"I just wanted to share with you how fantastic the remote learning has been. You are so on the ball. I knows exactly what my son is doing every day and this is helping at home and making it easier.”
[Parent of a Year 8]
“I felt it necessary to tell you all what a wonderful job you are doing to motivate and educate our children remotely. Mrs Osborne’s speech this morning was wonderful. Her kindness and concern for our young men and women made me realise what an incredible school Barr Beacon really is, even in these challenging times, and with incredible teachers! I’m also learning a few new things as I am working from home. So thank you for all that you do in keeping the Barr Beacon spirit alive and for helping our pupils!”
[Parent of a Year 12]
“I would like to congratulate Barr Beacon School and all the staff for the hard work that has gone into getting a full timetable of live lessons for our pupils. It has been a little challenging in our household with four of us all trying to work from home last week, however today some magic seemed to have happened with the introduction of the live lessons. Both my children have thoroughly enjoyed their school day from home today and it was great to hear them say "that wasn't that bad, I enjoyed it and excited to do it again tomorrow".”
[Parent of a Year 7 and Year 9]
“Just wanted to drop a quick email to say thank you and well done to all the teachers for the effort they have put into the assignments and online lessons. My son enjoyed the lessons today.”
[Parent of a Year 7]
“The way you have gone about the whole situation and the way you've communicated and kept in touch with the students has been brilliant. The school has gone above and beyond to ensure the children are safe. They have worked hard to implement a lateral flow testing site at school and ensured that, throughout the Christmas break, with the ever-changing government advice, that school timetables were communicated with parents - I actually don’t think that the staff must have had much of a break with the amount of work they had to put in. Thank you.”
[Parent of a Year 12]
“I am aware of how hard the school work and actually, from talking to other parents whose children are home learning with the resources, lesson plans and communication from teachers is just outstanding. My son had to self-isolate for two weeks in December and staff were checking in on his well-being. He had praise points for work he completed and clear communication from his teachers on line. In the midst of a pandemic for a school to really go above and beyond is just wonderful.”
[Parent of a Year 9]
“I just wanted to email to express my thanks and appreciation to all the team at Barr Beacon for your resilience. I wanted to thank you for managing to respond so quickly to the ever-changing circumstances. I am sure it isn’t easy at all but your support to the children is really appreciated.”
[Parent of a Year 11]
“I appreciate the tough job you and your staff have and I must say you were all really helpful and kind when [name of child] (and us all in the house) were poorly. Thank you. Also while I have the opportunity, when [name of child] was ill, the live lessons for his form were really great so we are definitely looking forward to them starting next week for all our boys.”
[Parent of a Year 8]
“Thank you for all that you are doing – I can't imagine how stressful it is managing the continual changes and questions – you and your team are very much appreciated.”
[Parent of a Year 12]
“Thank you so much. We are all going through so much and thank you for all the hard work you put in, to make this happen for the children. [Name of child] is really enjoying it so far!”
[Parent of a Year 7]
“I would just like to thank you for all the information which you have sent so swiftly regarding the return to school this January. I fully appreciate the lateness of government decisions and am sorry it has impacted on the break that all of the staff deserve.”
[Parent of a Year 7 and Year 8]
“I wanted to drop you and your teams a “thank you” for all the hard work and planning throughout last year and which is also ongoing now. You all work so hard and at short notice with all the changes.”
[Parent of a Year 11]