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Oak-Tree Ski Trip

Our pupils have had an amazing time on the Oak-Tree Ski Trip! Together with the other Oak-Tree Group schools, they hit the slopes in beautiful Passo Tonale, Italy for a fun-filled week of skiing, laughter, and unforgettable memories! Pupils were very lucky to have excellent skiing conditions and the ski…

House Football Competition

On Friday 21 March, we hosted our annual House Football competition at the cricket field adjacent to the school. Kindergarten had their very own ball skills relay; Year 1-6 had a round robin football match competition refereed by Miss Jemal. Year 7 to 11 (organised by House Captains) were in…

Oak-Tree Spelling Bee

Braeside travelled to Oaklands School to take part in this year’s Oak-Tree Spelling Bee competition. 1st Place: Oaklands 2nd Place: Coopersale Hall 3rd Place: Braeside Well done to our wonderful pupils for participating.

Year 7 Trip to Holy Trinity

Year 7 walked to Buckhurst Hill Station to make the journey to Holy Trinity Church to meet Rev Abi Todd. They had some quiet reflection in the church before ringing the bells for worship. Rev Abi explained the significance of worship, Lent and fasting, Stations of the Cross ahead of…

Year 3 & 4 Humanities Trip

Year 3 and 4 practised their map skills by using an OS Explorer map to navigate from School to Woodford Wells via Knighton Wood and Lord’s Bushes. Pupils identified symbols on the map to navigate their way using roads and footpaths,  aiming for All Saint’s Church. They discovered that some…

Year 7 to 9 Box Set Challenge

Braeside pupils have been researching, planning, and creating their own box set designs for a Year 7-9 competition. With the soundtrack of Wicked playing in the background— a show they’re eagerly anticipating seeing soon— their creative energy is soaring. They are thoroughly enjoying the process, experimenting with ideas, and sharing…

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…