7th July 2025 

Kelham Class visited Southwell Minster as part of their Personal Development Course. We had a guided tour and learnt all about the history of this iconic building. 

Thursday 3rd July 

Students from Kelham class were joined by students from Sherwood Class at the Harvey Haddon Stadium to take part in the Going for Gold Running event. The students all did an amazing job and all ran at least 3000 m. Well done to all who took part. 

Monday 30th June.

A warm welcome to our new students in Post 16. 

Thursday 26th June.

For many of our students, today was their last day at Bracken Hill. We enjoyed a lovely afternoon together with parents, celebrating all their achievements.

We will miss you all very much. Good luck in the future. 

Tuesday 24th June 

A great day was had by all at Sherwood Pines to celebrate our last few days together before our year 13 students move on .

Wednesday 25th June 

For the last three weeks many of our students have taken part in a cooking course looking at how to cook artisan food on a budget. They have certainly made some delicious meals. 

Friday 20th June 

Congratulations to our all teams who competed in the Portland Games today. 

March 21st-9th May

Members of Kelham had the opportunity to take part in 6 weeks of work experience at ASDA in Sutton in Ashfield. Students Edward, Lee, Lewis and Jacob took on the challenge of working in the busy supermarket. They completed jobs such as returning trollies to the trolley bay for customers to use, straightening up the shelfs in store, ensuing the were tidy and removing any rubbish present. They also helped out in the George department, watered the plants outside the store and helped to keep the stock room was kept clean and tidy.

The four boys did an absolutely amazing job!!! Well done lads!!! 

2nd -20th Dec 

The Christmas Fayre went really well. Big thanks to Josh and a past student, Georgia, for lending a hand with the stall. On 9th Dec we travelled to Nottingham to experience the Christmas Market and public transport.

Work was still being done, and we were finally able to visit the Nottingham Synagogue as part of our Personal Development Programme, where we considered the lives of people of different faiths in our community. As massive thank you to Harvey for his warm welcome and excellent presentation. We really enjoyed it and learnt such a lot.

The last week of term gave as all lots of joy. Post 16 enjoyed a great Christmas Dinner hosted once again by The Larch Farm pub at Ravenshead. Thank you for looking after us so well.

And the Post 16 variety performance much enjoyed by all. 

Merry Christmas Everyone !

11th - 15th NOV 

Lots happening this week. 

We went for a visit to West Notts College as part of our careers and transition work, helping to enable students to make informed decisions about their next steps.

We were really happy to be able to take part in a county-wide dodgeball competition. We are proud to say Bracken Hill were unbeaten at the event!

Finally PE this half term has been climbing at the Mill. Its been great so far. 

14th Oct- 8th Nov 

Its been enterprise week. Such an important time for students to think about money and how it earns. Students also spent time discussing famous entrepreneurs and the products or services they invented that have made them famous and wealthy.

Our award winning personalised Christmas tree. 

30th Sept - 11th Oct 2024. 

Massive congratulations to Szymon and Ethan for representing the school and taking part in the 50 anniversary  Shadow Event in Sherwood Forest. The boys had to navigate their way round the course in the dark and complete challenges at each section. They did really well. 

Post 16 had the opportunity to take part in the National Citizens Service course run by Portland College. Sadly day 1 had to be postponed due to the shocking weather but Tuesday and Wednesday were lovely and allowed the students to make the most of the challenges set. These included team build games, problem solving, map reading archery and climbing. We really did have a successful two days. Many thanks to the staff at Portland College. 

Week commencing16th September

Well Halloween is approaching and Post 16 know that this is a good time to use their enterprise skills. Much discussion has been had about products, what sold well last year and how to present and market our efforts. 

Here is the finished order form. Please download it and take a look. Well done to Edward for his great IT skills.

Week commencing 3rd September 

Welcome back to a new year in Kelham Class.

We hope you all had a good summer and are looking forward to the year ahead.

13th September saw students beginning their work placements for this year.

Students are working hard and serving the local community at Rumbles at Sutton Lawn. Helping to support local allotments. Working and supporting a local charity shop. Working in a local museum and also a garden centre. We are very grateful to those people who make these placements possible.