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  • 19/03/25

    World Book Day

    The English department celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 6th March by dressing up as characters from the literature texts we teach, albeit symbolic in some cases, and by teaching a bespoke lesson to Years 7 and 8. Years 7-10 also completed a tutor time activity together to start the day. A...
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  • 14/03/25

    Highlights from Performing Arts

    The Performing Arts team and students are working exceptionally hard to put on another great performance for us all. The performance dates have been moved and will now be on the 1st-3rd April. Further information regarding tickets will be released soon. We look forward to seeing you all ther...
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  • 14/03/25

    A-level Geography trip to Cornwall

    Ms Sandhu and Mr Woods had a fantastic time in Cornwall with some of the A Level Geologists and Geographers! Whilst there, they visited many fantastic attractions to explore a range of phenomena such as the biodiversity in and threats facing the tropical rainforest, investigating sand dune successio...
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  • 14/03/25

    International Women's Day

    On Friday 7th March students and staff at Brakenhale celebrated International Women's Day. Staff wore sashes in memory of the suffragettes and students in Years 7-10 engaged in a tutor session exploring how we can #accelerateaction for gender equality!
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  • 13/03/25

    Easter HAF Programme for Older children

    Please see the full list (updated) of HAF clubs available to older children this Easter.
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  • 07/03/25

    Trip to Blood Brothers

    On Thursday 6th March Mrs Hope and Mrs Salamani took our GCSE Drama students and the Year 12 Performing Arts students to The Wimbledon Theatre to watch 'Blood Brothers'. This is a key text for their exams and a superb opportunity to see professionals in action. Our students really enjoyed th...
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  • 06/03/25

    PE Update

    So it’s been busy in PE with the football season in full swing! Along with still strong extra curricular clubs ranging from regular Basketball with Reading Rockets, we have a new Badminton club as well as favourites of trampolining and football! Clubs have been impacted slightly with...
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  • 06/03/25

    Food Tech Highlights

    Years 8 and 9 have been working really hard with their ROA projects this half term and produced some fantastic plating ideas. They used some brilliant creativity during this practical and it was lovely to see all their ideas come to life. They all showed skill, patience and enjoyed eating their dish...
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  • 05/03/25

    HAF EASTER HOLIDAY CLUBS 2025

    Children aged 4 to 16 years who receive benefit-related Free School Meals (FSM) and attend a school in Bracknell are eligible to participate in the holiday clubs listed below.
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  • 28/02/25

    Year 7 School Trip to Oakwood Climbing Centre

    A Day of Fun and Team Building This term, the Year 7 students embarked on an exciting adventure at Oakwood Climbing Centre, taking it in turns with their respective tutor groups to have a whole day enjoying the adventures the centre had to offer. They participated in a range of thrilling ac...
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  • 24/02/25

    Casio Promotional Filming

    We were delighted to welcome a team from Casio into school for 3 days at the end of February to film promotional material for one of their new products. Directors, camera crew, runners and some student and teacher actors joined our volunteer Year 12 students for 3 days of filming in and aro...
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  • 21/02/25

    Attendance Highlights

    We have celebrated some incredible highs this month with Year 7 and 8 hitting an impressive 99% and Year 11 hitting 98% attendance in the first week back after half term. To celebrate each Year group received a special visit from Mr Whippy on Friday 28.02.2025 and Monday 03.03.2025. Mrs Dou...
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