The Maker Challenge is one of Imperial College London’s innovative outreach programmes, empowering local young people to solve real-world problems through design and engineering.
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Bread is made.
On Thursday 14 December, Dr Mahmoud kindly organised a cross-curricular enrichment activity involving a bread-making session with 25 Year 8 students, in line with the science curriculum for Year 8, where students have to learn about yeast and how it is used in food production. (more…)
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are excited to share a heart-warming opportunity for our students to spread joy and kindness this holiday season.
Alperton Community School is participating in a project to create paper hearts with heartfelt messages for the elderly in care homes. These small gestures of goodwill can truly brighten someone’s day, especially during this time of year. Please take a moment to check that your child has completed their paper heart with a beautiful message. (more…)
On Friday 8th December our KS3 students took part in a fun and engaging Flamenco workshop. They learned about flamenco as an art form which was based on the various folkloric music traditions of Southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia. Students had a wonderful time during the workshop and clapped and sang Christmas carols in Spanish. (more…)
On Tuesday, 28th November, a Careers Fair for the KS4 and KS5 students took place in the main hall at Stanley Avenue.
There were almost 20 companies attending including Ernst and Young, The Army, Telford Homes, Asian Media and Cap Gemini and there were a wide range of different professions represented such as: ICT, engineering, artists, acting, construction and hospitality. (more…)
Congratulations to all students who took part in the Brent Climate Artwork Competition. Students have used their creativity and put a lot of thought and effort into creating these wonderful inspirational artworks about climate change. Well done to all students.
On Tuesday 29th of November, as part of our annual Careers Fair for KS4 and KS5 students, our Science teacher, Mr Mahmoud, invited two guest speakers in the field of engineering, Charlie (Consultant for Transport for London) and Sylvie (Robotics). The guests kindly brought schematics of things they worked on, such as frames of train tracks and a bluetooth-operated robot. In the video below you can see our pupils trying to operate the robot, which will move when the colour indicated via the bluetooth (through the phone) matches. (more…)
On Friday 24th November the geography sixth form students visited the Emmanuel Centre to attend the annual Hazards Conference. Various presenters from different universities and exam boards, including Dr. Martin Degg from the University of Chester and experienced AQA examiner David Redfern, presented a lecture regarding a special topic related to hazard specification, which will enhance the students’ knowledge about the topic. (more…)
On Thursday 23 November we hosted our annual Sixth Form Open Evening at our Stanley Avenue school. We were delighted to welcome so many students and parents to the event and to receive such excellent feedback. Our student ambassadors were extremely helpful throughout the evening and gave the prospective students and parents tours around the school. (more…)
Thank you to everyone who attended the opening of the exhibition at our local community hub last Friday. The exhibition looks brilliant and is a real testament to the creativity of our art, textiles and photography students as well as the versatility and richness of our curriculum. (more…)
