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2008
16 October Prefects Oct 08
Prefects from 16 October 2008 Joshua Djangmah Matthew Watkins Philine Wassenaar Brandon McDowall Olivia Jackson Roderick Wassenaar Paige Brooks Erica Mulholland Victoria Man
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29 September Another successful Book Fair
This year the Book Fair raised a staggering £870.52Your kind generosity has enabled the school to puchase books to the value of £462.31 by way of commission. Well done to everyone and a big thank you all for your support. Mrs C Burke
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24 September Prefects Sep 2008
Prefects from September 2008: Lauren Iceton Sophie Parsons Sarah Waterton Lewis Brand Isabel Swaby James Bullen Eleanor Macgregor Niamh Paul Christopher Gibbs Phoebe Sweeney
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9 April Year 6 successes!
Dear Parents, Many congratulations go to our Year 6 children for an impressive set of results in their transfer tests and examinations for their secondary schools. Year 6 pupils have been offered places at the following schools: St Olave s Eltham Colle.....
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21 February Honours shared with Merton Court
On the 18th February, Breaside u8 football team took on Merton Court in two games. Here are two reports that were read out in assembly on Thursday 21st February. The team was Jimmy, Mus, Nicolas, Daniel, Sam and myself. They won the toss and so we had to.....
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20 February Breaside in a close encounter!
On 19th February, Breaside under 9 team took on St Christopher’s School. The team was, Henry, James, Joshua, Franky, Lawrence, Jeremiah and myself. St Christopher’s won the toss and kicked off. They passed the ball well and got into our area but we defe.....
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4 February Braside Children Skip To Raise Thousands!
Breaside children showed their generosity and fitness by skipping to raise money for the Bristish Heart Foundation. Altogether their skipping has raised almost £2,500. Well done and thank you to all who took part and to Mrs Stone for organising such a won.....
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31 January A Dickens Of A Great Trip
My Recount of Dickens World!! by Natanya Freedman 6S Introduction: In English we are studying Charles Dickens with Mrs. Strachan, so she thought it would be a good idea to go to Dickens World to learn some more about him, and his life, therefore on the.....
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30 January U10's display courage!
On 30th January, Breaside u10s played a football match against Merton Court. The team was Misheal, Matthew, Brandon, Jack, Sean, Louis and me. Merton Court won the toss and took the kick off. It was an even match to begin with but then suddenly, Merton br.....
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29 January Boys Battle To Beat Bickley
Breaside under 9 team took on Bickey Park on 29th January fielding a team of Henry, Joshua, Martin, Laurence, Jeremiah, Frankie, James and me. Bickley kicked off and passed to their midfield who crossed the ball to their striker. James made a wonderful ta.....
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28 January Breaside top St Christopher's
On 23rd January, Breaside under 10s played football against St Christopher's. The team was Stephen, Joshua, Jack Wright, Chris, Yusuf, Victor, Jonathan and myself. St Christopher's applied all the early pressure but Breaside kept their heads up. The defen.....
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25 January The teachers show that they have the trivia!
Thank you to everyone who came to the Head's Quiz night on the 24th January. The scores at the end of the evening were so close, but once again the teachers' team showed that when it comes to trivia, they have minds full of interesting information! Congr.....
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23 January St Christopher's cannot contain the strength of the talent in our side!
Breaside under 10s took on St Christopher's. The team consisted to Misheal, Matthew, Brandon, James, Dominic, Jack, Louis and me. St Christopher's kicked off and I got the ball off them and nearly scored an own goal. We were one goal down at half time bu.....
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17 January Term Dates 2008-2009
Breaside Preparatory School Term Dates 2008/2009 Spring Term 2008 Monday 7th January 2008 to Thursday 20th March 2008 Half term: Monday 11th February 2008 to Friday 15th February 2008 inc. Summer term 2008 Staff INSET day: Monday 7th April 2008 Tuesd.....
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9 January Happy New Year!
From the desk of the Headmaster. Dear Parents, A very happy New Year to you and I hope that the Christmas period was both peaceful and fun. You will be receiving the new Clubs list this week and I ask you to discuss the clubs that we offer with your chil.....
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2007
9 October Buildings and other news
To all our Parents at Breaside. 9th October 2007. Dear Parents, The start of the new school year has gone exceptionally well and I have been very pleased by the hard work of all our pupils and staff to ensure that we have classrooms filled with chi.....
