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Pumpkin Picking

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…

Poppy Remembrance Path

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.    

Senior House Netball

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.  

Waltham Abbey Trip

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…

The British Museum

The British Museum

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…

Braeside Win against Davenant

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…

England Netball Tournament

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…

Well-Being Week 2023

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…

Braeside Vs West Hatch

We took part in our first league game of the WESSA netball competition against West Hatch. The U16 netball team lost 25-12 but they showed excellent team work and never gave up! Izellah was player of the match. The U13 netball team narrowly lost 12-10! It was a brilliant game…

ISA Art Competition 2023

Braeside School has had fantastic results again this year!! We managed to secure five firsts and 6 commended and highly commended.  The standards this year were exceptional making the results even more rewarding. Work selected has to fit into various categories including drawing, sketch-books, three-dimensional pieces, textiles and paintings.  I…