Taking part in a jungle camp and learning to dive were just a couple of the highlights of this year’s expedition to Borneo. A handful of intrepid students made the month-long trip which had been two year’s in the planning.

They learned junglecraft skills then climbed Mount Kinabalu, which was an 8km trek to the summit. They also constructed a wire mesh fence as part of their community project before learning how to scuba dive in the TAR islands, gaining their PADI Open Water certificates.

Don’t forget that this Thursday is International Literacy Day when all the lessons at Brooke Weston will have a specific literacy focus and students and staff can donate a book in the ‘Take One Pass It On’ scheme. Books should be age appropriate and there will be dropboxes at the turnstiles in the morning where all the books will be collected. At lunchtime and after school anyone who brought a book in can choose one to take home and enjoy. Any unused books will be donated locally.