Biddenham International School & Sports College

Dear Parent/Carer

I am writing to invite parents, guardians and carers of registered pupils at Biddenham International School & Sports College to put their names forward for election to serve as a parent governor, or to nominate another parent.

The governing body of our school is made up of parents, staff, and other members of the community. The governors, along with the Head Teacher, are responsible for a wide range of matters affecting the life of the school and the work of the pupils. Parents may be interested in the overall governing body and how it is made up. There are:

Important Notification for Parents and Carers

Please be aware that your son or daughter is scheduled to sit their Controlled Assessment Essay w/c Monday 6th February.

• Students in Miss Bissell’s 11N/H1 class and Mrs Warburton’s 11K/H1 class will be sitting the assessment on Monday 6th February.
• Students in Miss Bissell’s 11L/H1 class and Mr Tierney’s 11M/H1 class will be sitting the assessment on Tuesday 7th February.

We will be inviting students to arrive on the day from 7.30am for a prompt start at 8am and they will work on their Controlled Assessment essay until 5.30pm as detailed in the schedule below:

Dear Parents and Carers

Our SCRIPT for Experience days continue this academic year and the second one is on Friday February 3rd with a key focus on the continued development of the personal, learning and thinking skills of our students. As ever, we aim to produce young people who have the skills and ability to cope with the demands of a complex, fast moving and ever-changing society and we strongly believe that our work in this area will help develop those skills.

Each year group are focussing on key themes that will be explored and students will develop a greater understanding of the importance of these key skills and how they can apply them to the tasks set.

The focus of each theme is outlined below.

Biddenham International School and Westfield Middle School, both Specialist Sports Colleges in Bedford, have been awarded a grant of £5800 to support other schools in their area to also get involved in London 2012 and make the most of opportunities available through the official London 2012 education programme ‘Get Set’.

Schools across England that are engaged with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were invited to apply for a grant of up to £8,800. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have worked closely with the Department for Education, who are funding the scheme, called ‘Plan your 2012’. ‘Plan your 2012’ offers schools that join the London 2012 ‘Get Set network’ reward and recognition scheme the chance to share their passion for the Games, inspiring and engaging other schools, young people and building partnerships across their community.

Biddenham and Westfield are members of the Get Set network and their bid was one of the 125 grants awarded, selected from over 600 schools who applied.