We were privileged to host our first TEDx talk at Freemen’s this term, an evening of thought-provoking, mind-blowing and lively discussions from our talented students and staff. Topics such as “Pandemics and Prejudice” put Freemen’s centre stage for excellence in thought leadership.
Hannah Lewis is a Holocaust survivor who spoke to the School about living through the Nazi era in Poland during the Second World War.
Old Free, Gary Youssef was welcomed back to Freemen’s, where he presented a series of financial education workshops to our Sixth Form students.
Over the last 2 years Mrs Jepson Taylor and Mrs Parkin have been actively investigating the impact that instructional coaching has on Sixth Form pupils. Their research found that pupils who participated in a structured coaching programme saw a demonstrable improvement in their self-belief and growth mindset. The techniques and experiences gained from their research is now being shared with other members of staff and students. This research was carried out through the schools Exploring Teacher Programme but has recently been published in the Chartered College of Teachers education journal Impact. You can read the article in full below.
Freemen’s Enterprise group provided pupils from across the School the opportunity to demonstrate their budding entrepreneurial ideas by presenting potential business ideas to a panel of Dragon’s Den judges during last term's Business Enterprise Competition. The judges were made up of teachers and Sixth Form students.
We’re thrilled with the response from our community to the Ukraine Appeal which was organised by Sixth Form student Toby.
This half-term, students travelled to the Guildhall in London to attend the 35th Annual Tacitus Lecture by the historian Professor David Olusoga on Finance and the City in the Age of Historical Reckoning.
City of London Freemen’s School is excited to launch a new partnership initiative called Developing Leadership Through Partnership, bringing together eight primary and secondary schools from the state and independent sectors to focus on school to school improvement, through collaboration and sharing good practice.
Congratulations to Pip, Dean (Upper 4) and Ben (Lower 4), who are award-winning climate superheroes of ‘Farmvention 2021’.
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