Congratulations to Alex in Year 8 for winning a gold medal in his first national squash tournament. 1st place at the Dunlop Pontefract Gold junior tournament is a huge achievement for Alex. With over 200 participants, he played fantastically well and didn’t drop a single game all weekend against the top players in the UK....Read More
In has been a busy month in the Maths Department here at Dame Alice Owen’s. Earlier in December, our Year 8 students took part in a Maths Festive Lecture hosted by ‘Think Maths’. It was an interactive session where students took part in festive lottery, made festive decorations, looked at number patterns and were introduced...Read More
Last week, a selection of pupils in Year 7 and Year 8, along with staff, visited Cologne on a winter school trip. The group had the opportunity to visit three different Christmas markets, including the wonderful Heumarkt Market, had an engaging guided tour of Cologne Cathedral – the world’s most impressive Gothic cathedral, and went...Read More
Earlier this week, DAOS welcomed the TikToc trend-setter, Formz. Formz is a rapper, BBC Bitesize presenter, writer and Sky Sports commentator, working in different areas to pursue his dreams. Formz discussed with Y7 and Y8 students the importance of working hard at school, why education is so important, how it impacts life after school and...Read More
Last week, our GCSE and A Level P.E. students were extremely fortunate to receive a visit and talk from double Paralympic gold medallist and 11 time World Champion Kayaker, Emma Wiggs MBE. Emma gave an incredibly inspiring and heartening talk about her journey from being an able-bodied sports woman to losing the use of her...Read More
This week, two of our students were selected to take part in a unique careers programme in Canary Wharf with Morgan Stanley and Net Eire in partnership with peace building charity, Co-Operation Ireland. DAOS pupils, James and Alicia, were part of a small number of students from Ireland and London selected for their potential as...Read More
Earlier this month, the Art Department organised a Life Drawing trip of our A Level students. The session was led by Calvin Richards at the Candid Arts Trust, Islington and the experience was a huge success with excellent student feedback. Ola in Year 12 said, “To put it simply, the experience was fantastic and really...Read More
Our Year 7A Netball Team visited Highgate School last week to compete in the Highgate Netball Tournament. The girls got off to a bit of a bumpy start with a 4-5 loss against North London Collegiate School. However, they quickly turned things around and won the next game, against Greys Court, 3-2. Their next match...Read More
Last week, over 60 Y12 and 13 biologists visited the Biology In Action convention in London for an exciting day of informative discussions, interactive sessions and stories. The event is organised by Education in Action – founded by teachers who felt a strong passion about providing students with a motivational and educational experience not possible...Read More
On Friday 10 November, students and staff attended the annual Remembrance Day service conducted on-site at our war memorial. The memorial holds the names of Owen’s alumni, both staff and students, who lost their lives during the world wars and we gave thanks and remembrance for their life and service.Read More
