Last night we held the first Open Evening at the school for the new Braintree Sixth Form. The evening was very well attended by students, parents and staff from Notley and our three partner schools: Tabor Science College, Alec Hunter Humanities College and Honywood Community Science School. It was clear that there was a high level of interest in the Sixth Form from students and parents across the four schools. Applications for Sixth Form places close on 31 January 2009 and we look forward to our discussions with Year 11 students and their parents during the application period.

Mr Thompson would like to thank Mr Fox, Mrs Stubbs and Mrs Halls for their excellent coordination of our first Sixth Form Open Evening and also all the staff who contributed to making the event such a success.

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Newsletter #272
14 November 2008
Braintree Sixth Form Open Evening, Media Studies – Film Education Project 2008, Mock Examinations, Carol Service, End of Term.

Year 9 Battlefields Trip Estimated return time is 8pm. Should there be any major delays, updated times and details will be left on the school's enquiry line. Tel: 01376 556378.

Eight Year 9 pupils:  David Hale; George Arkwright; Tim Smith; Harry Williams; Chloe Cushney; Laurelle Betts; Anabelle Spencer and Kaya Tokkan took part in an exciting film making project. 

Over three days in October the students planned ideas, learned how to use film cameras and other equipment and took acing roles in the production.  The experience gave them all a unique opportunity to understand how a film is made. The film was based around the Chinese element of... ...read more