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This young man came to Breckenbrough late in his school life. He was very nervous and initially only came for a day a week. He was given individual tuition and his attendance and confidence grew. Here is a tribute to his fine achievement from his tutor Ron Cowells. Off to Cambridge The fact that [...] The school signed up to the Sky Sports Living for Sport Scheme which focuses on working with children, using sport to inspire young people. The scheme helps to change behaviour, improve life skills and increase attainment through participation in sports activities. Rugby was seen by the boys as a great way to become [...]
Nathan Breck student Nathan Brimm, top cartoon artist is a double winner this month. He has won the Bonfire Night competition in the Dandy winning four Lego characters, not satisfied with that he also came out winner in the Halloween edition of the Beano. In the Dandy he drew a Fat Cat and in [...] New 6th form units This year has seen the opening of a new residential Sixth Form unit for Year 12 students. The unit is designed to encourage the pupils to further develop their social skills and prepare them for independent life at college, university or in the world of work. Living area An [...]
Siobhan Gifford MOTHER of two, Siobhan Gifford, has taken over the role as independent listener for Breckenbrough School. Siobhan, who lives locally with her husband of 35 years, was trained as a listener by national charity The Samaritans and worked as a volunteer on their crisis lines for five years. For the past two [...] 
Cornering Breckenbrough was recently lucky enough to secure a visit from a young man called Gradie Featherstone. Gradie is thirteen years of age and has been progressing through the school boy’s motocross classes from a very early age which may explain why he is such a talented young rider. The link to Gradie came [...] Rugby Report (3rd session 9/2/2011) Staff: Shaun Thompson, Paul Malone, Ben Clements Pupils taken part: 3 Being healthy: In this session there was a small group of boys, both staff and boys took part in all drills. Each boy put a good level of effort into the drills and this then showed in [...] Rugby Report (2nd session 2/2/2011) Staff: Shaun Thompson, Paul Malone, Ben Clements Pupils taking part: Tim Jack James G Callum Marc George Desmond Being healthy: In this session we were looking at developing on the last session as well as incorporating some new things. The boys were developing their skill to run with the [...] Rugby Report (1st session 26/01/11) Staff: Shaun Thompson, Paul Malone,Duncan Burgess(rfu coach) Pupils taken part: James O Jack James G Callum Marc George Desmond Being healthy: Todays rugby session involved a lot of running with the ball and passing at the same, we then moved on to learning how [...] Dear Friend, Those who worry about the existence of Quaker schools (see recent letters) may like to think about Breckenbrough School, a small Non-maintained Special School under Quaker auspices, affiliated like the others to Friends Schools Council. It caters for boys with emotional and behaviour difficulties including those associated with milder forms of autism [...] |
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