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20/03/25

Our superstar Peer Mentors. Blessed to have such brilliant role models. We are grateful to you for all your efforts ✨ pic.twitter.com/4lXwPBPF39

20/03/25

Our Peer Mentors doing what they do best, supporting young people in our community. 💜 https://t.co/JWAqpukQ0X

20/03/25

It was a pleasure meeting the wonderful students. We hope you had a fantastic time 💜 https://t.co/19WQzQ9QV4

12/03/25

Brilliant trip to to bring Macbeth to life for Y10 🎭 pic.twitter.com/55GDzdNdyA

09/03/25

So grateful for the inspirational team from who presented such engaging sessions for 💜 pic.twitter.com/rSkuixJhjv

09/03/25

What a special International Women’s Day! Our students dressed as their future selves and enjoyed talks from a range of female leaders. 💜 pic.twitter.com/milj8KY6N0

07/03/25

Students enjoying their talk from a respected Forensic Scientist as part of 💜 pic.twitter.com/eQMRtKoDMS

07/03/25

The Great HGAED Bake Off sale for 💜 pic.twitter.com/60XiBq4GWS

07/03/25

Today we are celebrating with over 15 companies giving talks to our students (aka future leaders of tomorrow!) 💜 pic.twitter.com/7dXn4AGSSd

06/03/25

A brilliant day spent with inspiring our students through the We Can Be event. pic.twitter.com/CJgVTeus8G

06/03/25

A fantastic day at the London Flag Football! It’s not everyday you get to meet NFL legends 🏈 pic.twitter.com/Eq9ZARNwgc

26/02/25

We cannot wait to celebrate International Women’s Day at HGAED. So many inspirational women running careers sessions for our students 💜 pic.twitter.com/kVFoAoj3r8

26/02/25

Congratulations to our Y12 students for winning their team challenge We Can Be event 🙌 pic.twitter.com/rXSYkjAzuE

26/02/25

Always a highlight for our brilliant Y10 and Y12 students 💜 https://t.co/A06V0Rirpd

26/02/25

Congratulations to our brilliant Y7/8 Football Team. An exceptional win against Sydenham today! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/wRNQq4Z6w6

26/02/25

Thank you so much for your informative workshops for our Y7 - 10 students. https://t.co/Bh1cyv11Kb

21/12/24

Congratulations to our incredibly talented students for their inspiring performances at this years HGAEDs’ Got Talent Show 🎤 🙌 Thank you to the brilliant audience, the sisterhood was palpable! ❤️#charactercourageconscience pic.twitter.com/px5IEkG8UF

21/12/24

Our students impressive metalwork designs, inspired by Art Deco. So many exceptional pieces! pic.twitter.com/LWRGLCdvAP

17/12/24

An absolute privilege to experience the Club Alt closing event . Thank you to the brilliant students who curated this exceptional project and our Y13 panel hosts for their insightful questions pic.twitter.com/iTLPxAye5V

17/12/24

A brilliant match against . Very deserving winners. Thank you to for hosting! 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/FVqRVvEfK4

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Posted on June 14th 2016

Harris Passport - Cultural Opportunities for Year 7

Passport 1.jpgHarris Passport was launched in September 2015. 

Each Year 7 student got a beautiful mock-passport (pictured below) listing 13 opportunities that will contribute to their cultural and academic enrichment. These included: experience volunteering in the local community, visit a university, attend a theatre production and experience public speaking.

Students were given the aim of reaching each objective and write about the experience as well as having it signed off by a member of staff.

All opportunities were made possible and supported by our team of House Coordinators (pictured), who organise trips, events and special events to support the curriculum across the academy.

Passport 2.jpgPositive results

As the end of the academic year approaches the results have been incredibly positive and in some cases hugely impressive. So far, 95% of Year 7 have already completed three or more of the entitlements, with four students having completed eight and one exceptional student on nine out of the potential 13!

Thanks to the Outward Bound excursion to Wales in March, 60% of Year 7s have experienced a residential trip. They spent four nights away from home building their resilience, which is an important lesson to learn as they face secondary school education and adolescence.

The investment in equipment by the music department has meant that a staggering 98% of Year 7 have been studying a musical instrument this year. Instruments range from clarinets, flutes and violins and hopefully in a few years’ time this will lead to the formation of an imposing school orchestra!

We arranged for St John's Ambulance to run a series of workshops for Year 7 and thanks to this 85% of the year group have completed basic first aid training which is a brilliant skill to take forward.

Next year's passport

Next year the passport will be simplified to include ten entitlements:

1.       Take part in a competition

2.       Afterschool Club

3.       Musical Instrument

4.       Public Speaking

5.       Theatre

6.       Get a library card

7.       Bank Account

8.       Sporting Event

9.       Volunteering

10.   First Aid

We hope the scheme will continue to inspire our Year 7 students to get the most out of the opportunities we offer and that we’re laying a foundation for engaged, culturally rich students.

Virginie Clarke, House Co-ordinator (Imperial)