WelcomeHappy Easter This is a short week before we take a break from online learning for our Easter weekend. Normally a time to travel, meet with friends and celebrate with family, this year will be very different. Our travel will be limited to the rooms in our own homes; our meetings with friends will be virtual and our celebrations with extended families will have to wait for calmer times. Nevertheless, there is still a great deal to be thankful for as we wait for the storm to pass and calmer waters to arrive. Children and artists in Melbourne have been using the streets to share messages of hope and positivity like this: In the UK, thousands of people stood on their doorsteps to celebrate the doctors and nurses working in the National Health Service. Here at BSQ, our staff have been working to keep all our students purposeful and engaged whilst also coming up with ways to keep themselves busy and happy whilst #QuedateEnCasa. For example, baking bread, sharing music playlists, learning a new language, learning an instrument and checking in with colleagues who may be lonely. These may be difficult times for many in our community and sharing positive messages will always help. Thank you once again to those of you who have kept in touch and supported our work. Finally, today, and before the holiday, there is a poem that seems to fit these times very well and is taken from John O´Donohue’s Book of Blessings. It is better listened to here. This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to let The wire brush of doubt Scrape from your heart All sense of yourself And your hesitant light. If you remain generous, Time will come good; And you will find your feet Again on fresh pastures of promise, Where the air will be kind And blushed with beginning. My thanks to all the staff who continue to work with the same dedication as always, and to the families who are getting involved in the learning process with such energy and enthusiasm. Have a very happy and safe Easter break. Online Learning It was another great week in the virtual classroom last week and the students and teachers once again found brilliant ways to learn together. Important Announcement. To allow us to get messages to you quickly and efficiently we will be increasingly using our parent portals – Canvas for Years 1-13 and Memo for Nursery and Reception. PLEASE make sure that you are logged onto these platforms using the invites you have had from school. From the Staff and the Students Continuing with our teachers and their stories about e-learning this period. This week we have the Year 1 Team and Ms. Coronel from Primary. Year 1 Team Literacy: Creating a story This week we’ve been trying to use our creativity in different classes. In Literacy we were learning how we can create a story, we came up with a lot of funny and scary characters. Here you can see the problem part of the story as written by Vivi from 1A. In Literacy lessons, some children have been working on creating sentences which describe pictures. Here is a sentence written by Paula from 1B and the picture that it describes: Art: Ecuadorian designs In Art we have learned about Ecuadorian designs, we learned about different patterns and how, by using different tools, we can create our own designs. Here you can look at some of the designs that we have created. In Art we have also looked at paintings of the jungle by Henri Rousseau and created our own artwork based on the rainforest. Here are some of these pieces of art. And finally, just to show how everyone is involved in our online learning at home. Here is Antonella writing her resolution and ending to her story with the support of her cat, Suki. Ms. Antonella Coronel – Head of EYFS Dear parents, We have just finished our third week of Online Learning and we are truly impressed by all your work and dedication. The children seem to be enjoying themselves and as important continuing their learning process. This of course is mainly because of the love you are putting into every activity you support your child in. This week we suggested a lot of fun ways to stay active. Here are the children doing so through exercise, yoga, building forts and doing literacy to-go style! We also love seeing how children help around in the kitchen. This is a great way to keep children stress free and a creative way to incorporate maths into a fun learning experience. Activities like cooking supports your child’s language development, fine motor skills as well as gross motor skills and much more. Continue to enjoy activities like this at home, the children are loving it! We have the Easter holidays coming up which makes next week a short one. You will find all the daily activities on the Google drive and also on Tapestry under the memos tab. Wednesday will be the last day of online learning until Monday April 13th when we are back. We have some very exciting things coming up in EYFS, so make sure you are checking the daily posts on Tapestry to be informed of everything. Have a lovely week, Ms. Coronel Emma Newman Principal Being BSQ – Primary Update Dear Parents, As we enter our fourth week of Online Learning and experience three days of school during what would have been the Easter break, I want to say a huge, heartfelt thank you to you all for supporting both your child and your child’s teachers during this difficult time. All around the world, parents and teachers are demonstrating resilience, adaptability and new, untapped skills, knowledge and understanding as we all work together to make this situation as manageable as possible. At BSQ, we have an amazing team of professionals working alongside our parent body to ensure that our students are not only engaged in their continuous learning but also developing their so-called ‘soft skills’ as a result of all the other activities and opportunities both you and their teachers are providing. Please do continue to share your child's learning with their teachers and celebrate all of their achievements, both from inside the virtual classroom and beyond. Marcus Madden Head of Primary Being BSQ – Secondary Update While the lack of close personal relationships means that the online learning environment will never be able to compete in the long-term with traditional face-to-face education, a trip around the virtual classrooms can demonstrate some powerful teaching and learning going on at BSQ right now. Just this week I've witnessed Ms Arellano's Year 12 IB Art students doing live analysis of paintings by annotating and presenting to the group. Mr Edwards' Year 10 IGCSE PE students showing each other the forces involved in movement by taking turns at the virtual whiteboard; and Mrs Madden's Year 8 Humanities students reading aloud their speeches on Human Rights to the rest of their class. I've seen Science experiments demonstrated through video, while Ms Avent explains, pauses, clarifies, and checks for understanding. And I've seen exam classes in Years 11 and 13, despite having no exams, continuing to work on their knowledge and skills in Mr Dobson's Year 13 Geography class and Ms Miranda's Year 11 English lessons. We have an amazing team of dedicated professionals at BSQ, who regardless of their personal circumstances continue to provide great teaching and learning opportunities for our students, your children. And while we hope this situation doesn't last too much longer, I feel confident that we are providing the very best education possible. Jim Wild Head of Secondary From the BSQ Counselling Team This week our school counsellor, Andrea Carrera, talks about how to teach problem-solving skills to children.
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