Summer 2006 Exam Timetable 18/05/2006 A timetable for th
e upcoming 2006 GCSE and GNVQ examinations can be downloaded below. This file is also available on mydesktop and the school intranet.
Best of luck to all those sitting examinations this Summer.
World Cup Football Quiz 06/04/2006 All staff and
pupils are welcome to take part in the latest quiz offered on the website. The theme this time is The World Cup. Only one submission per person will be accepted, the winner this time will receive £10 cash, a prize donated by the school's Headmaster.
Click Here to take the quiz! Best of luck.
Easter Quiz & Computer Quiz Feedback 27/03/2006 All staff and
pupils are welcome to take part in the Easter Quiz. Only one submission per person will be accepted, the winner this time will receive £10 cash, a prize donated by the school's governing body.
Congratulations should go to Andrew Stephenson, who got the highest score in the computer quiz and wins a USB memory drive.Competition closed
Computer quiz statistics
Questions and answers
Average Score: 3/10
Highest Scoring year group: Year 7 (average score 5)
Lowest Scoring year group: Year 10 (average score 2)Only 8% of people knew the answer to q1 about computer bugs but 91% of people knew the BBC website was the most popular in the school.
School Remains Open 27/03/2006 Regardless of the council strikes, the school will remain open tommorow (28/03/2006).
Branksome School Computer Quiz 08/03/2006 The
school has put together a fun computer quiz for pupils/parents.
The winner chosen at random will receive a USB memory drive donated by GKM.
Competition closed
Changes to the school website 06/02/2006 Operation Christmas Child 21/11/2005 As part of PSHCE, Year 8 pupils collected shoeboxes of gifts as part of Operation Christmas Child. Altogether pupils and staff collected thirty three boxes for children aged between 2 and 14. The boxes will be going to children in Eastern Europe and Africa, who otherwise would not have Christmas gifts.
Kay Crossling
Presentation Evening 2005 17/11/2005 Last night the school celebrated the achievements of pupils past and present, with a huge number of prizes, trophies, and certificates handed out. Darlington FC manager, and former Liverpool star David Hodgson was on hand to present awards. The evening was a great success with live music and singing, followed by stirring speeches from the Headmaster, Chair Governor, and guest speakers.
Branksome - Carmel ICT Partnership 15/11/2005 Two ICT teachers from Carmel, Ms. Harrison, and Miss Evans, came in to support the Year 11 GNVQ ICT students as part of the Leading Edge project. The students are currently studying for Unit 5 (Information Resources), which will have a written exam in January 2006. The teachers from Carmel came in to give an overview of the unit as they have had a lot of experience in teaching this unit to GNVQ students. Following a presentation, the students were given the pre-release material for unit 5 and started their coursework. Pupils found this session very informative and a lot of progress was made.
S LyonsMock Examinations 2005 04/11/2005 Timetable for Y11 mock exams Thur 1st Dec.
Art Fri 2nd Dec.
French Speaking Art Tuesday 6th Dec. 1:30pm Citizenship (main hall) Wed 7th Dec. Music (music suite) French (main hall) Thur 8th Dec. R.E. (main hall) English Lit. (main hall) Fri 9th Dec. Geography (main hall) PE (main hall) History (main hall) ICT GCSE (main hall) Mon 12th Dec. Science (main hall) English (main hall) Tue 13th Dec. Maths (main hall) Business Studies (main hall) Food (main hall) Wed 14th Dec. English (main hall) Science (main hall) Thur 15th Dec. Maths (main hall) RES Mats (main hall) Graphics (main hall) Geography (main hall) Textiles (main hall) Fri 16th Dec. RE (main hall) History (main hall) Middlesbrough F.C. Presentation 04/10/2005 Branksome School children attended a presentation at the Riverside yesterday, in recognition of their participation in Middlesbrough F.C.'s Enterprise Academy. The Enterprise Academy aims to provide young people across the Tees Valley area with access to advice, guidance and activity relating to Business and Enterprise. Those involved can expect full accreditation through exam board OCR's Headway award.
