Bradon Forest School

A fantastic afternoon of athletics as eight Year 7 boys and eight Year 7 girls represented Bradon at the Super 8 competition yesterday, held at the Swindon County Ground. Mr Payne said: "Every single athlete gave their all, showing brilliant effort, teamwork, and determination throughout. A huge well done to everyone involved and a special congratulations to our Year 7 girls, who finished 1st overall!"

Individual shout‑outs and medals:

🏅 Andrea W - overall gold medal for her outstanding performances.
🥈 Joseph G - overall silver medal after a superb set of events.

A brilliant day for Bradon Forest School. Well done, team!

Well done to the 60 Year 9 students that took part in Young Enterprise Launchpad day on Wednesday. Mrs Clarke said: "Students worked in small groups to create a business from scratch: they produced marketing materials, worked out the finances and even had to gain investment from our volunteers to fund their business ideas. At the end of the day, each group presented their business during an elevator pitch and the best presentations were given awards. Students developed their employability skills and seemed to really enjoy the day!"

Our Horticulture students have established two small ponds in one of our wild flower meadows. If you have a pond at home and are able to help, we would gratefully accept any plants to help develop this area further.

Mrs Johnson would like to share some of the amazing work being done in her Year 9 classes: "Since September, the Year 9 iMedia carousel students have been creating visual identities (logos) and then adverts for a made-up client who provides graphics for people to use in the metaverse. I think you would all agree we have a high class of graphics being produced – well done!"

Following the tragic drownings nationally over the half-term break, our "Big Question" this week includes reminders about how to keep safe around inland bodies of water and information about the dangers of swimming in rivers, lakes and weirs. Please discuss and reiterate these key messages with your children:

https://bradonforest.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TBQ-Water-Safety.pdf

Congratulations to Year 10 student, Reuben W, who competed in the Dwarf Games Friday 22 to Monday 25 May, winning a total of 7 medals!

Power lifting - gold
40 metres - gold
60 metres - silver
Shot put - silver
Discus - silver
Hockey - gold
Football - silver

On Thursday 21 May, the U16 rounders team had a good win against Swindon Academy. Mrs Evans reports: "POM Taina A was awesome with the bat whilst Rosie O was electric in the field. Captain Holly D said " My team played great and bring on RWBA!" Final score- 14.5-9.

The Year 9 team beat both Swindon Academy and RWBA, 15.5-6.5 and 17.5-7.5.
The girls put on a great batting performance in both matches with POM awarded to Megan B and Tabitha F. In the field, POM were awarded to Tof G and Megan B for accurate catching.

Both squads played so well in the summer sun and I'm is very proud of their performances!"