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20/11/24

Congratulations to this week's Principal's Breakfast winners. pic.twitter.com/p4sRHtWfkt

15/11/24

🌟Interested in becoming a teacher?Join our free webinar on Nov 19, 7-8 pm (GMT) to learn about teacher training in London & the South East! Meet the NIoT team & get your questions answered.📅 Sign up now - https://t.co/WQGdvEAK4Q pic.twitter.com/dDpfMAWVKY

15/11/24

Thank you to for speaking to our Year 11s about their futures. Informative presentation on what they offer and some amazing extra curricular and university/careers support pic.twitter.com/c3vozPNdZT

13/11/24

Congratulations to this week's Principal Breakfast winners! pic.twitter.com/HNChlK6FRL

12/11/24

Yesterday, both our staff and student community came together to honour and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 🌺 We salute their bravery and dedicate ourselves to peace. pic.twitter.com/NWqzg6erYB

11/11/24

🌟Thinking about a career in teaching? 🌟 Join us at the Train to Teach event on Nov 16th! Meet our tutor team, learn how to apply, & get support for overseas applicants & shortage subjects.Register here 👉 https://t.co/Pt3yzAXnMM#TrainToTeach pic.twitter.com/iDPG7WXZx2

08/11/24

Off to the coast! Exciting times for GCSE Geography students conducting fieldwork in Whitstable. Discovering coastal landscapes and collecting data to bring their studies to life! pic.twitter.com/df1UKR5hAH

07/11/24

Thank you for an insightful and inspirational presentation on pathways Ms Anstey helping our year 11's to achieve their aspirations! pic.twitter.com/RXvLzRjvT8

06/11/24

Year 11 students had an enjoyable evening watching Fulham v Brentford in the Premier League pic.twitter.com/9M6qWjoQTp

05/11/24

Exciting news: our Year 7 students are taking part in Bookbuzz! pic.twitter.com/v5qx375EBx

11/10/24

Our fantastically talented Harris Orchestra. pic.twitter.com/Vhxegm04DC

11/10/24

Sir Dan Moynihan welcomes 5000 members of staff, and gives a special welcome to our newest academy pic.twitter.com/Zg1qzF10n0

11/10/24

We look forward to welcoming you to our annual conference ‘Claiming the Future- Beating the Odds’. Registration is now open! Have a fabulous day colleagues. pic.twitter.com/PpLKkvKgYo

04/10/24

Year 8 students had an excellent time in the first of six workshops at as part of their Futurelands project. During the session, they were tasked with coming up with artistic designs for their vision for Peckham in 50 Years time. pic.twitter.com/LjG77vl2d2

02/10/24

🎺 Every MiSST student is able to take an instrument home with them.🎻Their participation and smallest achievement are a source of pride for the whole family🤩 pic.twitter.com/k9XMElEKBk

26/09/24

Fantastic first Write Off for our Year 11 students focusing on source annotations for the Germany Paper pic.twitter.com/577aMtmd4d

26/09/24

More photos of our Jack Petchey award winning superstars pic.twitter.com/MYxAozbyku

26/09/24

Congratulations to our HAP Jack Petchey award winners. The criteria for winning, was having achieved or inspired others and having overcome challenges pic.twitter.com/fEBbGiLIBl

26/09/24

We had our first Future Linguist Club. Students learned about the future projects and completed some mind/language games pic.twitter.com/vnRcy1EQdc

25/09/24

We look forward to welcoming prospective families at our remaining Open Events pic.twitter.com/bQgHtPhs5i

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Posted on June 24th 2016

Guinness Book of World Records Attempt

On Friday 24th June 120 Year 9 pupils took part in a world record reading lesson attempt on, joining around 75 other schools in a bid to smash the previous record of 3,509 pupils simultaneously participating in the same reading lesson. Coordinated by the National Book Day Trust, the Harris students, along with thousands of others around the country, read and discussed the first chapter of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Independent observers were on hand to verify this scholarly feat for Guinness World Records, making an official tally of the number of pupils involved in each class and ensuring that the muggles had not taken assistance from illicit charms or spells in their record bid. They noted in their report to Guinness World Records an “impressive focus from all pupils on the text”, “sensitive awareness of the many language devices used by Rowling” and “clear demonstration of how books can have a magical effect on readers’ imaginations”. 

Ms K Nutbeem

Senior Head of Department English

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