Following on from my last update, I am now writing to let you know that we have now been instructed to close the school to almost all children after this Friday until further notice. As advised by the government, we will do all that we can to stay open for the children of key workers (e.g. NHS staff, …
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Clock Designs Go Back in Time to the 1920s
Year 7 students recently completed a DT project to design and make clocks in acrylic plastic, inspired by the minimalist Bauhaus style from the 1920s. The brief asked them to develop colourful yet balanced designs based on a painting by one of the Bauhaus masters, colour theorist Wassily Kandinsky. The first step was to create …
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Thrilling Day of Badminton at All England Championships
The world’s best badminton players descended on the Midlands for the All England Open Championships last week and a group of Bridgnorth Endowed students got the chance to see the action first-hand. Years 9 and 10 attended the prestigious event at Arena Birmingham on Thursday 12th March and witnessed the game being played at the …
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COVID-19 Update
Last week the government’s guidance on the coronavirus changed from the ‘contain’ phase to one of delaying the spread of the virus. We are getting in touch to let you know what we are doing in light of this, and what we expect from all members of our school community. We would like to reassure …
Inside Rehearsals for Beauty and the Beast
With just over two weeks to go until opening night, the final touches are being made to Bridgnorth Endowed’s production of the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast. Rehearsals are now ramping up as the entire cast is assembling at weekends for run-throughs of the whole show, to concentrate on perfecting scenes and pulling everything …
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RSC Live Stream Brings Macbeth to BES
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Macbeth, starring Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack, was beamed live to Year 10 and 11 at a broadcast event held in school last Thursday. Students hailed the performance as exceptional and left the school sports hall feeling inspired and full of new ideas for their responses to GCSE exam …
U13 Rugby Back to Winning Ways
After last week’s narrow defeat to Wrekin College by just two tries, the BES U13 rugby team were back to winning ways with a convincing 7 tries to 0 win at Ercall Wood School on Tuesday. A combination of strong, evasive running, good handling and the ability to retain possession in contact proved too much …
STEM Challenge to Inspire Next Generation
Young innovators from Bridgnorth Endowed School recently met up with their newly-appointed industry mentor to kick start an exciting project for the 2020 Shropshire Star STEM Schools Challenge. The team of six students put their heads together during a focus session with Bridgnorth Aluminium Development Technologist, Preetam Kaur, to begin work on creating a product …
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BES Pupil Competes in Top Ice Skating Event
A Bridgnorth Endowed School pupil competed against top ice skaters from around the world at a prestigious international competition held in London last week. Darcey Gordon, from Year 7, took part in Skate Southern International and was placed tenth in her category, against 24 other girls. The talented 12-year-old works exceptionally hard and trains five …
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Year 10 Students Lead Primary School Textiles Project
As part of ongoing links between Bridgnorth Endowed and local primary schools, the Creative Arts Department organised an exciting textiles project with St Mary’s Bluecoat Primary School earlier this month. The idea behind the two-day project was for Year 10 art GCSE students from BES to work alongside pupils at St Mary’s to create a …
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