Parent Resources
Smartphone free Childhood
One of our parents has shared a radio interview with the founders of ‘Smart phone free childhood’. She found it was really interesting, and good to hear as a parent of children who don’t have smart phones, that there are other parents out there doing the same. Their website is https://smartphonefreechildhood.co.uk/ and there was…
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Which Chromebook?
At BCS, students use Chromebooks to access and complete work assignments and our filtered internet connection. You may have devices at home that students can use to complete homework assignments, however these devices might be shared, touchscreen based, or simply old and slow making homework frustrating. Parents often want to know “which Chromebook should we…
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Learn your times tables
We have recently signed Y2 up to a timestables site where they can practice their timestables by completing short diplomas and playing some timestables games. If you have had a child in primary before, you will be familiar with this. I’ll send them home with an individual username and password for them to log onto their own…
Read MorePractical guides for parents on mental health
Rubys worry The colour monster The Worrysaurus I really want to shout
Read MorePractical guides for parents on mental health
Below we’ve linked to some helpful books for parents. A Mind of Their Own: Building Your Child’s Emotional Wellbeing in a Post-Pandemic World https://amzn.eu/d/biWlqsW Left to Their Own Devices?: Confident Parenting in a Post-Pandemic World of Screens https://amzn.eu/d/6lDZKZI
Read MoreGoogle Classroom
Students in year 3 & 4 use Google classroom much in the same way as Middle and Upper school students. However the vast majority of their work is set in their workbooks. Students can access there BXS.org.uk account at home. We encourage all of our parents to get their children to show them their accounts…
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Guidance to your child’s learning and development in the early years foundation stage
Read MoreSupporting your child’s wellbeing
During this difficult time I wanted to reach out to let you know that, even though our school is currently closed to all but a few children, we’re still here to support your child and your family in whatever way we can. You might be noticing signs of increasing anxiety in your child as they’re…
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