Author Simon James Green visits BWA
Published 27/02/20
Author Simon James Green told students about his writing career, love of comedy and his LGBT characters during a recent visit to Brooke Weston Academy.
Latest News Stories from Brooke Weston Academy
A Level (34) A Levels (1) Academy life (145) Achievement (148) Alumni (11) Art (15) Assemblies (2) Awards (17) Buildings (1) Business (1) BW Sport (8) BW Trust (65) BWT (1) Careers (31) Citizenship (6) Clubs (4) Combined Cadet Force (10) Community (44) Competition (98) Dance (12) Design Technology (32) Drama (14) DT (1) Duke of Edingburgh (4) English (44) Events (81) Exams (13) Executive Principal (1) Expeditions (2) Football (4) Fundraising (31) GCSE (24) Geography (1) Governors (3) Governor's (1) Grounds (1) Health and Fitness (8) Higher and Further Education (12) History (1) Humanities (12) ICT (9) Key Stage 4 (1) KS3 (24) KS4 (13) KS5 (8) Languages (1) Library (58) Literacy (14) Masterclasses (2) Maths (9) Music (11) Parents (1) Performing Arts (19) Principal (1) Prize Giving (5) Profile (5) Residentials (3) Restaurant (4) Rugby (5) Science (21) Sixth Form (45) SMT (12) Sociology (1) Sport (56) Sports (3) Staff (64) Teachers (56) Trips (4) Trips & Visits (52) Trips and Visits (4) Visitors (53) Visits and Residentials (7) Vocational (1) Work Experience (3) Year 10 (61) Year 11 (48) Year 12 (50) Year 13 (48) Year 7 (89) Year 8 (62) Year 9 (66)
Showing items for tag “Library”
- Read More
Read MoreHere's our 'Design a Book Cover' winners
Published 26/02/20Well done to the winners of the Library's ‘Design a Book Cover’ competition.
Read MoreBWA students take part in Harry Potter celebrations
Published 11/02/20Magical potions, an invisibility cloak, Quidditch pong and 'Pin the nose on Voldemort' were just a few of the highlights of ‘Harry Potter Night’ that our students attended at Corby Business Academy.
Read MoreBWA teacher publishes first book
Published 13/01/20Brooke Weston Academy’s business teacher Sarah Donlevy has published her first book, a teen fantasy, featuring fairies Shadow and Dillan and their quest to save their homeland, the Foreste, and its creatures from an eternal sleep.
Read MoreLaunch of Brooke Weston Academy’s Premier League Reading Challenge
Published 12/12/19Brooke Weston’s Annual Premier League Reading Challenge has been launched with captains picking out their teams from a hat in a live draw.
Read MoreYear 7s receive Bookbuzz books
Published 09/12/19All students in Year 7 at Brooke Weston Academy will receive a free book from the Library as part of the Bookbuzz programme.
Read MorePerformance poet Dreadlockalien inspires BWA students
Published 19/11/19Performance poet Dreadlockalien, aka Richard Grant, gave impromptu poetry renditions and taught students to beatbox during a recent visit to Brooke Weston Academy.
Read MoreStudents have reviews published in national magazine
Published 01/11/19Well done to five students who have had their book reviews published in a nationwide fiction magazine, with the views of Brooke Weston Academy students taking up an entire page of Teen Titles!
Read MoreAuthor Tamsin Winter visits BWA
Published 30/10/19Award-winning author Tamsin Winter spoke to Year 7 and 8 students at Brooke Weston Academy about how she is inspired by real life issues including body image and social media usage.
Read MoreAuthor Ben Davis visits BWA
Published 24/07/19Author Ben Davis spoke to Year 7 and 8 students at Brooke Weston Academy about his writing career and presented prizes to winners of the Academy’s reading challenge.
Read MoreTrust schools attend Carnegie shadowing event at BWA
Published 18/06/19Six Trust schools attended the Carnegie Shadowing event at Brooke Weston Academy where students met to discuss this year's shortlisted titles and vote for their favourites.
Read MoreAuthor Eve Ainsworth talks about latest book
Published 13/06/19Author Eve Ainsworth spoke to students at both Corby Business Academy and Brooke Weston Academy about how her experiences as a teenager informs her writing and made her passionate about exploring emotional issues and difficult situations.