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  • 11/09/24

    Junior Chef of the Year Winners Menu

    In June, one of our then Year 5 pupils was crowned 'Junior Chef of the Year' after nine students from schools across Leicestershire battled it out for the title. Her winning dish of teriyaki salmon and Japanese style rice, followed by a pear and blueberry galette for dessert, won t...
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  • 30/08/24

    PE, Sports and Wellbeing at Great Bowden Academy

    We would like to welcome Mr Cumberlidge, who will be joining us from Football and Fitness to deliver lunchtime clubs, PE Lessons and after-school clubs across the school this term. He has met with the PE and Wellbeing Leads and is already getting to know the children. We are proud of our commitme...
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  • 19/08/24

    Mrs Anderson's Skydive

    Our wonderful lunchtime supervisor, Mrs Anderson, completed her skydive on Sunday, 18th August. Not only was this a fantastic way to celebrate a big birthday, Sally has used this dive to fundraise for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. She has so far smashed her target of £500, r...
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  • 10/11/23

    Great Bowden Pre-school visit to our forest school

    Thank you to all the pre-schoolers from Great Bowden Pre-school who came to visit us today for a forest school session. We had the most wonderful, and muddy, morning. Whilst the sun was shining for us today, the last few days had provided us with extra special muddy puddles, all ready for splashi...
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  • 28/10/23

    Spooky Disco Fun

    We had the spookiest of time at Thursdays Spooky Disco. Thanks to the PTA for once again organising this amazing event – one of the highlights in the school social calendar with a record turnout. There were fantastic costumes, spooky games, face painting, tattoos, snacks and more. Thanks to...
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  • 05/09/23

    Book Now: School Open Events

    Is your child due to start school in September 2024? We are delighted to invite prospective parents and children to one of our open events. It is the perfect opportunity for you to see our school in action, find out more about Great Bowden Academy, meet our staff and get a better understand of ho...
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  • 07/08/23

    Swimming Success for Mr Rose

    In case you missed on our social channels over the weekend, Mr Rose successfully swan his open water challenge – and raised a phenomenal £1,159 for the GBA PTA. You may have seen, due to extreme weather conditions, Mr Rose’s original swim challenge across the Solent had to...
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  • 16/06/23

    Design and Technology Sandwich Competition

    Class 3 and 4 have been given an exciting opportunity as part of their Design and Technology project. They have been tasked to design, research and make a sandwich to sell in Weltons. The winning design will be chosen by the team at Weltons for them to include on their menu. The children have tho...
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  • 10/06/23

    Well done to Great Bowden Stars

    Yesterday was our fabulous GB Stars talent show – and what a lot of talent we have in our school. From wonderful musical performances and singing, to brilliant comedy acts, gymnastics and dance routines. Everyone shone bright. A huge well done and thank you to all our performers. Thank you...
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  • 09/06/23

    PGL Residential - Year 5 & 6

    Our Year 5 & 6 pupils had a wonderful 3-day adventure at the PGL residential in Lincolnshire earlier this week. They did a range of activities such as canoeing, rock-wall climbing, trapeze, archery and even tackled the zip -wire. They children (& Mr Rose, Mr Dickinson and Mrs Jackson!) ca...
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  • 26/05/23

    Great Bowden Academy to become a UNICEF UK Rights Respecting School

    We have some news about a project we will be getting involved with over the next half term and coming years - We are becoming a ‘UNICEF UK Rights Respecting School’. Great Bowden Academy’s vision and aim is to be a school where children’s rights are at the heart of ou...
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  • 22/05/23

    Help Us Plant Our Sensory Garden

    Our Sensory Garden ground works are complete and we are delighted with the results. A big thanks to the landscaping team for all their hard work. It's amazing to see the garden transform and we are all eager to use this space. With the ground works complete it means we are ready for the final...
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