14/11/18
Photographer
Be aware that the school photographer will be in on Tuesday 20th November from 8.30am.
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07/11/18Cassiopeia meet private Howard Pegler
Today Cassiopeia took a rainy walk down the canal path to meet a real life WW1 soldier. In a quiet spot by one of the locks there is a memorial to Howard Pegler of Thrupp who was killed in Flanders on 30th October 1918, almost 100 years ago aged only 18. Local actor John took on the r...Read Full Story
07/11/18Divali Day
Today all our children celebrated the Hindu festival of Divali. We were visited by Daxa Mehta who talked to the children about the story of Divali. From Rangoli patterns to performing a Divali dance our children thoroughly enjoyed the day.Read Full Story
02/11/18Young Musicians Entertain
Our young musicians went to visit the residents of Wilmslow House to entertain them with their musical talents. The children performed many instrumental solos to the audience and residents were also treated to some songs by the choir. Residents later commented on how brilliant our Brimscombe youngst...Read Full Story
01/11/18WW1 play - Your Country Needs You
Today KS2 were treated to a performance by the Quantum theatre group all about the first world war. The two actors played numerous parts as they told the story of different characters during the war. There were many songs from the time as well as some sobering statistics and personal stories about t...Read Full Story
12/10/18Brimscombe writers meet Doctor Who screenwriter
A group of young writers had the fabulous opportunity to spend the day with a real life script writer who has worked on the storylines of Doctor Who amongst other programmes. This was a fun chance to learn from an expert and good day had by all.Read Full Story
04/10/18Aquila festival of homemade chutney
After weeks of careful preparation, Aquila class held their chutney festival in the Autumn sunshine. The children served up a delicious range of exotic flavours to parents and each other. Many of the ingredients were home grown in the school garden and orchard. The presentation was lovely and...Read Full Story
28/09/18Y6 Wilmslow Visit
Our year sixes visited Wilmslow House a care home in Nailsworth. Their topic is 'time for a change' all about history, so our children went to talk to the residents about their lives. The stories the residents told were amazing: being bombed out in the blitz, gettin...Read Full Story
28/09/18A great cross country performance
Brimscombe pupils put in a great team performance at the Stroud Schools cross country. On a beautiful late September afternoon, our runners joined hundreds of youngsters from around the five valleys. All of them did their best on a challenging ( and long!) course and did themselves proud...Read Full Story
28/09/18European Champion!!! Gold for Brimscombe Pupil
Congratulations to Maltilda who has become European Jiu Jitsu Champion! In a tense final bout,Matilda won gold medal in her age group, an amazing achievement and we are very proud to have our very own European Champion. Huge congratulations from everyone in the school community...Read Full Story
13/09/18FOBS Bingo Social
The Friends of Brimscombe School are hosting a Bingo evening on 29th SeptemberRead Full Story
04/07/18On the rivet at the Velodrome
Children from Cassiopeia followed in the footsteps of Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Victoria Pendleton and many more at the Newport Velodrome. After a brief talk, it was on to the track bikes for a taste of track cycling. Mastering the fixed wheel, no brakes and pedal clips was...Read Full Story