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Blog Growth
Our recent theme in Nursery focused on the topic of growth. We explored growth in a variety of ways, starting with ourselves, then looking at plants and animals. The results were amazing, and the children truly understood that growth means “getting bigger.”
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Blog Chinese Update
Over the past few weeks, our Chinese classes have been both lively and productive, with each year group exploring age-appropriate topics through interactive methods. From singing to role-play and creative art, students have been actively building their language skills while having fun.
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Blog It's Springtime in Pre-Nursery
Pre-Nursery has been enjoying discovering the joy of springtime through creative, hands-on learning experiences filled with curiosity, exploration, and fun.
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Blog Magic of Words: Why Poetry Is So Important for Children
Poems open a playful door to language, rhythm, and creativity. They offer a wide range of possibilities for primary classrooms. Poetry enriches a child’s world in ways few other activities can. It strengthens the mind, deepens emotional awareness, and nurtures creativity. More than that, it fills everyday life with beauty, rhythm, and meaning.
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Blog Bringing Maths to Life Through Practical Learning
In Year 4, we have been really enjoying finding ways to make maths feel active, meaningful and fun for the children. We know that children learn best when they can see ideas, talk about them and have a go themselves, so we regularly use practical resources to help bring mathematical concepts to life.
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Blog The Importance of Residential Experiences
Residential experiences play a vital role in a child’s primary education, offering opportunities for growth that extend far beyond the classroom. While they are often seen as a highlight of the school year, their true value lies in the way they support children to develop independence, resilience, strong interpersonal skills in a real-world context and memorable learning.
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Blog The Value of Lunchtime Recitals in Primary School
At BSB Sanlitun, lunchtime recitals provide a unique and valuable platform for primary students to develop confidence, creativity, and a sense of achievement in a supportive environment. Unlike formal concerts, these informal performances allow children to share their musical progress with peers in a relaxed setting, helping to reduce performance anxiety and build resilience over time.
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Blog Term 2 ASA Awards Assembly
Term 2 ASAs have come and gone in a flash, and what a fantastic term it has been. We have enjoyed a wonderful season of sport, with regular fixtures across football, handball, table tennis and dodgeball. It has been great to see so many students representing the school, developing their skills, and showing excellent teamwork and sportsmanship throughout.
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Blog Getting creative with clay in Year 2!
Year 2 have absolutely loved designing and creating their own clay dragon eyes! They began by sketching ideas, using different techniques to add detail and imaginative patterns...
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Blog Outdoor Learning in Nursery
Our outdoor learning area has been full of excitement as the children enjoy the changing season. With the arrival of spring, they have been exploring the outdoors, noticing new leaves growing on the trees and colourful flowers beginning to bloom...
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Blog Enthusiastic, Confident EAL Learners
This week in EAL, our classrooms have been buzzing with energy, enthusiasm, and very importantly with confidence! Across all year groups, students have been stepping out of their comfort zones, using their voices, and showing just how much their speaking skills are growing. We are so proud of their courage and progress.
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Blog Primary PE Update: Athletics in Action
It has been a fantastic few weeks of athletics at BSB Sanlitun, with students fully engaged in developing their skills across a range of events including the 80m sprint, standing long jump, running long jump, relay, shot put, high jump and vortex throw...
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Blog Amazing Body Adventures in Tadpoles and Pre-Nursery
What an exciting week it has been in Pre-Nursery! Our little ones have had so much fun exploring our topic, My Body. We’ve been learning about the outside and inside of our bodies, and the most fascinating part was discovering the journey of food through our bodies — and how every part helps us grow strong and healthy, just like our mum, dad and teachers!
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Blog Rethinking How We Talk to Children
Have you ever asked your child to 'listen' multiple times, only to find they seem to ignore you? They just won't LISTEN! Let’s take a closer look at what 'listening' truly means...
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Blog Reception's Exploration of 'Growing and Changing'
This term in Reception we are focusing on “Growing and Changing.” The children have been busy little explorers, discovering how plants grow from tiny seeds into plants, and learning about life cycles through first-hand experiences.
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Blog The Lifelong Benefits of Learning to Swim from a Young Age
We are delighted to announce that our school will soon be building a swimming pool, an exciting development that reflects our commitment to children’s wellbeing, learning, and safety. Introducing swimming from a young age provides powerful benefits across physical, cognitive, social and emotional development, supporting children during some of the most important years of growth.
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Blog Why We Use Hands-On Maths in Key Stage 2
In our maths lessons in Upper Primary, you might hear your child talk about using counters, base-ten blocks, fraction tiles, number lines, bar models or other physical resources — often called manipulatives. These are not just used for KS1 lessons as they are an important part of helping pupils build deep understanding, which is encouraged by maths experts and curriculum guidance in England.
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Blog EAL Update
This week marked our first week back after the Chinese New Year holiday. It was wonderful to welcome everyone back, and the children were excited to share stories about their amazing holidays with one another...
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Blog Year 1 Cook Up a Storm with Egg Fried Rice!
This week, our Year 1 children had an egg-citing time making delicious egg fried rice, inspired by the story The Runaway Wok and our learning about Chinese New Year. The classroom was full of excitement, smiles and the wonderful smells of cooking!
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Blog Children's Mental Health Week
At BSB Sanlitun, Children’s Mental Health Week is an important focus each year and it is explored through calm, meaningful and age appropriate classroom experiences. This year’s theme, “This Is My Place”, encouraged children to think about what belonging means and to reflect on the places where they feel safe, happy and valued...