The Owen’s Eco Committee is as busy as ever! The team organised an immensely successful “Eco Fashion Fair” last week, allowing students to bring in their old clothes and swap for alternatives! The Eco Committee continues to show great dedication to a greener school environment and works hard to ensure that everyone has a deeper […]
A group of Dame Alice Owen’s Year 10 students took part in a “Maths Feast” event this week at Barnwell Upper School. The event was organised and run by the AMSP (Advanced Mathematics Support Programme) and aimed to provide fun and educational challenges, testing problem-solving and teamwork skills. There were several rounds requiring different skills […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our End of Half Term School Newsletter is now available! Many thanks to Olena, our volunteer Newsletter Editor, for all her hard work in pulling the articles together. We wish everyone a great break!
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 […]
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 […]