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  Brooke Weston Academy raises funds for South African school

  Published 08/06/18

  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.

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  Marathon effort raises £1000s of charity cash

  Published 26/04/18

  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.

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  BWA students raise money for local hospice in the ‘Swim for Cransley Challenge’

  Published 24/04/18

  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.

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  Paul and Luke have splashing time with car wash challenge!

  Published 05/04/18

  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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  Huge mufti day collection for Teenage Cancer charity

  Published 29/03/18

  Thank you to staff and students for generously donating to today's mufti day collection, which raised £1,425.55, the largest amount ever raised by a non-uniform day at Brooke Weston Academy.

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  BWA students donate to local hospital

  Published 21/03/18

  Students at Brooke Weston Academy took part in a fund raising day where they raised £803 for Skylark Paediatric ward at Kettering General hospital.

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  Students attend training weekend in Derbyshire ahead of Tanzania expedition

  Published 12/03/18

  A group of Outlook Expedition students who are travelling to Tanzania in July for three weeks, attended a training weekend in Derbyshire to prepare themselves for the trip.

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  BWA groundsman enters London Marathon

  Published 21/11/17

  Brooke Weston's head groundsman Mr Paul Twamley has been accepted into the 2018 London Marathon and will be running in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

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  Brooke Weston students take part in National Citizen Service

  Published 12/09/17

  More than 45 Brooke Weston students, the largest cohort represented in the Northamptonshire area, took time out during their summer break to take part in the National Citizen Service programme.

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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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  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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  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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