Following the decision to cancel this summer’s exams amid the coronavirus outbreak, the priority now is to ensure those affected can move on as planned to the next stage of their lives. Ofqual is currently working out the best way to calculate fair assessment grades for students and is due to announce details of the …
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Over the past two days, students from Bridgnorth Endowed School received delivery of their food hampers to replace free meals while the schools are closed during the coronavirus crisis. The school, together with caterers Aspens Services, prepared around 50 hampers with a week’s worth of food to provide breakfasts and lunches for children eligible for …
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Today marks the first day of UK school closures in response to the coronavirus pandemic and although most of our classrooms have fallen silent, learning continues in earnest at Bridgnorth Endowed School. Educating students remains a top priority and, as part of the school’s remote learning strategy, a new ‘Learning Resources’ web section has been …
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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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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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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