The school health policy and information announcement
to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease (Updated 1 November 2021)

 

The School continues to implement procedures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission on both our campuses.

1.) We undertake regular deep cleaning of both school campuses before any school reopening and will continue to do so for all areas of the school campuses on an ongoing regular basis during this time.

2.) All students, parents, teachers and staff will continue to be temperature checked upon entry to the school on both campuses with sanitizing gel distributed. This procedure will continue for the foreseeable future.

3.) All members of the school community must continue to wear face coverings at all times they are on campus.

4.) We will continue to closely monitor the temperatures and health of all the boarding community by doing regular temperature checks, as well as the day students arrive at school.

5.) In addition, we use lateral flow COVID-19 testing kits for our boarding students and staff on a regular basis when they are on site in the boarding houses.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What measures has the school taken to protect my child against COVID-19?

Can I request that my child does not participate in school activities?

Is it safe for my child to use the swimming pool?

Is it mandatory to wear masks during this time?

YES – all students, staff, parents and visitors must wear a mask at all times when on both EY and WP campus.

What do I tell my child about COVID-19 as they are worried?

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On Monday 10 February we had our annual Lip Sync Battle. The performances from the three houses were highly entertaining.
The winning house this year was Taylor, but as always it was wonderful to see so many students take a risk and perform on stage in front of their peers.

Year 6 Eagles are having a fantastic term. It started with the residential to iCamp, Kanchanaburi where our focus was Sink, Swim, Survive. Pupils gained knowledge about river systems, survival skills, conservation and the environment. We were so pleased all pupils attended as it was key to the topics we have been studying.
The children have since written and performed brilliant Slam poems with a tough message about ‘Globals Goals’ for a sustainable future and studied the water cycle and river systems in topic and science. Finally in English, we are completing our persuasive letters, which again have a strong message about the causes and effects of climate change.

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centres, Bromsgrove students have been working on a number of cross curricular projects. In the spirit of standing together the Secondary team have been working collaboratively to deliver a range of Holocaust themed lessons to Year 9, supported also by the expertisie of our Year 10 and Year 13 History and Politics students. This has culminated into a Holocaust Exhibition proudly presenting students art work, poetry, timelines and research projects in the Hadley Hub building. The Holocaust Memorial Day was marked through an assembly sharing the students hard work and linking these events to subsequent examples of genocide in order to share the important message of remembering these atrocities so that we can learn from the past. As the philosopher George Santayana said of the Holocaust: “He who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it.”

The provision for music is continuously growing at Bromsgrove. This year we have launched A Level Music Technology in the Sixth Form and continue to build the use of technology into our music curriculum across the Primary and Secondary schools. Our new Music Production Suite, complete with MacBooks, MIDI keyboards and state-of-the-art recording software and equipment, is  ensuring we can continue to provide exciting  new opportunities for our students!

Highlight of our Secondary Challenge Week Trips 2020
Bromsgrove Secondary Challenge Week trips enabled students to develop the attributes of the Bromsgrove Learner Profile, in a practical setting, as they also grow their environment, social and English Language skills.

Highlight of our Primary Residential trips in January 2020.
Bromsgrove residential trip enabled students to learn outside the classrooms. Our Primary students made us proud on their small adventures in wide range activities from learning about wildlife to learning pioneering skills.

On Thursday 16th January, members of the School Leadership Team from Bromsgrove visited Mahidol University. We visited the Faculty of Dentistry at their campus near Ramathibodi Hospital in the morning. Followed by a visit to the Faculty of Engineering at the Salaya campus. The two visits were allowed us to find out more about the programmes on offer and the requirements that our students will need to meet.