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Debate Mate Cup Grand Final
20 Jun 2022

The KS3 Debate Mate finalists travelled to Central London to take part in the Debate Mate Cup Grand Final at Salesforce Tower. It was the first in-person Grand Final since 2019 in such an impressive and prestigious location, and the students thoroughly enjoyed the day. The reception area has a 70,000-litre aquarium containing around 1,200 fish; the largest privately owned example in the UK and contains over 60 species of fish in an entirely sustainable ecosystem. We were told that the tank is maintained by three part-time divers who clean the rockwork and glass regularly.
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The Barking and Dagenham 0-19 Childrens Universal service
07 Jun 2022

The Barking and Dagenham 0-19 Childrens Universal service delivers the Healthy Child Programme (HCP). The HCP is a health care programme that is offered to families/ carers with children from antenatal to 19 years of age. To find out more: website: https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/0-19-service School Nursing Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NELFTSchoolNursingBD Health Visiting Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NELFTHealthVisitingBD/
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Penguin Workshop
20 Apr 2022

As part of our partnership with Penguin Random House, staff from Penguin delivered a fantastic workshop focused on publishing and careers to our year 12 English Literature students. The workshop was fun and interactive, and aimed to inspire and inform young people about careers in publishing by bringing to life the different roles available within the industry including editorial, sales, marketing and publicity. Our students discovered all about the different roles available in publishing, by working together to put themselves in the shoes of a Marketer, Editor, Designer and Salesperson. They also heard about the individual career journeys of all of the volunteers at the session and the various entry-level roles available to them.
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Dance Show
25 Mar 2022

On Thursday 24th March 2022, the Dance Department put on a sold out show with performances from Years 7-13 and guest artists. Over 100 students performed and the work showcased was absolutely phenomenal. Our students lit up the stage, their passion, energy and enthusiasm for dance was so authentic and contagious that audience members were left speechless. Our Dance students are an absolute asset to Barking Abbey School and truly emulate Team BA.
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Debate Mate
04 Mar 2022

Four Debate Mate teams represented Barking Abbey in the second round of debating at the host school: Eastbrook School. Students in Years 7-10 took part from both Longbridge and Sandringham campuses. Once again, there was a phenomenal level of debate from both KS3 and KS4 teams and again, our MALs took a leading role, displaying an array of sophisticated and complex points. Teams debated two motions and overall we won 6/8 debates in total - another incredible set of results.
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Character Education kitemark
03 Mar 2022

Barking Abbey were assessed for the Character Education Kitemark and we are pleased to tell you that not only did we gain the Kitemark but that we were also awarded Kitemark Plus. This means that not only do we meet the criteria but that we can be held up as a beacon for other schools to see how to incorporate character education. Barking Abbey started the journey towards incorporating character education into everything we do back in 2017. It has developed over the years into our BEST habits which we can now see reflected in all aspects of Barking Abbey.
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Food Banks
28 Feb 2022

During the pandemic, Barking has seen an influx of people relying on food banks. As part of their Active Citizenship Project, Year 11 chose to raise awareness of food poverty. 11I and 11F chose to focus on donating food for food banks. They began with secondary research regarding food poverty and its current situation in Barking.
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