This Week at School This week our pupils celebrated their first Pancake Day at the School by making their own pancakes! For some of our pupils this was their first time flipping a pancake. We are happy to report that all pancakes landed safely back in the pan! Have a look on our Facebook page for more photos! Great fun was … Read More
St Bees School Enters Next Positive Phase of Development
Press Release: St Bees School enters the next positive phase of development St Bees School is pleased to announce that at this key time in its development, the senior leadership team is being strengthened by an experienced international educationalist, Mr Roger Sinnett. From 18 March, Mr Sinnett will take up the post of Headmaster at St Bees School. He will … Read More
Full Circle Newsletter St Bees School Issue 28
School Update This week the pupils returned from their half-term break eager to continue building on the excellent work of the previous half of the term. You can read below about how their chocolate space-craft challenge went! Spring certainly seems to have arrived and we are sure you will agree, the grounds of the School are beautiful with the spring … Read More
Full Circle Newsletter St Bees School Issue 27
Headmaster’s Update This week marks the halfway point in the school year as we look back on what we have achieved and forward to what we now need to do. It was good to see some new faces in school this week as we had children doing entrance tests in anticipation of joining us in September 2019 – we shall … Read More
Full Circle Newsletter St Bees School Issue 26
Headmaster’s Update I was delighted to receive a letter this week from an Old St Beghian who left these Great British shores more than 40 years ago for a new life in Australia. The children enjoyed hearing Nigel Parker’s memories of life at St Bees School in the 1950s, and were very interested in how the boys spent their time … Read More
Full Circle Newsletter St Bees School Issue 25
Headmaster’s Update February brings us to the half-way point in the school year. Lots of things have happened since September, and a vast amount of work has been done. All of those connected with St Bees School have worked incredibly hard to make it a success. Visitors so often comment on how good the school looks and the nice feeling … Read More
Full Circle Newsletter St Bees School Issue 22
Happy New Year. We are looking forward to 2019! In Roman mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings, transitions, doorways, and so on. He is usually shown as having two faces as he looks both back and forward. This is the reason we start our calendar with January, a time when people traditionally look back on the old year and … Read More
Issue 21 – Full Circle Newsletter
Looking Back at the Term It seems like only yesterday that we were planning for opening, but now we arrive at the end of our first term…and what a term it has been! It was wonderful to see so many people in the chapel on the first day as we joined together to start on our adventure; and then to … Read More
Issue 20 – Full Circle Newsletter
Festivities Christmas is approaching fast and we have had a week packed with festive fun here at St Bees School. Some of you will have noticed the Christmas tree that is now standing tall in the quad. We have been told that this is the first time a Christmas tree has been placed there, and we have had so many … Read More
Issue 19 – Full Circle Newsletter
Open Day Update On Saturday 24th November we held our first Open Day since officially opening. It was a pleasure to see many people come to the School to discover more about what we are doing. Our visitors got to try their hand in a science experiment in the chemistry lab as well as a swift lesson in Mandarin Chinese … Read More
