News from The Friends

Some fantastic news for Ismail in Year 4 who came 1st in Category B of the Ex Cathedra ‘Singing Medicine’ Story Competition. He was the overall winner of this writing competition and received some wonderful feedback from the judges. Rhian Ivory, one of the four judges commented, “I loved this poem and read it several…

This week Year 6 developed their understanding of some of the issues facing the world through a study of the text ‘If the World Were a Village’.  The children were challenged to represent information from the text graphically.  They studied some of the problems facing survivors following natural disasters and discussed some of the ways…

What is STEM?  STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These are all areas of learning that children need to be comfortable with to excel in the future.  STEM education is far more than just ‘lumping’ those subject titles together.  It’s a philosophy of education that embraces teaching skills in a way that resembles real…

This week BCS was delighted to support KEHS with their national arts event for schools across the country.  Tuneup Tuesday was created to highlight the impact of the arts in the development and mental health of young people and to encourage young people to consider a career in the arts.  The project involved over 130…

We are delighted to announce that BCS has achieved our Eco Schools Green Flag! Thank you to everyone who has contributed. We will receive our certificate in the post soon. The award will be assessed every two years to keep the accreditation. Last week Mrs Sargeant met with our newly elected Pre Prep Eco Councillors….