“It’s normal and healthy for adolescents to face difficulties” says Emil Jackson
5th December 19
Emil Jackson is Head of Psychotherapy within the Adolescent and Young Adult Department at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, and he came to speak at Brampton College last week as part of our teenage wellbeing and parenting series of...
Brampton College’s Election Special…Luciana Berger in conversation with Maajid Nawaz
4th December 19
Bernard Canetti was delighted to welcome our parents, students, staff and friends of the college for our very special and exciting General Election event with Luciana Berger and Maajid Nawaz in conversation. They have both consistently spoken out in favour...
Art and Photography students inspired in Venice
28th November 19
My favourite aspect of the 2019 art and photography Venice trip was making new friends. This trip was a good opportunity as it allowed me to make new relationships as I came from a different school. Although the gelato and...
Applying ‘chesed’ to our everyday lives
28th November 19
In this week’s Jsoc, guest speaker Rabbi Yitzy David addressed the idea of applying Torah learning to our everyday lives as teenagers, giving us inspiration and of course pizza. This focused on the idea of ‘Chesed’, loosely translated to kindness....
Excited to launch JSoc
14th November 19
For Brampton’s first JSoc (Jewish Society), guest speaker Bradley Langer addressed students questions and concerns towards Jewish societies in university. Mr Langer was president of the Jewish Society in his university and represented his Student union. Now he helps organise...
Inspired by Chemists working at the cutting edge of their specialisms
12th November 19
On Tuesday I visited the Savoy Hotel as part of a trip conducted by the Brampton College Chemistry Department. The event, Science Live for A levels, took place in the Hotel’s auditorium where my fellow peers and I had the...
Mindfulness course launched for Brampton staff and students
6th November 19
Last week, Brampton launched a six week mindfulness course for both students and staff as part of the college’s wellbeing programme. The course is run by Gidon Fineman, who trained to teach mindfulness at the Oxford University Mindfulness Centre (OMC)....
Our day in the outdoor classroom
5th November 19
On Tuesday 8th October we departed early for Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex where we conducted Geography fieldwork. We were blessed with sunshine, and appreciated using technical equipment to measure the beach profile. We split into groups and used additional methods to...
Brampton College supports the Anthony Nolan Trust
5th November 19
This year, Brampton College’s Charity Committee has decided to raise money for the Anthony Nolan trust. Anthony Nolan is a UK charity which works in the area of leukaemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantations. The charity conducts world-class research in...
“Gently increasing stress just helps increase resilience,” says Dr Raj Persaud during a parenting talk at Brampton College this week
31st October 19
Dr Raj Persaud is a parent of a Brampton student, consultant psychiatrist, broadcaster and author, who is well-known for raising public awareness of psychiatric and mental health issues in the media. He visited Brampton on Tuesday evening to speak to...
