WelcomeThis week I have been attending and hosting sessions at the annual COBIS conference in amongst the normal, everyday business of BSQ. The topics have been wide ranging and engaging, including Coaching, Safeguarding, Diversity, Marketing, Using Data and a wealth of opportunities to meet other school leaders and share experiences and ideas. Orbital are also running their 2021 online conference this year and exploring Wellbeing, Language Teaching, E-Tech and Accreditations – amongst other things. Whilst online conferences are not always necessarily the most heart-warming or personable events, they are certainly productive and allow far more people to be in the same ‘place’ at once and share their challenges and solutions. This year we will once again be celebrating some of our key moments online and whilst we may feel disappointed by that, we can at least manage to share the special events with friends and relatives all over the world (time differences aside!). Make sure you have our key dates below logged in your diaries so that you can celebrate with us. LAHC - Wingate School Interschool Chess Tournament A LAHC member school, The Wingate School would like to invite any middle school pupils (ages 10-14) to compete against our Chess Club at 5pm (Mexico City time, GMT -6) on Thursday 10th June 10th, 2021. The tournament will be played on chesskid.com. Each child will be given a chesskid login and a zoom link. On the day, pupils will need to join the zoom meeting with their logins and then they will receive further instructions. To register, please respond your interest here and provide a list of pupils that would like to participate, including their names and ages, by the 28th of May. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Colin McDonald at the Wingate School ([email protected]). Let´s talk about emotions Mental and emotional wellbeing is as important as Academic development. We just wanted to remind you that acknowledging your emotions will make easier for you to guide your children to recognize theirs. Ms. Nicole Camacho Dates for your Diary
Emma Newman Principal Being BSQ – Primary Update Last week I shared some thoughts about the importance and benefits of reading regularly with your child. Here are some suggestions to help you support and encourage your child to improve their reading skills, once they have learnt how to segment words and decode unfamiliar words Questions for discussion when reading:
Other ways to help your child with reading:
Have a great week of reading and please do share any success with your child’s class teachers. Marcus Madden Head of Primary Ms. Natalie Cook – Year 1 Teacher This term Year 1 have been working on their ‘Artist’ theme with a focus on colour. In Science they have explored rainbows, completing experiments to make their own rainbows and they also used skittles to see how colours mix together. In Topic Year 1 have looked at the artists Teo Monsalve, Beatriz Milhase and Joaquin Torres Garcia. They then created art inspired by their works. In Art the children have learnt about Primary and Secondary colours and also explored different techniques they can use with watercolor paints. EYFS Update Dear parents, Over the last week, the Early Years Foundation Stage students have been learning about food and how they can help us stay healthy with characters like Supertato, a crime fighting potato that uses his powers to save others! In the Reception class, the students took on the challenge to taste different vegetables, even ones they previously thought they did not like. They rehearsed expressing their opinion by saying ‘I like’ or ‘I don’t like’ after tasting each one. Are you up for the challenge? Antonella Coronel, Head of EYFS Being BSQ – Secondary Update Let’s reflect and celebrate The end of the year is in sight and we should consider what we have achieved in our community since the beginning of August last year. For me it has been one of the most difficult, but also one of the most rewarding years in my career. I say this as it is the first time I have taken a new position and have not met the staff and our wonderful students in a normal school setting. Thinking back, I for one never thought that we would still be in the same situation now. What we must do is reflect on the journey and celebrate all of the many positive things that have been achieved by the teaching staff and the students. On Wednesday evening I listened to the wonderful presentation that was given to prospective parents by members of the leadership team. There were a number of highlights, but what struck me was all of the amazing things that we have achieved irrespective of the fact that we have been and still are, online and away from our campus. This is of course the physical community but in a real community sense we have just moved this online. There are very few things in our usual school business that have been impossible to achieve. Also, overall, our students have been engaged, flexible, enthusiastic, and resilient when facing the challenge of learning through a computer. This is not the first time I have said this. As a teacher myself, being that this is our first responsibility, even as a leader, I have had so much work commitment and engagement of a high quality and detail in the work from the children I teach. The physical book has moved to the online medium and in some cases, these are now over 100 pages in length. Some are so big in content they have had to be archived for a new version so that when opened, they do so at a reasonable pace. I