Exciting news of a mathematical nature! Two pupils from Year 10 have been selected for impressing with their mathematical reasoning and ability.
Maria R, having previously achieved a Gold award on the UKMT Intermediate Challenge, has been invited to a Summer School with the UKMT. Whilst Zach T-S has won an award from the University of Southampton Mathematics Challenge! Congratulations from a proud Maths department!
A group of Year 10 pupils visited InComm Training to experience a day in the life of an apprentice. They started with a tour of the facilities and learnt all about the apprenticeship pathway into engineering careers. They then split into competing teams, taking part in a practical workshop. Pupils designed, built and tested their own mechanical devices, examining the use of fluid power to lift and move objects. The project not only allowed pupils to experience what it might be like to work as a future engineer, but it also gave them the opportunity to develop key employability skills of teamwork, communication and problem solving. The winning teams’ mechanical arm is pictured.
Well done to all applicants who delivered their manifesto speech in the Year 12 assembly this morning.
Students and staff enjoyed listening to what each of the 14 applicants had to offer as they shared their vision for the role of Head Boy and Head Girl.
Next stage: panel interview. We wish them all the very best of luck!
Pupils raise £849.97 for UNICEF Ukraine appeal with an image from the following and then link to an article below
Pupils called for us to take action in support of other young people facing unbelievable hardships. As a school we responded, led by the Beacon Values representatives who came up with a fantastic programme of fundraising activities, designed to ensure that as many people as possible could get involved.
Following a brilliant assembly in which Beacon Values Representatives articulated what young people in Ukraine were going through, pupils were enabled to take part in a multitude of ways.
Everyone involved: Consideration for others
All form groups created sunflowers, the national symbol of Ukraine and our hope for their brighter future. Pupils wrote messages of solidarity to the young people of Ukraine.
All form groups were tasked to collect small change in bottles! The form raising the most will receive a prize, but all of our pupils must be commended on their generosity and thoughtfulness. They have done us proud!
Pupils also had the chance to take part in a ‘Guess how many sweets in the jar’ competition. The proud winner will soon be announced, but this raised a whooping £76.45.
Participation to support UNICEF
As well as the opportunities above, some pupils elected to take part in some fundraising activities including a large scale art installation, human sized sunflowers, a swimming gala and a walk around the school field.
This also raised well over £100 to add to our grand total.
Barr Beacon is proud to announce that due to the school’s commitment to diversity we have been successful in being awarded position as ambassadors to Pearsons Lit in Colour programme!
Pearson, the world’s learning company, has joined forces with Penguin Random House UK and race equality think tank The Runnymede Trust to become part of the Lit in Colour programme.
As the UK’s largest awarding body, Pearson will work with Penguin and 100 secondary schools to offer support and resources to encourage the integration of English Literature set texts by writers of colour at both GCSE and A Level.
Year 10 pupils who took part in a workshop from Aggreko are the proud winners of a competition to design their own renewable home.
Pupils first took part in a workshop where they discovered more about Aggreko, their renewable energy solutions and their power delivery for big events like the Commonwealth Games. Following this pupils were tasked with creating their own renewable home and presenting their ideas to the group. Pupils were not only competing against other Barr Beacon teams, but also other local schools. Four pupils impressed Aggreko so much that they won the competition! They have each won tickets to Edgbaston Cricket Ground this summer to watch a Commonwealth Games match. Congratulations to Lewis, Mataeo, Kuran and Arjan!
On Wednesday 30th March, the bitter wind, downpours of rain and hail showers did not deter some of our Year 12 and Year 13 students who took part in the Colour Fun Run. They thoroughly enjoyed the event that was organised to raise money for the three charities that Sixth Form are supporting this year: Young Minds, Barnados and the RSPCA.
Here are some comments from students after the event:-
“I loved it! It was great fun for a Wednesday afternoon. I think the weather made it better! Thank you for organising it”
“Thank you so much for organising the colour run. It was so much fun even though my ears are still a little bit blue!”
“Thank you for organising the colour run this afternoon. I really enjoyed it,”
Two of our Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh pupils, shocked at how low supplies were at a local food bank, decided to organise a whole school collection.
The school community has been donating much needed items including UHT milk, teabags, sugar and tinned fruit. Lots more has also been collected.
Year 12 students have been working hard, collecting items from classrooms and packing them up ready for delivery. Well done to all volunteers for their hard work!
We would like to extend a huge thank you to pupils, students, staff and their families for all donations. The generosity shown is going to make a massive difference to people in the local community.
Year 10 art pupils visited Wolverhampton Art Gallery for the ‘British Art Show’, a landmark touring exhibition that celebrates the vitality of recent art made in Britain. Organised every five years by Hayward Gallery Touring the exhibition brings the work of artists defining new directions in contemporary art to four cities across the UK.
You can find out more about the show here: https://britishartshow9.co.uk
We have been raising money for UNICEF’s Ukraine appeal with a range of sponsored activities. In Art, pupils have been painting hundreds of plastic bottles (massive thank you to everyone for collecting them for us!) to create an Art Installation piece (coming soon!).
The Sunflower is the national symbol of Ukraine and pupils have been writing messages of solidarity with the children impacted upon by war there.
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