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  • 09/12/24

    Author Visit

    Award-winning author, Tanya Landman, visited our school on Thursday 5th December. Tanya has written over 50 books across a wide age range, from picture books for pre-school children to historical thrillers for teens and young adults. She has won several book awards, including the prestigious Carnegi...
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  • 25/11/24

    'A Christmas Carol' Trip

    180 students from across the school went to see 'A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story' at the Birmingham Rep on Friday 22nd November. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the performance!
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  • 22/11/24

    Author Visit

    Author, Chris Bradford, visited our school on Thursday 21st November. Renowned for his dynamic author events and his ‘method writing’ technique, Chris is a black belt martial artist, qualified professional bodyguard and former musician. He has sold in excess of three million books and...
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  • 19/11/24

    Food Bank Appeal

    This winter, Barnwood Park are supporting the Gloucester Food Bank.  We are asking for donations, on their behalf, which will be collected on 13th December so they can be sorted and distributed in time for Christmas. Please see below the list of items that the food bank would like us to...
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  • 15/11/24

    Cross Country

    Well done to the students who represented Barnwood Park in the Gloucester Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships.
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  • 12/11/24

    Student Success

    Cody (Y10) and Bradley (Y8) represented Barnwood Park in the ‘Western Area Schools Judo Championships’. Bradley fought in the Year 8 - Year 9 category, winning 3 out of his 4 fights to take the silver medal. Cody fought in the Year 10 - Year 13 category; however, there was no...
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  • 11/11/24

    MFL - Day of the Dead

    The return to school this half term has led to a celebration of countries outside of Spain and France in MFL. At the beginning of November, Mexico celebrates its famous "Day of the Dead". Students and staff have been taking part in an "Ofrenda" which is set up to remember th...
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  • 25/10/24

    History Trip

    Year 8 History trip - students needed to find information and facts located around Gloucester to complete their question sheets as part of their local History unit.
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  • 24/10/24

    Languages Department

    ¡Hola! This month has been incredibly exciting for our MFL department here at Barnwood Park. We are pleased to not only be excited this autumn with our secret Halloween display (details to be announced!), but even more excitingly,  we have two lunchtime clubs for the school's spelling...
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  • 18/10/24

    Careers Fayre

    On Thursday 17th October we held our annual Careers Fayre, where over 25 exhibitors and guests joined us in supporting the students to see what options are out there for them. We had a wide range of Sixth Forms for those looking to do their A-Levels and stay in a school environment; C...
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  • 16/10/24

    Poetry Competition

    The Barnwood Poetry Competition focused on this year's National Poetry Day theme of Counting. A wide range of entries were received from across the school, and it was an absolute pleasure to read such excellent work. Congratulations once again to our five winners: Luke Orchard, Betsy Jones, D...
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  • 15/10/24

    Cheltenham Literature Festival Trip

    Students from year 8 and year 9 had the opportunity to visit the Cheltenham Literature Festival. 40 students from year 8 took part in an engaging workshop with author Matt Goodfellow. Year 9 students listened to a fun and engaging talk by author, Sarah Crossan and had the opportunity to p...
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