Welcome Students This week’s newsletter arrives on a special day as we celebrate our Juramento a la Bandera. Every year we think that our graduating class is special and this group is no exception. As Year 13 students finishing their time with us at BSQ, they have a great deal of academic work to focus on to get to their universities of choice but they also find time for so much more. These students are outstanding examples of our values here at BSQ and examples of their welcoming attitude, care, respect and determination can be seen every day as they model these traits for the community. Sadly, the ministry restrictions mean we are unable to display any images from this special day. Parents We can also celebrate the commitment of our parents to BSQ in full this week as we announce that the following team will be working with us again this year. I am personally delighted that we can continue together to support our families and look forward to starting exciting projects at school and in the wider community. Congratulations to the team and thank you. Picnic celebrations. We were all so happy to see the celebrations for the WBP! Thank you to everyone who sent in photos and videos of the picnics. Everyone deserves a special mention but we were particularly impressed by these groups. Book Exchange Welcome back primary! Our first fundraiser focused on our primary students was a complete success. The book exchange delivered 80$ in only 1 week! We are extremely grateful to all those who contributed with money and books. We are sure there will be many smiling faces walking back home with new exciting books to read. Remember next week we will be holding another book exchange for those who couldn't attend this week. So remember to bring in your used books and a dollar for each book, starting on Monday the 27th until Friday morning. See you soon! Elisa, Beyond Lagartococha BSQ BSQ Virtual Open Days We are inviting potential families who have children 3 - 16 who are not yet enrolled at BSQ to join us in interactive sessions about our exciting and challenging curriculum! If you know some relatives or friends who might be interested in attending this virtual event, please let them know they can register here:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee This year has been advancing very quickly, and so have our ambitions and progress at the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. As this is our second newsletter article we have more things to share with our fellow students and parents. We are proudly introducing our newly established slogan "Acceptance without Exceptions" which represents us as a committee and our objectives in the school and our community. We are also open to any suggestions, questions and doubts that you may have about the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The arrival of our website is official! More details to come. As a committee it is important to have the space to share our, and YOUR messages in order to spread awareness about the importance of EDI in and outside the school. Finally, I would like to add that we are always open to suggestions, new perspectives and opinions so don't be shy and if you would like to join the committee you are always welcome so we can be a bigger community and help improve major problems and cause some impact throughout the school and the world. Dome - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Do you have any questions? Contact us at: [email protected] Dates for your Diary As always please check this section carefully and ensure that you have all the details in your calendars.
Emma Newman Principal Being BSQ – Primary Update A full month has passed since our first students started the new year and I am extremely pleased with the way that our students have returned to school, ready and willing to learn, take risks by trying new activities and challenging themselves to be even better. However, it is noticeable how many students are finding the early starts difficult to get used to. This reminded me about the importance of sleep in our daily routines and the impact a good night’s sleep has on our development, resilience and ability to focus and concentrate on a task. A lack of good-quality sleep is a huge driver for stress: it has a negative effect on memory, concentration, cognitive function and decision-making. One of the fastest ways to improve sleep – for all of us – is to limit screen time before bed. The type of blue light emitted by digital devices suppresses production of melatonin, the hormone that signals to the body it is time for sleep. In addition, looking at screens before bed keeps us emotionally wired and stimulated, making it harder for us to switch off. It may be difficult to ban the use of technology in your house completely in the evening, but some good advice from the experts is to turn off all devices at least an hour before bedtime. Another suggestion is to insist that everyone in your home uses “night-time mode” on their devices, which swaps the blue light for a warmer glow. It is also worth switching your children’s night lights to red ones – red has the least impact on melatonin production. Of course, having an appropriate routine every night also helps, with time allocated to relaxation, sharing thoughts from the day, reading or listening to music. This week, our Year 3 students will all undertake