Collegium visit to Tate Modern , masterclass on Citizenship
Members of the school collegium considered the local, national and global communities they inhabit and their role within them in this workshop, which encouraged them to develop physical, cultural, social, political and gender awareness. Within the session the pupils explored how art can act as an agent of change and present snapshots of history.

Year 10 visit to Journalist enterprise event.
The task was for each team to complete a five page publication within the deadline - 2.30pm.  Each group needed to select, research and write news stories, as well as edit, proof read and select photographs.  There were two editorial meetings during the day for both groups to present stories, put forward ideas and to discuss which stories need to be developed or discarded.  The groups also needed to discuss headlines and captions for each story. 
In addition, each group received a budget of £1,000 to produce their newspaper.  They were charged for advertising printing costs, for printing costs such as colour in masthead, blurb and columns. Groups received penalty fines for missing deadlines and not meeting newspaper criteria by the Editor in Chief.

January – February 2008 –  Year 9 Raising Achievement project
After attending the Real (Raising  Equality and Achievement for Learners)  conference with VP, a conference hosted by London Gifted and Talented we were presented with a project that had worked with many ethnic minority and  EAL students who had been identified as G and T but were underachieving.  The idea was to boost the self esteem and raise the aspirations of the pupils by way of regular contact and a triangular survey that included parents, teachers and the students identified as needing intervention. 
Impact: The results for almost all pupils improved between the start of the project and the mock exams.

Summer School  Aspire
A Fantastic Science Summer School was run by Aspire last August.  The Theme was ‘Target Mars’ and the activities, content and Enterprise focus fully engaged those participating.  Year 6 students from feeder Junior Schools worked alongside Grey Court year 7 and year students.  The week was partly subsidised by Waldegrave, our Leading Edge Partner.  This event will run again this Summer and will be expanded to include sessions in the Ingenium.

Year 7  Science Day :   BUNKERED
In November 7aSc1 took part in an exciting Science day, run by Aspire, based on the idea that an asteroid is hurtling towards Earth.  We were split into teams and completed a number of challenges to deal with this impending disaster. Students

• created a landscape out of sand and designed bunkers for people to live in.
• wrote new reports using green screens and cameras
• made radios for communication
• designed water towers to hold and preserve water.

Teams were awarded points for different tasks.
Working in teams students really got to know different people and were required to follow very detailed instructions. It was well planned and great fun because at the end the year 7s felt they had really learned and achieved a lot, using a variety of skills.  It was great being in the Ingenium for the day.

State/Independent Partnership
Masterclasses
Grey Court has continued to work within this partnership involving 8 state and independent schools (mostly from Wimbledon).  Each school organises a cycle of Masterclasses for Gifted and Talented year 10/yr 11 students.  We are now into the second cycle of these masterclasses.  Since September 2007, masterclasses have run in History (Genealogy), Mathematics (Probability and How to Win Games of Chance – hosted by Grey Court),  Drama (Combat scenes in Romeo and Juliet), Geography (Forensic Geography) and Science ( experiments and challenges).
A/A*  Revision
The Partnership is again organising a revision school aimed at A/A8 students to beheld at the Ursuline.  20 Grey Court students have been invited to attend.

Year 10 As –Level critical Thinking
5 year 10 students are preparing for their As-level in critical thinking though Richmond College.  They attend a twilight session at the college once a week and are finding the course interesting, enjoyable and useful.

Girls Enterprise Day at Waldegrave
20 year 8 girls, chosen for their ability to contribute to a group and to work with others collaboratively, spent a day in February at Waldegrave developing their enterprise skills.