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This year has seen us all face many challenges but the support and assistance of parents, carers, students and colleagues have been exceptional. Thanks to this we have been able to conquer the 2020 school year without any positive COVID-19 cases in the school community.

Early school closure

We received this message from Southwark Safer Schools Team and
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Click on the PDF for details of term dates fro the 2020-2021 school year.

The following advice has been issued by Transport for London for students restarting school in June 2020

We have been working very hard on behalf of our parents and carers to secure funding for school meals whilst our students are not attending school.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Information

Our staff are talking to our students on a daily basis during the school closure and are providing activities and work to keep young brains functioning.

UPDATE - PLEASE ONLY SEND YOUR CHILD INTO SCHOOL IF THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE

COVID - 19 Update

Please read our latest update regarding the COVID -19 pandemic and how it may affect parents and carers.

We have been awarded a Bronze Level Accreditation for Travel training

We are delighted to be invited to work on this local project by Art in the Park. We will be hosting a series of workshops and visiting St Mary's Church to see the burial site of Prince Lee Boo.

This project was made possible by the generous funding and support of United St Saviours.Charity.

Here are the dates and times of the GCSE Public Exams being sat by several of our students this summer.

Please note: To facilitate these exams taking place the school may open or close earlier or later than usual.

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This term we have been hosting a series of workshops led by Sabrina from Say It With Your Chest and facilitated by Angie from Year Here

A Christmas message to all parents and carers from the Cavendish School team

We are sad to announce that our friend and colleague Anne-Marie lost her fight to cancer on 22nd August 2018

Sheik wins GOLD in Shot Putt and Timi wins GOLD in 100 metres

"The school provides its pupils with an outstanding education".

Term dates for the 2018/2019 school year are now available

Dates for the Entry Level Exams are:

Our last tournament of the year saw our team meet Spa School.

Spooky outfits and face painting

Cavendish took part in our first SEN League matches this autumn term.

We have come to the end of another school year and what an eventful one this has been. Below are some of the things we have experienced and achieved over the past year.

We have dedicated one of our classrooms as an Art Gallery to display our children's fantastic work. We have named the Gallery after our Art Teacher and Deputy Head, Patricia Shaw.

Our garden was officially opened and a plaque unveiled dedicated to our old therapy dog Lucy.

For the first time in seven years Southwark have won the London Youth ParaGames Football Tournament with a team made up entirely of Cavendish School students.

Term Dates for 2017 - 2018 School year

We welcome our new chef Nigel Denne.

Over the half term we had our garden completely renovated.

The heats for the championships were held on 1st February 2017 at Wormwood Scrubs.

"Sexting" has been hitting the news headlines recently and as a school we have a duty to educate and inform our young people on the laws and consequences of engaging in this kind of activity.

The theme for this years Anti-Bullying Week is "Power for Good"

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Autumn Term begins on Monday 5th September

This year's annual event will take place in Southwark Park on Friday 8th July

3rd Place for Team Southwark

Two students visited Tallington Lakes in Lincolnshire.

We had a visit from Chloe from Zoolab early in the spring term as part of our Science curriculum.

We are saddened by the news that one of Cavendish's greatest friends has passed away.

The film "No Victory" is now available online.

The project took place during Spring 2014 and featured students from years 10 & 11.

The film also features our Metropolitan Police Schools Liaison Office, PC Mickey Houlahan in his first acting role.

It also features one of our ex-colleagues, Michael Scowen, offering his perspective on our school.

Some of our students worked on making short films about Bermondsey Square. This project was funded by Bermondsey Square Community Fund.

Congratulations to Danie & Steve who tied the knot on Saturday 19th September.

New student Kaitlin and trainee therapy dog Lexi get acquainted on their first day.

This end of term sees us say goodbye to our long serving Science teacher Anne-Marie.

Friday 26th June was the last day of school for our Year 11 students.

Outdoor Space Regeneration Project

"Straight Talking" is a charity working to reduce the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the UK.

The recent warm weather has meant that the Bike Maintenance Project can resume and students can get back on their bikes for the summer term.

Wednesday 18th March is National Child Sexual Exploitation Day and is also sees the launch of Operation Makesafe in support of CSE.

Staff attended training on this subject on Thursday 26th March.

This year's Red Nose Day was celebrated in a variety of ways to raise funds for Comic Relief.

A big "thank you" to Tracey Fowler, mum to one of our Year 10 students.

Additional film project for spring term

It felt like spring as students began harvesting some of the produce they planted at the end of 2014.

We are delighted to announce that Ellie Alder has been promoted to Learning Support Assistant.

We are delighted to announce that Shelby and Michael have passed their AQA Award Introduction to Horticulture.

Our students in Key Stage 3 have been learning about the First World War as part of the Humanities curriculum. Key Stage 4 students have been learning specifically about Armistice Day during PSHE lessons.

The whole school observed a minutes silence at 11am on the 11th November as a mark of respect to those who gave their lives in WW1 and subsequent conflicts. Some of our year 9 students went to look at the poppies at the Tower of London and Aiden has written the following article about the day.

In partnership with Goldsmiths College we welcome our second PGCE placement for this term.

In conjunction with Princes Trust, European Social Fund, Skills Funding Council and Education Funding Agency.

Selected students will be attending weekly sessions hosted by our friends at Time and Talents and supported by Bruno and his colleagues at Urban Growth.

In conjunction with Transport for London, Metropolitan Police and Southwark Council

It's a wrap!