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Ballfest 2025

Miss Jemal organised a fun and inclusive Ballfest again this year. The morning saw Year 10 perform an Inspector Calls play for Year 4 to Year 9 to watch which was delightful. We then headed outside in the garden for table tennis, court tennis and beach ball volleyball in a…

Year 7 Outdoor English Lesson

Year 7 enjoy a beyond the classroom activity reading “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl.  In the sunshine the girls read about Mary Maloney, a devoted pregnant housewife, who kills her husband, Patrick, a police detective, after he announces he’s leaving her. Spoiler alert– In a moment of shock, she…

Year 10 practicals in Science

Year 10 continue to develop their practical skills when they investigated rates of reactions using two different methods.  The first method was by using two chemicals one called sodium thiosulphate and the other was hydrochloric acid. When sodium thiosulphate reacts with hydrochloric acid, a chemical reaction occurs that produces a cloudy…

Speech Day & Prize Giving 2025

Our final Speech Day was held at St James Church this year which was a fitting place since that’s where we have our joyous events like Harvest and Christmas Play. Mr Hagger and Mrs Moon gave a welcome speech about the wonderful year of events we have had and how…

Braeside Community Day

On Friday 4th July, we opened our doors to our alumni community for a wonderful celebration of Braeside School and its history. It was lovely to see so many former pupils reconnecting with one another and sharing where life has taken them since leaving Braeside. Guests enjoyed walking around the…

FOBS Disco

The children had a wonderful time at our Disco this week. Themed around festival season, we had a DJ, fun games such as the limbo and a transfer tattoos station. The children also enjoyed lots of ice cream from the local ice cream man! Thank you to FOBS for organising…

Year 11 Prom

Year 11 pupils at Braeside School attended their end of exams ‘Prom Party’ this week at Harry’s at West Essex Golf Club. We had exclusive hire of the party room with a sumptuous party buffet, a doughnut wall, sweet stall and our famous ‘Braeside’ balloon arch. Mrs Pipe had organised…

Sports Day 2025

We had a fantastic afternoon at Braeside’s Sports Day! Pupils competed in a number of races, including flat sprints, skipping races, obstacle races, and the classic egg and spoon race. We also had some field sports including javelin that the children enjoyed taking part in. It was lovely to see…

Breakfast Club Challenges

Mrs Moon and Mrs Wood have been running the Braeside Breakfast club since April and every week we explore different types of play. This week’s challenge was building a suitable enclosures for dinosaurs – we talked about width, height, windows and a way to feed them if they could be…

Oak-Tree Tennis Tournament

Braeside pupils travelled to Chingford School of Tennis for the annual Oak-Tree Tennis Tournament. It was a lovely sunny day and the children were filled with excitement, ready for a competitive, but fun, morning of tennis. Well done to our girls for taking part and doing the school proud.