Following on from their success in the first two rounds of the Sportshall athletics competition Brooke Weston’s athletic teams are celebrating after winning the third and final round and will now represent the district at the Winter Games in February.

Only two schools competed in the final; Brooke Weston and Prince William who have been rivals throughout, making this last event crucial and intense.

Brooke Weston’s athletic teams are celebrating after finishing top in the first two rounds of the Sportshall athletics competition where the winners of the league will qualify to compete in the Winter Games in February.

The league competition is part of the Corby, Oundle and Thrapston school games and was held at Lodge Park school in Corby. After already winning both the boys and girls competition in round one, the pressure was on to succeed in the second round.

Students are invited to enter a national Harry Potter competition to invent their own magical Professor and be in with the chance of winning a class trip to Warner Bros. Studios in London, where they will have the opportunity to explore original sets from the Harry Potter movies.

The winner, together with 25 runners-up will also receive a hardback box set of the seven Harry Potter books and Harry Potter themed goody bags.

Brooke Weston Academy was delighted to welcome His Honour Judge Rupert Mayo into the school to give advice and answer questions from students interested in a career in law.

Judge Mayo, was a barrister for 21 years and took up his present position over eight years ago and he has been Resident Judge at Northampton since 2011.

Judge Mayo had a tour, hosted a Q&A with Year 13 students who have applied to do law or law enforcement and gave advice to Year 11 and 12 students who were thinking about careers in law. He said ‘I wanted to come to Brooke Weston to help students learn and understand about law. It underpins a lot of what we do and you don’t have to be a professional lawyer in order to be involved in law. Nowadays it’s very expensive to go to university and not impressive if you start on one degree and decide to change to another, so the more information students can have before they put their choices down the better.

Our Year 7 girls’ basketball team is celebrating after winning all their games in a recent tournament and qualifying for the next round representing Corby district.

The team faced opposition from six other local schools at the Partnership Festival basketball qualifier at Corby Technical School. Brooke Weston won every game and the final, against Corby Business Academy, was extremely tense as our girls finally won the match by just one basket.

Students from Years 10 to 13 interested in careers in medicine or science attended an Operating Theatre Live workshop where they donned a set of scrubs to dissect simulated body organs and tissues in an operating theatre setting.

The groups dissected pig brains, removed eyes, looked at the lungs’ structure and attempted a heart transplant. They also investigated the digestive system and calculated anesthetic dosages. The event is designed to give students as authentic an experience as possible. There was a strong focus on skills and careers providing students interested in medical careers with up-to-date information.