Latest News Stories from Brooke Weston Academy
Congratulations to Brooke Weston Academy's groundsman, Paul Twamley and Louise Chapman, a teacher from Corby Businesss Academy, who both finished the London Marathon and exceeded their fundraising totals after spending months training and preparing for the event.
Ray Chambers, Brooke Weston Academy’s computer science teacher, is one of the judges for the IT category of the Pearson Teaching Awards 2018.
Congratulations to Keira Hazelwood from Year 7 who won a goody bag of prizes for coming up 'Bookbusters' - the new name of Brooke Weston Academy’s book group –
Ninon Huchet, a former BWA student, gave our Year 10 Food Preparation and Nutrition students hints and tips on preparing different types of pasta shapes.
Well done to Year 7 student James Annable, Samuel Ward from Year 8, and Year 11 Archie Robertson-Smith, who were part of two teams that were sponsored to swim as many lengths of Kettering swimming pool as possible in an hour.
The PE department at Brooke Weston got more than they bargained for when they asked Year 8 sports teams to bring in a lucky mascot. Year 8 Julia Dybas brought along the massive bear that she received as a Christmas present.
Brooke Weston Academy has been recognised for its excellence by becoming a member of the SSAT Leading Edge network, a national group of exclusively high-performing secondary and special schools.
Brooke Weston Academy students enjoyed an action-packed weekend with the Trust's Combined Cadet Force, developing their military fieldcraft tactics and camping under make-shift shelters before taking part in a large scale three-phase platoon assault.
The science department is running a series of practical revision sessions after school to help Year 11 students prepare for their exams.
Congratulations to our Year 7 and 8 girls football team who competed in their first match of the season against Kettering Buccleuch Academy and succeeded in winning four goals to three.
Students in Years 7 and 8 attended their first boys hockey match against Bishop Stopford giving them invaluable experience of playing together as a team.
Well done to groundsman Paul Twamley, and his son, Luke, who are doing a marathon car wash to raise money for charity. The car-wash-athon is the latest charity push for Paul, who is aiming to raise over £2,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust.
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