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Oak-Tree Tag Rugby

Our year 6 tag rugby team came 2nd overall at the annual Oak-Tree Tag Rugby tournament! They beat Normanhurst 8-2, beat Coopersale 6-5 in a very close game and narrowly lost to Oaklands 3-1. Summer-Rose, Lara and Ruby scored some brilliant trys! Well done!  

Year 1 & 2 Viking Longboats

Year 1 and 2 have been learning all about Viking longboats. They worked as a team to row their Viking longboat, each holding an oar. The class then designed and made their own Viking longboat out of card. Afterwards, they made Viking longboats out of Lego and explained how they…

Kindergarten Go Bird Watching

It’s been all about bird watch here at Kindergarten. We have made bird food and distributed this. Built bird nests, made binoculars and used our bird identification charts to look for birds. In Kinder we have been learning about animals from cold places. We made our very own penguins using…

Year 6 Visit All Saint’s Church

Year 6 visited All Saint’s Church in Woodford to explore the work of the wider Church across the world and the local community. Ella, who is a Youth Pastor, showed Year 6 around and explained the journey of a Christian through the church from Baptism to the end of life….

National Storytelling Week

Thank you to Mrs. Eaglestone who delivered a heart warming assembly about the power of words through story telling and to Isabella and Year 8 who supported the story of ‘Yet’. We also celebrated pupils who have had their work published in a book.  

Young Voices 2025

Pupils from The Oak-Tree Group of Schools had an amazing time at ‘Young Voices’ at the o2 last night!! The atmosphere was electric and we couldn’t be prouder of their incredible performance. They loved every moment of singing in a choir of over 8000 children! Their hard work practising the…

Peri Concert 2025

Friday afternoon saw the comeback of our Peri Music Concert. The afternoon gave the pupils who are currently taking music lessons in school the chance to perform in front of their peers and an audience of eager friends and family. There was a wonderful array of pieces, including individual performances…

Children’s Mental Health Week 2025

Braeside School is participating in Children’s Mental Health Week 2025. This year Place2Be is exploring the theme ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’ in partnership with Here4You, supported by The Walt Disney Company and the Inside Out 2 characters. The more we can understand about ourselves, the more prepared we are to express our…

Early Years trip to the Duck Pond

Early Years experienced a wonderful winter walk. They looked at how the frost had created patterns on the leaves and walked on crunchy grass. The children laughed at the ducks ‘skating’ on the pond and fed them lots of food. Everyone used their gross motor skills to throw duck food…

Year 3 & 4 Science Trip

Year 3 and 4 went to the Science Museum to take part in the Flash, Bang and  Wallop show. This show was jam-packed with thrilling experiments and demonstrations designed to help children find out about fire and explosions. While thinking about everyday applications of controlled explosions they demonstrated how energy…