This week saw students take over at BISB! The focus of the week has been marking World Children’s Day – a day that recognises and celebrates Children’s Rights and promotes youth voice in creating a better world for every child. Our Year 13 student leaders did a fantastic job leading workshops for their younger peers on the Sustainable Development Goals and encouraged them to speak up to use their rights for the empowerment of others.
Thursday’s Wear Blue Day was a show of solidarity in support of Children’s Rights and the work that UNICEF does locally and globally to protect them. The end of the week saw Years 7 and 8 deliver persuasive advocacy speeches on how we could move our work on the SDGs forwards as a school whilst Years 9-13 went head-to-head in heated debates on the same topic. Year 11, meanwhile, have been working on promoting awareness and understanding of Children’s Rights through their Service-learning action week, which included leading workshops for Year 3, launching a ‘For The Children’ anthology to celebrate students creative work, a donation drive of books, clothes, and hygiene products for Huvosvolgy children’s home, and a student-led assembly on peer empowerment. Overall, the week has been a display of student empowerment and a celebration of children’s rights as the cornerstone of education.
Rachel Rhodes
English Teacher, Social Impact Lead and CAS Coordinator
NAE-UNICEF Social Impact Regional Lead Europe
It has been a busy and creative term. Both dance clubs have been exploring movement, sharing ideas, learning movement, and working together to choreograph dances.
On Friday, 6th December, our Year 6 students hosted the annual YES Fair, showcasing and selling their handmade products to Year 4 and 5 students, as well as parents.
This December, students in Year 7-9 are taking part in the global Hour of Code Week, an exciting initiative by NAE Global Campus that introduces them to the world of computer science and coding.
On Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th December we held our annual Winter Concert, showcasing a range of our co-curricular performance ensembles in Music and Drama.
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