Latest News Stories from Brooke Weston Academy
Students from Brooke Weston Academy are shadowing the Carnegie and Greenaway book awards, reading and comparing the 15 shortlisted titles and taking part in an event with other schools in June.
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.
Aspiring medics from Brooke Weston Academy had valuable hands-on experience in a simulated operating theatre where they learned about medical careers, terminology and anatomy and dissected organs including brains, hearts, kidneys and livers.
Students at Brooke Weston invited award winning author Jo Cotterill into school to speak to Year 7 students and deliver a creative workshop with a small group of Year 10s.
Congratulations to three Brooke Weston students Daisy (Year 8), Joe (Year 9) and Max Oram (Year 10) who competed with Youth Brass 2000 (YB2K) in the British Open Youth Contest in Lancashire and came away as the British Youth Champions 2018.
A group of Brooke Weston Harry Potter fans were invited to take part in a celebration of J K Rowling’s unforgettable series of books at an event that was held at Corby Business Academy.
A group of four students competed in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Top of the Bench competition and succeeded in making it through to the regional finals where they represented Northamptonshire coming eighth place out of fourteen regions.
Congratulations to students in Years 11, 12 and 13 who were amongst four local schools invited to take part in the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition at Kettering Museum and Art Gallery.
Students from Brooke Weston Academy made and decorated gingerbread houses with an emphasis on ‘healthy’ decorations. Five students from Year 9 took part as they were the winners of a healthy eating burger competition and selected students from Year 7 were also invited to take part.
Year 10 student Matthew Brown has been awarded Sportsman of the Year, All Round Cadet of the Year and promoted from Cadet to Corporal at his local Royal Air Force Air Cadets 1101 Kettering and District squadron.
Students in Year 9 attended a Trust rugby tournament at Northampton Saints where they succeeded in winning three of their four games and became the Year 9 Trust Champions.
Congratulations to Brooke Weston students Kirndeep Dhassi, Lana Green, Seren Devine and Eliza Donnelly who have all had their book reviews published in the latest copy of ‘Teen Titles’, the book review magazine for teenagers.
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