SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT:

WORTHING DIGITAL TEAM – 1:1 IPAD, BOHUNT TIMES, APPLE COLLABORATION

Following national media coverage in the Guardian of the innovative technology teaching of Bohunt Schools in Liphook and Worthing, Bohunt School Worthing is proud to report on the success of its 1:1 iPad scheme.

This is in no small part to their team of student Digital Leaders. This group of students from years 7-10 are committed to pushing the school forward and getting value for money out of the iPads: they are an incredibly hard-working and motivated group of young people who offer help and advice to students and staff through drop-in services and in lesson support. This year, the team has met with key staff in school to identify ways to improve communication and reduce staff workload in school.

The Bohunt Times is a daily e-newspaper produced by the Digital Leader student team every morning and distributed prior to afternoon registration via the Google Classroom app. Staff send messages in to the team for communication to the entire student body. The Bohunt Times news team launched the school’s daily e-newspaper early this year. Each day any messages from staff to the students are shared via the daily issues along with jokes, updates on the weather and current news stories.

Following the success of the daily e-newspaper, the Digital Leaders expanded their brand and have recently launched The Bohunt Times Live, a newscast played via the Google Classroom app during registration time which uses the latest in green screen and video editing software to produce a professional broadcast with consistent branding apparent throughout the different media.

The Bohunt Times team continues to innovate and bring forward new ideas. In June 2018, the team broadcast their first livestream via YouTube: a live cook along event to launch the school’s Healthy Eating Week initiative that has now had almost 600 views.

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Following the success of its Digital Leaders initiative, Bohunt School Worthing has also hosted a pioneering technology event, attended by a representative from Apple Education.

The event included an introduction to the senior digital leader team and a full briefing on the achievements of the digital leaders to date. The team were keen to receive professional advice and guidance regarding the quality and professionalism of their daily news articles, live broadcasts via youtube and plans for the future of The Bohunt Times. The representative from Apple then witnessed history in the making and offered advice during the editing stages of a new Bohunt Times video broadcast. The visit culminated with the digital leaders inviting him into a range of classrooms to see the iPads being used to enhance the learning experiences of our students. Innovative use through Google Expeditions in Geography highlighted how the use of technology is changing education at Bohunt Worthing.

Assistant Headteacher Mr Jones said, “We are extremely proud of our digital leaders and their innovative use of technology to inspire other students at the school”

“We pride ourselves on developing game-changers who are willing to take risks and take iPad use to a new level as an educational tool”

Louis Rowe, Senior Digital Leader said, “Niel was impressed with the amount of technology Bohunt School Worthing as a whole was using to enhance the learning experience”.

Bohunt School Worthing and Bohunt Education Trust are hugely proud of the work their students are doing to make the most of the technology available to them, and are extremely excited to see what the future holds for the team.

View the Bohunt Times’ livestream on the BET YouTube channel.

Bohunt Education Trust (BET) held their inaugural cross-trust evening of dance and drama in May at The Petersfield School (TPS). The event showcased talent in dance and preforming arts across BET’s growing network of schools. It was a great platform for students to interact with each other, explore ideas and techniques and form new friendships.

Friends and family gathered at TPS’s Studio, a modern facility that hosts a wide range of events for all ages including dance classes and weekly film showings. The bill included 40 year 9 students from four BET schools including Bohunt Priory, TPS, Bohunt School and Bohunt Worthing.

The entertaining evening began with a modern dance routine called ‘Captive’ by TPS. The schools’ performances demonstrated a range of styles and genres from tap to street dance. The evening also included performances from drama students, including extracts from Romeo & Juliet (TPS) and progressively more modern pieces such as ‘Sparkleshark by Philip Ridley (Bohunt Worthing). Overall the crowd were treated to 15 thoroughly enjoyable performances.

All in all, the evening was seen as a great success by all involved and staff and students are eager to continue the tradition.

Freya Hillman (TPS) said, ‘The evening was an amazing experience. It was really fun to create a new dance and meet new people from all the other schools across the trust’

Roux Hardcastle (Worthing) said, ‘it was really fun working towards this evening and being able to perform in front of a crowd was great preparation for my GCSE Drama course.’

‘The whole event was a great success as it allowed students across BET to express themselves and engage with a crowd. It was great to see and hear about how rewarding the students found the experience and how excited they are for future opportunities like this. It is tremendously exciting that we will be hosting many more events like this.’

Mark Marande (Headteacher of TPS):

‘We were pleased to host this evening at TPS and I am extremely proud of all the students for representing BET to such a high standard of performing arts. The whole event ran seamlessly and it’s safe to say everyone involved left with a smile on their face. We look forward to the next cross-BET evening.