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03/12/24

Only a few days to go until the bookfair! Vouchers are a great way to pay for books, and mean students can collect their books on the first day of the fair. See attached for more info. pic.twitter.com/yx3jDx3n8v

03/12/24

Announcing the HABE autumn bookfair (5-11th December)! 100s of books and stationery items will be available, many at vastly reduced prices. What could be better than finding a book in your Christmas stocking? pic.twitter.com/Fk2NK5QVKD

27/11/24

Parent feedback on our Carol ConcertI was hugely impressed with the quality of the performances at the HABE concert last night. The concert band were excellent by any measure - first class. The Yr7 choir, chamber choir and soloists were also incredible as was the Year 7 choir.

07/11/24

A-level History is always a popular choice at HABE, consistently producing excellent results for our students pic.twitter.com/hmU0fzRYeP

07/11/24

Our Politics department is rallying despite a very hectic few days, proving how relevant A-Level Politics is!#theHABEway pic.twitter.com/cZlgmYJIIJ

07/11/24

Our Business department offers, A-level Business, CTEC Business and A-level Economics pic.twitter.com/mmdtY3xGJ8

07/11/24

Our HEA High Flyers staff are here to help our students get to some of the best Universities in the country! pic.twitter.com/ADKC23j0PC

07/11/24

Our Social Sciences - A-level Sociology and A-level Psychology are always some of our most popular subjects with some of our most passionate teachers! pic.twitter.com/DwatLzrhNv

07/11/24

Our A-level Biology students are brilliant, demonstrating their dissection skills, and understanding of different organs! pic.twitter.com/0a5tbRAvee

07/11/24

We offer A-level Photography at HABE, with dedicated and passionate teachers! pic.twitter.com/E9lkcpgck8

07/11/24

Our PE department at HABE is outstanding, offering both A-level PE and CTEC Sport. Our PE department are looking lovely and tanned following their latest KS5 trip to Spain! pic.twitter.com/HQaCLbwOxJ

07/11/24

Our sixth form offers a Football Partnership with allowing students the opportunity to study and have access to high quality coaching and mentorship throughout their sixth form journey, come and see us in MFL3. pic.twitter.com/Obw0O0stmQ

07/11/24

The hall is filling up for our first of two speeches from our Head of Sixth Form and Vice Principal. The second speech will be at 6pm pic.twitter.com/hJPq6XEWkG

07/11/24

Our Sixth Form band Circle Time, are warmed up and ready to rock your open evening!! pic.twitter.com/yt9VhDNUJY

07/11/24

Doors are open, we can’t wait to welcome you to our Sixth Form pic.twitter.com/EQqWCI0zdB

07/11/24

We are excited to welcome you to our Sixth Form Open Evening tonight 5pm - 7pm pic.twitter.com/NjeuAsxKfi

18/10/24

Thank you to our community for the donations that will go to food bank this Autumn 🍂 pic.twitter.com/RICSIAKpRy

17/10/24

Group B over and out! We are on our way back to the academy - ETA is 4:35pm pic.twitter.com/zbl0kapHlJ

17/10/24

Group B on their way to Frylands for a day of adventure. Students are extremely excited for the day ahead pic.twitter.com/fg2gi8dIoF

16/10/24

Group A over and out! We are on our way back to the academy. ETA approximately 4:45pm pic.twitter.com/mGqVx0BjRQ

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Character Curriculum

We aim to empower all our students with the understanding that their character is equally as important to their future happiness and success in life as academic learning and qualifications.

Our vision at Harris Academy Beckenham is to enable students to flourish in all areas of their lives, by supporting their development into well-rounded, empathetic beings who can contribute and shape society and the wider world, whilst respecting and supporting those who live in it, though the teaching and modelling of good character.


How do we develop character?

Character 1Our character wheel is focused around the four Rs which is our learning ethos and eight character traits. Character education is an integral part of school life. It underpins our school ethos, dictates our values, and is embedded across the Academy in the following ways which will use a 'caught, taught and sought' approach:

Character is primarily 'caught' i.e. it is picked up through the experiences one has. Therefore, we ensure we create an ethos and environment that nurtures each one of our character traits. For example, our behaviour for learning policy and house system is based on developing students’ empathy, self-control, and sense of responsibility. We believe that every interaction is an opportunity to develop the good character of our students to help them be cleverer and kinder every day.

Our character is curriculum is taught through assemblies, tutor time and through our curriculum. Our assembly programme is created to include all of our character virtues, their meaning and the ways in which the virtues are evident in daily life and how important they are in testing life moments e.g. situations requiring courage, integrity, resilience and resourcefulness. In addition, we devote one tutor time per week to teaching students about each of our character traits. See an example here of one of our character development tutor time sessions.

It is important that one’s environment provides opportunities for character to be 'sought' for example, being at Harris Academy Beckenham offers students opportunities for the development of personal habits and character commitments e.g. good time-keeping, good manners, friendly relations and leadership opportunities throughout the school.


Character badges

Students are awarded a badge for each character trait they successfully demonstrate. Students can work through the character challenges to be awarded their character badge or they can be nominated by staff for their character development both in and out of school. Click HERE to download a booklet about our HABE Character Challenges.


Character Development Days

CD2The academy has a thoughtful and ambitious curriculum that is designed to give all pupils the knowledge and cultural capital they need to become confident, resilient and independent.

To help achieve this ambition, we run four Character Development Days during the academic year. On Character Development Days students are not in their normal timetabled lessons but have the chance to experience different activities and trips all focused on building their character.

CD3Character Development Days are used to strengthen students’ practical application of skills and provide a deeper learning experience. They provide students with the ability to be equipped in valuable life skills which extend beyond the classroom context, serving to promote overall health and well-being.

These Character Focus Days allow student to be fully immersed in a topic/theme, leading to a deeper understanding and appreciation for other cultures, viewpoints and life experiences. More details of this year's Character Development Days is shown below.

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Enrichment programme

Enrichment takes many forms and there are many clubs that students can take part in throughout the year which allow them to develop teamwork, creativity and leadership skills as well as igniting their own passions. Find out more about enrichment at the academy.


Student leadership opportunities

There are a plethora of societies, councils and groups that students can join not just for their own enjoyment, but also as a mechanism to be involved in school improvement. Some of the opportunities include: becoming a student librarian, being a member of the student leadership group and leading assemblies for their year group. In addition, the opportunities for students to put their “character” into practise are wide-ranging: extra-curricular clubs including debating club; music and drama productions, trips and events such as the Wild Child Camping Trip, sport leaders; volunteering and charity work, Duke of Edinburgh at both bronze and silver; and International trips. Find out more about Student Voice at the academy.