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One of the many highlights so far this year has been studying Othello with the year 10s. No easy task, but with the momentum of energy created by the positive news of vaccinations, ease of restrictions and general global optimism have, I believe, been pivotal in the encouraging level of student engagement in classes this year.

All IB students have to do an “internal assessment” (IA) in mathematics in order to get their IB Diploma - this is a 12-20 page mathematical exploration on anything that the students are interested in. Some past examples of successful IA topics include: - Finding the optimal trajectory of a basketball - Exploring different strategies when playing Monopoly - Modelling the best “kick” in karate - An exploration into the number e≈2.718... - The mathematics behind shuffling cards - Exploring the birthday paradox

During the first 2 weeks back to school, starting a new academic year, we wanted to hear our students' voices and learn about their perspectives with regards to language learning. We used the Language Portrayals because each person has a particular connection to the language(s) they know along with their lives. What would that look like to our pupils? Is there a preference for any language? Which one do they prefer talking about? Or writing? Or listening to music?

Great learning in the Primary school is not about having all the answers or being the first to respond. It is exemplified by the learning behaviours that we instill in our students.

​​​​​​​Vaccines have shown to be crucial to the fight against diseases in the history of medicine. Throughout history, they have helped to significantly reduce the incidence of polio, measles and tetanus, among many other infections. Today, they are considered the most cost-effective strategy in the control of viral and bacterial diseases.

The closure of schools and the limits placed on the socialisation of young children has led to concerns about the development of speech and language skills in Early Years pupils. What can we, as a school, and you, as parents, do to help mitigate this effect?

In my first post of the new academic year, I want to take the opportunity to share and discuss our IBDP results from our first cohort of students to complete the course. I am sure you will have seen the headline figures as they were shared on the BCB instagram. However, I hope to share some context about what these results mean and what we have learned from the experience.

This week we held staff training on performance management. As a school we always strive to be better and to do this we all need to learn, reflect, and set targets to improve. We do this with our children on a daily basis, so it is important we do this as a staff.

It actually felt like my first day at BCB on Aug 16th, though I had joined a year back. For the first time, I saw most of the students, used a notebook and pen after a long time and actually had face to face conversations with my colleagues and students. Laughter, chatter, moving of furniture as the students settled into their classrooms all felt new but exciting. I know for a fact that the PE, ART and Science teachers were the most jubilant as finally they could actually do some actual practical teaching.

There is only one major thing to celebrate this week, your children. It has been fantastic to see how well they have returned to school and settled into a full capacity environment.

We are all aware of our core value at BCB of being ambitious and having a growth mindset as being part of the group of 73 Nord Anglia Schools but the purpose of education is not just about the self but wider society. Intercultural competence is something that has come to the forefront of international education but what does this mean for our teachers, students and parents as part of the BCB community?

BCB’s students achieved incredible results at the IGCSE's this year. These results follow this year’s International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme results, where BCB’s achieved a pass rate of 100% with an average score of 34, higher than the IB global average of 33.02 points globally.

Just 3 more days to go and we will fully open for the 2021-22 academic year, the tenth anniversary for BCB!

It is with great delight that we can confirm our ability to welcome back each and every child into full time school from Monday August 16th

Our entire school community is excited to share the exceptional first IB results achieved by BCB students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). 2021 marks the year of BCB’s first graduating students. This is a landmark moment for any school and it is also a significant moment for BCB.

We would like to thank you for your engagement on our first day of Food Drive. Yesterday we had the campaign debut and it was a success! We are really happy to see our kids donating food and helping the ones who need it.

Years 9 and above this week engaged in our first ever Careers Week at BCB where we enjoyed partnerships with The MET School in Panama, Unifrog, Daqui Pra Fora and some great parent keynote speakers organised by the BCB Parent Teacher Association.

To end this challenging academic year, Music Team has prepared with Primary Virtual Choir a song from the educational organisation "Sing Up", as part of the Sing Up Day 2021.

We are happy to share with our community the "Thank you letter" received from  Amigos do Bem, after receiving the donation of more them 300 Kg of food that will be donated to 75.000 people as a result of the campaign led by our Year 12 students and PSHE classes activities and our community donations during BCB's food drive's campaign held in the past few weeks.