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Outstanding Examination Results

A number of our students at the British School of Tashkent took Cambridge and Edexcel IGCSE and AS level examinations in the November session. Our students continue to excel in these international examinations following our stunning results last June. We are proud to announce that our pass rate at IGCSE level this November was 100% with all of our entries attaining the top A* grade. In our AS level components in Maths and Physics, 80% of our students achieved a complete sweep of all top grades.

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Education Technology at Nord Anglia

Nord Anglia have launched the latest episode of its popular YouTube series 'Talking EdTech With A Little Bit of Genius'. Hosted by Nord Anglia's teachers, the series explores how technology is transforming education and answers parents' biggest questions about the role of technology in children's learning.

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Multilingual Development Programme at BST

Our BST secondary school teachers are currently engaged in a Multilingual Learning Programme which is being delivered by Ms Deborah and Ms Laman in conjunction with Nord Anglia University. This programme draws on research evidence on the most effective strategies for teaching and learning in a multilingual environment. Our main focus is to raise awareness of our students’ linguistic needs and to support the development of a range of strategies for developing language through the curriculum.

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Unsung Hero – Ms Yana Krutoyarskaya

Ms Yana’s heritage is a mixture of Greek, Ukrainian and Russian. Likewise, her skills and talents are also diverse. Ms Yana is a devoted mother, avid green tea drinker, reformed smoker, talented Mathematician and always perfectly dressed for any occasion.

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New Appointments – Ms. Luciana And Ms. Danuta

Meet new staff

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Parent Guide to Surviving Year 11

On Tuesday 14th December, Ms Wendy Spence (Head of Key Stage 4) delivered a workshop on how to support Year 11 students preparing for their IGCSE exams and upcoming important dates for the mock exams in January and the final exams in May/June.

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COBIS Debate Best Speakers

Last weekend, twelve of our wonderful Year 12 and 13 students took part in The COBIS Virtual Debate, competing against other British international schools from across the globe. Our BST students did us proud and impressed the judges with their intelligence, eloquence and skilful use of logic. Abdalaziz Saleh Al Hadad, Moritz Kramer and Advait Anand Motgi all won best speaker in their debates.

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Winter Wonderland at BST

As the sunlight faded, the lights of the Winter Wonderland attracted children and parents to BST’s Kalandar campus.

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Christmas Concert

Following on from the primary Winter Wonderland Concert, parents and friends were treated to more live music at the Christmas Concert on Friday 10 December with performances by all the newly formed school ensembles. The Primary Choir, Secondary Choir, Community Choir, Funkadelic Orchestra and Ukulele Club all performed along with a selection of soloists, duets and poetry readings.

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Winter Wonderland Concert

The British School of Tashkent returned to live music with a bang. Every student in Years 3 - 6 took part in the Winter Wonderland Concert on Thursday 9 December.

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We Will Rock You Show

Students are rocking out in rehearsals putting together their performance of Ben Elton and Queen's We Will Rock You'. Great singing, outstanding dance sequences and moving acting blend beautifully into a mesmerising display of rock music and visionary rebellion in what will be the performance of the school year.

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Unsung Hero – Ms Luciana Piddock

Ms Luciana was born in the city of Londrina, in Brazil (famous for its coffee) and is the youngest of 4 siblings. As a child Ms Luciana wanted to become a Policewoman and loved cats. So much so that by the age of 13 she had 13 cats but unfortunately no pets now as she travels frequently with her family and that would be unfair on any pets.

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Meet our new PTFA

On a cold Tuesday morning the new PTFA Committee got together with Dr Andre Nel, Ms Rachel Edwards and Mr Simon Porter for a working breakfast and to introduce themselves to each other.

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Charity Chess Championship

On Saturday 27th November, BST and Sky Chess hosted our second Charity Chess Championship. The Swiss style tournament was open to all young people from ages 8 – 18, with local and international schools each bringing their two best players. We hosted 70 top players from across Tashkent to play 9 rounds over the day.

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Baby Launch!

BST EYFS department has some fabulous news. We have extended our services by launching a brand-new Bright Beginnings Baby Care group this week. We look after babies from age 6-20 months, where they can enjoy a half or full day of care and learning through play. This is a gentle transition from home to school as we have created a lovely play and nap room for the little ones. This is a small cosy group with a 2:2 staff baby ratio; a fully qualified British Teacher and a Russian Teacher’s Assistant/Nanny.

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Swim Gala

The BST Sea Lions came together for our first Gala of the academic year. New faces joined the swimmers from last year as 76 schools throughout the Nord Anglia family competed on a global scale in a virtual gala. Swimmers from ages 8 - 17 met at the pool, cheered on by classmates, staff and family as they set their best times over 25m. Those that posted the best time in their age category also raced in the 4x25m relay. New school records have been set and lots of new personal bests posted. A big thank you to the staff that helped on the day and to the parents that came to support the swimmers!