Our School Day

The school corridors at The British School of Beijing, Shunyi, begin to bustle around 8.15am when students are welcomed into the classrooms. 

A normal school day officially begins at 8.30am with registration, followed by the start of lessons at 8.40am. 

Primary students have plenty of classroom time and are helped by teachers and assistants to their specialist lessons such as PE and Music.

Secondary school has a six-period day, with two break times. Each period is 55 minutes with five minutes in between to transfer to each lesson. Lunch time is an hour.

Daily subject timetables vary depending on year levels, but the following tables indicate a typical busy school day at The British School of Beijing, Shunyi.

Example Timetable for Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception

Example Timetable for Primary School (Years 1 to 6)

Example Timetable for Secondary School

Absences

At the British School of Beijing, the safety of your child is of paramount importance and informs everything we do as a school. As such, we want to ensure that the processes for recording and reporting absence is undertaken in a rigorous manner. 

BSB Daily Absence Form

• Please fill in the above form to report absence to the school
• All absences should be reported by 8:15am.
• After 8:15am, we will collate this information and inform relevant stakeholders of your child’s absence.
• Any absence not recorded by 8:15am will be treated as unauthorised and will prompt our support staff to phone parents to establish the cause of absence.

Late Arrivals

If your child does not make use of the school bus service and is late, it is essential that they sign the "Late Arrival/Early Departure" Log Book at the school's main reception . The primary or secondary support staff will cross reference absence with the late sign-in and class (Primary) / Period 1 (Secondary) registers before calling home by 9:00am.

Any questions please contact

• Primary Secretaries at prireceptionist@britishschool.org.cn
• Secondary Secretaries secreceptionist@britishschool.org.cn
• Your child's Class Teacher / Form Tutor