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OFSTED will be visiting the Beacon Centre on Wednesday 8th May and Thursday 9th May 2019. Click here to see the letter giving further details.
Your views about the school are important to us
If you are a registered parent or carer of a pupil at the school (including pupils on sick leave or who are temporarily excluded), you can tell us your views about the school by completing Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, at: www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk.
Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school, including the progress made by your child, the quality of teaching, how the school deals with bullying and poor behaviour. It also provides a free-text box for you to make additional comments, if you wish. The inspectors will use the online survey responses when inspecting your child’s school. Written comments can also be sent to the school in a sealed envelope, marked confidential and addressed to the inspection team.
To register your views, you will need to provide your email address, which will be held securely. It will not be used for any purpose other than providing access to the online survey. Neither schools nor Ofsted will have access to any email addresses.
Please complete the online survey by 11am on 08 May 2019 as this will give the inspection team more time to consider your views. However, we will consider all online responses that are completed during the inspection, although the free-text box facility will not be available after noon on 09 May 2019.
Our secondary students have continued to enjoy and engage in boxing sessions at Keui – Ling Martial Arts!
The students helped each other to put on the wraps and tried out different boxing techniques. They listened well and fully participated in the sessions.
On Wednesday 1st May 2019, our secondary students had the opportunity to meet with ‘Street Doctors’, which is an organisation which works with young people to highlight the dangers of knife crime.
Our students were asked if they had ever witnessed anyone being stabbed. They were also asked if they knew what they should do to assist someone who had been stabbed.
The students were asked if they knew about different parts of the body, where they were located and what they thought would happen if someone was stabbed in these areas.
The students then took part in a practical activity using pints of black currant juice to represent pints of blood. The students were told that there are 10 pints of blood in the human body and then they discussed how the body would respond as it lost each pint of blood.
Our students discussed what should be done if someone has been stabbed. This included the steps that could be followed, the best position a person can be placed in to avoid further blood loss and the importance of getting professional help as soon as possible.
Just two simple steps can save a life:
Dial 999 and ask for an ambulance – Apply pressure to the wound.
Our students engaged fantastic in the session and provided their feedback.
The students involved will be getting certificates for their participation in the session.
“By highlighting the death and significant injury associated with violent crime, we help to discourage these young people from carrying weapons in the first place, as well as giving them the information they need to help them to dissuade their peers.”
For more information on Street Doctors please visit: https://streetdoctors.org/
Wednesday 24th April 2019
Welcome to the summer term/
All of the staff at The Beacon Centre hope you had a relaxing half term and are ready for school.
Key Thoughts:
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. (Colin Powell – https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/learning)
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.(Pele- https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/learning)
On Friday 5th April 2019 – secondary students and staff came together for an assembly to celebrate the end of term and to recognise the achievements of our students.
Students were awarded with certificates and Easter Eggs.
The celebrations included:
Tutor Group Awards
KS3a – Mason, ‘for his engagement at the farm’.
KS3b – Cameron, ‘for having a mint sense of humour’.
Year 10 – Molly, ‘for participation in parent’s day. Service with a smile!’
Year 11 – Katie, ‘for a positive start at your work placement.’
Easter Maths Challenge winners – Eliesha and Jessica.
Name the pony competition – Jay with the winning name of ‘Golden Amaretto’
1 month free boxing gift certificate from Kuei-Ling Martial Arts – Cameron and Jessica
Well Done to Cameron and Jessica!
Well done to all of our students for their engagement in their learning this term.
We hope you have a lovely Ester Holiday.
Exam timetable for our Year 11 students.
All of our students were asked if they wanted to join in the competition to give the pony a name!
Our students were told that the pony is a boy, his mum’s name is GOLDEN SUNSHINE and his Dad’s name is GOLDEN SHALIMAR.
On Thursday 4th April 2019 we took our students to Kuei-Ling Martial Arts for another boxing session.
It was a fantastic session, the students engaged fully with enthusiasm. At the end of the session, the coach complimented the students for their efforts and rewarded them each with a free month of boxing sessions. Well done!
Mrs Hudson handed the gift certificates to Cameron and Jessica during our celebration afternoon!
We are very proud of the achievements from our students!
Parent Consultations – 2nd April 2019 – ‘A Celebration Afternoon’
We would like to invite you to an open afternoon at the secondary school site on Tuesday 2nd April.
There will be an opportunity to join your child for lunch, look around the school and meet with the staff who work with your child to discuss their progress. A representative from the careers advisory service will also be there.
School will be providing lunch and hot drinks free of charge. In order to confirm numbers with the catering team, We would appreciate it if you could confirm your attendance and whether you would like to have a lunch.
The open afternoon will run from 12 noon until 4:30pm and you are welcome to arrive at anytime. Lunch will be served from 12 noon until 1pm. There will also be a free raffle.