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I popped into Miss Collins’ classroom during Character Development Coach time a few weeks ago to see how things were going and ended up staying for the duration, as a result...
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I popped into Miss Collins’ classroom during Character Development Coach time a few weeks ago to see how things were going and ended up staying for the duration, as a result...
Posted by Graeme Searle
It was a privilege to visit all Year 7 Character Development Groups for their CDC time at the start of the week last week and see all students so engaged with the activities...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
So as we come to the end of the 2 weeks of vertical tutoring each student has had the opportunity to take part in a wide range of activities during their Character Development...
Posted by Matthew O'Kelly
It has been a real privilege to see first hand all students engaging positively in the vertical Character Development Groups created for our annual Vertical Tutoring Fortnight....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Head of House Mr Piper and Associate Leader Mr O’Kelly led the Friday Faculty Focus last Friday to prepare all staff for this year’s vertical tutoring fortnight. In mixed age...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our Friday morning silent reading sessions in Character Development Time (CDC Time) are now becoming an embedded part of the way we are strengthening our key literacy agenda at...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to walk through some outstanding Year 7 morning Character Development sessions this week and see some of our inspiring Character Development Coaches engaging all...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We now call our Form Tutors ‘Character Development Coaches’ so that their title truly reflects the hugely important role that they have in our superb school. They have never just...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Every week our Character Development Coaches (previously called Form Tutors) lead a variety of 20 morning sessions with their House teams and attend a weekly Main School, House...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Each morning the school day starts with 20 minutes quality time in tutor groups during which students follow a programme of activities including careers guidance, PSHE and...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
I popped into Miss Collins’ classroom during Character Development Coach time a few weeks ago to see how things were going and ended up staying for the duration, as a result of the lovely activity students were involved in and the positive atmosphere it created.
Miss Collins gave every student a pile of post-it notes and asked them to write down anything they had done at school that they were proud of during the first half term. Students then had to stick them on a flip-chart stand and Miss Collins selected a few to read to the class to initiate discussion and a round of applause.
The session finished with a short video that Miss Collins had put together by way of a highlight reel of the first half term at BMS. The students loved watching this and it created a lovely atmosphere which I imagine remained with the students throughout the entire day.
Every week our Character Development Coaches (previously called Form Tutors) lead a variety of 20 morning sessions with their House teams and attend a weekly Main School, House...
Our school always falls silent at 8.40 am on Friday morning every week as we dedicate 20 minutes in the busyness of our lives to reading. Some CDC groups read a set text together...