We were thrilled to hear that Finn, Arthur, Annabelle and Grace competed in the Vitality Westminster Mile with their families last weekend and did amazingly well. It was a bit of a rocky start (a slight mishap at London Bridge station on the way) so everyone was eager to get to the start line on…
Caitlyn, in Year 2 recently wrote a very special letter and was thrilled to receive a personal reply – from Her Majesty the Queen! Caitlyn wrote to congratulate the Queen on her achievement of 70 years as the monarch, her Platinum jubilee, which will be celebrated next month. She also explained that she and the…
Congratulations to Peter, who entered Dunottar School‘s Baking Competition for students in Year 5 and was highly commended for his Snowman Cake entry! Peter’s family found out about the competition having subscribed to the termly Dunottar Newsletter, and Peter was inspired to have a go. He learned a lot from the experience, with support from…
In November, Year 4, 5 and 6 took part in the BEBRAS Computational Thinking Challenge. Over 300,000 children took part across the UK and Miss Perry was very proud of the determination and tenacity shown by BPS children when faced with some quite tricky challenges! The Bebras Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking to students. Taking…
We always love finding out what BPS children do in their spare time. Krish has been filmed for the Macmillan Primary English Language Learning Course, Kids Can to provide photography and video content to accompany the course book. Here are some pictures of Krish in filming and how he appears in the book, plus a…
We were thrilled to hear that Felix was awarded his Surrey Cap by Laurie Evans for representing Surrey in his age group, a wonderful recognition of his hard work and commitment and a really special end to the season. We are very proud of you Felix, Well Done!
Last term, Year 6 took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. This competition is open for children across the country up to Year 8. The top scoring children are given gold, silver or bronze awards and a select few are invited to compete in the second “Kangaroo” round or the prestigious “Olympiad”. The results…
Hollie in Year 6 has been declared as the Pi Reciting Champion 2021 by Dr Baines. Hollie has shown an extraordinary feat of memory and recited Pi to 53 decimal places. Congratulations to Hollie for this amazing achievement! This is what Pi to 53 decimal places looks like: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582
Congratulations to Thomas in Year 3 and Jessica in Year 6 who participated at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival and achieved fantastic results. The Coulsdon and Purley Festival provided an opportunity to encourage music performances for all ages. This year the 77th festival ran virtually and the children had to submit their entries online. Participants…
Devin in Year 5 decided to support Cancer Research and started a fundraising campaign as part of the ‘Walk All Over Cancer’ challenge. His aim is to walk 10,000 steps every day this March to support the charity’s life-saving research. Devin said ‘I like supporting Cancer Research because they save many lives. I have fundraised…
