Mixed teams of Years 7/8 and 9/10 attended the Rowing school games competition at Lodge Park where they succeeded in qualifying to represent the county for Rowing at the Winter Games in February.
Year 7 students are celebrating after winning the first Trust sports event in Dodgeball, Endball and Boccia hosted by Corby Business Academy.
More than 35 students from each of the five Trust schools; CBA, Kettering Science Academy, Corby Technical School and Brooke Weston participated in the tournament where Brooke Weston came first in Dodgeball, second in Endball and fourth in Boccia, which due to last minute changes was a sport that the team had never played before, making them the overall winners and receiving the games trophy.
Hundreds of students took part in this year's annual Christmas Showcase. The concerts featured acts including instrumentals, short plays, choral and classical arrangements and dances. Performers included Year 7 choirs, the Orchestra, Year 13 BTEC group, lower and upper school dance groups as well as Year 10 drama students.
In celebration of the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme’s Diamond Anniversary DT technician Mr Darren Hooper has recently completed a 12 hour mountain bike race plus a separate cycling expedition up Mount Snowdon to raise funds for local D of E projects.
Mr Hooper completed the gruelling 12 hours of mountain biking around Minley Manor in Reading, only stopping for one or two minutes every lap, and later went on to bike to the top of Mount Snowdon, raising £150. He said ‘I didn’t get the chance to do D of E when I was at school. So when I heard about the Diamond D of E challenge I knew it was something I wanted to do. I love challenging myself and pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone.
Congratulations to Year 9 student Max Oram, who received his Gold Chief Scout award at a ceremony attended by the Mayors of Corby and Kettering.
He needed to complete nine challenges in categories including teamwork, adventure, skills and community, which involved him spending two nights at the Millennium Green in Desborough planting new trees and shrubs.
Congratulation to three of our Year 10 students who have taken GCSE exams a year early, each scoring grades of A*. For Winston Ho and George Tysoe their friendly rivalry in maths spurred them on to excellent scores with Winston averaging 95.5% over two papers and George just one mark behind, but with one paper scoring an amazing 99% on its own!
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