News

Student Reporter: Visiting Planetarium

Today a weird egg-shaped dome showed up in the South West Room. The person who owned it told me it was a planetarium. All of us had to wait five minutes before we went in, because the man who owned …
6th November 2020

A spooktacular day in Pluto class!

The team in Pluto class decided to end the term in spooktacular style. They decorated the classroom to resemble a haunted house and planned a morning of fun that included baking cupcakes, playing ‘Pass The Eyeball’, roasting crisp packets to …
4th November 2020

Student Reporter: All about golf

Here’s the second of our Student Reporter articles; an introduction to golf from Daniel:
23rd October 2020

Alien landing at school!

This is the second of our Student Reporter articles, a diary entry from Harry about an alien landing in the school grounds! 8/9/20 Suddenly, a spectacular thing happened, aliens crash landed in our big green field. Layo is a small …
20th October 2020

Our first Student Reporter!

This year, along with other schools in Orchard Hill College Academy Trust, we’re giving our students a platform to share stories they’ve written. Click here to read our first report from Joshua, who even designed a poster to accompany his …
2nd October 2020

Careers Day

On Wednesday 4th March we held a careers day. We invited people from different careers to talk to the pupils about their jobs, routes in to those jobs and the skills that they need. In classes the pupils also thought …
11th March 2020

VE Day

At the end of term we held a VE day to finish off our War and conflict topic. Pupils were encouraged to come dressed in war time apparel. They enjoyed a range of activities from: code breaking, shelter building and …
14th February 2020

World Mental Health Day

Brantridge School pupils took part in a themed day for World Mental Health Day on Thursday 10th October. The pupils took part in a “Juice and Talk” session where they got to know each other better through the use of …
16th October 2019

National Fitness Day

Brantridge School celebrated National Fitness Day on Thursday 26th September as part of promoting the health and well-being of our pupils. As part of the day, pupils took part in the following activities: yoga, outdoor assault course and Ultimate Warrior …
16th October 2019

Bonnie the therapy dog!

Every Wednesday we are joined by a therapy dog called Bonnie. She comes in to read with boys, be taken for walks and for the boys to spend time with her. A therapy dog is used in setting like ours …
30th July 2019

Outdoor Learning

During Outdoor Learning one of the pupils came up with a fantastic idea of making natural masks using the natural resources available. As a result many of the pupils have been making amazing masks. The masks have also sparked some interesting …
30th July 2019

Gardening

Since the beginning of term the boys have been taking part in gardening for their enrichment sessions in lesson 6. They have been planting a range of flowers, fruits, herbs and vegetables. It has been very exciting recently as we were able …
30th July 2019