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3 October So close...but we will get better!
On Wednesday 3rd of October, Breaside under 10s played a rugby tournament at Eltham College. The other teams playing were Merton Court, Harenc and Eltham College. Our first match was against the home team, Eltham. We tried our best but unfortunately we.....
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2 October Prefects
Congratulations to Natalie Weidlich Riley and to Philip Wellbrook for their appointments as prefects. They will join the list of our other prefects: Oliver Heath (Head Boy) Natanya Freedman (Head Girl) Geetanjali Bahra Stephen Ball Sophia Aherne Jil.....
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7 February Breaside: A popular place to visit!
This term's Open Day wasa marvellous success with over fifty visitors to the school. The Year 6 and Year 5 children were on hand to escort the visitors around the school and they certainly were superb ambassadors of Breaside. It was a pleasure to welcome .....
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6 February Breaside Come Second.
MATCH REPORT Under 10 Breaside V Merton Court School. Under 10 Netball Match was played with Merton Court School on Wednesday 31st January 2007. The Match commenced at 1430hrs and concluded at 1545hrs. Breadside had 2 teams. Team A: - Played first.....
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24 January Breaside Beat Merton Court
The Under 10s hockey match against Merton Court featured Florence, Sophia, Abigail, Amirah and myself. Merton Court started with the ball and passed it down to their end but Amirah intercepted it, but unfortunately they got the ball again and shot but it .....
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23 January Year 2 Have Fun With Science!
On Wednesday 17th January, I went to the Science Museum! We travelled by coach. We got to school at 9:00. We got to the museum at 10:15. My favourite was the IMAX. It was because it had something that went like this. “One small step for a man….whhhhaaaa.....
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22 January January Newsletter
From the desk of the Headmaster, Nigel D. Kynaston B.Ed(Hons) Dear Parents, A very happy new year to everyone at Breaside and I hope that the Christmas holiday was filled with peace and happiness. The new term and the New Year have started well and I a.....
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2006
24 November Breaside Cream Christopher's!
Breaside Under 9’s versus St Christopher’s Our second game was against St Christopher’s. They won the toss and decided to start, they started off with some good passes but didn’t manage to break through. Then, Joshua got the ball, he started to run down t.....
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24 November Breaside pipped by Merton Court
Breaside Under 9’s versus Merton court Our first match was against Merton court. We won the toss and decided to start. It was a tight match, but unfortunately, just before the interval, a Merton court player broke free up the wing and scored, it was major.....
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24 November Breaside Bow to Eltham (this time!)
Breaside Under 9’s Versus Eltham College Breaside’s third and final match was against Eltham College, they won the toss and decided to start. The match got under way, just seconds in, they launched an attack up the wing, fortunately, thanks to some fanta.....
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14 November Breaside Better Bickley
On Tuesday the 14th of November 2006 Breaside under 9’s played a match against Bickley Park. We won the toss and decided to start. A few minutes in they tried to tackle us but we kept possession of the ball. Then they got the ball from us and had a attack.....
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7 November Breaside Denied By Dunstan's
Tuesday the 7th of November 2006, Breaside under 9’s played a rugby match against St Dunstans. St Dunstans won the toss and decided to start. A few minutes in St Dunstans got the ball and broke through to score their first try. We did a few passes then th.....
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7 October Term dates up to September 2007
Breaside School Term Dates 2005-2006-2007 Autumn Term 2005 Staff INSET day: Friday 2nd September 2005 Monday 5th September 2005 to Friday 16th December 2005 Half term: Monday 17th October 2005 to Friday 28th October 2005 inc. Spring Term 2006 Staff I.....
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5 October Better and Better
The School's SATs results at Key Stage 2 (Year 6) were better than ever this year. All our children attained the national expectations of Level 4 in Maths, English and Science and... ...in Science, 90% went on to achieve Level 5 ...in Maths, 77% went on t.....
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5 September Work Carried Out Over The Holidays
The new school year sees a new school library. The old "Dickensian" style boys changing room has been refurbished to become the new school library and with the more space for the children to sit and read. The playground for the Kindergarten and Reception .....
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25 July School Submerged By Sainsbury's Sensational Scheme!
