On Friday 16 June we held our inaugural Big NED. It follows our ongoing series of Ned Talks – a fun speaker series against the clock by Alleyn’s pupils and staff on topics of their choice.
Modelled off the concept of Ted Talks, it has been a hugely enlightening and enjoyable series, so it made sense to expand and bring together our neighbouring schools JAGs and Dulwich College – hence the Big NED. We heard from several persuasive and articulate young speakers on a variety of topics from the power of language in shaping humanity, to saving the world one beaver at a time – and everything in between!
Assistant Head (Director of Studies) Aidan Sproat-Clements, who developed and championed the event, was thrilled with the outcome.
“It has been a real delight across the course of this year to see an increasing range of our own students develop in confidence and present really engaging academic talks on a wide variety of subjects – everything from special relativity to the cultural significance of tofu. It was a joy to welcome our sister schools into the fray, and to see what the students from DC and JAGS can do in our fun seven-minute format. All the students did an amazing job this evening and we look forward to continuing to develop public speaking across the foundation schools through this initiative next year.”
Junior School Open Day
The next Alleyn's Junior School Open Event is from 1.30pm to 3pm on Wednesday 22 May 2024. There will be a Head's Talk at 1.40pm after which you will be offered a tour of the school with a pupil. There is no need to book a place at this Open Event - everyone is welcome.
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