Award winning children’s author Katie Dale visited the academy this week to help students develop their writing skills and discuss how to become an author.

Brooke Weston Year 9 girls netball team took part in the District Netball Tournament at Latimer Performing Arts College where they came third in their pool, just missing out on the semi-finals.

A group of Sociology and Psychology students were invited to attend the first PiXL student revision conference held in central London.

Two Year 12 students, Brooke Gray and Albert Nyarko-Agyei, visited Auschwitz as part of a project organised by The Holocaust Trust to educate them on the Holocaust and the lessons to be learned from it today.

The Holocaust Educational Trust was established in 1988 and works in schools, universities and the community to raise awareness and understanding of the Holocaust. They run an annual project taking more than 200 students from 16-18 years old from secondary schools and colleges across the country to Auschwitz in Poland.

The Holocaust was the mass murder of six million Jews and millions of other people leading up to, and during, World War II. The killings took place in Europe between 1933 and 1945 organised by the German Nazi party which was led by Adolf Hitler. The largest group of victims were Jewish people where nearly 7 out of every 10 Jews living in Europe were killed.

Duke of Edinburgh students in Year 9 have been practicing for their first two day DofE expedition by learning how to pitch tents and cook a variety of food on camp stoves in the school grounds.

The practice is vital before their first assessment at Rutland Water in April and included camp stove safety, first aid, cooking their own food on the campfires and camp craft - knowing the best place to position your tent and physically putting it up.

Brooke Weston celebrated the 20 year anniversary of ‘World Book Day’ by inviting all students to come to school dressed as their favourite literary character and bring their favourite book in return for a £1 contribution.

‘World Book Day’ brings together children of all ages across the world to celebrate reading and a love of books. The aim of the day is to encourage students to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with a £1 book token, which they can redeem at any local bookseller.