19,319! That is the number of Sainsbury's vouchers that parents and friends of the school have donated to us for use in purchasing equipment. We have bought new netball posts, a tennis net and other sports equipment including games for the playground and.....
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11 July Yellow House Win Senior Sports Day
Congratulations to Yellow House for winning the senior School Sports day this week. The standard of competition and the levels of skills and fitness were very high this year and it was a pleasure to see so many parents supporting their children at this an.....
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7 July Dr Michael Gore to visit Breaside
On Friday 7th July, Dr Michael Gore (grandfather of Eleanor MacGregor in 3W) will be visiting the school to give fun science demonstrations to Years 3 to 6. Dr Gore is a physicist/engineer and he founded the Questacon Science Theatre. He now works as Adju.....
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18 June Breaside becomes an IAPS School
After receiving notiification that Breaside has been accredited by the Independent Schools Council, we were delighted to receive news this week that we have been given membership of the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) (www.iaps.org......
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15 June Year 4 Field Trip
On the 15th June 2005, year 4 went to Yalding Fen. Unfortunately, the weather was a bit wet. It was approximately 40 minutes to get there, when we got there our guide was called Pam. Pam talked about the river first of all, and how boats get though the ca.....
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25 May Nellia writes about the Cornwall trip
Year Five Trip to Cornwall On a sunny day in April year five went to Cornwall. My mum gave my luggage to Mr. Arnold. Mrs Stone came over and said, Any medicine? No,I replied. After that I gave my purse to Mr. Kynaston and went in the bus and sat down next.....
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18 May Bickley Park pip Breaside At The Post!
On Thursday 18th May Breaside’s U-11s played a cricket match against Bickley Park. The team was; William Maddison, Ryan Osman, Adam Healy, Chirag Patel, Leslie Bampoe-Addo, Jason Opoku-Afriye, William Stedman, Aaron Haynes, Oscar Finn, Dylan Noble-Baker, .....
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12 May Breaside bowl over St Christopher's
On Friday 12th May Breaside year 6 played a cricket match against St. Christophers. The team was; William Maddison, Ryan Osman, Adam Healy, Chirag Patel, Leslie Bampoe- Addo, Jason Opoku-Afriye, William Stedman, Aaron Haynes, Oscar Finn, Dylan Noble-Baker.....
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29 April Tough Start Against County Champions
The Under 11s began their season by facing county cup holders New Beacon School in Sevenoaks. This was always going to be a tough fixture and for their first game of the season, Breaside knew that their opponents would not want to relinquish their hold on.....
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27 April Test Dates And Proceedures Announced.
Bexley Council have just announced that their selection tests will be on 9, 10, 16 and 17 November 2005, this being a month later than previously. Registration will need to take place for these exams between 1st June and 31st August 2005 on a common appl.....
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19 April Year 5 enjoy Cornwall
The Year 5 enjoyed a week in Cornwall over the Easter break. Hosted by the Duporth Holiday Centre in St. Austell, the group took part in a variety of outward bound activities including abseiling, fencing, archery, problem solving and swimming. In between .....
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27 March Yellow House Make History!
Congratulations to Yellow House for winning the first termly cup for in the new four house system at Breaside.
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22 March Senior Choir Concert
Congratulations to the Senior Choir on a wonderful concert version of "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!". Thanks to Miss Findlay for her wonderful direction..
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17 March Year 5 visit the Globe Theatre
We all got on the coach and to our surprise, the driver was putting on a DVD; this had never happened before on a school trip! We watched Brother Bear all the way througout the trip. It was a very sad story but unfortunately, we never saw the ending becau.....
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17 March Busy Spring Term at Breaside
From the desk of the Headmaster Nigel D.Kynaston B.Ed(Hons) March 2006. Dear Parents, The end of term is almost with us and as usual, the school is a very busy place. I am always impressed by the way our children involve themselves in so many activi.....
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7 March Fancy Dress Day
On Thursday 3rd March, Breaside celebrated World Book Day in style. All children and teachers were invited to come to school dressed as their favourite character from book, TV or film. The school has never seen quite so many spidermen, Harry Potters orSle.....
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21 February Come And See Us In Action!
Breaside will hold an Open Morning on Tuesday 21st February when parents and visitors will be welcome to come and view the school in action. Pupils in Year 6 will be on hand to guide visitors around the school to see what makes Breaside such a happy and s.....
