6/1/2010 Sixth Former Kieran Jones, who is studying 4 AS courses, performed solo acoustic guitar and vocals for the entertainment of around 150 people at the Institute in Braintree.  The occasion was the annual Christmas meal of the local voluntary group "making my community work".  Kieran's performance was much enjoyed and it is hoped that the Sixth Form musicians will continue to be involved with the group. 

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5/1/2010

Braintree Sixth Form’s Silver Duke of Edinburgh group have been really keen to help out with local projects.  Over two weeks in November they worked at the neighbouring John Ray Junior School to put up a fence around the new wilderness area.  The students were overseen by Richard Parmee from Braintree District council and as you can see from the photos, did a fantastic job.  The group of sixteen students involved valued the experience, despite the cold...

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15/12/2009

A group of A-Level, IB and Year 11 art students recently visited the Curwen Print Studio in Linton, Cambridge. There were two workshops involved, where we leant new skills and developed our portfolios. In one workshop we worked with lino blocks and made a number of successful prints using the industrial printing press. In the other we experimented with dry point printing in acrylic, using drawings from our sketchbooks.

The trip was enjoyable and the artists we worked with were very helpful. We gained many high quality...

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