The Sydney Russell School

SRS Talent Show 2026 | April 🎤

🎭 In April, we hosted the first SRS Talent Show. From singers, dancing, musicians and even magic – The SRS Talent Show brings together talented individuals from all year groups, all competing for the prestigious title of SRS Talent of the Year.

✨ The whole event was organised by our Student Leadership Team, who worked tirelessly over the past few months to audition, prepare and rehearse for the evening.

🪩 We were joined by LXD on the night, our resident dance troupe - who presented multiple dance intermissions between each of the acts.

💚 Well done to all of our students who participated, our runners up and our winner - Mia in Year 7!

GlasNotBury 2026 starts this week!

🙌 All this week, students can enjoy live music and dance every single breaktime!

✨ We kicked off today with our Student Bands, Solo Performers and Djembe Drummers.

🎉 We've got whole school choir songs, dance performances from LXD, and a special guest DJ later this week!

📲 All the photos will be available on our social media pages (check our stories!), and special coverage will feature in the final SYDTV for this year.

🏛️ Event Program for this week 👇

The end of Year 11 – congratulations and next steps

‘I would like to start by congratulating our year 11 students on completing their exams (...or very nearly for those completing their GCSE Spanish tomorrow morning) and reaching the end of Year 11!

For many, there will be a sense of the past five years (or 12 for those who attended SRS primary!) having passed by in a flash. During those five years, we have had the privilege of seeing our Year 11 students grow, mature, discover themselves and discover what they love to learn so that today, they are leaving with dreams and aspirations, hopes and ambitions for what lies ahead.’

- Ms Cross

👉 Read the full letter here:

The end of Year 11 – congratulations and next steps | Letter to Parents Read the the End of Year 11 letter from Principal Ms Cross.

🎉The penultimate episode of SYDTV this year is live!

This episode, we covered a little bit of everything happening at SRS, including:

The SRS Talent Show
Student Leadership Programme
Trips and Visits
Curriculum Projects

- and a sneak peak at what to expect in the last few weeks of this academic year!

🔗 Watch the episode here:

SYDTV | Series 25/26: Episode 4 Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

🎉 Our students have been featured in the East London Times for getting into the finals of the National Innovation Challenge 2026!

👉 Read the article here: https://www.sydneyrussellschool.com/news/2026-06-11-srs-students-earn-place-in-final-of-national-innovation-challenge-2026

SRS Students earn place in final of National Innovation Challenge 2026 Read about our students getting into the final of the National Innovation Challenge 2026

🏛️ Student Leadership Programme 2025-26

🚀 Our Student Leadership Programme continued last half term, with sessions 3 & 4.

💪 Throughout the past few sessions, students have been working on their problem solving, teamwork and adaptation skills. They’ve also been developing their public speaking. Session 3 involved a House Event, and Session 4 looked at innovation and change.

🏆 We’re running the Bronze and Silver awards simultaneously this year. Session 1 was in introduction into the course, and Session 2 was a closer look at communication and collaboration - hence the tower building challenge!

👀 Leadership roles are open to every student who is dedicated to the clubs they attend - and the SLP programme is available to all our leaders.

👉 The last session for this year is NEXT WEEK! This session will be run by our Student Leadership Team, and I f you’re part of the SLP, make sure you come along to celebrate your success!

Duke of Edinburgh - Gold Expedition | June 2026

🥾 Last week, our DofE Gold students embarked on their Gold Expedition in the Peak District.

💪 As part of their DofE Gold qualification, they need to complete a 4 day, 3 night Expedition, where they must plan, train for, and complete an unaccompanied, self-sufficient journey in a team, navigating and camping outdoors. This is one out of five parts needed to qualify; the other parts including Volunteering, Physical, Skills and a Residential.

🗻 The practice expedition took them up Mam Tor, a 517m hill and Kinder Scout, a plateau standing 636m tall.

💚 As they leave for their Qualifier today, we wish them the best of luck, and look forward to hearing about their invitation to Buckingham Palace to collect their Gold awards soon!

🎤 We’re back again with GlasNotBury 2026!

🎉 Join us next week for music, dancing and a celebration of performance.

Only at SRS 💚