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  • 31/03/25

    The Brakenhale Eco Council

    The Brakenhale Eco Council has been very busy throughout March. We have set up a waste plastic recycling system with bottle disposal sites located across the school. The Eco Council members have helped to process the waste plastic, removing and collecting the plastic caps, which we will be transform...
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  • 25/03/25

    Fun Fridays Pi Reciting Challenge

    On Pi Day (3/14)—following the U.S. date format —we celebrated with a competition to see who could recite the most digits of pi. Some of our students were absolutely incredible! Our top scorers were: Pratyusha (Y10) – 671 digits Bhavna (Y8) – 571 digits And...
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  • 24/03/25

    Comic Relief 2025

    On Friday 21st March, Brakenhale celebrated the return of the Red Nose to mark 40 years of Comic Relief. Students had the opportunity to purchase a Red Nose, wear a red accessory for the day and take part in a Musical Statues Extravaganza. Their efforts raised a fantastic £200! Student...
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  • 20/03/25

    RS & History Trip to London

    On our trip to London, we started with a two-hour coach ride to St Paul’s Cathedral. Once we arrived, we explored the cathedral, including climbing 528 steps up and then 528 back down. It was incredible! We had the chance to see the cathedral from 30 metres up (the Whispering Gallery), t...
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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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