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Please click on the image to view information about this week's food practical sessions.

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Our Creative Media Production students have been diving into the world of print media to spark inspiration for their own product designs. From bold layouts to subtle colour palettes, they've been analysing every detail - fonts, imagery and composition.

It’s been amazing to see their creativity flourish as they share their thoughts and opinions on what works, what doesn’t, and how they plan to adapt what they found for their own work.

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Please click on the image to view information about this week's food practical sessions.

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Please click on the image to view information about this week's food practical sessions.

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Year 8 students have made a great start to their Library lessons this year.

Throughout this year, they'll be exploring themes, characters, genre, how to write book reviews and making predictions as well as looking at non-fiction books.

Their target is to keep improving their reading and add more titles to the list of books they've enjoyed. We're also asking students to read independently at home and complete their Reading Log ready for their next Library lesson.

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Please click on the image to view information about our Sixth Form Opening Evening on 9th October.

Come and explore our excellent facilities, meet our Head of Sixth Form, our staff team and our students!

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Congratulations to Myanie who competed on Saturday 20th September in the Midlands Road Relays at Sutton Coldfield.

Myanie and her team continually ran 4K laps and came 3rd overall, qualifying for the national road relays. This event will take place on Saturday 4th October – good luck to Myanie and her team!!

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Who knew a Vegan Chocolate Cake could look so good! Brilliant effort made by our Year 9 food students this week.

Following the theory of alternative diets, students had the opportunity to make a vegan Chocolate cake with Raspberry Coulis. Although we had some students unsure they would like a vegan dish, they were pleasantly surprised with this delicious recipe, and many have said they will make it again.

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Year 7 students had their first meeting with our Kids League Kenya schools yesterday. The year 7 students who have joined the group heard an inspirational story from one of the ex students the charity had supported in Kenya.

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Our Boxing Club got into full "swing" with a demonstration this week! #resilence

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Last year, some of our KS3 students entered the Young Writer's competition to recreate a 'Grim Tale'.

We had an excellent turn out, which is amazing! Parents and carers were given the opportunity to purchase their child's published work - the books have now arrived and will be distributed in the coming days.

If students who returned their short stories would like to purchase a copy of the book, please see Miss Smith in U5 to get a letter.

#ambition #proud

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Great first session with Year 12 Reading Pairs mentors supporting our younger students! #ambition

#NationalYearOfReading2026

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In the first two weeks, we set an ambitious goal to be above 95% attendance overall... and we smashed it! The national average was 93.5%, but we managed to achieve 95.79%. Well done to everyone for making such a positive start.

League Leaders last week:

7-2 AND 7-6 98.3% Ms Dickenson/Ms Lee

8-7 98% Ms Webb

9-9 100% Ms Cox - well done!

10-4 95.7% Mr Peters

11-9 98.5% Ms Reed

12-1 98.9% Ms West

13-2 97.5% Ms Clapham

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Year 11 Lunchtime Intervention Timetable

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Year 11 Lunchtime Intervention Timetable

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Please click on the image to view information about the Year 11 Interventions in place to help our students during lunch breaks.

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Year 11 After School Intervention Timetable

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Year 11 After School Intervention Timetable

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Please click on the image to view information about the Year 11 Interventions in place to help our students after school.

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Please click on the image to view our latest Careers Newsletter, packed with information for all students and parents regarding future ambitions and the next steps.

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Please click on the image to view the letter to Year 7 and 8 parents/carers regarding information about Library Lessons this academic year.

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Please click on the image to access our latest safeguarding Newsletter for parents at the end of Half Term 6.

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Timetable info: 29th September - 3rd October WEEK 1

2nd October: Y11 & Y13 Parents' Evening (online)

9th October: 6th Form Open Evening

17th October: Students break up for Half Term at 3pm and return on Monday, 3rd November

17th November: INSET day (Academy closed to all students)

4th December: Year 7 Settling In Evening

5th December: INSET day (Academy closed to all students)

11th December: Year 9 Parents' Evening

19th December: Students break up for Christmas holiday at 3pm

5th January: All students return to the Academy

Don't forget the full calendar is on our academy website which you can subscribe to and link with your own.

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Year 6 "working day" tours are now available to book using the QR code above. Come and see us in action if you were unable to attend our open evening!

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Over the last two weeks, your child will have been reminded of how to access KayScience for their Science homework. All year groups are set new Science homework every week on a Monday on KayScience.

If your child is still having issues accessing KayScience please ask them to come and see Miss Dickinson in Lab 2 as soon as possible. If your child struggles to find time to complete their homework at home, they can also come along to Lab 13 on Wednesday lunchtime to Mr Davison at the KayScience homework club to complete it.

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Please click on the image to view information about an Emotion Coaching session - specifically for families of children who are adopted, in kinship care and/or were previously in care.

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Virtual Reality Libraries is back this Autumn!

Get ready to be amazed by our new collection of thrilling VR experiences at your local library! With 7 experiences including Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway, and Laika, the graphic novel adaptation following the true story of earth’s first space traveller – Laika the dog!

Plus, step into immersive films with Nottinghamshire film makers, filmed and created with students from The Brunts Academy.

Arriving at Beeston Library, Worksop Library, Mansfield Central Library later this autumn. Find out more in the new What’s On guide inspireculture.org.uk/whatsonaugnov

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Please click on the image to view information about our Enrichment Activities for Half Term 1.

We are delighted to offer such a wide variety of clubs during out-of-lesson periods, and hope that every students finds an activity to enhance their enjoyment of school life.

Should any activities have to be cancelled, you will be notified immediately on this platform and also via Arbor if the cancellation is at short notice.

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Parents across the UK are being urged by the government to read more - by themselves and with their children - in a bid to reverse a national decline in reading for pleasure (please click on the image to read the full report).

At Brunts, we prioritise reading and recognise how vital it is to encourage children to read to improve their outcomes. Still, there is plenty of work to be done together to ensure our children are getting the most from our reading opportunities.

From September 2025, we'll be involving parents of Year 7 and Year 8 students in their weekly Library lessons and asking them to communicate with their child about reading, along with completing a reading log (please see the 'Letters to Parents' menu for further information).

We've got plenty of other reading events, competitions and rewards coming up to give all students the confidence to enjoy reading, regardless of their ability. Watch this space!

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Parents urged to read more to boost children’s life chances

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Education Secretary urges parents to swap scrolling with reading as she launches a National Year of Reading for 2026 to boost kids’ literacy and life chances.

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We are delighted to announce we now offer a service to support our local community where pre-loved, good condition items of the Brunts Academy uniform can be donated, exchanged and acquired free of charge, by both existing students and students new to The Brunts Academy.

Please click on the image to view information about how to access The Exchange service.

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GCSEpod is now active for KS4 Geography students. This on line platform will help students learn, retain and recall information needed to achieve their GCSE goals. To access GCSEpod for Geography:

1. Go to www.gcsepod.com

2. Click login as student

3. Click sign in with Office 365

4. Click sign in with Office 365 again

5. Use your school email and password to sign in

6. Click Geography

7. Find the topic you want to revise

8. Enjoy 🙂

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Please click on the image for information on how to access GCSEpod for History.

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The Brunts Academy, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. 4,122 likes · 296 talking about this · 3,568 were here. The Brunts Academy Official Facebook

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Please click on the image to view information about our Sixth Form Opening Evening on 9th October.

Come and explore our excellent facilities, meet our Head of Sixth Form, our staff team and our students!