On Saturday 5 June St Bart’s students took part in the Eton Fives Ladies Seniors National Championships held at Eton. With 5 pairs competing in total, 3 Year 11 girls took on some of the best Fives players in the country. The girls did themselves proud.

On Wednesday 26 May we were delighted to be able to run our interview skills day for Year 11. This event had been cancelled in November and again in February due to Covid restrictions. Prior to the day students spent time in their PDP sessions examining skills required for work, researching career choices, producing CV’s and letters of application. On the day students were given a mock interview and then had the opportunity to talk to their interviewers and receive feedback on their performance.

A huge thank you to all students that submitted entries to the Bart’s Against Bullying logo competition. We had a large number of entries and the standard was really high. The winning design was chosen by Ms Mortimore so congratulations to joint winners, Anna Kaesser (13E5) & Wiktoria Maj (13D6).

Friday 28 May saw the final day of school for our Year 13 cohort. In what has been a far from normal year the students still kept up the age old tradition of donning interesting, fun and creative costumes for a Covid safe parade.  The students convened outside the foyer to take photos with friends and to say goodbye to their teachers.

Volunteering is a key part of the DofE programme. Despite the challenges of the pandemic young people have continued to give their time to help others. As part of Volunteers Week and in recognition of 611 hours (worth £2780.05) volunteering by St Bart’s students we have been sent this certificate. Congratulations to all involved!

During the half term break, Year 7 and 8 students were invited to take part in an activity camp aimed at developing team work and social skills with an emphasis on having fun. Over the two days 160 students were involved in a variety of activities including

With the main Ten Tors event on Dartmoor cancelled, a committed group of six Year 10 students continued with their training as best they could through lockdown in order to complete an alternative St Bart’s 35 mile challenge.

The weather at the start was not kind, as they set off from Old Burghclere in full waterproofs and with full expedition kit at 8am on the morning of Saturday 8 May in pouring rain.

Last Saturday Evers siblings Jacob (8E2) and Euan (10E3) finally realised a much delayed plan (due to COVID) to complete a ‘Brutal Run’ and raise money for charity CALM (Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Movement).

Joined by friend Jack (8E2) they took on the Brutal promise of “water, mud and hills”.

We are delighted to announce that the following have been appointed Head Students for this year; Head Students: Emily & Joel. Deputies: Connor, Lucy & Eloise

The students went through a rigorous selection process, including an application letter and action plan, giving a hustings speech to all of Y12, a group activity and an interview with Ms Mortimore, Ms Allen, Mrs Lane and the current head students.

The Sixth Form team have been working together to help support Y13 as they take their final assessments. Mrs Talbot has been posting positive and supportive messages on Instagram, to let Y13 know we are thinking about them. Miss Howes and Mrs Austin Smith stuck more positive messages around the study areas to inspire them, and also created some beautiful posies (using flowers from Mrs Lane's garden) to cheer up the students and add some colour to the foyer - with some beautiful cards kindly donated by Miss Ostrowski!