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  Visit by entrepreneur Tom Warner

  Published 29/11/17

  Local entrepreneur and former Brooke Weston Academy student Tom Warner talked to our Sixth Formers about his world-beating gin business.

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  Sixth Form students take time out to ‘breathe’

  Published 23/10/17

  As part of their PSHE lessons students in Year 12 have been taking part in reflective workshops where they were able to take some time out of their busy first term in the Sixth Form to relax and reflect.

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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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  Brooke Weston Academy Prize Giving 2017

  Published 22/09/17

  Mechanical Engineer and Fluid Dynamicist Dr. Shini Somara was the guest of honour at our 2017 Prize Giving where she spoke about the importance of empowering girls to be successful and inspiring others about the magic, importance and difference science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) can make.

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  Year 12 attended a Spectroscopy workshop from the University of Leicester

  Published 31/08/17

  Year 12 students were invited to take part in a practical chemistry workshop run by The University of Leicester based around Spectroscopy using an infrared spectroscopy worth more than £17,000.

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  Local butcher gives demonstration to Year 9 students

  Published 29/08/17

  Students in Year 9 were invited to view a butchery demonstration and learn about careers within the food industry during a talk by Jeremy Musgrove from Peterborough-based Stilton Butchers.

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  Best selling novelist visits Brooke Weston

  Published 14/07/17

  Best selling novelist Dan Freedman visited Brooke Weston this week to speak to students about his career and host a creative workshop for a group of Year 7 students.

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  BW alumni returns to Brooke Weston to offer career advice

  Published 12/06/17

  Former Brooke Weston student Charlie Mawby returned to Brooke Weston this week to give a presentation about life in the RAF and to answer questions about a career in the armed forces.

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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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  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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