Send your pictures in to readingchallenge @barrbeaconschool.co.uk by September 10th to be entered.
Books can take you anywhere…
This summer, read a book that is set somewhere far away. It could be another country, at the seaside, or even on another planet! Fill out a postcard all about where your book took you and enter a prize draw to get a £10 book voucher!
Download a postcard template HERE. Send your completed postcards to readingchallenge@barrbeaconschool.co.uk by September 10th to be in the prize draw!
On 16th June, the Year 7 girls football team played a home fixture against Bloxwich. It was a very warm afternoon but a fantastic setting for having lots of fun! The girls split into four teams and played four games in total. There were wins, losses, draws and even a penalty shoot-out.
The first Beacon Team finished in 2nd place whilst the other finished in 3rd. A very enjoyable afternoon again and another opportunity for the girls to play – many of these girls had never played before!
Report from pupil C. Nephawe: “This game was great. We had 6-a-side for each game (4 games). The goal keepers did really well. We had at least a couple of star players. I really enjoyed playing”
A huge thank you to the staff that came to support (Mrs Brazier, Mr Brennan, Mr Phillips, Mrs Gwatkin, Mr Murphy and Miss Poynton). The girls loved seeing their teachers cheer them on.
Please congratulate the year 7 girls on their efforts:
| R Pickford |
| L Hindson |
| K Bridgewater |
| T Ryan |
| S Jagpal |
| I Rodgers |
| I Stokes |
| B Taylor |
| E Gabitas |
| C Elley |
| C Nephawe |
| T Devany |
| D Nwkocha |
| R Chigwedere |
| A Odeewu |
| E Fellows |
D Coleman in Year 9 has achieved his Chief Scout Gold Award. This would be an impressive achievement ordinarily but this is particularly impressive because he had to adapt his approach due to lockdown restrictions, overcoming additional barriers. To earn the Award, David had to organise meetings with other scouts and plan expeditions. He has been scouting from a young age and loves getting involved in things. In school, he is now a Cadet AND completing Duke of Edinburgh!
Written By A.Bromwich Head Girl
The global momentum for action on climate change has been difficult to ignore. The younger generations are fighting for their future and making their voices heard but, at times, it is difficult for us to know how to join in or what real difference our actions can make.
Later this year the UN’s Climate Change Conference is being held a 5 hour car journey away from you in Glasgow. Bringing together world leaders and communities with the 4 main aims: to stay within a 1.5°C temperature rise, to help protect communities and natural habitats, to mobilise climate finance and to finalise the Paris rulebook. From the words of COP26 President Alok Sharma “If we choose to act, there is another future possible.”
Globally, we all have dreams and aspirations for our futures but, for this, we need a future that supports people and the planet. Climate change hasn’t yet caused catastrophic harm in the UK or hampered people’s access to basic human rights, including clean water. Yet.
The most valuable thing you can do is let your voices be heard and act because, contrary to what people like to say, young people are at the front of almost every major change.
I want to suggest some small things that we could be doing especially during the countdown to the COP26 summit.
Just remember that actions do not need to be perfect or elaborate to make a difference. Like the story of the starfish on the beach, the young girl could not save all the starfish but she was able to make a difference to just one.
Help us raise money for the NSPCC by donating your unwanted clothes!
All of Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils have been given a bag2school bag for this collection but you can use any bag you have!
Send them in to Barr Beacon reception before 22nd June 2021.
The more bags we have, the more money we raise for charity. Let’s show the Beacon Value of consideration for others by cleaning out our closets!
A new WisePay App is now available for Android and Apple devices. You can download it from the Google Play or Apple Store.
Please note that you can’t have both the new and old apps running side by side so you must uninstall the original app for the new one to work. The original app does still work so if you prefer to use this then you can continue to do so
The process for logging into the new app is the same as it was for the original app:
1. Enter the organisation code of the school (37658154)
2. Enter username
3. Enter password
4. Child’s first name
5. Child’s last name
Here are some FAQs and a User Guide for parents when using the new app:
Three Year 7 pupils have planted saplings in the school grounds as part of a local environmental project. Daniel, Sophie and Mohammed are all keen Beacon Values Representatives, who wanted to take part to show their consideration for the others and the community. Each year Daniel, Sophie and Mohammed will follow the growth of the trees as they progress through Barr Beacon School. We will revisit each spring to see how both the trees and pupils are getting on.
Daniel
Sophie
Mohammed
Our thanks extend to the The Aldridge Rotary Club and Aldridge District Lions Club, for organising this project, and to the Woodlands Trust, who donated the saplings.
Photography by W Mellor (Deputy Head Boy)
Following on from the successes of the UKMT Intermediate Mathematics Challenge, some of our Year 7’s and 8’s participated in the Junior Mathematics Challenge with incredible success.
This began with M. Ishaq, M. Taylor, M. Zaman, B. Taylor, and A. Gogna each scoring high enough to achieve Gold awards and qualify for the Junior Kangaroo challenge on Tuesday 15th June 2021.
Additionally, J. Johnson, G. Sehra, and S. Tanwar achieved Silver awards. Whilst E. Gabitas, A. Griffiths, N. Lyndon, E. Harris, R. Pickford, E. Hillier, M. Neal, H. Patel, and C. Zeng all received Bronze awards. All in year 7!
From the Year 8 participants there were silver awards for J. Hegney, E. Ghuman, I. Greaves, K. Marwaha, L. Sedawi, G. Kaur, H. Taylor, A. Basra, K. Tobias, J. Lyndon, A. Swaine, and R. Hegney R. Balu, E. Riley, S. Compton, J. Stokes, and B. Lee all earned Bronze awards.
Well done to all from a very proud Mathematics Department!
We bade farewell to Year 11 with a very special assembly featuring competitions, heartfelt messages and some hilarious videos produced by teachers.
We will see many Year 11 back as Sixth Formers, hopefully at prom (pending lockdown restrictions ending according to the government’s roadmap!) and results day on 12th August.
At home, Year 11 will be continuing to work on careers activities to prepare them for their next steps.
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