Danebury School

Congratulations to Henry, William & Jack who have been selected for a Year 10 Rep Squad who will compete at Chelsea FC's training ground in Cobham. Brilliant work lads! #teamdanebury #daneburyschool

Another talented (and brave!) Danebury pupil! Race report written by Beau too. #teamdanebury #daneburyschool Lydd It was around a two-and-a-half-hour drive to Lydd but with the caravan it took a bit longer. We had a spot saved for us as well, so we didn't have to really rush there. When we got there Dad had the big awning, so we had a lot of space but also Sebastian who we were camping out with also had a big awning and we attached them having 10.5 meters of awning length. We had Friday practice and always the first practice Dad just says learn the track because I have been around the track, but it was on a mini moto, and they do a little cut of section, so it wasn't the same track and not the same bike. I did just that and I really liked the track, and I got down to finding braking markers and going quicker. I also liked the track because they had nice rumble strips and apexs, they aren't very nice anywhere else I race at. I was doing well going into the last practice session, I got out just behind the quickest person and I was following him and we hadn't even done a lap when we were coming out onto the straight and the person in front of me hit the wheel of the person in front of him, he came off and I just missed him but his bike was spinning in the track and I smashed straight into it and ended up going over the bars! I hurt my arm and couldn't get up, one of the marshals on track helped me up, the ambulance came to see if I was okay which I was after a minute or so, I got my first ride back in an ambulance even though I was ok . I wasn't able to get back out on track, but I wasn't badly hurt. I got up in the morning with some bruises but that didn't stop me from going fast so I went out for qualifying and I got 4th and 5th on the grid because I was doing 2 classes. I went out for my first race getting a good start and was running in 4th place behind someone named tommy and I was following him trying to make a move. It came to the final lap and I had to do something so I set it up to go into the last corner but when I got onto the straight because I put the throttle on earlier it was running me wide but I had to keep the throttle on if I wanted to make the move and I did but I went too wide and ran over the big rumble strip onto the grass and I couldn't make the move but because I had enough of a gap so I still got 4th. I then got to the main 50 race and I was 4th on the grid in this one and I got another good start and got into 3rd place but I was closely followed by Tommy he was following me for most of the race until I was braking into the corner and I just pulled a tiny bit of a gap there and I was mid-way through the corner and Tommy hit my back wheel taking me out of third place and I was really annoyed as that could have been my first ever FAB podium on a Metrakit. I got up Sunday morning with more bruises but went back out. This time I tested the spare bike because in practice it wasn't running right and warm up was the best time to try it. I went out but yet again it didn't run properly, what was happening was I would have it pinned and then It was like the engine turned off and the brake was on a bit and then after a second or 2 it came back on again, I came into the pits, Dad changed the CDI box but that still didn't work. Luckily I still had another warm up which I was back on my main bike, in that one I was 2nd fastest but I could have been fastest but I was stuck behind someone else who was holding me up. I got 5th in the first race on Sunday and then in the main 50 race I wheelied of the line going into 3rd place and held onto 3rd until the finish, this was my first ever podium at FAB I was really happy. In the next race i got another wheelie of the line and went from 5th into 3rd place, I crossed the line in 3rd but because the person in second jump started I got that promoted to 2nd place. The last race I was feeling good because I was doing well with podiums and again I got a wheelie off the line going round the outside of someone and I then had the inside line of the second bit of the chicane and I ended up in third again, I was behind someone I was quicker than but I just couldn't make a move anywhere, it came to the final lap and I had to do something but then there was a backmarker, I knew what line she would take, going right to the outside of the track and the person in front of me went on the outside and I went inside because otherwise I would get squashed, I made the move not knowing the person behind me went the inside of me there was 4 of us going into one corner. Second place got squashed so I made the right decision and 4th place got into 2nd and I luckily stayed 3rd across the line, finishing the weekend on a high. I know I was faster than 2nd place and we are going to try to make the bike quicker for the next round as it is a bit down on power, I lapped 0.3 seconds off the fastest lap of the race which Dad said is really good as I haven't done much winter practice. Thanks Beau

We held our first session on understanding the ADHD brain last night, huge thanks to Kate Locke - Complex Behaviour Specialist for delivering such an insightful and engaging session, we are already looking forward to the next session in June. Many thanks to those Parents and Carers who came along. #teamdanebury #daneburyschool

A pleasure to host Wallop Primary School

Massive well done to Castiel in Y7 who competed in the quarter finals of a kickboxing competition in Bristol at the weekend! We love to hear about your achievements outside of school so please do send them in! #teamdanebury #daneburyschool

Sad to say we need to postpone our play for prom tournament on 2nd due to rain forecast. But dont worry, arrangement for another date is on its way! #teamdanebury #daneburyschool

Yr 8 Food and Nutrition pupils excelled themselves with these superb restaurant-standard pizza. #teamdanebury #daneburyschool

We are so proud of Daisy in Year 10 who joined our Danebury community only recently. Not only has she made a fantastic start with us but she competed in a National Gymnastics competition in Milton Keynes at the weekend and won a the Gold medal for tumbling! Congratulations Daisy! #teamdanebury #daneburyschool