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The Dorcan Academy is a forward-thinking and modern secondary school which strives to create exciting and challenging opportunities for its students.
We are very proud of Jakub and Frankie! During half-term, they performed music at a local Polish senior club. Their performance brought great joy to the senior club and showed how music can connect different generations. 🎶👏
Today our two Swindon Youth Festival of Literature Art competition winners, Nadia and Giovanna had the privilege of attending the winners’ workshop with Steve Antony at Swindon Central Library. What a brilliant and inspiring session celebrating creativity and talent.
This week, students and staff have been enjoying Christmas lunches within their Houses. Pictured are the Osprey students enjoying their free Christmas lunch. A huge thank you to the catering staff and Mrs Broderstad for organising this wonderful event.🎄
Congratulations to our Year 10 Young Enterprise team who truly shone at the Young Enterprise Trade Fair on Friday at the Swindon Designer Outlet. They represented the school brilliantly selling their handmade bracelets and receiving fantastic feedback from members of the public.
Well done to Jacob, who won first place in the duet category and second place in the Grade 3 & 4 category at this weekend’s Wootton Bassett Music Festival! 🎹🎶
We had a wonderful evening celebrating the hard work and achievements of our Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award students. From volunteering and new skills to physical challenges and the expeditions our teams have shown real resilience and dedication to gain their Bronze Award.
On Friday as part of the Swindon Youth Festival of Literature we welcomed performance poet Ash Dickinson to The Dorcan Academy for an energetic and inspiring session with Year 7. It was wonderful to see students creating their own poems and even performing them on stage.
Huge congratulations to the year 8 netball team who were crowned Swindon Schools netball champions on Wednesday 12th November. They faced Lydiard Park Academy in the final emerging as strong winners 22-9. The girls have shown excellent commitment to netball🏆
This morning, a group of year 8s & 9s visited The Wyvern Theatre. The group enjoyed Phil Earle’s talk about his books and what inspired him to become an author 📚. There are lots more events planned for the Swindon Youth Festival of Literature this week!
