Month: May 2021

28th May 21

As I write, the debate simmers: should schools be preparing to offer more classroom time as compensation for time lost during the COVID lockdowns? The government is reportedly set to provide £200m to secondary schools to fund summer classes for ‘pupils who need it most’. There is, of course, a delicate balance to be struck…

28th May 21

This week we marked 299 years since our school’s foundation was laid, with our annual Founders’ Day service. For years we have celebrated this moment in St Philip’s Cathedral- the original site of the school- but this year due to Covid we gathered with year 6 in Chapel, fully donned in their Best Blue, and…

28th May 21

28th May 21

Nursery had so much fun during their outing day on Wednesday. As part of our Walk on the Wild Side topic, the children, teachers and teaching assistants came to school dressed in animal themed colours and prints. The children visited Flip the clown, bounced on the bouncy castle, played with bubbles and balloons, had their…

28th May 21

This week, Year 1 had a very special day. They celebrated the topic of toys with an exciting ‘Wow Day’. This started with a live zoom lesson from a real historian who took them through the ages and showed a variety of toys that were around at that particular time. They got to see how…

28th May 21

Y6’s latest STEM Challenge started with a study of the country of Nepal, where crops growing in the fertile soil at the top of the mountains need to be transported to the local markets at the bottom of the mountains.  In the past, crops might have been carried down the mountains in baskets, each treacherous…

28th May 21

26/05/21 U11 Bears Boys’ Cricket House Match St George’s 72 – St Philip’s – 60 Player of the Match: Jai Lewis This is what it’s all about! There is no better sight than seeing the front field at BCS with all the boys in their cricket whites playing hard ball cricket. After nearly 2 years…

28th May 21

Once again, the front and back pitches are filled with enthusiastic Year 4 and 5 runners every Thursday morning. The weather has been that little bit kinder than those winter dark mornings. If you ask the pupils why they attend, some would say for the love of running, others for the love of porridge! Whatever…

28th May 21

Congratulations to our Pre-Prep and Prep children who enjoyed a special Golden Table lunch today – PRE-PREP Jaiveer Singh Jaiya Dosanjh Summer Guidotti Rafael Porter Aminah Khan Dara Soltaniazad Edward Smiley Jaya Thaker PREP Destinee McKenzie Shruti Sivaraman Zail Bhatti Sabreena Townsend Kanav Biswas Moritz Bongs Greg Hackett Siyena Begh Poppy Griffin Aiza Khan

28th May 21

Very well done to our Pre-Prep award winners this week – Cheerfully Trying Hard Daya Marok Isabelle Tosh Eason Zhang Rajan Banga Garrick Chiu Amalia Jain Arin Nair Showing Respect Pippa Williams Barron Stojek Reha Najran Truthful and Kind Annabel Almond Oscar Burrell Roman Wadhwa Good Work/Behaviour Zavian Chauhan Mila Saha Zinuo Chen Kavan Jutlla…