students created these amazing Matisse-inspired nature collages from real life flowers. The students worked in pairs on their collages and produced some lovely work. Each took home some flowers afterwards. (more…)
Weâre excited to announce that Elevate Education will be hosting a free webinar for our parents on Tuesday 7th February.
Elevate Education works with our students, delivering high impact workshops on study skills, motivation, wellbeing, and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series you will learn how you can help better support your children at home through reinforcing the skills they learn at school: (more…)
ACS Healthy Living Week will take place from Monday 30th January to Sunday 5th February. There will be different activities on offer each day, so please do keep checking the timetable! (more…)
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. We were sad to learn of the passing of Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper last week at the age of 93. In 2018 we had the honour to meet Zigi who visited our school and delivered an inspiring talk about Holocaust to our students. He will be truly missed. Please click here to read more about his extraordinary life and his visit to Alperton. (more…)
This year Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on 7th February with the theme âWant to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life onlineâ. Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
