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8th December 2009 Year 13 chemistry practicals A-Level chemistry students have been hard at work devising and writing up experiments which will count towards a third of their coursework marks. The experiments have included iodine and bromine clock reactions where students had to gauge why and how a reaction takes place, to making and … | read more »

2nd December 2009 Year 10 BTEC construction course The Year 10 BTEC Construction students have been carrying out science projects to determine the density of different building materials. Mr Tiktin is teaching the maths and science unit to the group, which is the theory that underpins the practical side of the course. Each week there is one lesson … | read more »

3rd September 2009 Successful Space Centre visits Students were given the challenge of building a space probe to rendez-vous with a comet during an action-packed trip to the National Space Centre. The mission boosted their team-building and communication skills and gave them a chance to work under pressure to complete the task on time. A total … | read more »

15th July 2009 Year 7 carry out intensive eco-projects Year 7 students really got to grips with the environment around Brooke Weston on a day-long project. Students from the BRK and W tutor groups were allocated different tasks which stretched across the whole curriculum. Some were photographers and artists, while others recorded podcasts or collected … | read more »

16th April 2009 Ecology club A leveret (baby hare) and a green woodpecker were just two of the specimens discovered in Brooke Weston's grounds during the first meeting of the ecology club. Students from Years 7 to 11 saw the building from a completely different perspective as they toured the site. Groundsman Paul Twamley was … | read more »

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