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• Wednesday 4 October 2023 Haberdashers' Trust Literacy Festival Some of the events for the Literacy Festival are underway. The Literacy Leads are organising the Spelling Bee, Debate Mate, Reading Competition and Virtual Book Club, to name a few.
• Tuesday 3 October 2023 Black History Month - Creative Arts Event - 12th October 2023
• Tuesday 6 June 2023 Assessments Year 7, 8 and 9 assessments will take place in lessons between 5th and 16th of June. Year 10 assessments will take place in the exam hall between 12th and 23rd of June.
• Wednesday 22 March 2023 Haberdashers' Deputation Day @ Borough Academy We were proud to host our first Deputation Day on 22nd March 2023. This was an opportunity for our sponsors, the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, to visit the school in action, meet with pupils and staff, and celebrate all the wonderful things that happen at our school everyday.
• Wednesday 1 March 2023 National Offer Day On National Offer Day Southwark Council will send an email from eAdmissions after 5pm on 1st March 2023 to confirm your child’s offer of a secondary school place and provide information on what to do next. If you do not receive this email, check your junk mail folder. If you still have not received the email by 2nd March, please email Southwark Council’s school admissions team on schools.admissions@southwark.gov.uk
• Thursday 9 February 2023 Haberdashers' Musician of the Year - Borough Academy Winner! Huge congratulations to Jaden for winning this year's Haberdashers' Musician of the Year.
• Wednesday 26 October 2022 Borough Academy Information Evening Information Evening
• Friday 21 October 2022 Latest Newsletter - Trust CEO, Jan Shadick Dear Parents and Guardians,
• Friday 14 October 2022 Black History Month - Borough Academy Creative Arts Event Thursday 20th October @ 5pm As part of Black History Month at Haberdashers’ Borough Academy, the Creative Arts department will be hosting a showcase entitled ‘Ears to the Ground’ on Thursday 20th October. The evening will be showcasing our students’ creative response to the theme of protest.
• Tuesday 13 September 2022 Parent Governor Candidate There will be a parent governor election at Borough Academy soon. Every parent or carer can vote if we have their up to date email address. Today we sent an email to every parent and carer with a letter about the election. If you have not received your own copy of that email today, it means we do not have your email address and you will not be able to take part in the election. Please contact the school office on b.reception@habstrustsouth.org.uk? or 020 3764 1321 to provide us with your current email address as soon as possible, and no later than 3PM on Friday 16th September 2022. If you do not have an email address, please contact the school office by the same deadline so that we can make alternative arrangements.?
• Friday 9 September 2022 Message from CEO Message from CEO - Jan Shadick
• Friday 9 September 2022 Letter to all parents from Haberdashers' Trust CEO Jan Shadick Please see the attached letter from Haberdashers' Trust CEO, Jan Shadick
• Monday 8 August 2022 Rebranding The Trust has taken the decision to refresh the brand following its decision earlier this year to change its name.
• Thursday 30 June 2022 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Our most recent production, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was an absolute amazing success, with each of the four shows completely sold out.
• Friday 24 June 2022 Grand Final - Count On Us Maths Challenge Our team of five talented mathematicians from Years 8 and 9 have won a place in the grand final of the “Count on Us” London schools maths tournament which takes place on July 4th.
• Tuesday 17 May 2022 Borough's First Deputation Day
• Sunday 13 March 2022 HABA Creative Arts Showcase - 31st March 2022 Please see the flyer below for full details of our Creative Arts Showcase on 31st March 2022 at Borough Academy.
• Tuesday 18 January 2022 Y9 Careers Day - Video link Y9 Careers Day - see our videohere
• Monday 20 December 2021 St Saviour Memorial - 9th December 2021 On Thursday 9th December we invited Andrew Nunn, the Dean of Southwark and Rev’d Jonathan Sedgewick, Acting Archdeacon of Southwark, to conduct the re-interment service which took place in our front courtyard. The choir sang ‘Only Remembered’ by David Sankey and Treasure read an extract from ‘Christmas Day at the Workhouse, by George R Sims.
• Thursday 9 December 2021 The Bridge Theatre trip Despite a flurry of cancelled events, this week (Thursday 2nd December) we were able to take a group of students to The Bridge Theatre to watch Nick Hytner's production of The Book of Dust. It was a fantastic performance (with a real baby playing Baby Lyra) and amazing puppet work from the actors. It was wonderful to see (and hear) the students be so involved and engaged with the production.
• Tuesday 7 December 2021 Christmas Lunch Menu - Thursday 16th December Please see the Christmas Lunch menu here
• Monday 22 November 2021 HABA Christmas Concert - 9th December @ 6pm The HABA Christmas Concert is scheduled for Thursday 9th December @ 6pm. Please come andjoin us for a mulled wine or a mince pie! See the Christmas poster here.
• Monday 22 November 2021 Y9 Careers Day - 19th November On Friday 19th November, Year 9 were off timetable from period 2 to period 6 to participate in Career's Day. Careers day is a unique opportunity for year 9 engage with professionals from a wide range of sectors including law, medicine, construction, hospitality, charity, the arts and business.
• Monday 22 November 2021 Goodbye to Grotto. Welcome Y7's It is with mixed emotions that we finally say goodbye to the Grotto site on Friday. It is a site that has served us really well for just over two years and I know the year 9s have some very fond memories of their time as the founding year group there.
• Wednesday 17 November 2021 Lion King Performances
• Wednesday 17 November 2021 Remembrance Day 2021 Students and staff marked Remembrance Day 2021 at the North Wing site. For the first time, we could gather together in the front courtyard outside of the newly refurbished Winchester House.
• Wednesday 17 November 2021 Coming Up - Y9 Careers Day - 19th November 2021 When: Careers day will take place on Friday 19th November
• Thursday 23 September 2021 The Africa Centre Collaboration 8Powell were treated to the most incredible workshop with the phenomenal Krar Collective singing and playing music on traditional instruments from Ethiopia. Students joined in playing the drums and learnt to dance some traditional dances. This is part of Borough Academy's ongoing relationship with the Africa Centre whose mission it is to educate through culture. They certainly achieved that as well as spreading huge amounts of joy!
• Thursday 23 September 2021 Shakespeare on my Doorstep Programme This week, our Year 9 students had the opportunity to visit Shakespeare's Globe for a 90-minute workshop and tour. The pupils got to learn about when the Globe theatre was built, what materials it was made out of and all about the different areas of the theatre and how the seating represented social status in the Elizabethan period.
• Thursday 23 September 2021 International Day of the Dot - 15th September Sept 15th was International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration that began in 2009. It is inspired by the book The Dot by Peter H Reynolds and encourages creative collaboration ad self-expression.

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