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Kingsley School Bideford Scholarship Days – 28th & 29th January 2021
SCHOLARSHIP DAYS 2021 Reminder: we will be holding our Scholarship Assessment days this week, on the 28th and 29th January, for September 2021 entry into Year 7, 9 and 12. This year we will be structuring the scholarship assessment days differently; candidates will...

Getting through lockdown III together at Kingsley School Bideford – school day #8
Getting through lockdown together - school day #8: be a penguin! Every week the Prep School are focussing on a 'Learning to Learn' animal and next week they are trying to be like penguins and show resilience. This is an important trait to think about developing for...

Getting through lockdown III together – school day #7
Getting through lockdown III together - school day #7: the joys of baking @RiverCottageHQ 10 minute chocolate chip cookies and giving to others. Providing a sense of normalcy is what many of us are craving right now. We usually bake for happy occasions, so it is...

Getting through lockdown III together at Kingsley School Bideford – school day #6
Cooking for family and neighbours during lockdown Over the last year, many of us have been baking lots! Move over banana bread, it appears that cookies are taking centre stage this time! So, if you're on the lookout for the ultimate cookie recipe, get baking with...

Getting through lockdown III together at Kingsley School Bideford – school day #5
Perhaps one of the toughest things about lockdown for many of us is not being able to see friends and family. It is so important to try and stay connected even if we cannot physically be together. There are lots of ways of doing this, such as: * Video calling -...
Getting through lockdown III together at Kingsley School Bideford – school day #4
Are you finding yourself constantly glued to the news? The relentless notifications on our phones and almost hourly breaking news updates can be overwhelming. So, maybe it is time to change the narrative. For balance, type "good news" in google and you'll be amazed by...

Getting through lockdown III together at Kingsley School Bideford – day 3
It was wonderful to hear our Prep pupils running around the playground at break time today and seeing some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils being put through their paces by Miss Braunton in the Sports Hall while Mr Mathers and Mr Ward coached pupils on zoom. Whether it’s a...

Happy New Year!
Firstly, I would like to wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year. Secondly, I would like to groan and say, “oh no, here we go again”! I know we all greeted Monday’s message from the Prime Minister with sadness. Another national lockdown is a...

Getting through Lockdown III together – school day 2
All this isn’t easy, but finding something new and different to do each day can bring joy. For pupils in the Grenville Prep Centre their ‘new and different’ was making outdoor mandalas this afternoon. After a stroll through the school woods with Mrs Hart, the pupils...

Getting through Lockdown III – School day 1
So, how did day one go? From where we were sitting, the pupils were amazing, both in the classroom and online - cheerful, accepting and keen to get on with their lessons. Parents who dropped their children in for their lateral-flow tests this morning were extremely...