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Wishing Our School Community a Merry Christmas! As the holiday season approaches, we want to extend our warmest wishes to all our students, parents, staff and governors. Thank you for being a part of our wonderful school family. We look forward to an exciting new term together pic.twitter.com/2XdTJIEn6r

20/12/24

HARRIS ACADEMY PECKHAM INSIGHT MAGAZINE WINTER 2024 https://t.co/YL0P54YueP

20/12/24

🌟 A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Generous Donors! 🌟 We are incredibly grateful to , & for their generous donations. Your support means the world to us and will make a significant impact on our community pic.twitter.com/oMvkXtN3jM

19/12/24

We are incredibly grateful to our wonderful local resident Claire, for her generous donation of clothes and toiletries. Your contribution is making a significant difference in our community. Thank you for being a shining example of generosity and compassion. pic.twitter.com/GCaHtinqQL

19/12/24

A huge thank you to for graciously hosting our Year 7 students on LEAP Day! Your hospitality and support made the day unforgettable. We appreciate the warm welcome and enriching experience you provided. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/iQvxHw1MRc

19/12/24

Our Year 8 students had an incredible day , where they not only explored the wonders of science but also showcased outstanding leadership values! pic.twitter.com/MVce6UzLAq

19/12/24

Our Year 9 students had an inspiring day exploring the value of Leadership through art and creativity. They engaged with powerful works that highlight leadership in diverse contexts, sparking thoughtful discussions and reflections. pic.twitter.com/35TCwhAogP

19/12/24

LEAP day at HAP. Year 8 visit the pic.twitter.com/AGES0Eis1n

19/12/24

Ofcom has found that, overall, 99% of children in the UK are using social media. That’s almost 14 million young people using sites just like this one. 📈🧒 Download >> https://t.co/aJv0pPA5Fn Listen >> https://t.co/Ps3nWycBFz pic.twitter.com/NNRqxQ6ubv

19/12/24

It was great to connect with learners at the Harris Academy Peckham Careers Fair, answering questions about courses, career paths, and opportunities at Lewisham College. Come to an Open Day: https://t.co/jD0PtMvIEK#LewishamCollege pic.twitter.com/WyusquKTNz

19/12/24

Congratulations to 2 of our Year 11 Music students, Alimat and Michelle, who have secured places

19/12/24

Year 7 boys made an outstanding debut in the Harris cup tournament consistently demonstrating our LEAP values throughout the event pic.twitter.com/CsKYDzrGe7

18/12/24

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17/12/24

The Winter Mini Challenge is a reading challenge for children ages 4-11, to read during the winter and collect rewards. 📖 Starts 7 Dec to 28 Feb 2025. ❄️ More information here: ☃️ https://t.co/YISHNY1Loj

17/12/24

Born to Perform! pic.twitter.com/iHKiIDVF01

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Drama students perform pic.twitter.com/3otfcejbXD

17/12/24

Principal Breakfast superstars! pic.twitter.com/W5kIoFRyXW

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Posted on October 2nd 2020

'The Rush of Wind' - A Poem for Black History Month

At Harris Academy Peckham, WORD is core to everything we do. So during Black History Month we want to celebrate the power of our voice. 

Miss Howell, a spoken word artist herself, has written a poem in reflection of Windrush. This was done following work with the poet Benjamin Zephaniah and we wanted to share it with you here.

Pictured: John, a part of the Windrush generation, visiting Clapham South Deep Shelter, decades after being there during Windrush.


John

The Rush of Wind

Written by Miss Howell 

May this Empire Windrush deliver us to freedom

I see my brothers and sisters on this glorious ship

We dance the glory dance

We cheer the glory cheer

Our merry souls are steeped in excitement that we've been invited here.

When we anchor ourselves into the blessed

Tilbury Docks of Essex

The world is our oyster.

We will disperse into England with energy matched of joyous children,

I wonder what their trains looks like.

I wonder what their roads feel like beneath my feet

Will I ever feel the humid heat of Jamaica again?

I don't know where I will lay my head

Or if I'll even have a bed

But we know we've been invited here.

 

Some two hundred and fifty of us travel

To the Clapham South Deep Shelter.

We make ourselves comfortable in our new temporary home.

Some of us have a lot of belongings and some of us have none

None of us have our papers so the journey cannot be undone.

For six shillings and sixpence a week it buys me a bunker with crisp white sheets below the Northern line.

The windowless underworld under the underground

And I cannot believe how loud it is.

Trains rattle overhead and our bodies involuntarily shake to the rhythm of moving trains.

The energy of transport is so fast here

Everyone is bolting around the streets like quick flashes of lightning.

 

We travel to Brixton to the labour employment

And guess what?

I've got me a job!

With the glorious British Rail Depot in Orpington...

But glory here in England doesn't last long

They tell you

"It's the mother country, you're all welcome, you're British" but now that I live here

You realise you're a foreigner and that's all there is to it.

 

I may always be an alien in a country that invited me

They may try to erase our labour that helped their broken economy

They may try to deport my friends of the West Indies

But they will never erase me.

 

I am John Richards, a ninety-four-year-old proud Jamaican man who worked for the National Rail until I retired.

I may, at my old age be tired of corrupt Britain

But I am one of many pioneers of the Windrush Generation.

And no matter how hard England tries to erase us, we were invited here.