‘Too important in life to be forgotten in death’ – Howard Hardman

T.Hunt (Head Student) and Z.Copeland (Deputy Head Student) represented Barr Beacon by laying a wreath at Aldridge’s War Memorial Remembrance parade during Remembrance Sunday. It is 80 years this year since the D-Day landings.

Barr Beacon School’s CCF contingent @ccfcadets @aircadets and Head Students joined veterans, representatives of local government @WalsallCouncil @morton_wendy and members of the local community to lay a wreath at the historic Barr Beacon War Memorial. The War Memorial at Barr Beacon Local Nature Reserve, the highest point in the West Midlands, was built in 1933 to honour those who fell during WW1.

Barr Beacon School’s CCF contingent lead a parade to remember the fallen, together with staff and pupils. Pupils have been learning about ‘remembrance’ all week during assemblies which have featured members of the contingent sharing stories about relatives who sacrificed their lives for our freedom.

Our Sixth Form Charity Leads held their first big charity event in school where they sold veggie samosas and raised a whopping £258.50. Our Charity Leads relished in their sales roles and really showed us their skills! They took a hard sales approach and impressed us every step of the way, whilst raising money for two of our school charities this year: My Shining Star and Young Minds.

A group of our Year 11 pupils visited Newnham College Cambridge to learn more about the university and take a tour of the campus. Pupils gained advice from current students, practiced new revision techniques and discovered the importance of super-curricular activities in making a competitive application to the top universities in the country. They even enjoyed a special lunch in the college ‘buttery’ to round off an informative day.

Congratulations to J. Astley, E. Devaney, K. Lobban, F. Jones, and, yet again, A. Hussain for achieving Pupil of the Week! These pupils consistently go above and beyond to demonstrate our Beacon values, setting a great example for everyone.

A big well done also to J. Evelyn, A. Goody, and F. Edmunds on receiving their Bronze Badge award for earning over 100 praise points! Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off.

I am extremely proud of all our pupils this week. Let’s keep up the momentum as we continue closing the gap on Bredon and Malvern!

Students at Barr Beacon School had a real treat today. Multi-millionaire property developer Ste Hamilton visited Barr Beacon School to share his secrets of success. After an inspirational talk about what it takes to go from living on the poverty line to owning multiple Lamborghinis, and an insight into the world of property development, Ste handed over the floor to our pupils. 3 lucky but well deserving pupils won prizes for bravely volunteering to speak to the audience about their ambitions or sell a product. Well done to K. Young, G. Mwase and K. Bynoe for persuading the audience to vote for you. Every single one of the brave volunteers who came up to the stage went away with renewed self-confidence and should be extremely proud of themselves.

Pupil of the week in Clent house this week goes to: Year 7 – D. Minshull 7C3 – 15 PP Year 7 – N. Willey 7C3- 15 PP Year 8 – S. Abdul Gani 8C2 – 12 PP Year 9 – T. Baker 9C2 – 10 PP Year 10 – A. Goody 10C1 – 20 PP Year 11 – A. Hussain 11C1 – 27 PP A huge well done to all pupils! They are going above and beyond for Clent house and Mr Bullock is extremely proud of their hard work in lessons. Praise points are awarded through pupils demonstrating our Beacon values so it is wonderful to see so many Clent pupils demonstrating these values on a day to day basis. A special mention to A. Hussain 11C1 who is the first pupil at Barr Beacon School to be awarded his bronze badge for achieving 100 Praise Points. You can see him proudly wearing the badge in this picture.

Last weekend, the Cadets from across the Trust came together at Barr Beacon School to practice their Leadership Skills.  Working collaboratively, they completed challenges while their skills were formally assessed.