WelcomeOn the Meaningful May calendar, May 23rd suggests that we ´Recall three things that you´ve done that you are proud of. ´ In the busy world of work, school and family, it is easy to forget to feel proud of what has been achieved and only focus on the negatives, so this is an important activity for everyone. Last week I asked a few people at BSQ what they were proud of having achieved here this year and this is what they said and thank you to them for sharing. ´Developing a drama curriculum and opportunities for students to perform! ´ ´Getting enrichment up and running again after COVID and having after school activities. ´ ´Using the professional autonomy I am given effectively to attract wider interest in our school. ´ ´Helping to develop the independence and resilience of our students. ´ ´Being more confident in my learning and being less anxious. ´ ´Facilitating and building meaningful groupwork in classes. ´ ´Meeting my important deadlines even when they are challenging.´ ´Being strong enough to say how I feel.´ As BSQ parents and friends try it yourself. What are you proud of having achieved as part of our community? As we move forward into the final weeks of this school year, we will be holding all our usual events and celebrating the achievements of our students in graduation and award ceremonies. This is a time to acknowledge their achievements and to be proud of them. Watch out for dates, times and invitations. British Sign Language (BSL) This week two of our Year 2B students will be demonstrating new signs: hot and cold, using BSL. Please watch this brilliant video: Ms. Hayley Dean, KS2 Lead EYFS Event for potential families A place for every learner to explore, play and learn! BSQ invites interested families with children aged 3 - 5 who are not yet enrolled at BSQ to join our EYFS Event this Monday May 30th at 3:45PM. Register here: https://forms.gle/1B6sAJhPxYqgdYhz7 and discover how our broad and balanced EYFS curriculum builds strong foundations for lifelong development and wellbeing. Sinsoluka Drive As every year on behalf of all BSQ students, CAS Year 12 students are celebrating Children´s day to 75 kids at Sinsoluka, June 1st. To reach more donations; Nursery and Reception will be collecting toiletries, and socks from primary, and KS3 community projects, as well as Year 12 students will be collecting clothes, school and household supplies, old backpacks, shoes and toiletries for men and women from secondary, teachers and admin staff. The class or year group who brings more donations will win a Pizza Party. With your support, we can provide a memorable day for these kids. Dates for your Diary As always please check this section carefully and ensure that you have all the details in your calendars.
Mrs. Emma Newman Principal Being BSQ – Primary Update With only six weeks of this academic year left, our focus in Primary turns to making sure our students feel ready and able to move to their new year group and feel comfortable sharing their questions and concerns with their teachers. We call this process Transition and each class will start to discuss this transition or change in the coming weeks, with a key focus on wellbeing. The teachers are currently writing the end-of-year reports and the students are undertaking a variety of both formal and informal assessments so that we pass on the most up-to-date information to each student’s new teachers. There are also lots more learning opportunities coming up, with a variety of trips, events and activities planned for the end of the year. Please do note these in your diaries and wait for more information as the time comes nearer. Many of these events are for your information only – your child may need to wear particular clothes or bring in costumes etc. We will share photos of any internal events with you all.
On Thursday, Early Years students will have the opportunity to receive their second COVID injections and then return home. Early Years students who already have this injection will come to school as normal. Similarly, 9 and 10 year old girls have the opportunity to receive their HPV vaccination, with the choice to remain in school or to go home after their injection. Mr. Marcus Madden Head of Primary Year 5 Newsletter entry This term in Literacy Year 5 has been investigating the hot topic of ‘zoos’ – whether they should continue to exist or whether they should all be closed down. Through detailed research, the children have found a range of reasons for closing zoos down such as issues to do with keeping animals in cages, or that some animals live shorter lives when kept in captivity. They also found reasons against closing zoos down, for example saving endangered species from becoming extinct, or helping to educate the public about conservation. Check out a great video about this topic at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DlBJlahU1g In the end, each child had to decide which side of the argument they were on and write to a government official in the UK expressing their opinions. Here you will see a range of their final letters which introduce the issue of zoos before going onto argue their opinion using research, facts, statistics, quotes, and rhetorical questions. Mr. Kevin Dobson, Year 5B Teacher Being BSQ – Secondary Update It was lovely on Friday to be able to celebrate with our students the wonderful achievements in lessons and other areas of school life. There were some special mentions during the ceremony for areas out of the ordinary. We have introduced a new leadership award and this is to acknowledge the wonderful leadership skills and qualities our older students regularly display. This time it was a joint award due to some impressive work by Annabella in year 12 and Elisa in year 13. Annabella has been a great credit to the school in her recent leadership of Green week and activity connected to the student council. She has given an enormous amount of her own time to deliver some outstanding organisation to consistently great success. She is clearly someone who is going to be a mover and shaker in the future. Elisa has also driven a number of initiatives recently with the CAS projects she has been involved in by raising a significant sum of money. She is determined and delivers the detail that is required for success. Both of these influential students are hugely positive role models for our younger students and we are all very proud of their achievements and success. Well done both. For many years I have led and assessed in the Duke of Edinburgh’s award. It was wonderful to see our Bronze award winners presented with their badges in the award ceremony on Friday. Mr. Dobson has led the award in his time at BSQ excellently. His planning and preparation of students is some of the best I have seen in over 20 years. I was extremely pleased for him that in his last year expeditions were back on and children were awarded. The expedition is perhaps the wow factor but the award extends to much more than that with students spending a huge amount of time learning a skill, completing something physical, and giving service to the community. We should all be very proud of those involved and we all wish them the best as they head towards Silver. This allows me the opportunity to announce some changes to student voice and responsibility from next year. We currently have a student council and this will be improved further next year by the appointment of a student leadership team made up of selected students in year 13. We are looking at them very closely as we approach the end of term and there will be some further opportunities to show their resilience, leadership skills, and their desire for the responsibility before the end of the year. The team will enjoy a meeting once a month with the school leadership team, further enhancing their commitment to school leadership and shaping decisions for the student body. Year 11 and 13 have now, for the majority, finished exams. They enjoy a few days off now for a well-deserved rest as they prepare for other activities that start in a couple of weeks’ time. There will be further specific communication on this for each year group so do please look out for this. Another development this week is the residential events planned for every year group from the next academic year. This is super exciting and something that really sent a buzz through our student body when I shared the plans with them in assembly on Friday. The following links allow you to see the letter outlining our plans, a brochure with the details, and a link to the survey to gauge parent opinion. Inevitably there are cost implications for you as parents but the benefits are huge for the children involved. This is the next step in responding to your requests made through the parent survey. We are now delivering enrichment and after-school extracurricular activities. Our focus now turns to the arts and sports where we are already seeing some developments such as school fixtures for volleyball, and clubs for Rugby and Basketball. These are really exciting times and something to celebrate as we head further towards normality. 3, 2, 1… Action. Improv lessons in Year 8. Creative expression, in any shape or form, is fundamental to our physical and emotional development. Creativity is like a muscle, it needs to be worked in order for it to be developed, and the result of this is personal growth. Improvisation develops one’s creativity, mental flexibility, and thinking skills in numerous ways. For example:
The Improv lessons in Year 8 were an exciting experience for the students to expand their skills. We used improv as a learning tool to foster skills like positivity, leadership, commitment and teamwork. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa, Mr. Simon Newman - Y8 tutors Have a great week everyone.
Mr. Lee Moors Head of Secondary
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