A FINAL WORD

Making the Most of your Time at the BSB

If you want to enjoy your time at the BSB, you need to do a lot more than simply study for your academic subjects. Our Year 10 and 11 students throw themselves into many fantastic extracurricular and social opportunities, from sporting to creative, charitable to musical, and everything else in between. Our expectation is that you will contribute to the school community, acting as a role model to younger students and contributing to the success of the school. We will provide opportunities for you to get involved, and encourage you to do so.

What Happens Between Now and August 2022?

You are at the beginning of a five month process to choose your GCSE and BTEC subjects. The first stage is to continue your studies, work hard, and do as well as you possibly can in all of your subjects.

The options process begins with you starting to investigate the range of subjects on offer here at BSB. In year 10 we offer fifteen optional courses of which you will take 3. The first thing is therefore to investigate all the courses to decide if they are right for you, The options website is available for your to look through where all the subjects we offer have included a video which explains the course, the assessments and the things you will learn.

Once the school has created suitable option blocks, you will be asked to make a decision about the blend of subjects you wish to take. This will take place in March. Please note that we will not be able to satisfy everyone with the option blocks, and remember that subjects that do not make the minimum number of students may not run. We will inform you if we feel that one or more of the subjects you have chosen may not run in August.

Who Should I Contact If I Have Further Questions?

VANESSA WILLIAMS Head of Year 9 williamsv@thebsbh.com

MR. THOMAS WEEKS-BARNITT Director of Sixth Form barnittt@thebsbh.com

MR. Kenneth Winstanley Deputy Head winstanleyk@thebsbh.com