The Tanzania club has been a big part of my CAS journey. Not only has it been a treasured experience, I've also learnt a lot and had some great memories along the way. I explored the culture in Tanzania and tried to raise more awareness in our school community.
Equilibrium is a group focused on equality, diversity and inclusion throughout our school. We are a student-led team with the additional support of Ms Rhodes and Mr Turner.
The Mo Bros of BISB have continued their journey to raise funds and awareness for Movember over the last week. The tag line of ''Whatever you grow saves a bro'' has encouraged our Mo Bros to persist despite Mo's being hidden behind facemasks. Here is the ''1 Week Mo'' update of the Mo Bros of BISB.
In Year 6, we have been working on the Y.E.S. (Young Entrepreneur Scheme) project, where we have all been divided into 13 ‘companies’. We elect a group leader, create a company name and then design and make a product to sell.
It has been a really good season this term, one filled with many training sessions and our first games in well over a year. The girls have risen to each challenge and performed to the best of their abilities, applying different skills and new formations on a full-sized football pitch.
This week was Maths Week for students in EY and Primary. The theme of the week was famous mathematicians, where we focused on a different mathematician and area of maths each day.
On Saturday the 6th November the U14 Girls’ football team were involved in their first tournament in over a year. We were fortunate enough to be able to take two teams to the DVAC Tournament, with students ranging from Years 7-9. The girls had been looking forward to this event and showed ambition and resilience, playing more than 120 minutes of football.
This week, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Debate Club held a heated debate related to Global Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities. Both teams, having spent several weeks preparing, presented well-researched cases, and informed, persuasive arguments in a very close-run contest.
As part of their ongoing topic on Particles and Separation Techniques, Year 7 took a look at chromatography. In simple terms, this is the separation of the individual colours in inks using water
Year 8 students have been studying Romantic poetry in English. Inspired by the work of William Blake, they have written and illustrated their own ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’.