2020 Easter Competitions
We have three competitions that will help you be creative this Easter, and all can be completed during lock down.
- Bake-Off Competition
- Art Competition
- Poetry Competition
2020 Street Photography
The SSLP Street Photography competition is now in Season 3 Month 5!
Budding photographers were invited to submit one photograph a month on a set theme to be in with a chance of winning the Staff, Student or Junior categories. All entries are being displayed on Flickr. The themes are:
- Silhouette
- Entrances & Exits
- Structure
- Anything with Wheels
- Bright Colour
Stuart Horne Bursary
The SSLP is delighted to announce that TWO Stuart Horne Bursaries have been made available to our students in 2020.
The lucky students will take part in either a 17-Day or a 21-Day leadership training course in the wilds of Canada, in partnership with Outward Bound Canada.
2020 Take A Seat
This was an exciting opportunity for students to learn about furniture design from Tom Faulkner. It ran from 7th October to 11th February. Students were given guidance and visited Tom Faulkner’s studios and workshops. They then entered their own design in a competition where the winner, Anne-Elizabeth, had their piece made by Tom.
2019 Street Photography
Budding photographers were invited to submit one photograph a month on a set theme to be in with a chance of winning the Staff, Student or Junior categories. All entries were displayed on Flickr. The themes were:
- Stairway
- Inside looking out / Outside looking in
- Close-up
- Happiness
- The Street
Sarah – Joint winner
The Street (Staff)
Sarah – Joint winner
Amiralie – winner
Happiness (Student)
Amiralie – winner
Matthew winner
Happiness (Staff)
Matthew winner
Amelia winner
The Street (Student)
Amelia winner
Sonia – Runner-Up
The Street (Student)
Sonia – Runner-Up
Christopher – Joint winner
The Street (Staff)
Christopher – Joint winner
Phoebe – winner
Happiness (Junior)
Phoebe – winner
Vicky – winner
Inside/Outside (Staff)
Vicky – winner
Hhra – winner
Close-up (Junior)
Hhra – winner
Catherine – winner
Close-up (Student)
Catherine – winner
Vicky winner
Close-Up (Staff)
Vicky winner
Fred – Runner-Up
Inside/Outside (Student)
Fred – Runner-Up
Jessica – Runner-Up
Stairway (Student)
Jessica – Runner-Up
Grace – Runner-Up
Stairway (Student)
Grace – Runner-Up
Riya – winner
Stairway (Junior)
Riya – winner
Christopher – winner
Stairway (Staff)
Christopher – winner
Delphine – Winner
Inside/Outside (Student)
Delphine – Winner
Casper – Winner
Stairway (Student) & Best Overall Photograph
Casper – Winner
2018 Street Photography
Students were invited to submit one photograph a month on a set theme to be in with a chance of winning an Amazon Voucher. All entries were displayed on Flickr. The themes and winning photographers were:
- Street Furniture (Ling Ling and Fergus)
- Number (Nishika and William)
- Corners (Georgina and Amy)
- Animals and their owners (Catherine)
- Reflections (Yasmin)
Ling Ling Street Furniture 
Fergus Street Furniture 
William Number 
Nishka Number 
Georgina Corners 
Amy Corners 
Catherine Animals & Owners 
Yasmin Reflections
2017 Short Story Competition
Winter: A Short Story Competition for the children of Southwark, 2017
To celebrate the 2017 Dulwich Literary Festival (10-12 November) students of schools affiliated to the Southwark Schools’ Learning Partnership (SSLP) and the Southwark Teaching Schools Alliance (STSA) were invited to submit short stories for a competition judged by prize-winning author Ali Smith. The overall winner was Charlie, with Climate Control.
Bulgarian Bells
Mary, Year 9, James Allen’s Girls’ School
The wind moaned as it swept through the forests high up on Mount Vitosha. A lone wolf howled hauntingly at the full moon, stopped, stood for a second silhouetted against the pure white snow …
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