On Friday 4th July, we opened our doors to our alumni community for a wonderful celebration of Braeside School and its history. It was lovely to see so many former pupils reconnecting with one another and sharing where life has taken them since leaving Braeside. Guests enjoyed walking around the…
The children had a wonderful time at our Disco this week. Themed around Festival Season, we had a DJ, fun games such as the limbo and a transfer tattoos station. The children also enjoyed lots of ice cream from the local ice cream man! Thank you to FOBS for organising…
Year 11 pupils at Braeside School attended their end of exams ‘Prom Party’ this week at Harry’s at West Essex Golf Club. We had exclusive hire of the party room with a sumptuous party buffet, a doughnut wall, sweet stall and our famous ‘Braeside’ balloon arch. Mrs Pipe had organised…
We had a fantastic afternoon at Braeside’s Sports Day! Pupils competed in a number of races, including flat sprints, skipping races, obstacle races, and the classic egg and spoon race. We also had some field sports including javelin that the children enjoyed taking part in. It was lovely to see…
Mrs Moon and Mrs Wood have been running the Braeside Breakfast club since April and every week we explore different types of play. This week’s challenge was building a suitable enclosures for dinosaurs – we talked about width, height, windows and a way to feed them if they could be…
Braeside pupils travelled to Chingford School of Tennis for the annual Oak-Tree Tennis Tournament. It was a lovely sunny day and the children were filled with excitement, ready for a competitive, but fun, morning of tennis. Well done to our girls for taking part and doing the school proud.
A huge congratulations to Lilly and Angel in Year 9, and Gemma in Year 8, whose fantastic poems were selected for publication in the Latest Poetry Escape Competition! Their creative flair, powerful imagery, and confident use of language truly impressed the judges. We’re incredibly proud of their achievement — well done!
Mrs Moon organised for a theatre company called ‘Arc Theatre’ to visit school and work with Year 8 and 9 about safe uses of social media. The company performed a play called ‘Broadcast’ which outlines the law surrounding communications and mobile phones; safe use of social media and how to…
UKMT Junior Maths challenge is for year 7 and 8 across the country. It gives pupils the opportunity to use and demonstrate their reasoning, precision of thought and fluency. Whether students wanted to immerse themselves in a few problems or push on to get an award, they should be very…
In glorious sunshine, year 10 set off on their Maths trail in Buckhurst Hill. They had a map and instructions to measure, count and collect the information they needed to answer questions on a variety of topics. They worked fabulously well as a team and also got some practice of…
