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27/03/24

The HAP community are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Richard Taylor remember his visits to the Academy fondly and send heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. https://t.co/i97YdX2e49

22/03/24

Congratulations to Rylee who won the Junior Police Cadet of the Borough Award. pic.twitter.com/L1XKEuz5lE

21/03/24

Year 7 students really enjoyed this reward trip to local Review Bookshop, choosing their amazing free World Book Day books. What a great selection -which one to read first? pic.twitter.com/QgL3cY0YNr

15/03/24

Highlights of British Science week: making slime and bouncy balls and riding go karts pic.twitter.com/jJMjUsErIu

15/03/24

Year 10 students visit pic.twitter.com/lh4I7jEzha

13/03/24

Fantastic orchestral Together day yesterday for some of our year 7 and 8 students hosting students from you ! pic.twitter.com/yh5PTqcNMn

13/03/24

Thank you for a lovely Science Week assembly pic.twitter.com/B76ShOy7aZ

13/03/24

Thank you for a lovely Science Week assembly pic.twitter.com/B76ShOy7aZ

13/03/24

KS2 Science Week assembly pic.twitter.com/KehXrEbCZe

13/03/24

KS2 Science Week assembly pic.twitter.com/KehXrEbCZe

13/03/24

World Book Day Celebrations: Students from Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park joined us for a library treasure hunt. Supported by our skilful student librarians they solved riddles and answered literature questions to find their next clues. Well done! pic.twitter.com/4ChegQ6lQn

13/03/24

On World book day Kenny Imafidon gave an inspiring presentation of his memoir “That Peckham boy”. In conversation with book blogger John-Paul Kunrunmi he encouraged students to be proactive about their future and to have the confidence to shape their own stories. pic.twitter.com/MA76S4tivB

12/03/24

(29) We have worked with many schools across London but our links with Harris Academies is very strong Lord Harris funded a great youth club supporting the community https://t.co/pMHGl5oxCs#LegacyOfHope pic.twitter.com/8rzcuZ4vHZ

12/03/24

(29) We have worked with many schools across London but our links with Harris Academies is very strong Lord Harris funded a great youth club supporting the community https://t.co/pMHGl5oxCs#LegacyOfHope pic.twitter.com/8rzcuZ4vHZ

11/03/24

HAP World Book Day pic.twitter.com/ZyYrzlTo8V

11/03/24

Fantasy and Science Fiction was the theme for World Book Day at HAP! pic.twitter.com/ouDA3LRtin

08/03/24

If you're an undergraduate or recent graduate from an under-represented background with a home address in Southwark and aged 18-24, SouthWRK is here to help you. Find out more and let your potential shine https://t.co/I3friBJR5N pic.twitter.com/2A267lpEqg

08/03/24

If you're an undergraduate or recent graduate from an under-represented background with a home address in Southwark and aged 18-24, SouthWRK is here to help you. Find out more and let your potential shine https://t.co/I3friBJR5N pic.twitter.com/2A267lpEqg

08/03/24

Absolutely fantastic opportunity for some of our Year 10 GCSE violinists getting to work with Strings on a project and getting to perform at . We're really enjoying working with you this year! pic.twitter.com/4OG862M2iy

08/03/24

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Posted on February 9th 2017

Societe Generale visit

On Wednesday 8th February Year 12 and 13 Economists visited Société Générale in the City of London. They were exposed to a range of activities that both tested and developed their communication skills, team working skills and ability to work under pressure.

The workshop began with our students pairing up with students from another sixth form college. After introducing themselves, they then had to answer a specific question which had been asked in an interview before, such as "is a Jaffa Cake a biscuit or a cake?" and "If you could be any film character what would it be?" This was a great icebreaker activity, getting students to think on the spot and answer questions out of their comfort zone.

The next activity split the students into five groups where they had the opportunity to be interviewed by an employee from Société Générale. The professionals then gave them meaningful, individual feedback on how they could improve the way they interview. The professionals rotated around the group and each time the students had to answer a different question so that they were familiar with the kind of questions they would likely to be asked when interviewed. The students really enjoyed this aspect of the workshop and they were able to try out new strategies, such as the STAR strategy, that would improve the structure of the answers and gave them confidence in answering any question that they were given.

The final session was a trading game where students again worked in teams on behalf of a bank. They were given £20,000 to buy and sell shares over a period of six trading days. After each trading day they could sell or buy shares depending on whether they thought the share value was going to increase or decrease for that particular business after news stories were released about them. The aim of the game was to not run out of cash but to instead have the most valuable portfolio. Shueeb and Samira were in the winning team managing to make a substantial return on their investment in just 30 minutes of trading.

Mr M Huff
Business Studies and Economics Teacher