School will close early at 12:25 on Wednesday 27th June to allow tutor meetings in the afternoon with Year 6 students. Periods 1-3 are as normal. Save the day 7th July Fortitude 12-6pm
We were delighted to host a Maths Fair showcasing the talents and skills of 100 Year 5 students from 11 different local Primary Schools (and a few of our Year 7s). There was a wonderful buzz to all the students showing displaying an amazing range of stalls and presentations from hexagons, football s...
Some of our Year 7 students had a really special time with our very first Patron of Reading, Sita Brahmachari, on Tuesday 22nd May. They talked to her about what made them angry in the news and she shared stories of her own life with them. Sita’s Dad, who came to this country from...
On Monday 14th May, our Patron of Reading Non Pratt came in for her final visit of 2017-8 (can’t believe our first year with her has gone so quickly). I’m trying hard to make sure that as many students as possible meet her during her time at Fortismere and she is loving getting to...
Wednesday 25th April saw the return of Non Pratt for the first of this term’s Patron of Reading visits. Year 8s joined in with a full and frank discussion about friendship and self-confidence. They all tittered at super-cool (not!) pictures of 14 year old Non and, after some initia...
The First Give final was held on 1st May. It was a wonderful event. Thank you so much for all the parents and carers who came to support their children. 10 groups of students were competing for £1000 for their charity. In total, 54 Year 7 students competed. They had to demonstrate the research...
On 27th March an excited group of Year 7 readers went to Heartlands High School to join students from other schools for the Haringey Children’s Book Award. We’ve all read the six books, we all liked different ones for different reasons and we were delighted to be able to vote along...
Fortismere Robotics Vex EDR Sixth Form team took up an invitation from the Vex Robotics Partner in Turkey to compete in the Turkish Vex EDR National Championship held in Istanbul on Saturday 24th February.