am constantly impressed by the innovation that students show in presenting ideas or giving evidence in the challenges and activities they are given in PE. Their use of media through film and imagery is astounding, and their ability to reflect and consider their performance is developing rapidly. We will all be enthusiastically taking many experiences and developments with us back into school when we do eventually get there. I wonder if some of these things would be as strong if we had been in school and not online. Let us celebrate and be thankful for all that has been achieved. Year 9 Science Year 9 have been working extremely well, as they have for the whole year, leading the school in the number of house points that they have collected as a class. A special well done to Maria and Mikaela who have the second and third most number of accumulated house points in the school. In science Year 9 have begun studying their Introduction to IGCSE biology, this week learning about Osmosis and Diffusion, looking at both animals and plant cells. Along with this, they have made detailed models or diagrams of cells at home. In the coming weeks they will also be studying an introduction to chemistry and physics at IGCSE along with having taster sessions in all of their subjects prior to beginning their studies in August. Mrs. Claire Maudsley, Science Teacher | Y9 Tutor Remembering Mr Lopez As many of you may have heard, on Tuesday, April 27th it was announced that one of our previous teachers, Marco Antonio López, sadly passed away. We would like to share our condolences and reflect on all that he has taught us. Many who have met him or were taught by him can agree that he was a person with strong virtues & a great philosophy. He went beyond merely teaching Spanish literature to focus on the many life lessons that shaped us into better people. His intuitive character allowed him to look at the world with great depth and insight, and his presence and thought reflected these qualities. We share our deepest condolences with everyone who knew him, particularly his family, and we would also like to thank him for everything he did for our community at BSQ. We would like to share with you a list of his artistic recommendations that he shared with us over the years. Please take a moment to look at some of the things he read, watched, and listened to, to share with and understand his spirit. Samantha - Year 11 student on behalf of us all Year 8 Science In year 8 science, students are learning about sound waves. Last week and this week we are learning how the human ear perceives sound. Students made a variety of different human ear models. Here are some of the excellent submissions in workbooks this week! Great work year 8! Iván
Doménica Ms Avent, Science Teacher Year 7 Drama Year 7 drama lesson this week was focused on improv exercises. But, what is improv? Improvisation, in theatre, is the playing of dramatic or comedy scenes without written dialogue and with minimal or no predetermined dramatic activity. The method has been used for different purposes in theatrical history. Using the resources each actor has at home, they created a unique and different character which they presented to the class. Ms Espinosa, Drama Teacher Year 7 English The Year 7s went on a virtual field trip this week to extend their learning about Shakespeare. First, they visited Shakespeare’s birthplace Stratford-Upon-Avon. Next we ‘travelled’ to Central London to see the iconic Globe Theatre. The students enjoyed an interview with Sir Ian McKellen, who shared his passion for Shakespeare and the reasons why Shakespeare is the best writer of them all. Mrs Moors, English Teacher Year 9 Spanish The students in year 9 were given the task to help them to see the hidden feelings behind the words of some amazing poets. In groups they analysed poems and then created videos containing their poem and images or representations that conveyed the central sentiment. Over the coming weeks I will be sharing the work of each group. This week it is the work of Shira, Doménica, Daniela, and Amyra. Mrs Tufino, Spanish Teacher KS5 - Year 12 ESS Year 12 ESS have been learning about terrestrial food production systems. Students were tasked with researching and investigating a food production system of their choice and to create a system diagram to illustrate the inputs and outputs. Patricio investigated rice-fish farming in China: Ms Avent, Science Teacher BSQ Equality & Diversity Committee Xenophobia, phobia of foreigners. Xenophobia emphasizes differences in people's features, such as their accent, their language, or their skin color. Xenophobia sends a message of hatred, discrimination and racism against others. It is important to promote equality and diversity among all to learn to accept others without judging them by their nationality. For this reason, I share with you some initiatives against xenophobia. · International debate tournaments: a way of seeing foreigners as equals. · Workshops in schools. · I am a Migrant: give migrants the opportunity to share their point of view. · Talks and Presentations: share ideas about the dangers of xenophobia and the acceptance of everyone in school and the community. It is important to educate everyone to accept and respect each other equally. Do not forget that we are all equal and human. Ana Paula - Equality and Diversity Committee Do you have any questions? Contact us at: [email protected] Have a wonderful week everyone.
Lee Moors Head of Secondary
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