The scheme is designed to provide participants with specialist business and enterprise
knowledge, improve their self confidence and communication skills and help give them a better idea of what they might want to do as a career. "By working in partnership with organisations from the public, private and voluntary sector, the project aims to stimulate the entrepreneurs of the future as we endeavour to ‘Create Tomorrow’s Legends Today’." Middlesbrough F.C. defender Franck Queudrue took part in the presentation of certificates. More details about the scheme can be accessed on the Enterprise Academy's website here.
Alan Milburn meets with School Council 15/09/2005 Former Health Secretary and current MP for Darlington, Alan Milburn, visited the school again today to meet with it's School Council. He answered questions on a range of subjects including the Iraq war and other current affairs.
Enterprise in Construction 07/03/2005 Pupils in year 10 graphics have recently taken part in an Enterprise in Construction competition. For this they had to investigate jobs and activities within the construction industry. They then had to produce information and designs that led to a model and portfolio evidence for an area of the West park development in Darlington. At various stages during the project a team of construction industry experts assessed the work of the pupils.
The competition culminated in a display and presentation held in Darlington College of Technology on Friday 4th March. Schools taking part included Branksome, Carmel, and Hummersknott, and over 20 teams of pupils were involved.
Branksome School pupils won both 1st, 2nd and 6th place in the competition. The winning team was awarded a prize of £500, and the 2nd place team a prize of £200, money to be spent on new equipment throughout the school.
Jordan Edmonson Craig Hancock Rachael Patan Rebecca Summers Jayne Thomas
Jenny Carbert Samantha Davies Nicole Pegg Pamela Shaw
Carl Allen Daniel Atkinson Alex Hutchinson Kiel Mellor Scott Turner
Each winning pupil was awarded an individual trophy to keep, and the school a plaque to be kept for 12months."Arise Sir Boggy" 19/11/2004
Branksome pupil David Bogg had the best result of his life last night when he was crowned the Local Hero of 2004. David, 14, was the star of the night at The Northern Echo's annual tribute to the heroes of grassroots sport, which attracted a record number of nominations. He won the judges' hearts for the way he has overcome adversity to help turn the school football team into cup winners. His moment of glory was watched by an audience of 700 people, including Middlesbrough Football Club manager Steve McClaren, Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy, World Cup hero Jack Charlton, former world champion athlete Steve Cram, and Britain's greatest ever paralympian, Tanni Grey-Thompson.
David was heartbroken when he was told by doctors that he could never take part in PE lessons because he needed reconstructive surgery to his foot.But instead of letting it get him down, he asked if he could take over as manager of the school football team.Initially being allowed to become assistant manager to teacher Dave Tucker, he ended up ousting him as boss and taking responsibility for all the team's administration, team selection, training, tactics and team talks.He was nominated for the award by the team members who have grown to have full respect for him.The judges said: "It was an incredibly hard job to select an overall winner from a very strong field. But David's story symbolises what Local Heroes is all about - celebrating the special people who dedicate themselves to grassroots sport."
Former Newcastle United manager Sir Bobby Robson paid tribute to David by video link. Welcome to the Branksome School Website! 18/11/2004 The School has changed dramatically over recent months and is now making rapid progress. All staff are committed to the new vision, which emphasises the expectation that all pupils can achieve their potential, and beyond. Teaching and learning are at the centre of the changes with all teachers expected to plan lessons that will challenge all pupils. Increased investment in the school has been made in relation to classroom / teaching resources. The school has also invested in its staff by implementing the workforce agreement ahead of schedule and by providing extra support and administrative staff.
Branksome is emerging as a major player in community activity, engaging considerable support from local community groups. Branksome is also a collaborative school that welcomes all partners who wish to support its drive to raise standards of achievement. The School is also preparing a bid for Specialist school status for October 2005.
H Gilfillan
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