We offer activities that aim to nurture aspirations. By harnessing the student voice, the partnership offers a chance to develop aptitudes for leadership and teamwork and to hone communication skills.
These are some of the activities that connect our students together.
In 2022/23 we experimented with two live Thinking About talks hosted by Dulwich College. The guest speakers, Baroness Floella Benjamin and Adam Kay, were preceded by a collaborative workshop which prepared students from different schools to ask questions during the Q&A. Approximately 150 students participated.
Gospel Choir
A truly collaborative event, our Gospel Workshop in 2022 was coordinated by JAGS, hosted by Kingsdale, developed by Compass and led by Westminster City School. Eight schools participated in the full day where 235 students had opportunities to take on a mix of solo and chorus parts for two upbeat gospel songs.
Table Tennis Tournament
Forty students from 10 schools participated in this 2022 friendly tournament. Alin from the host school, Harris Boys’ Academy East Dulwich, won the individual competition with Compass School winning the team trophy.
SSLP WCIB Debating Competition
Forty-two students took part in a day of debating which was sponsored by the Worshipful Company of International Bankers and run by Debate Mate in June 2023. All students participated in three rounds of debate, receiving feedback and coaching tips before the final which was won by The Charter School North Dulwich.
Stained Glass Visit & Workshop
The twelve students who took part in this opportunity had a private tour of Westminster Abbey, focusing on the traditional and modern pieces of stained glass. In the afternoon workshop they designed their own pieces.
Young Economists Conference
Six fantastic speakers spoke to 270 A-Level Economics students over the course of a full day conference at Dulwich College. Talks were followed by a panel discussion and the day concluded with a ‘pitch’ competition from mixed-school groups. Following the Sustainability theme of the year the finalists pitched ideas to reduce the use of paper in schools, and to re-purpose vacant office space in London into accommodation and co-working areas.
Student Voice:
Our focus for 2023/24 is Neurodiversity. We will be arranging a full programme of activities exploring this theme.
In 2022/23 we focused Student Voice on the topic of Sustainability. New to the SSLP in 2022/23 was our Student Voice Council. We’d been hoping to add this additional leadership role for a number of years and were delighted to have 36 Ambassadors representing 16 SSLP schools. They’ve met three times and took leading roles at the Student Voice conferences.
60 students from 14 schools came together for a conference at the end of November. They heard about the sustainable venue we were in, food waste from OddBox and Biodiversity from The London Wildlife Trust. During the afternoon of the conference students worked in four groups where they identified social action projects to improve sustainability in their school environments.
The students collaborated in fortnightly online meetings to progress their projects through the spring and early summer terms. Finally in May 81 students attended a conference where they pitched their projects to other schools. Their new resources are designed to help us Waste Less, to start a Sustainable Cookery Club, to raise awareness of Foodbanks in our Community, and to run a Re-Project such as a book swap.
The final Sustainability event was when 14 students with different educational needs visited Woodlands Farm. They met a range of farm animals and practiced their new orienteering skills.
Chess Competition
Twenty eight students from five SSLP schools took part in the competition for KS3 students hosted by Harris Boys Academy east Dulwich. It was won by a Nasir from Kingsdale, with Alfie from the host school in second place.
Song Writing Workshop
Eight bands from six schools came together for a Song Writing workshop organised by the SSLP Music Hub and hosted by The Charter School North Dulwich. They worked with four industry professionals in the morning, and performed after lunch; choosing to either do a cover or their own compositions.
Sixth Form Science Quiz
Alleyn’s School hosted and organised the Science Quiz which attracted thirty SSLP students from four SSLP schools, plus 12 students from two other local schools. The hotly contested title was won by Team Plankton from JAGS who displayed a remarkable depth of scientific knowledge.