Category: Head’s Blog

8th July 22

How appropriate was it that, in a week when we are welcoming this country’s finest ever heptathlete and gold medalist to share our 300 Year celebrations, our athletes should shine so brightly. Monday got off to a great start with BCS having no fewer than four representatives at the IAPS National Athletics finals at Nuneaton. There…

1st July 22

“To be an actor, you have to be a child”. So said the great Paul Newman. By that, I guess that he was saying: in order to be convincing, adults have to suppress their own experience and ‘write their characters’ on an empty page. Well we have reversed the process this week. To be a…

24th June 22

Long gone are the ‘Hard Times’ days of Thomas Gradgrind, when children sat passively in serried rows of desks, being fed a dull diet of chalk and talk; learning by rote; having their imaginations suppressed. The emphasis today is on developing what are known as ‘soft skills’; children preparing for the world outside by presenting…

17th June 22

If anybody believed that sport was all about money, this week has proved them comprehensively misguided: on an international level with events as far afield as Trent Bridge and Toronto. And, at junior level, here at BCS. Let me start by expressing how proud I am of the girls with their cricket. From Pre-Prep upwards the…

10th June 22

Following on from last weekend’s pageant down The Mall, in front of Buckingham Palace and down Birdcage Walk, we have a right royal variety  of entertainment lined up here at BCS – albeit on a slightly smaller scale. We just hope that our young children resist the temptation to imitate young Prince Louis when being given…

27th May 22

Even as we welcomed back Year 6  from their residential trip, we said goodbye to our Years 3, 4 and 5 who drove off on their residentials to Condover Hall, Colomendy and Bushcraft. The excitement was palpable as they headed off with rucksacks in tow. It was fantastic to visit the Year 6 children last week,…

20th May 22

With a little hesitation, the sun is putting his hat on. One could feel almost sorry for Coleen, Rebekah, Wayne and their legal teams. Poor things: all cooped up in that stifling High Court, the two leading protagonists dressed to kill; nobody able to inhale anything other than poisonous air. For the rest of us,…

13th May 22

We take so much for granted these days, do we not? Television, radio, the Internet, the aeroplane, the motor car, the mobile phone, the vacuum cleaner and the electric toothbrush. It is hard to imagine that 300 years ago we had none of these things. Indeed, although the seed drill had just been invented, we…

6th May 22

On a visit to Conkers Activity Centre this week, Year 1 enjoyed a variety of outdoor activities as part of their Science topic on Trees. They took part in a host of activities that you can read about on the school website. From what they have told me, the little ones enjoyed not only gaining some…

29th April 22

As I write, I am looking forward to meeting the School Leaders as we prepare to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and to celebrate her unprecedented achievement of reaching 70 years on the throne. I have no doubt that they will craft what promises to be a memorable assembly and I feel sure that the…