Dame Alice Owen’s School is delighted to present “The Addams Family” – a comical feast! Taking place on Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th March in the Edward Guinness Hall at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £10 and available now through Wisepay.
We have been following the progress of one of our Year 8 pupils, Alex, in Junior Squash competitions and we are delighted to share that he recently became the U13 English Junior Champion! At the Junior Championships, held earlier this month, Alex put in a tremendous effort and performance, ultimately winning and taking first place […]
We are delighted to share that Ofsted has judged Dame Alice Owen’s School as outstanding in all areas with no points for improvement during our latest Ofsted inspection. Thank you to everyone who helps to make our community so special; to you, our parents and carers, the staff, governors, and our wonderful students. Thank you […]
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!
Our senior students ran the 2nd annual Christmas Quiz at school raising over £100 for Helping Herts Homeless charity. Question rounds included: match the teacher with their best (and worst) Christmas present, Christmas anagrams as well as a Christmas equation round which was very clever indeed! It was a brilliant, festive way to spend lunchtime […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]