Please follow the link below for the latest edition of the Branwood Bee. The Branwood Bee – Issue 74 “It’s no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” – Lewis Carroll Go to this Sway
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Branwood Bee – Issue 73 March 2025
Please follow the link below for the latest edition of the Branwood Bee. The Branwood Bee – Issue 73 “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you’ll learn the more places you will go” – Dr Seuss Go to this Sway
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Children’s Mental Health Week
On Wednesday 5th February, Pupil Parliament hosted a Children’s Mental Health Week event. Pupils from Form 1 – 6 were invited to join Pupil Parliament in the hall at break time to take part in various activities such as games, colouring, and affirmations. These activities aimed to encourage people to talk to each other, solve...
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Eco School – Canal Clean-Up
As part of their commitment to conserve biodiversity, protect species and reduce plastic pollution, members of Pupil Parliament attended a canal clean. Everybody arrived full of enthusiasm and determined to make a difference. Seb pointed out that we might only make a 0.01% difference, but it will add up if everybody plays a part. Each member...
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Branwood Bee – Issue 72 – February 2025
Please follow the link for the latest edition of the Branwood Bee. The Branwood Bee – Issue 72 “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl Go to this Sway
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New Sports Kit
The biggest thank you to Mr and Mrs Nugent and Godal Technologies for our new sports kits. They have kindly sponsored our new football, netball and cross country team kits and we can’t wait to be able to show them off at the upcoming sporting events and competitions. Thank you also to Mr & Mrs...
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Science & Clay Masks
Between ongoing work spent refining exam technique, Form 6 have enjoyed their forays into their study of Science, where the children mixed together various acidic and alkaline liquids, before then recording and analysing the effects upon their colour. They were also able to flex their creative muscles during a bonus Forest School session. Here the...
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Vitruvian Man Theory
During Science, Form 5 enjoyed studying Leonardo Da Vinci and testing his Vitruvian Man theory about the proportions of the human body. For the most part, his findings did indeed appear to hold up to our testing! For example, we discovered that the width of one’s shoulders was indeed a quarter of one’s height. It...
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Eat A Rainbow
Form 1 were keen to start their new DT topic, Eat a Rainbow. The first lesson focused on distinguishing between fruits and vegetables and knowing which part of a plant they might eat. Their observational drawings were impressive, we were particularly impressed by how carefully they sketched. When tasked with matching the fruit or vegetable to the part...
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Ready to Learn
The children have returned after their Winter break refreshed and ready to learn. They have enjoyed being back at school (and some of the parents).Our firework pictures which have been ongoing have been used to create a Happy New Year display reminding us all that this year is going to be an amazing one for us...