Latest News Stories from Brooke Weston Academy
Students in Year 11 were invited to take part in a pre-learner road safety morning where they experienced driving a car and riding a motorbike for the first time as well as having an hour of classroom road safety education.
The Governors at Brooke Weston Academy are seeking to forge closer links with parents/guardians of students at the school so that news, views and ongoing developments can be shared. As a result they have produced a pdf newsletter (attached). We hope that you enjoy reading about school events and the Governors’ plans for, and work with, the Academy.
As part of Biology week at Brooke Weston, students from all years were invited to attend an after school biology dissection workshop to learn about the different parts of the body and how they work.
Congratulations to students Amelia Sulch, Jasdeep Dhassi, Kristine Skirsqila, Callum Bloomfield and Charlotte Street who were the worthy winners of the six word story competition set by Literacy Co- ordinator Lauren Fitzjohn.
Students from Year 8 were invited to Corby Business Academy where they met acclaimed American author Michael Grant, creator of the worldwide bestselling dystopian fantasy series ‘Gone’.
Mr Marcus Learoyd, a Governor at Brooke Weston Academy, has successfully completed the Land's End to John O' Groats cycle ride to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
Fitness instructor Natalie Hannah from Brooke Weston gym took on the 12k Uventure Mud Run complete with 48 challenging obstacles. Natalie, who also works as a science technician at the school, did the race with six team mates, including her husband.
Congratulations to Mia Diamond who won the Year 9 healthy burger competition and a £25 voucher kindly donated by Stilton Butchers.
Well done to Brooke Weston’s Head of Geography Mr Sean Houghton who successfully completed the gruelling Vitruvian Triathlon at Rutland Water in just six hours.
A group of Year 8 students from Brooke Weston were invited to Beanfield Primary where children’s author and illustrator Jim Smith spoke to them about writing and illustrating books.
Well done to our Year 10 rugby team who succeeded in winning their first away match of the season at Lodge Park Academy 34-15.
Former Brooke Weston teacher Tamsin Winter spoke to students about her first novel ‘Being Miss Nobody’ which deals with anxiety and mental health issues. Tamsin, who trained as a teacher at Brooke Weston and taught English here until leaving in 2005 always wanted to write and now she is doing author visits and working on her second novel.
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