CAF award Houses of parliament -Louis year 11- winner

The CAP Awards, often celebrated at the Houses of Parliament, recognize innovative local partnerships aimed at reducing underage drinking and alcohol harm across the UK. These awards highlight efforts by Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAPs) to bring together retailers, police, schools, and health providers to promote responsible drinking. 

Key details regarding the Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP) Awards:

• Purpose: The awards recognize excellence in initiatives that prevent alcohol harm among young people, such as the "Where's The Harm?" campaign, which won a 2022 award for parental education.
• Location/Host: The awards ceremony is frequently hosted at the UK Houses of Parliament, sometimes featuring MPs like Matt Warman to highlight the national significance of the work.
• Participants: Over 350+ CAPs across the UK participate in these partnerships, aiming to educate children and young people.
• Significance: Winning a CAP award at the Houses of Parliament validates local efforts to educate on the dangers of underage drinking, such as the risks to physical/mental health and brain development.

Mandela class performing their poems in front of the class For English.

 All their hard work throughout these past three months on the topic Performance paid off .

Well done !

We are very proud that an ex-pupil is now standing for Young Mayor of Lewisham. Good luck Ryley you have got our vote!

Please do listen to his manifesto below

Ryley Dragwidge – Young Mayor Candidate 2026

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The starts of the panto were the children!

On Friday 13^th December 2024 Don Rae Academy of Movement & Arts visited the school for our customary panto. Each class participated in a workshop where they learned a song and dance and, in some cases, some actual lines to perform. Some children donned costumes. In the afternoon we sat to watch the pantomime based on the story of Frozen. Each class took a turn performing in a section of the performance. The show was great fun and the children all performed wonderfully. Thanks to Don and his talented performers for another enjoyable day of theatre.

Year 8 2^nd December 24

Year 8 class had a fantastic trip visiting the Egyptian exhibition at the British Museum. This supported their Science and History curriculum learning on molecular analysis of ancient Egyptian burial residues. 

What a great event, weather was perfect and all pupils made a fantastic effort in all events. As always thanks to Ladywell Track for allowing us to use such great facilities.

A big well done to the Red team for winning overall most points.

It was a fantastic day at this year KS1/2 sports day with everyone excited to see a very special surprise!

The pupils engaged in rigorous sporting activities such as Long Jump, Javelin, Sack Race, Relay Race, Tug of War and many more. This year for the finale, an obstacle course was set up to challenge the pupil’s strength and determination.

It was stupendous team work from all contestants and everyone involved.

Zephaniah class ended the year with a variety of experience day trips. We visited The Young V&A museum, The Science Museum, London Landmark sightseeing, St Pauls Cathedral and to the Seaside! All were incredible experiences. For some it was the first time to the seaside and for all it was the first time going to the highest point of St Pauls Cathedral. It was 528 steps to the top!

Mandela and DL classes recently visited the Tate Modern in London along the banks of the Thames to enhance the learning of the art studies this year. 

The Tate Modern is home to some of the world’s most exciting modern and contemporary art.  We saw many innovative works that have shaped art as we know it including displays of paintings, sculptures and large-scale installations from artists around the world including recent exhibits by Kandinsky, Munter, The Blue Rider and Muholi.