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Rugby report 3rd session

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

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

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 [...]

Letter to ‘The Friend’ 10th December 2010

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 [...]

Silver by Simon Hawkins

Silver

Centuries ago the Inquisition, a shadowy organisation claiming to be the protectors of humanity, captured one of the gods of ancient Greece. Apparently, whoever drank the god’s blood increased their strength and lifespan, didn’t need food or drink, and in fact became partly immortal.

Now in the 21st Century, the lost gods [...]

What a change!

Boys who were unable to cope with mainstream school have found a safe haven at Breckenbrough School. Here, effective teaching and appropriate help have resulted in some unexpectedly good exam results. 100% of the Year 11s gained 5 or more passes at GCSE in June 2010 and many younger pupils have also passed GCSEs [...]

End of Year Celebration

End of Year Celebration, Wednesday 15th December 2010, 6.00 – 7.00 pm

The school is holding an End of Year Event in the Great Hall on Wednesday 15th December 2010. The event which will take the form of an interactive mystery drama will begin at 6.00 pm and last for approximately for an hour. [...]

School Closure Week beginning 29th November

Due to the unseasonal amount of snow, the school is closed to pupils for the week beginning the 29th of November.

We will review the situation at lunch time on the 3rd of December and inform people of the outcome of that review.

The situation is naturally fluid due to how much snow the [...]

School Closure 29th November 2010

Due to the unseasonal amount of snow, the school is closed to pupils on the 29th and 30th of November.

We will review the situation at lunch time on the 30th of November and inform people of the outcome of that review. The situation is naturally fluid due to how much snow the area [...]

Exclusion from mainstream? Inclusion at Breckenbrough

The classic Radio 4 programme ‘You &Yours’ is celebrating its 40th birthday and, on October 22nd , the programme looked at the advances that have been made for people with disabilities (www.bbc.co.uk/radio4). One of the contributors interviewed by Peter White was Baroness Warnock.

In 1978 Baroness Warnock chaired the UK’s committee of inquiry into [...]