On Thursday, 10th July, pupils from Years 7 to 9 will take to the stage for our Summer Showcase, an exciting evening celebrating dance, music, and drama.

The performances feature original work created both during lesson time and through our extracurricular performing arts clubs. It promises to be a wonderful display of talent and creativity, and we would be delighted to see you there.

The event will take place in the Barr Beacon School Hall, with doors opening at 5:45pm and the performance starting promptly at 6:00pm.

Tickets are free, but must be reserved in advance via our Eventbrite link. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performing-arts-summer-showcase-tickets-1407475409839?aff=oddtdtcreator

We look forward to welcoming you for an unforgettable evening of entertainment!

This weekend our Gold Duke of Edinburgh students are heading out on their assessed expedition in Dartmoor.  Saturday was their acclimatisation day and finished off with a lovely meal to fill them up for the next 4 days.  Whilst it looked like Sunday may be a little too hot, the weather turned and they’ve had a day of rain to start their journey.  All are in good spirits and showing true resilience.

As Summer approaches we want to celebrate those whose attendance has been excellent this year! With an attendance above 97% pupils are 4 times more likely to achieve to the best of their ability in core subjects and are statistically likely to be healthier, happier and enter into successful careers. We want to say a huge well done to these pupils and their families and also celebrate those who are the most improved attenders in each year group.

📸 Huge congratulations to our talented photographers!

Barr Beacon pupils submitted 29 stunning entries to this year's Rotary Young Photographer of the Year competition. After impressing judges at the local heats, moving through the regional round, and finally facing the national judging panel, our pupils achieved incredible success:

🥇 1st Place – Senior Entry
🥈 Runner-up – Senior Entry
🥇 1st Place – Intermediate Entry
🥈 Runner-up – Intermediate Entry

An outstanding achievement – well done to everyone involved! 👏🌟

This week is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Week – On Friday 13^th June, our Sixth Form were encouraged to wear blue to show their support and raise awareness of Men’s Mental Health. 

On Tuesday our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh pupils had their first taste of navigation in the real world.  Our brilliant Year 12 Gold Duke of Edinburgh students spent time coaching them on orientating their maps, using a compass, understanding handrails and tick features and working together as a team.  Miss Clarke was so proud to see the Year 12 pupils leading the way and training the next generation of Gold Participants.

We were proud to see our school community come together to raise money for our Matrix-wide charity: Birmingham Children's Hospital. Year 7 walked a mile for our community charity, Year 8 took part in a Just Dance Dancethon, Year 9 took part in a penalty shoot out and Year 10 competed to shoot the hoop. All forms also generously collected coins in their form coin jar for Birmingham Children's Hospital. Our final events are on 30^th June and 1^st July when a group of pupils who have applied to walk their House hills will raise the final contribution from our school. We thank the team who made this happen including Heads of House and Year 12 volunteers.