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Parents of students in the Bedlington partnership have attended a super learning day workshop at Bedlingtonshire Community High School.

Sixth form students from Bedlingtonshire Community High School launched their first community magazine this week.

The High Sheriff of Northumberland has visited students at Bedlington High School.

Students from Bedlingtonshire Community High School have overcome local challenges and started their very own walking club. The team of twelve Year 9 students had to secure funding to purchase walking kit and arrange their own transport, and have succeeded in running their first day walk.

Students at Bedlingtonshire High School have spent the day preparing for the London 2012 Olympic Games with members of Team GB.

A candidate for local elections in Bedlington has spent the morning with students from Bedlingtonshire Community High School.

The BCHS Year 9 Mountaineering Club meets every Thursday after school.

A group of year 10 students from Bedlingtonshire community high School are celebrating this week after winning their local basketball league.

Do Be Websites.pdfStephen Reid from the Do-Be visited school today and worked with year 11 students on revision skills.

Many students expressed an interest in using some of the websites that Stephen talked about. If you'd like to visit those websites, click on the Word Document to find them.

On the list is Stephen's website, Do-Be.co.uk. On this site you'll find lots of information about preparing for you exams, studying and using MP4 technology to help you revise.

Go For It

BCHS and WSMS will be closed on Friday 8th January due to snow and poor road conditions.

School should be open on Monday for all year groups, unless otherwise stated. Year 12 and 13 exams should still take place and students should use this additional time to revise.

BCHS and WSMS will be closed on Wednesday 6th January and Thursday 7th January due to the poor weather.

Please keep an eye on this website, the Northumberland County Council Website and listen to local radio for further reports

A decision about school opening on Friday will be made by the headteacher on Thursday.

Students across Bedlington High School have a spent Global Enterprise Week preparing Christmas parcels for children in a school in Romanian.

Come join us in LSU 2 (Year 11 block) Every Morning from 8:30am to 9:00am


All items are 10p

Toast, cereal, pancakes, tea, hot chocolate

The Global Enterprise Market is in ful swing at Bedlington High School!

Students across the school enjoyed a bit if 'goulish fun' this Halloween!

S.O.S. Year 11 xl students want to help the troops in Afghanistan.

Who killed Louise?

Click on the link below to find out....

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/news/bedington_xl_diary_project.aspx

Check out the website below:

http://bedlington.journallive.co.uk/schools.html

Students and staff at Bedlington High School were celebrating this week after winning the Wansbeck Enterprising Schools award.

A new enterprise learning centre has opened in Bedlington. The Bedlington Enterprise Centre, located at Bedlington High School, is one of two new centres in the town.

Sixth formers thinking about using the Robinson Library at Newcastle University should check out the link below

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/about/access/joining/sixth_form.php

Bedlington High School has been nominated for a prestigious award by Northumberland Council. The school has been nominated for an enterprising schools award by the Wansbeck Enterprise Education Network.

Years 10, 11 and 13 will start back on Thursday 10th September at 0900. Years 7,8,9 and 12 will also be in school on Thursday. School will finish at 3:30pm.

Years 7,8,9 and 12 will start back on Wednesday 9th September at 0900. The school times will be as normal with school finishing at 2:30pm

Hundreds of students at Bedlington High School were celebrating today after getting their GCSE exam results. The school reached its tough target with 54% of students gaining 5 GCSE grades A*-C and 100% of students walking away with at least one GCSE.

Students at BCHS were celebrating today after they acheived a 96% A level pass rate!

A group of enterprising students from Bedlington High and Ashington High Schools have completed a gruelling ten day expedition in the Swiss Alps.

The department for children, schools and families have confirmed that three Bedlington Middle Schools can join Bedlington High School in becoming specialist maths and computing colleges.

Students from Bedlington First School have shown their enterprising spirit!

A team of students in the XL group have come up with an innovative way of dealing with potential bullying.

Next week is yer 10 assessment week. All year 10 students will have a formal test in each subject, please make sure that you revise.

Year 10 students have shown their enterprising spirit by building a new seating area for other students to enjoy.

Students from West Sleekburn Middle School in Bedlington have swapped their exercise books for computer consoles to aid their learning.

The BCHS website has been identified as an example of good practice by one of the region leading web designers.

A group of enterprising sixth form student have been hard at work raising money.

'Treat every new script as a classic and every classic as a brand new script', is one example of the insightful and interesting tips that Richard Twyman of the RSC offered the Year 12 and 13 drama students prior to our performance of 'Blackout' on Wednesday 25th March.

Students from 7FM organised a logo design competition. The winning design was printed onto water bottles to be sold to raise money for UNICEF.

Kind hearted students donate all their Cottage pies to Bedlington Salvation Army.

Head coach of the Newcastle Eagles Basketball team, Fabulous Flournoy dropped into BCHS to demonstrate his skills and chat to students this week.

Watch out for exciting information!

Dr Ernesto Sirolli, an Italian entrepreneur and author of the best-selling entrepreneur's book, 'Ripples from the Zambezi' has visited the new enterprise centre at Bedlington High School.

Students from West Sleekburn Middle school have been busy making soap for a Valentine's day enterprise market

A group of year 8 students from West Sleekburn Middle School have spent the day working as computer games designers.

A group of sixth form students from Bedlington High School are celebrating after showcasing their work at a regional enterprise event.

Students from BCHS and WSM are fully engaged in Enterprise Week

Students from West Sleekburn Middle School have spent a day taking part in their own 'mini olympics'.

Year 8 students from Meadowdale Middle School have spent a morning visiting Bedlington High School.

Parents of year 7, 8 and 9 students are invited to come into school to meet with staff and chat about the start of this academic year.

Year 7 & 8 parents drop in will be from 6pm to 7pm on Tuesday 30th
Year 9 drop in will be from 6pm to 7pm on Thursday 2nd October.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Staff and students are celebrating this week after BCHS passed its OFSTED inspection.

School Principal, Kieran McGrane told us about it. "The inspection is a chance for the students and staff to show how great BCHS really is. We had a team of four inspectors working with us and they were very pleased with what they've seen." The inspection report is on its way to parents and members of school community and will be available from the school website.

A group of sixth form students have organised an art gallery and sale at a local church hall in Bedlington this week. The students used pieces of work that they have produced over the year a long with other examples of work.

Year 9 students have recently spent a day learning about life saving skills as part of a short first aid course studied at Bedlington High School. The students learned about the recovery position, how to go through a basic check of vital signs and how to check a casualty for other injuries.

Year 9 student, Emma Barnfather really enjoyed the day. "I'd never done anything like this before." She said. "I feel that I've learned some important life skills, things that go beyond just lessons or classroom."

The session was lead by air cadets from 346 (Tynemouth) Squadron, who all hold first aid qualifications.

Year 8 students from across the Bedlington partnership descended on BCHS recently as the high school welcomed their new year 9 intake. West Sleekburn Middle school also welcomed a new cohort of year 5 students, recently arrived from their first schools.

This was the first time that new first school and middle school students had visited the schools, which are on the same site.

Over 300 students from years 7,8 and 9 have taken part in an enterprise challenge day. The day, organised by Benet Enterprises, gave students an opportunity to visit local companies and businesses in the Wansbeck area.

The students started their day with a tour of local businesses, such as ray tek, a local company that started with only three staff and is now a leading light in the security camera industry. Students had the chance to ask local entrepreneurs what it takes to set up and run their own business. Over 20 local businesses worked with students including Ray Tek, Zodiac, Tesco and the Half Moon.