In preparation for their Anglo-Saxon day Form 4 cooked bannocks (traditional oat cakes) on an open fire in their Forest School session, followed by a sing-a-long. The children really enjoyed themselves and the consensus was that they would taste delicious with honey!
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Branwood Bee – Issue 68 – October 2024
Please follow the link below for the October edition of the Branwood Bee. The Branwood Bee – Issue 68 “The time is always right to do what is right.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Go to this Sway
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Branwood Bee – Issue 67 – September 2024
Please follow the link below for the latest edition of the Branwood Bee. This is the first monthly edition in our new improved format. The Branwood Bee – Issue 67 In this issue you will find Go to this Sway
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Macmillan Coffee Afternoon
What a lovely afternoon we had on Friday, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Care at our annual coffee afternoon. Thank you for all your kind donations which enabled us to raise an amazing £388 to support this wonderful cause. A big thank you to all our parents who supported us and attended the event and...
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National Computing Week
Our Form 5 and Form 6 students buzzed with excitement as they coded their very own name badges using the BBC micro:bit in celebration of National Computing Week! Each student explored the basics of programming, crafting unique designs that lit up with vibrant colours and animations. This hands-on activity encouraged creativity and collaboration while helping...
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Around the World
Form 1 had great fun creating rain sticks as part of their Geography unit, Around the World. These were inspired by their lesson on Australia where they read about the didgeridoo, boomerangs and Uluru, a sacred place for Australian Aboriginal people. The didgeridoo is believed to be the world’s oldest wind instrument, dating back thousands...
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KG1 Jigsaw
KG1 have had a super week in school. The children have been busy making friends, playing and learning together. In PSHEE the children learnt all about being part of the KG1 ‘class jigsaw’. Our KG1 classroom is a real life puzzle. Everyone is a special part of our class jigsaw and together we make a...
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Forest Food!
This week we enjoyed our second forest school lesson in KG2. We played a game on the playground at the start of the lesson to warm us up and then we were creating our own forest school restaurants. Children were in groups collecting ‘Forest food’ to cook and serve to our guests. What fun we...
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Reporting and Friction
It has been a wonderful week in Form 3 with lots of learning and excellent attitude. In English all the children showed amazing confidence when they presented their non-chronological report about their unusual sports to the class. The children also displayed super listening skills and were a perfect audience for...
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Musical Success
Congratulations to our talented music pupils who all passed their ABRSM music exams which they took just before we broke up for the summer. We had 21 pupils taking exams in total with a 100% pass rate! Amazing work everybody!