Walton High Brooklands

🍎✨ It’s National Thank a Teacher Day! ✨🍎

Thank you to everyone who has already sent a message via email or through the Thank a Teacher website to help us celebrate - we’ve loved reading all your kind and thoughtful words!

Just a friendly reminder that if a member of our staff - teaching or support - has made a real difference to your child’s school experience, you can still share your appreciation:
💌 Send a message directly via: https://thankateacher.co.uk/
📧 Or email us at [email protected], and we’ll make sure your message is passed on

Your kind words mean so much and really do make a difference to our staff 🌟

💙 MK MHST Summer Anxiety Groups 💙

The Milton Keynes Mental Health Support Team (MK MHST) are offering evidence-based summer holiday groups for children aged 8–12 and their parent/carers to learn practical ways to understand panic and worry, manage anxiety, and build healthy coping skills together.

Further details, including dates and how you can refer your child for the group, can be found on the poster.

🥊💪 Boxing Intervention Sessions at Walton High Brooklands 💪🥊

We’re pleased to be working with an external boxing company to deliver a weekly intervention programme here at school.

This term, a group of Year 9 boys have been taking part in one-hour sessions each week. It’s been fantastic to see the students engaging so positively and supporting one another throughout the sessions. 🌟

📰💙 MK MHST Newsletter 💙📰

The Milton Keynes Mental Health Support Team (MK MHST) has published the latest edition of their newsletter, created for school staff, parents/carers and young people.

This edition includes:
✨ An update on the MHST logo competition winner
✨ Key feedback from their recent survey
✨ How this feedback is helping to shape and improve the service

A great way to stay informed about the support available and how MHST continues to make a difference in our community 🌟

📄 Take a look at the latest newsletter for more details:https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/application/files/2617/8101/2530/2026_-_June_-_MK_MHST_Newsletter_1.pdf

📸✨ Brooklands Culture Week Photography Competition ✨📸

As part of Brooklands Culture Week this June, we are excited to launch our Culture Week Photography Competition!

This competition is open to local residents, parents, students and staff - we’d love to see your creativity and perspective. 👏

The categories are 'My Community', 'All About Me' and 'My Culture'.

Entries need to be submitted before 14th June 2026. Further details are on the poster. 📷

To enter, simply scan the QR code on the poster or follow this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=on3tb16Ra0KIzu2oqZ1_Fc_LsGN6-oFCl_Nr4U0o35tURUxFRVNHRFdaS08yT0JTNkI3R1VDNVdMQy4u&origin=Invitation&channel=0

Good luck to everyone taking part - we can’t wait to see your fantastic photographs! 🌟

🎶 Celebrating Our Talented Music Students! 🎶

Our library came alive with music, creativity, and confidence during our Library Music Session yesterday .

Students delighted the audience with a wonderful variety of performances, showcasing their talents on different instruments as well as through voice. From instrumental pieces to vocal performances, every contribution added something special to the atmosphere and made the event truly memorable.

We are so proud of all the students who took part - your courage to perform and your passion for music really shone through! 🌟

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to support their peers and helped create such a warm and encouraging environment.

Well done to all involved! 👏

We were delighted to host the Milton Keynes Model Railway Society’s Exhibition last weekend - and what a success it was! 🎉

The event welcomed an incredible 966 adults and nearly 250 children, and we were thrilled to hear that they received extremely positive feedback, with many visitors describing it as “the best show in Milton Keynes for years”!

A huge thank you to the Milton Keynes Model Railway Society for choosing our school as their venue, and to everyone who came along to support the event! 🚂💙

For more information about the Milton Keynes Model Railway Society, please visit: https://mkmrs.org.uk/

✨ Are you interested in hosting your own event at Walton High Brooklands? ✨
To explore our fantastic facilities and find out more, please visit:
https://schoolhire.co.uk/milton-keynes/waltonbrooklands

This morning, CHUMS (Milton Keynes Emotional Wellbeing Service) delivered a fantastic workshop for some of our students and parents on ‘Managing Your Fears and Worries’.

The session provided valuable insights and strategies to help build confidence in understanding and managing anxiety.

A huge thank you to CHUMS for delivering such an engaging and informative workshop!

We know so many of our staff, both teaching and support colleagues, go above and beyond to support our students. If you have had a member of staff who has made a real difference to your child's school experience can we encourage you to recognise this as part of the National "Thank a Teacher" Day.

You can use the link below and send directly to colleagues or you can email us at [email protected] and we will pass it on.

Please help us to remind our amazing staff how valued they are and the huge impact they make on our student's lives. Your support makes a real difference to them!

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