Introduction Melanie Warnes, Principal
It may be an obvious, slightly clichéd thing to say, but schools are much more than the buildings that house those who teach and those who come to learn. A school is a community, it is a family, a support structure. In short, a school is its people – not just those who attend every day but those who are touched by what we do, included in what we do and those who are invited to be part of it. A school lives and thrives on the energy created by these interactions; those which take place between the student body and the staff and those between BSB and the world beyond the gates. As a community, as a family, we have faced some difficult and unsettling times since our last edition of Tapestry. But because we are a community, a family, we have pulled together and harnessed that energy to go forward, to progress and grow even when it seemed hard. That energy we create together, that belief in what we do and the commitment to what we want to achieve has been a driving force for BSB over the past two years, during which we all faced unprecedented challenges. These challenges may have taught us to be more cautious when it comes to the future, now we have seen what unanticipated obstacles can be thrown into our path and how our lives can be turned upside down in the blink of an eye. But we have also seen how, as a community, we have all risen to these challenges and have overcome them with courage and determination.
