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  BWA music teacher wins Pride of Northamptonshire awards

  Published 31/10/17

  Congratulations to Brooke Weston’s guitar teacher Mr Paul Balmer who has won three different awards at the 2017 Northamptonshire Pride Awards.

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  Student makes it into County Youth Orchestra

  Published 11/09/17

  Year 12 student Winston Ho has succeeded in gaining a place on the County Youth Orchestra for his musical abilities with the viola.

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  Students volunteer at National Finals of the School Games​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

  Published 11/09/17

  A group of eight Year 11 girls attended the National Finals of the School Games at Loughborough University where they volunteered across a variety of different sports including hockey, volleyball and wheelchair tennis.

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  Student swims with sharks for charity

  Published 10/07/17

  Year 12 student Freya Marlow is facing her biggest fear by scuba diving in an aquarium with more than 27 different types of sharks to raise money for local Hospice Lakelands and the Breast Care Unit at Kettering General Hospital.

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  Brooke Weston student appeals for help with his sponsored Skydive

  Published 13/06/17

  Year 11 student Haydn Bennett is taking part in a tandem skydive in Peterborough in aide of Crazy Hats Breast Cancer on the 9 July to raise money for a fantastic charity that is close to his heart.

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  Conservative parliamentary candidate visits Brooke Weston

  Published 06/06/17

  Corby’s parliamentary Conservative candidate, Tom Pursglove, visited Brooke Weston Academy to speak to Sixth Formers about how to become a politician and why voting in the general election is so important.

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  Local politicians talk to Sixth Formers

  Published 05/06/17

  Corby’s parliamentary Labour candidate, Beth Miller, talked to Sixth Formers at Brooke Weston about her career route, political aspirations and why voting is so crucial for young people.

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  BW guitar teacher seeks students to work on community projects

  Published 22/05/17

  Brooke Weston’s guitar teacher Mr Paul Balmer is searching for more students to become involved in his youth projects in music and creating podcasts and short films about Corby.

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  Students take part in sponsored walk in aid of charity CRY

  Published 10/05/17

  Five Sixth Form students from Brooke Weston will be taking part in a sponsored ‘Heart of London Bridges Walk’ in London on 9th July in aide of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young).

  The walk is the 11th annual CRY ‘Heart of London Bridges Walk’ and offers the opportunity to show support for CRY, remember young people, raise funds and help raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death.

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  Year 7 students create art sculptures as part of a local community project

  Published 20/04/17

  Students in Year 7 have enjoyed spending time working on a community art project with two local artists creating woodland creatures from wire sculptures that will be used in the ‘Our Woods’ display in Corby on the 5th - 7th May.

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  Brooke Weston Academy wins award for exceptional 2016 results

  Published 06/04/17

  Brooke Weston Academy has been nationally recognised for its exceptional 2016 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT).

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  Student raises £100 towards school trip

  Published 28/03/17

  Year 9 student Ella Cummins has raised £100 towards her school trip to Tanzania by organising a Mother’s Day raffle at school and in her local community.

  Ella is one of 14 Brooke Weston students from Year 9 to Year 12 who are taking part in a three week expedition to Tanzania in July 2018. The expedition costs £3,495 and students have each taken on the challenge to raise the money themselves through school events, raffles and sponsorship. This is a huge undertaking for anyone and requires a great deal of organisation and motivation from every student.

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