Welcome I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend as now we head into the last few weeks of this academic year. It is definitely time to reflect on all that has been achieved and to look forward to all the celebrations for the end of term. What a joy it is to be able to celebrate our academic and personal student awards, our graduation ceremonies and even an end of year musical - Aladdin. It is exciting to share with you some plans for the coming months as we look forward to: Sports Days; exam outcomes; various trips; values reviews; parent workshops; the rebuilding of our BSQ swimming pool; development of our EYFS outdoor learning and play areas; covered sports areas and new arts buildings. BSQ always prides itself on excellent teaching, student growth and leadership opportunities and forward thinking curriculum content and it is exciting to contemplate the growth of infrastructure and facilities alongside that. With so many opportunities to enjoy time together over the coming weeks, let’s take time to celebrate the hugely successful return to BSQ life we have all achieved together since August 2021 and look forward to the wonderful future ahead of us. British Sign Language (BSL) This week two of our Year 5 students will be demonstrating new signs: wind and snow, using BSL. Please watch this brilliant video: Ms. Hayley Dean, KS2 Lead Sinsoluka Drive As every year on behalf of all BSQ students, CAS y12 students are celebrating Children's Day with 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 y12 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 most donations will win a Pizza Party. With your support, we can provide a memorable day for the children at Sinsoluka. Pre-enrolment process This is a kind reminder to all BSQ families to fill out and complete the pre-enrolment link for next academic year 2022 - 2023. Please keep in mind that there is one link per student, once complete the form, you need to send the pdf file to [email protected]. The deadline is this Sunday, June 3rd, 2022. Thanks in advance for your support. 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 We hope you all had a relaxing long weekend with your family and friends, ready for the last five weeks of this academic year. On Monday 30th May we welcome prospective new parents to the Early Years section of the school to see our wonderful play and inquiry-based provision there, while on Thursday 2nd June we hold our annual Careers day, with lots of contributions from members of our community. This is a unique opportunity for the students to learn about different professions and career paths and start to think about their own future career choices. Please do ask your child about these sessions and help them to start to discuss the different career choices they are interested in (at this stage of their life) and the things they would need to focus on to achieve these. Although we know young students often change their minds a great many times before determining on a career path, this process is supported by us exposing them to a wide variety of choices as they get older. As we shared last week, there are a great many events and activities coming up during the remainder of the year - please do ask if you are unsure about anything and we look forward to sharing these with you via this newsletter and the Class Blogs. Mr. Marcus Madden Head of Primary Year 1 team In Year 1, we carried out 'The Skittle Experiment'. We arranged the Skittles into a circle shape and made predictions about what would happen if we poured warm water over the Skittles. 'The Skittles will melt'. 'The Skittles will disappear'. 'The colours will change'. We observed, as the Skittle colours diffused into the water to create a wonderful rainbow. We learnt that warm water causes the colours to dissolve. We loved the experiment and enjoyed eating the Skittles after! Celebration We would like to share with our BSQ community that Emilia, Year 2A, participated in a National Gymnastics Tournament in Cuenca, where she obtained 5 silver medals - 2nd place under her category. Well done Emilia, congratulations for this achievement! Being BSQ – Secondary Update With the shortened week things went extremely quickly. The exam season is almost over now with year 13 complete and year 11 with just three small science exams next week. Both year groups were recognised for their hard work by being allowed some time at home. Year 13 are back this week for what looks like a really exciting futures programme that is designed to prepare them fully for the next steps. Well done and thank you to Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Madden, Miss Leon, and the wider staff for putting such an excellent set of sessions together. We have a very busy few weeks ahead with the IB Tasters, IG Tasters, Exams, Year 12 Mocks, the CAS project for year 11, a Year 8 residential, the Silver practice D of E expedition, and the Year 11 work experience week. All of these events take a huge amount of planning and we are confident that this will be a memorable end to the year for all involved. I am sure that you have noticed the exciting residential events that are planned for every year group next year. Please can you remember to complete the survey so I can gauge your feelings as parents with regard to the proposals? A couple of the events are at the start of next year so there will be some contact in the next week or so to start the registration process. Finally, thank you all for your support with the Sinsoluka school project. There has been a huge response and our year 12 students will be visiting the school this week to spend some time with 75 children and also deliver the very generous donations. Once again, our students will be representing the school so well. We are extremely proud of them all. Well done to all involved and to Mrs Montenegro for coordinating this important CAS project. Year 9 update Year 9's have been diving deep into mindfulness during the past 3 weeks of their Life Skills lessons. Finding relaxing places around the school students have explored mindful drawing, breathing techniques for relaxation, body control and mediation. They are a long way on their journey but have enjoyed the challenges it faces and hopefully, they have the skills to help them whenever they need it. We wish them the best of luck in their up and coming exams and it is incredible to witness the number of house points getting the 2nd highest total of the school for this term. Furthermore, a vast improvement in taking responsibility for their own organisation and their human pyramid making skills. Well done year 9! Mr. Brad Edwards, Mrs. Rachael Parkinson, Y9 tutors Have a great week everyone.
Mr. Lee Moors Head of Secondary
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