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10 February Under 11's victorious
Breaside under 11 football team continue their highly successful season with two well deserved victories over Colfe's Preparatory School. The A team secured a 4-2 victory and the B team followed that success with a well deserved 3-1 win. Both teams must b.....
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10 February Musicians show off their talents
The children who played in the Recital showed just what talents they have. Our quintet of 'cellists, Geetanjali Bahra, Amirah and Joshua Martin, Ronana O'Brien and Joshua Rapley all played with style and the sound they produced was rich. Congratulations .....
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9 February Breaside Bamboozle Bickley
Breaside under 9 played Bickley Park last week and claimed a convincing victory by beating their opponents 6-1. Well done to the team and thank you espeically to Mrs Karen Griffiths for providing us with a wonderful tea afterwards! The team goes from str.....
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3 February Trip to the Bakers
Reception visited a bakery on Friday 3rd February. All the children's behaviour was excellent and had a wonderful time. Pupils bought a bread bun making sure they had the correct coins. Miss S Timperley
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26 January Staggering!
The school raised a staggering £1,400 in one afternoon for the Tsunami appeal. A bring-and-buy sale where children gladly donated unwanted Christmas presents was the focus of the day in the Senior School and the Juniors raised money through a bake and cak.....
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2005
23 November From A Teacher's Point Of View!
Once again, Breaside's visit to Bromley Library to meet an author was a great success. This term, Years 4 and5 were invited and found Lucy Raby Daniels to be a very interesting person, full of enthusiasm for her book and delighted with the questions from.....
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23 November Year 4 and 5 Trip To Bromley Library
On Wednesday 23th November, Years 4 and 5 went to Bromley Library to meet the author Lucy Daniel Raby and to get her new book, "Nickolai Of The North". We got to the Library and had some biscuits before we went inside. We had to go up to the fourth floor .....
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22 November Breaside Under 9s continue to thrive!
Breaside under 9s played a game against Elmhurst. The team consisted of Freddy (hooker), Jacob (loose head), Cooner (tight head), Freddie Cramp (scrum half), Pavlos (fly half), Stephen (centre), Liam (right wing), me (left wing) and Alex (full back). The .....
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18 November A Night Of Pure Trivia!
An enormous thank you to all who supported the quiz night. It was good to see so many parents and friends of the school. Did you know that Canada has a longer coastline than Australia? Did you know that the capital of San Marino is San Marino? Did you kno.....
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18 November Under 8's triumph with pace!
On Tuesday 15th November, my team and I played Elmhurst. The team was Louis, Ben, James O, Stephen, Lewis, Matthew, Dominic and myself. Elmhurst won the toss and although we defended well, unfortunately they scored a try. We levelled the score with a grea.....
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15 November 115 boxes collected and distributed!
The children have excelled themselves by collecting presents and putting them into shoeboxes to be taken to the poor and needy, in time for Christmas. Thanks to the inspiration of Mrs Gerrard (John's Mum), 115 shoeboxes were brought into the school and th.....
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15 November Under 9's Too Strong for Bickley Park
The Under 9 team played Bickley Park School. Bickley won the toss and chose to kick off and drove us back to our own try line. Freddie Cramp made a good tackle and drove the boy into touch. Conner took the line out and Jacob won the ball who passed down t.....
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17 October Breaside offers more clubs and after-school care!
The new Taekwon-Do club is proving to be a great success with children from all ages of the school learning this discipline on Monday evenings. After the half-term break, Small World club and Drawing Skills Club will begin with some 20 children taking par.....
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14 October Under9's victorious!
On Tuesday 11th October, Breaside played rugby against St Dunstan's School. Dunstan's won the toss and chose to take the kick off. Straight away, Felix made an excellent tackle but there was a knock on and a scrum followed. Liam collected the ball and pas.....
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13 October Under 9's find the going tough!
On Monday 3rd October, the under 9 Breaside netball team travelled to Merton Court for a match. Merton Court started well and scored their first goal quickly. We conceeded four more goals and at half-time the whistle blew. We all swapped over to find our .....
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13 October Andrew Freedman and the Shofar
Assembly was taken by Mr Andrew Freedman on Thursday morning who talked to the school about the Jewish New Year, the days of Attonement and the day of Yom Kippur itself. The children listened attentively as Mr Freedman spoke about the festival itself and .....
