Students and teachers at one school are continuing to champion online learning, following a hugely successful first term of 2021. St Bees School is proud to have once again received top feedback, with 14 teachers and 52 students sharing their thoughts on virtual learning, and how the school has coped. A survey showed that during the third lockdown, 80% of the 52 students reported that they were able to work well at home, and that more than 1,100 hours of lessons were conducted. To add to the mix, the school’s international students were also able to successfully continue their education alongside their peers across five different time zones and countries.
A HEAD teacher is set to discuss all things education with experts from across the UK. St Bees School headmaster, Roger Sinnett, is preparing himself for the conference, held by the Westminster Education Forum, after being invited to share the key priorities for the independent schools sector with other education experts, including government officials and MPs. Following the successful and swift introduction of online learning provisions during the March 2020 lockdown, Mr Sinnett will be expanding on how the school continued to prepare for further online learning opportunities; what the return to the classroom will look like, and ways in which schools should be supporting the mental wellbeing of their pupils.
St Bees pupils show how to bin it your way
St Bees School recently entered a social media video competition, run by litter education resource Bin It!
The competition, called Bin It Your Way, invited students to submit video entries demonstrating how they can help tackle the impact of littering on our environment.
After getting involved in the Bin It! roadshow last year, St Bees decided to give the Bin It Your Way competition a go.
Using their creativity students danced, cartwheeled and spun their litter to the bin.
Bin It! is an award-winning anti-litter educational roadshow, funded by Mars Wrigley, which normally visits around 240 schools a year with the aim of changing behaviour, making pupils more socially and environmentally aware about litter they may drop and encouraging them to put it in the bin instead.