Zane Doe and Tanya Walker, from Tesco’s superstore in Corby, demonstrated fish filleting and brought along fresh mackerel so that food technology students could try the techniques themselves.
Students in Years 7 and 8 were visited by Damian Dibben the Internationally acclaimed author of the adventure series ‘The History Keepers’ where he spoke to students about his career and hosted some creative workshops.
Local entrepreneur and former Brooke Weston Academy student Tom Warner talked to our Sixth Formers about his world-beating gin business.
A group of Year 8 students attended a workshop at Corby Business Academy with Canadian author Susin Nielson.
A group of Year 7 students visited the home of Leicester Tigers to watch them claim a victory against Gloucester Rugby in their defence of the Anglo-Welsh cup title.
A group of 12 Brooke Weston students visited CERN near Geneva, to talk to particle physicists about the ground-breaking research at the site, which is the world’s largest experiment.
Students from Year 8 were invited to Corby Business Academy where they met acclaimed American author Michael Grant, creator of the worldwide bestselling dystopian fantasy series ‘Gone’.
A group of Year 8 students from Brooke Weston were invited to Beanfield Primary where children’s author and illustrator Jim Smith spoke to them about writing and illustrating books.
Former Brooke Weston teacher Tamsin Winter spoke to students about her first novel ‘Being Miss Nobody’ which deals with anxiety and mental health issues. Tamsin, who trained as a teacher at Brooke Weston and taught English here until leaving in 2005 always wanted to write and now she is doing author visits and working on her second novel.
Best selling novelist Dan Freedman visited Brooke Weston this week to speak to students about his career and host a creative workshop for a group of Year 7 students.
A group of Year 10 GCSE students visited the University College of Food in Birmingham, one of the countries leading universities for food courses as part of their food technology GCSE preparation.
A group of students in Year 9 were invited to tour a Coca Cola factory in Milton Keynes as part of their Food Technology studies. The site is one of six education centres in the UK where students received a glimpse into the practical world of work and a behind-the scenes learning experience.
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