Year 8

It only seems like a few short weeks ago that Year 7 students were going through transition themselves and I am so pleased that they have been able to use their experiences to share pearls of wisdom with Year 6 students.

Each form nominated a winner in our 'Letters or poems to our Year 6 selves'. We created a video which was then shared with the Year 6 students, and Miss Hand has assured me that the students were so grateful to hear these.

YEAR 7

FOOTBALL

I'm sure you have heard a lot about the boys football league over the last few weeks, thanks to Mr Sewill over 40 of the Year 7 boys have been able to participate in this league every week.

It has been a source of many conversations and the semi-finals and final will be played on Monday 4th July when we will crown the champions. Due to the success of this, we hope to include a girls league next year too.

I am so pleased that we finally got to reward our students with the community trip to Warner Brothers last week. I know we had a lot of fun on the roller coasters, winning capes and teddy bears and eating all the sugar. I was so proud of the way Year 7 students represented BSAK. They are such fantastic ambassadors and I would not hesitate to support trips in the future with them.

COMMUNITY TRIP

It has been an absolute pleasure to support Year 7 through their first year in secondary, to see the way they have involved themselves in every aspect of secondary school and I will miss greeting them every morning at St Andrew's gate and during break and lunchtimes. They never cease to amaze me with their thoughtful insights, or make me smile with their bad jokes. I know that I am passing the torch to Miss Hunkin next year and I have made her very aware of the amazing year group that she is taking on.

Thank you for all of your continued support this year. Wishing you all a restful summer break and goodbye to those families leaving us this year.

Congrats to Joude for winning the Y7 top House Points award this term.

MR RUAIRI CARR HEAD OF YEAR 8

As the curtain draws on my time at BSAK it is a perfect time to reflect on what has been an amazing couple of years with the Year 8 students. With Pizza Parties, awards, Warner Brothers trips, music concerts and sporting fixtures returning, I can safely say we are coming out the other side of the Covid regulations that have stifled the start to secondary school for the students. It is amazing how well your sons and daughters have persevered through challenging times and you should all be very proud of the mature young adults they are becoming, I know I am.

I wish all of you good luck, and I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr Brammer to the Year 8 team. I know you will love having him as Head of Year and I am sure he will nurture the students' success over the coming year.

Good friends never say goodbye, they say see you soon. So to the BSAK community, I say, see you soon.

YEAR 8 SUMMER TERM

TOP HP WINNER

The Summer Term top House Point Winner for Year 8 is Emma Clews.

Emma received a 50Dhs voucher to spend at the cafe for lunch with 2 of her friends and a 50dhs voucher to spend at Virgin. Congratulations!

YEARS 7 & 8 AR CLIMBER

COMPETITION

To support the Accelerated Reader Program for Year 7 and 8s, the Secondary Library Team launched "Be An AR Climber' Competition” I am extremely pleased to announce this year’s winners were from Year 8. Drum roll please.......

1st Highest AR Climber : Noor El-Banna

AR Points Achieved : 1017.4

2nd Highest AR Climber : Leena El-Huni

AR Points Achieved : 917.5

3rd Highest AR Climber : Aaliya Fazil

AR Points Achieved : 735.3

Huge congratulations to you all!

BON VOYAGE

MR CARR

Thank You for Everything Mr Carr, we have truly appreciated your support since day 1, you have taken us from Zoom all the way to a full timetable in school, you must be super proud of yourself! You will be missed and wish you all the best for the future, maybe in Year 9 we will understand what is said in assemblies. Much Love 8CE!

Mr Carr, 8 Chimera wishes you an amazing time on your new journey and a great time in Ireland. We are all grateful for your contributions to our year group and wish you weren’t leaving; we will always remember you and hope you won’t forget us or BSAK . H ere are some random emojis for you to say goodbye. 8CH

Wishing Ruairi all the best on his next adventure in Ireland, as a colleague it has been great working with you as our Head of Year supporting the students pastorally. Enjoy the Emerald Isle! 8GR

A school is not just bricks and mortar but the teachers that teach there as their influence extends much beyond the classroom. Thank you Mr Carr, for inspiring us daily and for being the teacher and mentor you were. We will all miss you! 8HY

Mr Carr looks after us and helps us deal with our problems. He is too tall, funny, selfless and makes us smile every day. Sometimes he has to be tough on us, but we know it helps us in the long run. Thank you for being a great head of year, we will really miss you. 8PE

It's been fantastic having you as our Head of Year Mr Carr. From ‘Are you Smarter than a Year 6?’ to last week's Warner Brothers trip, you've been there for us and made us laugh at every step. Good luck in your new adventures!