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  Ambition for All in South Africa

  Published 03/10/18

  Brooke Weston Academy is planning to support a school in South Africa by buying essential equipment for its maths and science departments.

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  Introducing the latest drone technology at BWA

  Published 02/10/18

  Students at Brooke Weston Academy are on top of the world with the latest drone technology introduced by the Design Technology department.

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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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  Ray Chambers judges National Teaching Prize

  Published 25/04/18

  Ray Chambers, Brooke Weston Academy’s computer science teacher, is one of the judges for the IT category of the Pearson Teaching Awards 2018.

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  BWA students make gingerbread houses

  Published 21/12/17

   

  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.

  

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  Christmas lunch festivities

  Published 20/12/17

  Brooke Weston’s Principal, Mr Peter Kirkbride and Director of Education Miss Trish Stringer have been getting into the festive spirit by helping the restaurant team serve more than 1,100 turkey dinners over the past two days, donning Christmas hats and attire to dish out the festive fare.

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  End of an era as Miss Stringer retires

  Published 18/12/17

  Miss Trish Stringer, Director of Education for the Brooke Weston Trust, is retiring after 33 years in the profession, 27 of which have been with the Trust. Her determination to put students at the heart of all decision making is an approach which has served her well throughout her career.

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  BWA introduces robotics into DT

  Published 20/11/17

  Following years of research, teachers at Brooke Weston have been working across departments to introduce robotics into DT and have succeeded in bringing IT and DT together to enable students to make and programme robotic bugs.

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  Brooke Weston Trust launches Leadership Academy

  Published 20/11/17

  Nearly 50 delegates from across our Trust schools, including Brooke Weston Academy, went to the inaugural meeting of the Leadership Academy, an initiative designed to nurture talent and succession planning. 

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  Brooke Weston teacher completes triathlon

  Published 02/10/17

  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.

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  Brooke Weston teacher features in BBC programme

  Published 06/09/17

  Brooke Weston Academy teacher Mr Ray Chambers was featured in the BBC programme ‘Inside Out’ which focused on his achievement as the only UK finalist in this year’s Global Teacher Awards.

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