Showing items for tag “English”

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  BWA students enjoy author visit

  Published 22/01/18

  A group of Year 7 and 8 students were invited to Corby Business Academy to attend a talk given by author T S Easton who talked about his books and gave students an insight into the writing process.

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  Internationally acclaimed author visits Brooke Weston

  Published 04/12/17

  Students in Years 7 and 8 were visited by Damian Dibben the Internationally acclaimed author of the adventure series ‘The History Keepers’ where he spoke to students about his career and hosted some creative workshops.

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  Students enjoy author visit at CBA

  Published 28/11/17

  A group of Year 8 students attended a workshop at Corby Business Academy with Canadian author Susin Nielson.

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  Chemistry in action 2017

  Published 20/11/17

  Students from the Sixth Form visited the university of Warwick to explore the wonders of chemistry with some of the top chemists in the country.

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  BWA Students have work published in national magazine

  Published 30/10/17

  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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  Six word story competition

  Published 10/10/17

  Congratulations to students Amelia Sulch, Jasdeep Dhassi, Kristine Skirsqila, Callum Bloomfield and Charlotte Street who were the worthy winners of the six word story competition set by Literacy Co- ordinator Lauren Fitzjohn.

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  Author Jim Smith holds an interactive workshop

  Published 26/09/17

  A group of Year 8 students from Brooke Weston were invited to Beanfield Primary where children’s author and illustrator Jim Smith spoke to them about writing and illustrating books.

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  Former Brooke Weston teacher returns to talk about her new book

  Published 25/09/17

  Former Brooke Weston teacher Tamsin Winter spoke to students about her first novel ‘Being Miss Nobody’ which deals with anxiety and mental health issues. Tamsin, who trained as a teacher at Brooke Weston and taught English here until leaving in 2005 always wanted to write and now she is doing author visits and working on her second novel.

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  Students interview award winning author

  Published 05/06/17

  Students at Brooke Weston were fortunate to be able to Skype with award winning author of ‘Salt to the Sea’ Ruta Sepetys, where they were able to ask questions about her book and life as an author.

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  Bookbuzz competition winners

  Published 11/05/17

  Congratulations to Year 7 students Matthew Russell, Anna Bredenkamp and Finlay Short who won prizes for their written book reviews on titles they chose from the Bookbuzz programme at Christmas.

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  Award winning author Katie Dale visits the Academy

  Published 25/04/17

  Award winning children’s author Katie Dale visited the academy this week to help students develop their writing skills and discuss how to become an author.

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  Lower school sponsored ‘Readathon’

  Published 28/02/17

  This week sees the launch of Brooke Weston’s sponsored ‘Readathon’ for all lower school students to help raise money for children’s hospitals across the UK.

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