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28/03/25

A visit to is always inspirational. Listening to talks from legal experts then learning how to perform surgical stitches. Lawyers and Doctors in the making! 💙 pic.twitter.com/DRQaQxkDsE

28/03/25

Y11 Thursday lunchtime football is a welcome break from their laser focus on learning. So many smiles from players to spectators! A joy to watch! 💙 pic.twitter.com/JIvbliLWMf

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

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Posted on June 12th 2020

Anti-Racism Resources - And What You Can Do

Over the last few weeks, we have seen systemic racial injustice manifest itself in an atrocious incident in America, namely the tragic murder of George Floyd on Monday 25th May 2020.

At Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich, we are incredibly proud of our diverse demographic and wish to share resources in an attempt to support our students and families at home as they watch the global response to these acts of injustice.

We have produced a set of PSHE resources in context of this issue and last week Mrs Thompson, our health hut manager, delivered a live lesson targeted at KS4/5 students to share her personal response and to give students a platform to share their responses.

As an academy, we are proud of the responses of our students including: sharing petitions; writing reflections; sending entries for a school display; offering much needed support to one another virtually. As an academy, we have shared some initiatives which students can get involved with.


What can you do?   

  • Support and give to the Minnesota Freedom Fund amongst other fund raising to support injustices.
  • Write to global governments about your concerns or your local MP - these challenges happen in the UK too. 
  • Write to President Donald Trump/write to the FBI - see Amnesty International website.
  • Sign appropriate petitions that demand action. 
  • Talk to friends, family members, adults and peers alike. 
  • Stand in solidarity with those who are hurt by these traumas and challenges
  • Send contributions for the school display including art, images, poetry, short stories, reflections. Send these to Mrs Campbell.
  • Read one of the anti-racism books, blogs or articles suggested (see below)
  • Turn your feelings into a creative piece of writing - poem, diary, short story, song or piece of art work. 

As ever, you are welcome to email staff at the academy if you or your child are struggling at home and would like support. Coaches will continue to email and call weekly and, in addition, Mrs Thompson (Health Hut manager) and Ms Noah (Behaviour Support Manager) are available to call or email if required.

Please do let us know if you would like to hear from them. If your child is worried about personal safety or the safety of her friends, please ask her to use the Sharp system to report any concern or raise it with the Head of House or Coach by email.

Our book of the summer term for Year 9 upwards is The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. This looks at issues of racial injustice in America from a teenage girl’s perspective.

An extract/reading will be shared weekly with discussion questions on Edmodo. This book is available through Southwark Libraries or can be purchased online if your child would like to read the book in its entirety. 


Anti-racism resources for parents and students

Below are some anti-racism resources for any parents/carers and students who may be keen to delve further into this issue while studying from home. This includes a series of renowned historians, philosophers and writers who have contributed to the discussion on racial injustice.

A Parents Guide to Black Lives Matter - resources, activities, and tips for families to empower children to work towards racial equality.

A Channel 4 Podcast Ways to Change the World with Reni Eddo-Lodge on race, social injustice and quotas

The British rapper and activist Akala shares with us some less-exposed features about black history in his talk at Oxford University.

To celebrate BAME authors, here is a list of winners of the Coretta King Scott Book Award that you can share with your child. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.


Organisations helping schools fight racism

The Black Curriculum - a social enterprise founded in 2019 by young people to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum. They believe that by delivering arts-focused Black history programmes, providing teacher training and campaigning through mobilising young people, they can facilitate social change. They have email templates you can send to Gavin Williamson, currently the government’s Education Minister. 

Show Racism the Red Card - the UK's leading anti-racism educational charity, providing workshops, training sessions, multimedia packages and a whole host of other resources to tackle racism throughout society. 

The Anti-Racist Educator – a Scotland-based collective of educational stakeholders working to build an education system that is free from racial injustice. They have a podcast and teaching resources that can be used in the classroom.


Charities and think tanks working to end racism

If you’re able, donating to these charities (as well as the educational charities listed above) will help them continue their work against racism.

Runnymede Trust - the UK’s leading independent race equality think tank, challenging race inequality in Britain through research, network building, leading debates and policy engagement. Donating to Runnymede will help them continue to conduct research and engage with policy makers to make long-lasting change. 

Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust - set up in the wake of Stephen Lawrence’s murder in a racist attack in 1993. The charity works with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds aged 13-30 to inspire and enable them to succeed in the career of their choice, in the hope that the UK will become a place where everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve.


Anti-racist petitions

Teach British children about the realities of British Imperialism and Colonialism - a petition to teach Britain’s colonial history in schools, from the trauma caused by British Imperialism, to how members of the African Diaspora contributed to the British nation-state.

Battle racism by updating GCSE reading lists - a petition to get The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla and Why I’m No longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge on the GCSE reading list.

Make white privilege and systemic racism a compulsory part of the British education course - a petition to make educating children about how they can be actively involved in standing up against racism a compulsory part of the curriculum. 


Anti-racist books - fiction and non-fiction

How to Be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi asks us to think about what an anti-racist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it.

This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell, is a useful tool for discussing racism with children aged 5-15.

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. A novel that explores what it’s like to be a black woman in modern Britain through twelve very different characters.

The Good Immigrant compiled by Nikesh Shukla. 21 different voices explore why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay and what it means to be ‘other’ in a country that doesn’t seem to want you. 

Quarto-anti-racist-books-for-kids - a list of anti- racist books to discuss injustice with children


Key Stage 3 reading suggestions

Reading lists 17.6 (1)


Key Stage 4 reading suggestions

Reading lists 17.6 (2)


Key Stage 5 reading suggestions

Reading lists 17.6 (3)


Anti-racist podcasts - exploring racism around the world

Miss Buchanan's Period Of Adjustment - this episode of Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast talks about the importance of hiring black teachers where black children are taught and how schools can support the achievements of black students.

About Race - a one-off series from Reni Eddo-Lodge, the author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race. She explores issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance.

BBC World Service’s Witness Black History - interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.

BBC Short films celebrating black history


Organisation who support with mental health and welfare

Black Minds Matter  – free therapy/support groups and mentoring

BLAM charity – online forum to discuss events