National Careers Week runs for the first week of March and this year, Dame Alice Owen’s had the pleasure of welcoming back 12 alumni to deliver their careers talks to students in Block J. Careers Week is an extremely valuable way for the students to hear real life experiences from people who have walked a...Read More
Our Girls U14 Football team were entered, for the first time ever, into the English Schools Football Association PlayStation Cup. They did incredibly well to reach the Quarter Finals but sadly lost to Bristol Free School at this stage. This side were extremely strong, with an England player in their line up. The final score...Read More
Three groups from Dame Alice Owen’s took part in the South East Schools Chamber Music competition on Sunday 26th February at Harrow School. The groups were invited to perform and also received a coaching session from Michael Dussek. We were very excited when, following these performances, all three groups were selected for the finals concert...Read More
Earlier in February, our Year 12 & 13 Art students had the pleasure of attending a landscape in charcoal workshop with artist Sophie Coe. Sophie studied fine art, graphic design and architecture and began her career working as an architect in the UK, Asia and Australia. She uses a variety of techniques and is largely...Read More
On Tuesday 31st January, the Year 8 girls netball team played in the semi final of the U13 Herts County Cup. They faced a strong St Albans High School team and the last time these two teams met in the league, the game resulted in a draw. Owens got off to a flying start, taking...Read More
On Wednesday 1st February, our A Level Politics students had a guest lecture from BBC’s Amol Rajan. Amol was appointed the BBC’s first Media Editor in 2016. Among his many accolades, he was the youngest Editor of a broadsheet title in the UK (The Independent) and the first from an ethic minority. He will take...Read More
On Friday 27th January Oliver Dowden MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) visited the school. Mr. Dowden began his visit with Mrs. Nemko as they sat down to discuss several of the most pressing issues in education right now. Following this, Mr. Dowden kindly agreed to a Q&A session with our A Level Politics...Read More
Last week, a group of our Year 12 and 13 English A level students had the opportunity to watch a performance of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire at The Almeida Theatre in Islington. For those who attended, the play is either an exam or coursework text so to see it on stage in our home city...Read More
This week, Sixth Form Leaders and Social Action Captains are leading celebrations for the Lunar New Year. Students wrote their hopes and wishes for the New Year onto pieces of red ribbon, to bring luck, and tied them to create a wishing tree at the front of the school, by our main entrance. The Year...Read More
Thanks to Olena, our Parent volunteer Newsletter Editor, for pulling together all the articles which reflect another amazing half term at Owen’s! Please see our School Newsletters page! Wishing you all a restful break!Read More
