Barr Beacon School

This week, four of our incredible Tigers students went fishing at Foxhills Fishery. We caught over 50 fish as a group, and we all had a great time! 🎣

On Monday, we held the leavers' assembly for the cohort of 2024. This was a chance to celebrate all of their achievements over the last five years. We are incredibly proud of each & every pupil and wish them all the best for their post-16 ventures.

Next Wednesday is National Thank a Teacher Day. If you would like to thank a teacher, or a member of staff, please follow the link and send them a message
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Congratulations to this week's winners of Hot Chocolate with the Head. We are extremely proud of you all. Keep up the good work!

We are extremely proud to announce and celebrate our first recipients of the Headteacher KS4 Award M.Neal (10M1) & D.Awe (10M1). This achievement highlights their dedication, hard work, and outstanding contributions.

National Volunteering Week
We are incredibly proud of all the volunteering hours our DofE participants dedicate to their community👏

Check out last week's attendance leaderboard!
7C2 are still flying high at the top! Two highest climbers this week, well done to 8M1 & 9C3.

We are delighted to introduce our new Prefects for Barr Beacon School. The selection process was incredibly challenging due to the outstanding quality of all the applicants. We want to thank all pupils who applied. 👏 👏

We ended last half term by bidding farewell to our Year 13 students as they prepare to sit their final examinations over the coming weeks. Students enjoyed a Mexican themed lunch supplied by Buenas Burritos before settling down for their final formal assembly.
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Check out our top forms for praise last week!

Congratulations to this week's winners for Hot Chocolate with the Head! These outstanding pupils have been nominated for going above and beyond in demonstrating our Beacon Values. We're incredibly proud of your dedication and hard work!

DofE season 2024 begins in the Long Mynd this weekend🏕️

Congratulations to our League Leaders: 7C2🎉
Well done to our highest climbers: 9C3!👏

Summer term sneaks up on us every year, as the clocks go back, the sun makes an appearance, and the days get longer again. Arguably this is the best time of year in a school: Year 7 have settled in, everyone knows what they are doing and where they are going and there is a sense of both purpose but also contentment and stability...

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Year 9 pupils visited Birmingham City University STEAM House for Innovation Fest. The festival showcased the work of the university students in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment...
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Year 12 & 10 pupils were visited by Randip Bahra, a Chartered Surveyor and Fellow with RICS. Pupils learnt about the numerous different career opportunities within surveying and learnt about Radnip’s journey into the his career and his passion for helping disadvantaged individuals progress into the heights of surveying careers...

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Staff have been working quietly behind the scenes preparing content for a new ‘Witches & Wizards’ Photography workshop series. Keep an eye open for their portraits popping up around school! Pop into E201i and speak to Miss Watson if you would like further information on how to take part and learn how to edit like a pro.

On Monday 20th May, students from years 9 and 10 took part in a two-hour workshop with the dance artist Jade from Fabric and the CAT Dance scheme. Jade came to Barr Beacon to discuss the fantastic opportunities the CAT (Centre for Advanced Training) offers...
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On Tuesday 14th May, Year 10’s ‘Most Able’ students had the opportunity to experience a day in the life of an Oxford University student. Students initially had a lecture detailing the best routes to take in order to access a Russell Group university...
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Year 13📣
Study leave will commence for Year 13 students on Monday 20th May 2024.
During the week commencing Monday 20th May 2024 and throughout the examination period, revision lessons will run...
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"With a world population of nearly eight billion people, we are all unique and from varying cultures. It is these differing cultures and traditions that we are all proud to celebrate..."

Read our head students' latest blog about Diversity🎉
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Miss Clarke & Ms Hanson had the pleasure of attending the Gold DofE Award ceremony at Buckingham Palace👏
It was wonderful to see our pupils past and present collect their awards🎉

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme for this year is 'Movement: Moving more for our mental health'. Pupils are joining in by having some healthy competition between forms to see how many minutes of movement they can do.

Check out our brand new books!📖

We were pleased to see the sun shining on Tuesday 7th May 2024 as this meant Sixth Form students were able to go ahead with the planned charity fun run🏃🎨🌞...
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7C2 are the ones to beat! They've stayed top of the attendance leaderboard for another week!🎉
Well done to our highest climbers, 7M1, 9M1, 11M2, 11C3!👏

Year 11 exams are finally here!📝
Support continues to be offered to all pupils in school!
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On Wednesday 24th April over 50 Students were involved with the BTEC Performing Arts Showcase. The evening celebrated the talents of our BTEC Performing Arts students as well as other students from across the upper years of the school...

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Check out last weeks top forms for praise!
Well done to 9C1,10M1 & 12M1