Bridgnorth Endowed School held its annual Christmas Carol Concert at St. Mary’s Church in Bridgnorth last night. The festive service was led by Reverend Marjorie Brooks and focused on the theme of ‘Sharing the Christmas Message’. It was a wonderful evening of celebration that was attended by students and staff from the school, the town’s …
Year: 2018
Shrewsbury Colleges Group Visit
As part of a series of assemblies designed to help Year 11 students decide on their next steps after GCSE, Shrewsbury Colleges Group (SCG) visited Bridgnorth Endowed School on Friday 14th December. SCG is the largest college in Shropshire and offers the widest choice of courses, including A Levels, BTEC vocational courses and local apprenticeship …
Bridgnorth Endowed Supports Local Food Bank
For the sixth year running, students and staff from Bridgnorth Endowed School supported the local food bank by hosting a charity collection event last Thursday. Donations were brought into school and gathered together during tutor time, ready for Liz Bird, lead co-ordinator of Bridgnorth Food Bank, to come in and collect. The response to this …
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Bridgnorth Endowed Named Shrewsbury Town’s School of the Day
Bridgnorth Endowed School is forging even stronger links with Shropshire’s top professional football club, Shrewsbury Town. Following on from the successful launch of the Bridgnorth Development Centre, which Shrewsbury Town runs from Bridgnorth Endowed for 8 to 12 year olds, the school is set to offer specialist football training to its girls. Steve Chase, lead …
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‘Routes into Languages’ Christmas E-card Competition
Modern Foreign Language students from Years 7 and 8 recently took part in a Christmas card competition with an international flavour. The theme was Christmas traditions from other countries and the ‘Routes into Languages’ programme asked pupils to research and design a card, featuring any foreign language except English. ‘Routes into Languages’ is an educational …
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Year 8 Boys Draw in Local Derby Football Match
On Wednesday, Bridgnorth Endowed Under 13’s Boys made the short trip to Oldbury Wells for, what was to be, a thrilling and entertaining derby game. Oldbury Wells took the lead with an unstoppable free kick that left Year 7 student, Zac Prior, no chance. Zac went on to make an impact by saving a penalty …
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King Edward VI College Visits Year 11 Students
Year 11 students received high praise following a visit from King Edward VI College in Stourbridge on Friday 7th December. Jeff Caseley, Assistant Principal for Admissions, reported: “During our visit to Bridgnorth Endowed, to present at the Year 11 assembly, we were enormously impressed with how engaged and attentive all the students were. The class …
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Zoe Wins Inter-County Cross Country Race
Three talented pupils from Bridgnorth Endowed School ran for Shropshire last Saturday, in an inter-county cross country competition against Surrey, Cheshire, Cumbria, Merseyside, Staffordshire and the West Midlands. The top twelve runners from each county were selected, so around 130 competitors took part in every category. Zoe Gilbody did exceptionally well and led from start to …
New Millionaire’s Club Member
Sam Hirsch is the first Year 7 pupil, since the beginning of the school year, to achieve a Bronze Award for reading over a million words with the Accelerated Reader Programme. In his enthusiasm, Sam ‘clocked up’ points and increased his word count by, not only reading plenty of books, but taking the online quizzes …
PTA Announces Latest Funding
The PTA has supported many worthwhile projects over the years, and this year is no exception with almost £4,000 of investments having been made. Recently, the PE Department received two iPads to enable teachers to video students for more accurate performance feedback, and to help them demonstrate sports techniques and tactics. To keep students up-to-date …