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• Friday 17 January 2025 #BowGivesBack Thank you to all of our students, staff and families for all of your amazing contributions during our first #BowGivesBack week in the final week of term.
• Wednesday 15 January 2025 Meet and Greet Kaeilah and Noor, our talented A Level Art students, were invited to take part in a workshop in response to the Peter Kennard exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery.
• Monday 13 January 2025 Free laptops pave the way for Bow School pupils to become World and Career Ready Students at Bow School received free laptops thanks to the school’s partnership with a local digital inclusion project that will give them access to otherwise unavailable learning opportunities.
• Thursday 9 January 2025 Grayson Perry We're so pleased how these turned out! The students in Year 10 GCSE Art have been looking at Grayson Perry's work and inspiration. They have made their own alter egos like Perry's Alan Measles teddy.
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 Jack Petchey The Jack Petchey Foundation was set up to inspire and motivate young people and recognise them for their achievements. Last term, our winners were awarded for displaying our school values in practice.
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 Primary Partnerships Last week, we were thrilled to welcome Year 4 pupils from Old Palace Primary School to our school for an exciting electricity workshop! This came as part of our Primary Programme and efforts in forging strong partnerships with our local primaries.
• Monday 6 January 2025 The Beautiful Truth - The Poetry Patchwork We are pleased to share that Bow student Arian (9M1) was named one of the winners of the Young Writers poetry competition. His poem, Compassion, will be published in the book The Beautiful Truth – The Poetry Patchwork.
• Friday 3 January 2025 Chess Club Last term, we began to run chess club this term for KS3 and have some very extraordinary players, we appreciate their enthusiasm and determination to verse each other with great sportsmanship and learn from every game. We aim to have a Chess tournament this term so we are looking forward to that!.
• Wednesday 1 January 2025 Determination and Responsibility This week, we gave our Year 10's recognition for showing great #Determination and #Responsibility on completing their maths assessment, even on the last week of the term.
• Friday 20 December 2024 Guess the Baubles Competiton We are pleased to share the ‘Guess the number of baubles’ results. The correct answer was 60, and five students got it right: Ahsan (8T1), Yaseen(8P1), Jannat (8M2), Ruba (B1), and Sulaiman (9B1).
• Thursday 19 December 2024 Craft Club Here is the result of the first craft club at Bow.
• Wednesday 18 December 2024 Sew and Chat As part of our series of Parent Events and Ambassador programme, parents enjoyed taking part in Sew and Chat workshop. A highly popular course, allowing parents to have fun & develop embroidery skills. They also decorated canvas bags, which will donated to the Bow Food Bank."Thank you allowing us to do embroidery workshop. I don’t normally attend these workshop but now I’m regretting why haven’t attended before. I truly appreciate and enjoyed every detail of the embroidery workshop and met wonderful parent whom I’ve made great friendship with. I honestly will miss everyone involved especially Mrs Fahmidah. Thank for being a wonderful teacher and also a great friends too!" Parent feedback #LifeAtBow #ParentAmbassadors
• Monday 16 December 2024 Trip to The Science Museum Earlier this term, our STEM club students ventured to The Science Museum, on a trip that truly explored the wonders of science.
• Friday 13 December 2024 Seasons Greetings! Seasons greetings, from all at Bow School! Our Christmas tree is up in the atrium, and there is certainly a feeling of festivity in the air. As such, the importance of generosity and kindness, alongside our school value of responsibility permeates the community. The last week of term will be our very first Bow Gives Back week, we would like to ask families, if you are able to, to donate items listed below which we will be dividing between Whitechapel Mission, a local homelessness charity, and Bow Foodbank.
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Library Festivities The student librarians and staff have created a booktree in the Library for Christmas - an incredible way to inspire reading over the Christmas period!
