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Upper School

Chiltern Toybank Collection

19 October 2020

We expect that boys have lots of toys at home that they no longer play with and that clutter up your homes. The good news…

Spooky Halloween Recipe

16 October 2020

Our Cooking and Nutrition teacher, Mrs Rowland, wanted to share this spookily easy-to-make recipe for Halloween savoury treats! Mummified Stuffed Peppers   Ingredients 12 mini…

Making an Impression

16 October 2020

A number of year groups at The Beacon have been studying Impressionism through their Creative and Performing Arts lessons this half term. Over the past…

Beacon Boys Pull Together for Local Community

12 October 2020

Last week, our Beacon family came together once again to give back to our local community. Our autumn donation day for the Chiltern Foodbank had…

National Poetry Day

1 October 2020

As part of National Poetry Day this year, the boys have taken part in a project called #haiflu. They have been writing Haikus, which are…

Art Club’s Impressive Sculpture

1 October 2020

Year 8 Art Club have been working incredibly hard on their sculpture this term. The boys have had lots of fun creating casts of the…

Year 8 Persuasive Poets

1 October 2020

This week, our Year 8 boys have been writing World War One recruitment speeches and performing them to the rest of the class. Hamish summarised…

The Art of Blending with Year 8

28 September 2020

Our Year 8 boys took their drawing skills to a new level this week as they experimented with soft pastel-blending techniques. The results were eye-opening!…

Our Beacon Boys Are Published Poets!

15 September 2020

We recently learnt that some of our talented Beacon Boys are now published poets! Award-winning poet, Joshua Seigal, who took part in the very popular…

Year 7 Team Building Day

8 September 2020

The Year 7 boys had their traditional Team Building day last week, albeit in different circumstances to previous years. Willsfield played host to eight separate…