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A Date for Your Diary: Secondary School Production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

On 1st June, BISB held the Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2019.

Year 3 Daffodil class continued their Topic work entitled “Paintings, Portraits and Photographs” this week with the focus on abstract artist Kandinsky. The children researched his life and work and then responded creatively to the artist’s favourite music by Richard Wagner. The results are unique and highly creative!

This week we celebrated the creative achievements of thirteen students in Year 7 and 8 who wrote and performed their own poems. Inspired by renowned slam poets such as Sarah Kay and Harry Baker, they took to the stage to perform in a poetry showcase to students in Year 10.  The topics ranged from thoughts on self-acceptance to defying gender stereotypes. It was great to see such heartfelt, imaginative and thoughtful performances!

On Saturday 19th January, 18 BISB students climbed the height of Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, to raise money for the Tanzania Expedition 2019. Students asked friends and family to sponsor them in this challenge and the amount raised was close to 500,000 HUF.

What do you remember about your days in the classroom? Your fellow students? Teachers? Questions? Probably questions, lots and lots of questions, as it is essential to any learning to start with a question to which you want to know the answer. Questions are not just for the classroom though, as Einstein said, “The important thing is to never stop questioning”. Teachers are in a very privileged position of using and responding to questions as part of their daily work; we never stop questioning.

Next Monday 28th January we have our first Juilliard alumni visitor of the year. Andrew Robert Munn is a bass singer who completed his graduate studies at The Juilliard School in May 2018 and is now based in Berlin.

Year 10 IGCSE Art students are working on Natural Forms charcoal drawings in response to photographs by German naturalist Karl Blossfeldt. The drawings show the fantastic progress their drawing skills have made since September. Look out for them displayed around the school!

Last Sunday, Mr Dyer and Miss Ford travelled to Kakucs to watch one of our Sixth Form students engage in her passion - motorsport! Annamaria Abari in Year 13 is a keen driver and has even had her own personal racing car spray-painted and decorated with our school logo.