What an amazing day we have had at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls celebrating International Women's Day.

We firstly want to say a huge thank you to Wishful Winks for making our school look so beautiful with so many wonderful balloons and decorations. These decorations really added to the atmosphere and fun of the day.

These are just a few pictures of our school, looking very purple!

Our whole school community spent the day celebrating International Women's Day. This year the theme was #EmbracingEquity.  Our guest speaker Jade Barnett came in and shared her story with Year 9 and 10 students and showed them how Equity has enabled her to become very successful despite a really difficult journey in her life.

We had dozens of brilliant women come and talk to our Key Stage 3 students about their careers and every single one of them was so impressed with our students' questions and the way that they interacted with them; they have all agreed to come back again next year!

Isabelle Knight was one of our guest speakers and had some lovely words to say about our school and the event:

'I spent IWD today speaking to Year 7 & 9 girls at a local secondary school, to tell them all about my career in a “Career Hop” event.

One thing that was worth celebrating - a whole sports hall full of women talking about what it’s like to be a working woman in today’s world with the young women who will form the next generation.

We have a duty as women to let girls know about our achievements, to show them how far they can go and encourage them to imagine the endless possibilities for their own futures.

So pleased to have been included in this brilliant event. Thank you Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls.'

There were several workshops throughout the day, with students learning about Equity and what it means and then using that to be creative and think about women that inspire them.  Our Year 10 students supported our Year 7 and 8 students with learning about spoken word and its power to get your message across, our 6^th form students from Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys came to share their insights into GCSE options.  We're really grateful to the older students who gave up their time to share their skills and knowledge with the younger ones.  

Our Year 10 Founders team also organised and ran a lot of the day, showing how much our students rise to the challenge of responsibility and succeed.

How wonderful does Ms Smith and Ms Alejo look in their purple outfits!

Our amazing catering team Wilson Jones provided a themed lunch today in honour of IWD. They also baked and created special edition International Women's Day muffins with all profits made being donated to the Girls Opportunity Alliance.

Overall, it was a wonderful day and we're really proud of our whole school community and how they used the day to raise one another up.

Already looking forward to next year!