School Musical 2025

We are delighted to invite you to ‘Legally Blonde’. This smashing show follows Elle Woods from UCLA’s Delta Nu Sorority all the way to the hallowed halls of Harvard Law School.

Our 2025 musical boasts fantastic songs such as “Serious” and “Bend and Snap”, a hilarious script and brilliant performances from our talented actors and musicians in years 7-12.

Performances will be 7pm on Weds 16 July & Thurs 17 July. Tickets are on ParentPay at £8 for adults, £4 for students/staff.

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Year 9 trip to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 

On Thursday 10 July, a large group of Year 9 students walked to Regent's Park for a picnic in the shade and then a matinee of the stage version of Malorie Blackman's brilliant and groundbreaking novel Noughts & Crosses.

This thought-provoking and at times quite upsetting play left the students with much to discuss about race, power and love. They were impressed by the acting, especially of the main young couple, and the stark staging and dramatic effects, such as explosions. The Year 9 students were a pleasure to take on this trip, and managed especially well given the sweltering heat! 

Ms Trench, Ms Gibson, Ms Scott & Mr O'Connell

Creative Writing trip to Penguin Random House 

All year, a group of students in Year 10 ran a creative writing club on Wednesday lunchtimes for students in years 7-10.
To celebrate and encourage their initiative and love of reading and writing, on Tuesday 8 July we took them on a trip to the Vauxhall headquarters of the publishers, Penguin Random House.

It was such a lovely trip, and the team at Penguin Random House were very impressed by the students. Below is Sam 10M's description. 

"On Tuesday, me and the rest of the creative writing club went on a trip to the Penguin headquarters. We got to the headquarters after a half an hour tube journey and were met with warm hospitality and air-con, both of which were greatly appreciated. We were then led into a meeting room where we were given a presentation about how books were published. The talk itself was very interesting and interactive. There was a quiz, they showed us the books they had published and even gave us our own to take home.
However, my personal favourite bits were when they told us about the designing process and how they came to their final covers. As a DT student, I found it very informative about the sometimes extensive design process. I also greatly enjoyed seeing how attentive the students were, absorbing every word that was said. After the presentation, we were led out and up a lift to the main office, where we wandered around and looked at books, views and other little bits which the team had put out, all of which were very interesting. The overall environment was very calming and felt safe, and the largely female area added to the comfortability of it. I found the trip informative, calming and, most importantly, very fun and am very happy that I was given the opportunity."

Ms Trench & Ms Gibson

Book Trailers

In our library lessons, students selected their favourite books and created "book trailers" to promote them. They did a fantastic job and were very creative!

Here are a couple of them:

Hunger Games

The Prison Healer

Well done to all!

Y10 GCSE History trip to the National Archives

On Thursday 10 July, Y10 historians visited the National Archives in Kew to support their GCSE study of Elizabeth I’s reign and Migration to Britain 900c-present.

In one session, students explored Elizabeth’s letters and speeches to learn about her ruling style. Students handled a range of original Tudor documents, including the famous Tide letter that the young Elizabeth wrote to her Sister, Queen Mary I, to persuade her not to send her to the Tower of London. Pupils deciphered Tudor handwriting and investigated what these fascinating documents reveal about her governance. The session helped to develop an evidential understanding and gave students an insight into being a Tudor historian. It also showcases some of the beautiful images of Elizabeth.

The second session explored the lives of several Indian seafarers, known as lascars, through investigating a variety of documents. They uncovered details of worldwide travel, the range of jobs undertaken and the impact of legislation such as the 1920 Alien’s Order. The students gathered evidence about themes such as migration, identity, challenges and agency.  A highlight of this session was handling the original passenger list for the HMS Windrush that docked at Tilbury Docks in 1948, The Empire Windrush was a ship that arrived at Tilbury Docks in London on June 22, 1948, carrying over 800 passengers from the Caribbean. This arrival is widely recognised as a pivotal moment in the post-war migration of Caribbean people to Britain, contributing to the formation of the "Windrush Generation". 

Y10 student Claudia said, 
I really enjoyed the history, it was so interesting to get some insight into why looking at original sources is so important. I especially liked discussing the provenance of various sources and using clues like handwriting, pencil markings and stampings to work out when a source was written or by.

Y8 history trip to Greenwich

Year 8 historians visited historic Greenwich and the wonderful National Maritime Museum, bringing together many of the topics studied in Y8 this year.

It was an opportunity to visit historical sites such as the 17th century Queen’s House and to get up close to historical artefacts on a range of topics studied this year, including Elizabethan exploration, British colonialism in India and the origins, impact and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.

Students had the opportunity to see up close the famous ‘Armada portrait’ of Elizabeth I and to engage and contribute to some of the work the museum is doing on updating its transatlantic slavery gallery. The students were fabulous and I hope the experience was as enriching for them as it was for us! 

Stronger Starts Fundraising Campaign 

Camden School for Girls has been selected to participate in the TESCO Stronger Starts fundraising campaign, which could provide £1500 for the PE department to purchase essential gym mats.

To help us win, please collect a blue token every time you shop at Tesco and place it in the designated box near the cashier. You can ask for a token at self-checkout as well.

Voting continues until the end of September and is taking place at our local Tesco and the following nearby stores:

• Camden Express NW1 9HG
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