In Year 2, we have been looking at plants and how they grow. We set up an investigation to see what would happen to a seed if it either had no water, soil or light. We made detailed predictions about what we thought would happen and carefully considered how to…
In Computing, Year 1 have been working together brilliantly to create their first basic algorithm. In this lesson, they explored the school grounds looking for sticks, leaves and twigs so that they could build a den for their Bee-bot. Once they had created a comfortable home they decided on and…
Year 6 have enjoyed exploring a range of techniques to produce these dramatic WW2 London bomb paintings. Students worked in pairs so that they could collaborate and share ideas. Great work year 6!
Year 2 were invited to take part in the ISA Multi Skills event last week. Despite being a hot day, the pupils showed brilliant team work and sportsmanship, completing various skill-based activities. These included javelin throwing, football skills, running races and the sack race to name a few. Fun was…
Year 10 students at Braeside became Rock Balancers in their physics lesson this week. They investigated how to locate the centre of mass of regular shapes like a ruler and used plumb lines to find the centre of mass of irregular shapes. The rocks enabled the students to experiment with…
This week we are shining the spotlight on Beatrice, in Year 9. Beatrice spoke to us about her work as an Epping Forest Conservation Volunteer. When did you join Braeside School? Year 5, 2018 What made you want to do voluntary work? My love for the environment and the…
The Braeside Senior Eco-Team delivered an assembly this week that focussed on making sustainable choices with transport and food purchases. They highlighted the air miles of food and people and then calculated the carbon footprint. All pupils were surprised at how much environmental damage could be done with one flight….
Year 6 has been doing really well in Science! They completed the red cabbage indicator experiment to see if red cabbage is a good indicator for acids and alkalis. They concluded that it was! They also enjoyed some droplet art using the indicator. They found it quite tricky at first…
The first House Swimming Gala was a huge success! The pupils had so much fun competing in their Houses in a range of events. Highlights include Darcey G winning the Year 6/7 50m Front Crawl, Kristen winning the Year 8/9 Butterfly, Maya G winning the year 8/9 Breaststroke, Olivia ‘barking’…
Ava and Lou Lou recently took part in the ISA U13 Tennis Tournament at Welwyn Tennis Club. They were unbeaten throughout the event, beating the likes of Sherrardswood, North Bridge House, St Mary’s and Mount House School. They performed brilliantly as a pair and should be very proud of themselves…