the CAT4 assessments, which give us valuable information about their learning. We also have our Early Years and Key Stage One staff undertaking external phonics training on Monday 27th September, with no lessons in school for those students. Marcus Madden Head of Primary Newsletter – 5A In Science this term, we are learning about SPACE. We are working on a project to build colonies in Mars! First we researched about Mars to find out new information. Then we planned an expedition to Mars! We made amazing rockets with balloons. Our breath was like the fuel and we had to measure how many blows we needed to get to Mars. Miss Stollery and Miss Figueroa were our paper astronauts but they kept falling off which was very funny. In the next lesson, we were landing on Mars so we made a rocket out of recycled materials. Also, this time, our astronaut was an egg. The best part was that we could decorate our egg and give it a name! Finally, it was the time to blast off our rockets. We went outside to drop our recycled rocket and see if the egg survived. Most of the eggs survived but then ours broke when we dropped it from a higher point. We enjoyed working together in groups and problem solving. We also enjoyed the suspense of dropping the eggs! In the next lessons we will be trying to move our Mars Rovers from one point to another and then testing the soil to see if there was life on Mars. By Martina and Luciana 5A Being BSQ – Secondary Update Getting back to the strategy Once again we have had a super successful week at school. Now we are nearly 5 weeks in I find myself reflecting on last year and the challenges we faced online. I notice the difference as I look out of my window and see happy faces, the sound of joy and play you would expect in a playground, and children and staff having the interactions we have all been missing. Very soon we all hope that we can all be here, and I mean you as parents in this, so that our community can be truly reunited as it should be. The gains in the recent 4-5 weeks are down to the hard work and planning that has gone into securing the safe environment for us all. We must though also acknowledge the enthusiasm and sensible cooperation displayed by our wonderful children and staff in this complicated process. Well done all. My attention is moving to more strategic developments now that we seem to be moving away from the nuts and bolts of the start of the year. You will all now be aware of the welcomed announcement by the Ministries of Health and Education of vaccinations for all children over the age of 12. This will take place on the 4th October. There will be no lessons on that day as we need to manage the process in school with teachers manning activities linked to the vaccination process. Children will be set tasks for their lesson to do at home independently on that day. We are also taking the opportunity to have all of our year 7 students in school for the day. We will be arranging a special event for them to be together and do some group activities and learning. There will be more information at the end of the week on both of these sets of arrangements. I am also pleased that I will be working closely with our enrichment lead on developing our enrichment strategy. I am absolutely determined that our curriculum is balanced here and we focus strongly on the ‘whole child’ development as our year progresses. I know that this is something particularly important for you as parents. More to follow on this as it unfolds. Finally, this week I would again like to acknowledge the achievements in showjumping for Joaquin in year 7. Joaquin surpassed his recent successes by winning at the showjumping event at Ibarra last weekend. I am particularly impressed with the action shot of him jumping the gate below. Wonderful stuff and well done Joaquin (and horse). If you have pictures and reports of your son or daughter’s achievements, please do pass them my way as I really enjoy being able to celebrate this success in the newsletter. Y10A In the last Life and Learning Skill Session with year 10 A, we discussed “Conflict resolution and Perspectives”. It was a very rewarding session since students contributed proactively in the importance of empathy, as well as listening, to be able to solve conflicts and also understand different perspectives. In a world where we face conflicts every day, it is fundamental that students are able to control emotions, communicate effectively and understand different perspectives around a certain topic. Some of the ideas that year 10a students came up with to be able to solve conflicts are:
Ms. Belén Arellano – Y10A Tutor Maths Our year 7s stepped out into the big wide world to solve any of it's problems they could find (the big world outside of the library to be specific). Enjoying a bit of fresh air, the students worked in teams to crack some increasingly difficult real life algebra problems. Students helping students. In order to master IB trigonometry, year 13s were working on creating videos for their fellow schoolmates in order to explain how we use the unit circle and special triangles to identify trigonometric ratios. Creativity and comedy were included in abundance, not always intentionally with the latter. Mr. Matt Bowles, Maths Teacher Have a wonderful week everyone.
Lee Moors Head of Secondary
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