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30 September Mixed fortunes for the Breaside girls
On September 21st, some of our Year 5 girls were playing two netball matches against Riverton and Merton Court. We were playing at Merton Court. The first match was against Riverton. The girls playing were Daniella, Eliz, Phoebe, Imogen, Tara, Holly and m.....
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22 September Breaside pipped by Merton Court
On 22nd September, Breaside played Merton Court in a rugby match. Breaside won the toss and started. Liam passed the ball to me, but I was tackled and lost possession. Merton Court scored a try. Breaside came back. Christopher did a great run and scored a.....
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6 September Letter to Parents (6th September 2005)
From the desk of the Headmaster Nigel D.Kynaston B.Ed(Hons) Letter to Parents, Dear Parents, Welcome back to Breaside and to those of our families who are new to the school, it is good to have you with us. The first few days of a new school year ca.....
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15 July Letter to all Parents From The Head of Breaside
Headmaster: Nigel D. Kynaston B.Ed(Hons) From the Headmaster's desk. Friday 15th July 2005 Dear Parents, As you may be aware, Holy Trinity College in Bromley has announced that it will be closing in December. The parents of the school were informed by le.....
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13 May Breaside Girls Take On Farringtons
On Friday 6th of May, the Girls under 10 and under 11 rounders teams played against three under 11 Farringtons teams. Breaside under 11 batted first and scored a total of five rounders with some excellent strikes from Jessica, Ellie, Maya, Manisha, Pritik.....
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18 March Under 10's Football
On Thursday March 17th, Breaside under 10s took part in a football festival at Eltham College. In the squad were William Maddison, Dylan Noble-Baker, Ryan Osman, Jason Opoku Afriye, Leslie Bampoe Addo, Chirag Patel, Ravi Thiarajaran, Pavan Gill and Stephe.....
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28 February Breaside Under 8's Dominate!
On Monday 28th February, Breaside under 8 football team travelled to Bickley Park to play in a seven-a-side football match. Breaside won the toss and took the kick off. Freddy Isaac passed the ball to Felix who ran down the middle of the pitch, did a dumm.....
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21 February Close Shave With Merton Court
Breaside u 11 took on the might of Merton Court before the half-term break. Merton Court took the kick off and weaved some passes together to create a chance for them to score their first goal, leaving the goalkeeper well beaten. From the restart, Breasid.....
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11 February Chris Woodhead Visits Breaside School
The former Chief Inspector of Schools, Chris Woodhead visited Breaside School last week to talk with the parents and staff about his aspirations for the school which is now part of Cognita Ltd, of which he is Chairman. Chris spoke at great length about th.....
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4 February Under 9's Make Good Start
Breaside under 9's played against St Christopher's. Breaside made some good chances in the first few minutes of the game and our best chance came when Lennox played a through ball to Harry who had his shot saved by a diving goalkeeper. Strong play by St C.....
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4 February Breaside come second to St. Christopher's
Breaside's under 10 netball team played against St Christopher's and were represented by Catherine Brindley, Ellie McDowell, Mahdiya Zahir, Holly Husted, Pgoebe Ekuban, Imogen Pittman, Jamie May, Emily Clarke and me. We started well and Catherine scored t.....
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4 February Breaside pipped by Merton Court
Breaside's under 8 football team took on a strong Merton Court team who attacked strongly from the start. Breaside kept their heads up and passed the ball well. A lovely ball from Freddie Issac to Felix saw Felix score the opening goal. At half time, our.....
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31 January U 11's continue to dominate
On Friday 28th January, Breaside under 11's took part in a three way tournament with Colfe's and Harenc. In our first match against Colfe's we showed aggression and skill and attacked from the kick off. Despite a frenzied goal mouth scramble, the first ha.....
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28 January U'11's Continue To Thrive!
Breaside u11's continued their unbeaten run with a draw against Eltham College on Wednesday. The first half saw few chances with both goalkeepers having little to do as a fierce midfield battle took place. The second half saw a number of chances and the .....
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26 January Breaside defeat Dulwich Prep School
On Friday 21st January, Breaside under 11 football team played away at DulwichPreparatory School. Dulwich took the kick off and immediately put the pressureon us, but our back four held firm with some great tackles. Dulwich cameclose, but as goalkeeper I .....
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