Headmaster's

Message

Another Return and a Notable Departure!

Yet again, it has been a joyful week on campus, with all cohorts of BMGS students re-engaged with face to face learning. My words from last week are now even more relevant. Almost all students were among their friends; smiling, laughing and learning. Almost all teachers were back where they love to be; in the same room as their students, facilitating interpersonal learning activities and seeing the outcomes on students’ faces so that they know that they are making a difference in students’ lives. Are we back to normal? Not quite, but, we are close!

 

To cap the week off we celebrated World Teachers' Day and never was there a more appropriate week to do so. BMGS teachers have been fabulous throughout lockdown and equally fabulous now that learning has returned to campus. They deserve all the thanks, encouragement, commendation and honour that a school community could ever shower upon its teachers. They also deserve the special goodies (cooked by Matthew, our amazing chef) that magically appeared for them today.

 

The week was made yet more memorable in the Senior School, by modified House Farewells for Year 12 students. These diligently planned and extraordinarily intimate gatherings abound with tradition and significance and are one of the highlights of our Year 12 students’ School experience that we were committed to reproducing in one form or another. Heads of our six Houses carried on these longstanding traditions with their Year 12 students and their Tutor whilst the rest of the House (Years 7-11) watched on in Zoom-land, participating in whatever way they could. 

 

We have now sent Year 12 off to leap their final hurdle and their teachers will continue to support them as they do so. I would ask every member of this community to also support them in whatever way you can, not least of which, I would suggest, is to pray for them.

 

This was a very special day at the end of a very special week!

 

Per Ardua Ad Altiora

 

Mr Ian Maynard

Headmaster