• Monday 9 December 2024 World Book Day 2025 It might be a while away yet, but we are excited to share that renowned author Jennifer Killick will be visited Bow School for World Book Day 2025! Her books are very popular amongst students at Bow, so we look forward to what is sure to be an engaging and interesting visit! #LifeAtBow #JoyOfReading
• Tuesday 3 December 2024 Anti-Bullying-Ambassadors & Anti-Bullying Wek The Anti-Bullying-Ambassadors led assemblies last week for Anti-Bullying Week.They did an amazing job, showing #courage, #adaptability, #determination, #respect and teamwork to lead assemblies to each year group.We are incredibly proud of the work they have done in making Bow a bully-free environment. They have received praise from staff and students alike. Well done ABA's! #LifeAtBow
• Wednesday 27 November 2024 Crest Award Bronze Students were able to stretch and enrich their STEM studies by participating & successfully completing the Crest Award Bronze project.Students demonstrated an innovative approach, carrying out a investigation, collecting results and writing a report and reflecting on their work. #STEMEducation #LifeAtBow #Determination
• Wednesday 20 November 2024 Celebrating 10 Years Last week, we celebrated 10 years in our school building, with an incredible cake baked and decorated by Jiyaad in Year 10.Our school building facilities are state-of-the-art, although we are not sure it compares to Jiyaad's fantastic cake! #LifeAtBow
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Remembrance Yesterday, our senior prefects delivered a moving Remembrance Service to the whole school. #lestweforget??
• Wednesday 6 November 2024 Whole School Council Our students are able to flourish as leaders through a wide range of leadership opportunities, including our whole School Council.Last week, School Council took all of the important issues raised by the student body to Mr Lye for consideration.#LifeAtBow #Respect #Responsibility
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Anti-Bullying Ambassadors Today saw Bow School hosting the Diana Award and five other schools for Anti-Bullying Ambassador training. The day went very well, with staff from other schools and The Diana Award complementing our students on their confidence and exemplary behaviour. We are so proud of every single Anti-Bullying Ambassador that we now have at Bow School. Our ambassadors are equipped with the skills, determination and knowledge to lead positive change around the school. They will be beginning their work after half term break! #LifeAtBow #AmbassadorsOfTheFuture
• Thursday 17 October 2024 National Museum of Computing Year 10 Computer Science students embarked on a trip to the National Museum of Computing this month.During this trip students had the opportunity to expand on their understanding of Robotics and AI, see first-hand what the first computer looked like and how it processed data, visualise the degree of shrinkage in hardware and appreciate the advancements of what computers were able to do and what they are able to do now.It was a great experience that students thoroughly enjoyed and will find incredibly valuable towards their studies.
• Tuesday 8 October 2024 What Our Community Says
• Thursday 3 October 2024 Year 11 Manifestation Our Year 11 students have come together to manifest and hold themselves accountable for their own expectations and what they would like to achieve. We are incredibly proud of their ambition and ethic! #WorldAndCareerReady #LifeAtBow
• Friday 27 September 2024 Congratulations Kitty! Year 7 Bow student Kitty decided to fundraise for an incredible charity CHECT - who specialise in helping children who have had and those who are battling with eye cancer. The charity is very close to Kitty's heart as she bravely faced, and won, her own battle with this disease from 9 weeks old!
• Monday 16 September 2024 Bronze Crest Award Project
• Thursday 12 September 2024 STEM Club Quality Mark Research tells us that young people are the future of our society, and agents for social change. As such, the education they receive must equip them with the knowledge and skills for the future and provide them with a skill set so powerful they can succeed across all sectors. At Bow, STEM Education provides hands-on learning experiences and real-world applications, to prepare our students to become successful leaders whichever pathway they choose to pursue.
• Monday 9 September 2024 UCL Engineering Festival On Thursday 18th July 2024, Year 7, 8 & 9 STEM Club students who were working towards the Crest award project, Formula 1 Cars project attended The UCL Engineering festival at UCL as part of their enrichment programme.
• Thursday 5 September 2024 Heritage Day 2024 Before the summer holidays commenced, we hosted Heritage Day 2024, and it was a huge success! Thank you so much to those who celebrated their heritage through their dress, those who brought in (delicious) food, and those who came and bought it!
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