In response to the Coronavirus outbreak the SSLP with Dulwich College organised a series of eight virtual Thinking About… talks. We’ve had artists Jeremy Deller and Lisa Milroy, physicists, chemists and historians; talks on linguistics and of life as a refugee. We finish of the series Thinking About 100 years of Columbian Solitude. 

To date there have been 480 attendances at our Thinking About… talks, with representatives from Alleyn’s, Ark Evelyn Grace Academy, The Charter School North Dulwich, City Heights E-ACT Academy, Dulwich College, Elmgreen, JAGS, Kingsdale Foundation School, Queen’s College London, St Saviour’s St Olave’s, St Thomas Apostle College, St Michael’s Catholic College and Westminster City School. Join us for our final talk and Q&A Thinking About… Columbia on Tuesday 30th June, 4pm.

“I am so grateful to everyone for organising this! To be honest I’m still reeling from what was both a humbling and uplifting experience and most definitely a lesson on true grit and resilience.” Attendee at Thinking About… Refugee week

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Refugee Week 2020 runs from the 15th to the 21st June and here at the SSLP we will be building on the things we have seen and heard over the week with an extended Thinking About… on Tuesday 23rd, 4pm. Connie Abbe, performer and campaigner, will speak about her experiences in South Sudan and will comment on a pre-recorded interview with fellow performer Emmanuel Jal.

We’re over halfway through our Thinking About… webinar series and the response from the SSLP Community has been fantastic. Thirteen SSLP schools have participated in one or more of the talks, with a total of 239 attendees!
An average of 75 people have attended each of the lectures with one feeding back that “these remote lectures and q&a sessions are invaluable, they meant face time with incredible people and open your mind to thinking in new ways.
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This week we held our fourth Thinking About… talk. Iain MacGregor gave a perfectly pitched account of what life was like for real people living and working in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. Eight SSLP schools were represented by an audience including students from years 8 to 13 and their teachers.
With a growing following and only four talks left you are encouraged to secure registration as early as possible. Next week we welcome Dr Mark Read Thinking About… how chemistry is used for Forensic Investigation.

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On Monday we launched our biggest ever musical collaboration #Beethoven250/4ALL
We are joining the global 250 year celebrations of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven by learning to play the final movement of his Symphony No. 6 ‘The Pastoral’. We have sheet music available for all the instruments played in our schools, and adapted them for different levels of experience. We hope all schools will join in, record their contributions and by mid-July we will have a collaborative performance from our own homes!

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Actor Ekow Quartey was playing Macbeth at the Globe until it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Fortunately the production, which is aimed at GCSE students, was filmed and is now available on YouTube. We are delighted that Ekow has agreed to speak EXCLUSIVELY to SSLP drama students on Friday 15th May at 3pm. Students can sign in to Zoom via the SSLP website.

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