All posts by Matthew Hagger

Year 11’s Last Day at School

Year 11 had their final Leavers Assembly this morning. Izellah had made a video with a collection of songs and pictures from their time at school. Mrs Moon gave them a speech about this period of time being one of purpose and also the springboard into a new chapter. Year…

Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh Award

Pupils in Year 9 will be completing their final expedition in June. To hone their map reading skills and to support their teamwork ahead of the assessed expedition, Miss Barrett and Mrs Moon helped them plan a local route on footpaths and tracks from school to Woodford and back. Pupils…

Box Set Challenge Winners

After a busy few weeks of research, hot glue, and creativity, Mrs Neighbour — Bea’s mum, who used to be a professional set designer — came to judge the three winning box sets and to share some of her expertise with the children. She brought along her own original workbook,…

Year 6 Science News

Well done to Eliose in Year 6 who worked really hard on an amazing piece of Science work. Her work included real sand from the desert and also real lizard scales. A wonderful, imaginative and interactive exploration of animals and habitats!  

Oak-Tree Ski Trip

Our pupils have had an amazing time on the Oak-Tree Ski Trip! Together with the other Oak-Tree Group schools, they hit the slopes in beautiful Passo Tonale, Italy for a fun-filled week of skiing, laughter, and unforgettable memories! Pupils were very lucky to have excellent skiing conditions and the ski…

House Football Competition

On Friday 21 March, we hosted our annual House Football competition at the cricket field adjacent to the school. Kindergarten had their very own ball skills relay; Year 1-6 had a round robin football match competition refereed by Miss Jemal. Year 7 to 11 (organised by House Captains) were in…

Oak-Tree Spelling Bee

Braeside travelled to Oaklands School to take part in this year’s Oak-Tree Spelling Bee competition. 1st Place: Oaklands 2nd Place: Coopersale Hall 3rd Place: Braeside Well done to our wonderful pupils for participating.

Year 7 Trip to Holy Trinity

Year 7 walked to Buckhurst Hill Station to make the journey to Holy Trinity Church to meet Rev Abi Todd. They had some quiet reflection in the church before ringing the bells for worship. Rev Abi explained the significance of worship, Lent and fasting, Stations of the Cross ahead of…

Year 3 & 4 Humanities Trip

Year 3 and 4 practised their map skills by using an OS Explorer map to navigate from School to Woodford Wells via Knighton Wood and Lord’s Bushes. Pupils identified symbols on the map to navigate their way using roads and footpaths,  aiming for All Saint’s Church. They discovered that some…