Year 5 and 6 have had a fabulous Art workshop today – All Things Dotty inspired by the iconic Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. We discussed the life of the artist before exploring some of her ideas, including her use of colour, shapes and of course her famous dots. Students were…
Year 7 were considering how art meets science today by exploring the artwork of Swiss artist Cornelia Hesse Hornegger. Cornelia has been drawing the mutated insects and bugs on the Chernobyl site for many years. Students have enjoyed considering how and why this has happened and produced investigative studies of…
Reception and Kindergarten had a blast at Hatter’s Farm learning all about pumpkins and how they grow! We saw pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and colours. We even got to measure some of the pumpkins and take our own home! We also had a blast in the hay bale maze…
The whole school has contributed to making Poppies for the Braeside Remembrance path. From early years, to seniors and staff. Each class has made a poppy from recycled plastic bottles. It has been a great way of thinking about and honouring the many lost lives.
All pupils in Years 7-11 enjoyed playing in the highly contested annual house netball event! Fry won the Year 7/8 competition and Nightingale won the Year 9/10/11 competition. Our Sports Captains Humaira, Kristen and Izellah helped the event run smoothly by organising teams and umpiring. Well done everyone.
Year 10 GCSE Religious Studies students visited Waltham Abbey Church on Friday 13 October. Pupils were given a tour of the church and then an in depth explanation as to the physical aspects of a church and how they support significant beliefs and practices. Rev Peter demonstrated the Eucharist and…
Last week, Years 5 and 6 took a trip to The British Museum. Despite it being a scorching day (in October!) they all thoroughly enjoyed learning about various different types of history. We explored The Greeks, Ancient Egypt – where we found a few mummies, Anglo Saxons and The Romans…
The Year 7/8 netball team beat Davenant 20-9! What an amazing result. The pupils played some brilliant netball. Olivia D was Player of the Match and Sara T made her debut. The U16 netball team lost 18-8. They put up a good fight with the bare 7 players and fought…
The Year 8 and 9/10 netball teams took part in a weekend tournament run by England Netball at PGL in Suffolk. The pupils had the opportunity to take part in various activities throughout their stay such as the giant swing, zip wire, abseiling and rock climbing as well as evening…
The Well-Being Ambassadors (Eliza and Dilly) have supported us in developing the well-being of pupils across the school. Last week was well-being week where pupils were not set homework as part of ‘no homework week’. In addition, Year 7, 8 and 9 had a 5 Senses Food Workshop run by…
