Great Times

National Storytelling Week at Great Ballard

February 5, 2026
Great Ballard embraced National Storytelling Week with a wonderful range of creative activities across the school.
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News

Success in the National schools' Quiz

August 8, 2025
Students from Great Ballard competed in the National "Schools Challenge" quiz and reached the semi-final!
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Time Capsule Burial

July 2, 2025
This week in assembly, we buried a centenary time capsule to mark 100 years of Great Ballard.
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Science Week/UK Biology Challenge

June 4, 2025
This term, students have taken part in two exciting national competitions for the school
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Stories

Rethinking Maths

January 17, 2023
We love Maths at GB and we have plenty of students and a number of teachers who revel in algorithms, algebra and prime factors. In their hands, numbers simply seem to dance, and arithmetic is just another language. For many though, just the memory of quadratic equations, square roots and rote learned tables can raise a cold sweat, reminding them of a lifelong phobia. And that is why Rishi’s well-meaning and passionate promises received such a mixed reception.
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Tom Anderson explains the value of Learning2Learn

October 26, 2022
After our recent shortlisting in Talk Education’s National Awards for Innovation in Education, Head of Adventure and Learning2Learn teacher, Tom Anderson, explains the value of our unique Learning2Learn curriculum.
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STEAM introduced for our littlest learners

May 6, 2022
Get to know our new STEAM curriculum for Pre Prep at Great Ballard.
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