14th Nov 2022
The Week Ahead – Week commencing 14th November
Quick Stop Notices
- School Lunches can be ordered before 9am on a Monday for the week.
- Remembrance Service in the school hall on Sunday 13th November at 10.30am, led by Rev Tracy Milne (see the school Facebook page)
- Christmas jumper day 8th Dec
- Teachers are on duty each day from 8:45am and not before. Please don’t drop children off until a teacher is outside.
- You should have received an email about Mr McGrail this week, who is currently receiving chemotherapy for cancer. Please pray for him.
- Lost property – we are collecting a number of school jumpers, and a black hoodie between age 11-12 and 13-14. PLEASE label uniform a biro name is fine. You may have one or two jumpers and blazers, but we have several. Our primary children often distinguish owners by sniffing them, this ability seems to wane in secondary!
- Our heating is on but we are cautious, children may need some extra layers, and definitely need a coat that can be fastened when outside. If it’s waterproof that’s even better, as we want to avoid the cabin fever of being inside all day long when it is a little wet.
- A reminder to please park sensitively, even when dropping off or picking up for a few minutes. Our neighbours get frustrated when they can’t leave or enter their drive, or when cars are parked on corners obstructing their view.
Next Week
| Monday |
| Mrs Moffatt’s funeral, please remember the family in prayer. Middle School Ukelele lunch club. |
| Tuesday |
| Odd socks day for anti bullying week |
| Wednesday |
| Middle School Netball lunch club. |
| Thursday |
| Friday |
Dates for your Diary
| Thursday 24th November |
| Secondary art trip to Van Gogh exhibition |
| Wednesday 30th November |
| PD day for Staff. School closed to pupils |
| Thursday 8th December |
| Christmas Jumper Day |
| Tuesday 13th December |
| Primary Christingle with Reverend Tracy |
| Wednesday 14th December |
| Primary nativity at 2:15 pm and 6pm |
| Friday 16th December |
| Last day of term, close at 12pm |
Please order lunches before 9am on Monday
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Stars and Students of the Week
Primary School Stars of the Week
| Love Class |
| George for amazing Phonics work, even joining in with Reception class. Jake for been amazing at jigsaws and fantastic focus in Maths and Phonics. |
| Joy Class |
| Oscar for a great description of a character of his choice (Ironman). |
| Peace Class |
| Timmy for having a fantastic attitude and working hard in English. |
| Kindness Class |
| Fisayo for saying positive, encouraging words to other children. YoYo for trying hard to work independently and use more reasoning skills in Maths. |
Middle School Students of the Week
Upper School Students of the Week
Acorns Class
| Isaac for always giving his best effort in his lessons, especially PE. He shows great determination and resilience. |
Classroom News
We have enjoyed hosting 6 Dutch trainee teachers – they treated Middle School to a fabulous assembly about life and language in The Netherlands as well as bringing in tasty food!
Our Shakespeare Ambassadors- Joy and Josiah (missing Peter who was ill) attended a playwriting workshop at Bradford College.
No turkeys were harmed in the making of these Oreo Turkeys 
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Created in a nurture session by Katie & Miss Hutcheson as they think about Thanksgiving.
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Headteacher’s Message
Our mission
To provide a holistic Christian education for all and to inspire discipleship.
Our Vision
To be a Christian community in which everyone grows in character, faith, knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
Parents evening this week
It has been so good to see parents back in the building after a three year pause.
Thanks for bearing with us as we worked out the new booking system, and for the encouraging feedback you have sent. We are learning how to do these things again, and I am so grateful to those with more IT skills than me. I am privileged to work with a team of professionals who care about your children’s education. At a time when there are so many reports of teacher burnout and dissatisfaction across the country , I am grateful to the BCS team who go above and beyond.
We are a body with many parts. The Bible tells us this in 1 Corinthians 12, where it says
18 God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. 19 If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? 20 As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body
27 You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it.
I am very grateful for the body in BCS. Thanks for being part of it
