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31/03/25

Last week Year 11 went up to The Globe Theatre to see Macbeth which they will be writing about in their upcoming exams. It was a fantastic & engaging performance! Thank you and for the opportunity! pic.twitter.com/ePxu35HH0L

22/03/25

Congratulations to the U16 boys team on their win last night. They are now through to the last 8 of the National Schools competition. pic.twitter.com/kmpBfDrTo7

14/03/25

Congratulations to our Year 7 boys' athletic team! A fantastic achievement! https://t.co/msdqouEH3R

14/03/25

Year 12 students completed their training as Antibullying Ambassadors through the Diana Award this week and are ready to take over from the fabulous job the Year 13 team have been doing. pic.twitter.com/yL5pjOa59f

14/03/25

Congratulations to our new Year 10 prefects on their induction this week! pic.twitter.com/PCGvSZq4Mt

08/03/25

Happy International Women’s Day 💫 At Kinetic Foundation, we’re proud to recognise and empower our Kinetic Girls every single day 💛🖤 We’re also proud to be fully inclusive regardless of gender, ability, financial situation or ethnicity and can offer young people an education… pic.twitter.com/PATR8Y9UIV

07/03/25

Congratulations to our HCACP community for all their contributions to the food bank. pic.twitter.com/1qEpslitew

07/03/25

We had the fantastic lead interactive sessions today providing knowledge, fostering social awareness & decision making skills around underage drinking. It was incredibly engaging; teachers & students were captivated from start to finish pic.twitter.com/jyFYc1a6Io

06/03/25

Last Friday was Jamaica Day! We celebrated with patois quiz in the morning and information about the day. We had jerk wings for lunch and staff celebrated with our Jamaican teachers in the afternoon with Jamaican treats. pic.twitter.com/hlwqdDOJN9

06/03/25

Congratulations to everyone who donated to HCACP food bank! A worth cause! pic.twitter.com/AnQSNJjxc3

06/03/25

Last month we celebrated Chinese New Year and the year of the snake with interactive workshops, quizzes, and a performance. pic.twitter.com/y6M9swuvz2

06/03/25

Happy World Book Day! Teachers dressed up to celebrate some of our favourite books. The English team also organised a variety of activities, from poetry competitions, to 'Frankenstein' treasure hunt, to memory lane book wall... plus much more. pic.twitter.com/xqsIcCjOHK

06/03/25

Here are our fantastic 2025 £1/€1.50 authors and illustrators wishing you all a very Happy World Book Day! pic.twitter.com/qluWc2gfju

10/02/25

A superb last couple of week for the table tennis teams. With qualifiers for the team National semi finals and London individual and national finals!!🏓🏆🥇 pic.twitter.com/qJMQMAB4Ix

10/02/25

After being crowned London Simmonds cup champions. The Yr7 athletics team put in an outstanding performance to be crowned South London Sportshall athletics champions and qualify for the finals next month. 🥇🏆 pic.twitter.com/x1PnEXBI4b

24/01/25

Congratulations to the U14 boys were crowned Croydon schools Basketball cup winners earlier this week. pic.twitter.com/G1YBkfCiQr

15/01/25

Congratulations to the U16 boys basketball team who were victorious in last nights Croydon Cup semi final. pic.twitter.com/NUQErv6Pzg

13/01/25

One of our proudest moments — watching these talented young people shine at for 's Together at Christmas carol service! A huge well done to the incredible students of 👏⁠ ⁠ 📸 Barney Curran⁠ pic.twitter.com/Rzozr2gUw2

10/01/25

Congratulations to the U14 boys basketball team on their semi final win in the Croydon cup. Onto The final in a couple of weeks! 🤞🏾🏀 pic.twitter.com/WgwGVboOil

20/12/24

We wish everyone in our community a happy and safe holiday. Should any student need us for any support, they can contact us using our safespace.org.uk email.

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Posted on July 4th 2013

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace victorious at the fourth Battle of the Brains

After weeks of preparation it was finally time to take part in Battle of the Brains. Our team of six students, together with Ms Feasey and Ms Neill, left Crystal Palace at 12.15 to travel on the bus to Harris Academy South Norwood to take part in the fourth annual Battle of the Brains competition. This year was really important; after coming second to Harris Academy Beckenham last year we needed to regain our title.

We arrived in time to eat our packed lunches outside in the sunshine. Fully fuelled we entered the rival Academy and found our table at the back of the drama hall. The event kicked off with a tuneful rendition from the Academy’s choir. Soon all the other 13 Harris Academies had arrived and the competition began.

Round after round of some easy, and some not so easy questions, were asked about a whole host of different subjects from Science to Popular Culture. We found the English and Art rounds the most challenging but half way through the competition it was announced that we were in second place by one point. We knew that victory was close.

After a quick break of juice and biscuits, only 7 rounds stood between us and the trophy. With the final question over, we waited patiently for the results. One by one each of the other Academies were announced until finally the top three were left. In third place came Harris Academy East Dulwich Boys. We nervously paused as they announced second place …. Harris Academy South Norwood. We had won! This was excellent news and a brilliant end to a brilliant day.

Abbie McDougall  - 9SP

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