Latest News Stories from Brooke Weston Academy
Students have been presenting innovative ideas to senior leaders at Brooke Weston Academy, in order to promote road safety as part of the County Schools Challenge, a ‘Dragons’ Den’ style competition run by Northants Police and Fire service.
Mr Gareth Van Wyk, a DT teacher at Brooke Weston Academy is spearheading a fund-raising campaign for his former secondary school in South Africa.
Students at Brooke Weston Academy took part in a fund raising day where they raised £803 for Skylark Paediatric ward at Kettering General hospital.
Congratulations to Brooke Weston’s guitar teacher Mr Paul Balmer who has won three different awards at the 2017 Northamptonshire Pride Awards.
Year 12 student Winston Ho has succeeded in gaining a place on the County Youth Orchestra for his musical abilities with the viola.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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