HSBC Visit
Pupils had an excellent visit from HSBC to learn about money management.
Pupils had an excellent visit from HSBC to learn about money management.
BSL and Deaf community events are now on our Community links section of our website. Please click on the link at the top of this page.
On Monday 19th February, the BBC came to video our students taking part in a Shakespeare drama workshop exploring the play ‘The Tempest’.
Our school has been working in partnership with Dr Abigail-Woodall from the University of Birmingham and Tracy Irish from the RSC Theatre. We have been supporting them in their ‘Signing Shakespeare Project’ which involves the creation of amazing online resources and activities to support teachers teaching Shakespeare to Deaf pupils.
Year 10 and 12 students visited Queen Alexandra College, Birmingham on 6th February 2024
The Braidwood Band rehearse weekly as one of SFE Music Service's school-based ensembles. They have just recorded a video for the SFE online City Music Festival. Great playing guys!
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Some of our Year 9 learners visited the food market in Birmingham City centre. As part of their "meat" topic in food tech this term, they went to look at the range of meat and fish available to buy.
Our Year 7s had a fantastic two night residential visit to Brighouse Residential Centre in Atherstone during December 2023. We have worked in partnership with Brighouse for a number of years. You can find information on the Brighouse here: https://www.thebrighouse.co.uk/
On Thursday 30 November a published artist named Hugo Pang who is an artist who likes Anime came and taught a group of learners about manga and how to draw it.
KS3 pupils created a performance linked to The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe as part of The Reps winter festival.
During the Autumn term, our Year 7 visited Baddesley Clinton, a National Trust property near Knowle. Learners were tasked with collecting information about the property and surrounding grounds to form the basis of a non-chronological report.
On 25th October 2023 our fantastic staff ran a well-being day for all learners. Pupils chose five activities from a list of 16 to explore during the day. Our talented staff ran a range of sessions from animation, photography, chess to yoga, sketching and bracelet making to name but a few.
Poet, Author and Playwright, Steve Camden inspires our pupils