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Baker’s Beacon Blog

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 26

19 April 2024

Dear Parents, Welcome back to Summer Term at The Beacon.  Lots of revision for Patrick and Joseph over the holiday  – some independently motivated, some…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 24

22 March 2024

Dear Parents, As the weather improves, I have been leaving the bike trainer and World of Zwift behind to venture outdoors in preparation for our…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 23

15 March 2024

Dear Parents, I’d like to think this column is a breezy, light touch narrative on the world of The Beacon.  It’s unashamedly jingoistic at times…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 22

8 March 2024

Dear Parents, What a week it has been, celebrating all things literacy with our annual ‘Festival of Words’ organised with typical enthusiasm and creativity by…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 21

1 March 2024

Dear Parents, After over 15 years of dedicated service to The Beacon, Ivan van Rooyen, our much loved Head of DT will be hanging up…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 20

23 February 2024

Dear Parents, The Bakers did little over Half Term, but I was suitably entertained with the regular commentary coming through on the 1st XI Cricket…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 19

8 February 2024

Dear Parents, The sad news about King Charles’s cancer diagnosis has dominated the news this week and has allowed us all to reflect on those…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 18

2 February 2024

Dear Parents, Anyone who was following ‘The Traitors’, as I was, would no doubt have felt a bit empty this week with no Wednesday, Thursday…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 17

26 January 2024

Dear Parents, I’ve never been someone that needs much sleep but even for me, this has not been a good sleep week. Brigid states clearly…

Baker’s Beacon Blog – Week 16

19 January 2024

Dear Parents, Our Year 7 boys have experienced their very own educational revolution this term with the provision of one-to-one devices.  Giving school children ‘screens’…