Love Your School: Bomere Heath C of E School near Shrewsbury.

Shropshire Star

We take a look around Bomere Heath C of E School and listen to some budding musicians.

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00:00We're at Beaumier Heath C of E Primary School, just on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, and head teacher, what's your name?

00:05Sally Roberts.

00:06And just, what's so special about your school then Sally? What stands out? Give us a little run through.

00:12The children are what make Beaumier Heath. They are absolutely amazing.

00:16They are, their personalities shine through, they're characterful children,

00:21they embody all of our values as a school and our Christian values as well.

00:29Our main values are love, hope and respect and that shines through every child that walks through our door.

00:33And how long have you been here yourself?

00:35I started here in 2018 but I took over headship in September of last year.

00:40So students, you've had an awesome new timeline, it's just been feed hasn't it into your school?

00:45Yeah.

00:46And it's got the history from many many years ago right up to present day, what do you think of it?

00:52I like about it, I like all the amazing history and what date it tells you and I like all these interesting facts

01:02and it shows you where everything is and it tells you what periods.

01:08Yeah, any particular favourite little spots on the history board that you like or pictures? Yeah, go on.

01:14I like the old history of Europe and Anglo-Saxon.

01:19Anglo-Saxon, okay yeah. What about you young lady?

01:23I like Greek pottery.

01:27Ah, cool.

01:29And you've got a few interesting things, you've had a nice little certificate come through the post today,

01:34you're a Guinness World Record holder.

01:36Yes, we are officially a Guinness World Record holder for taking part in the largest poetry lesson

01:41across multiple venues back in October of last year and it was for World Poetry Day

01:48so we're very proud that we took part in that.

01:50Cool, and what's some of the stuff we're going to be seeing today?

01:52I understand we're going to be meeting some science ambassadors, is that right?

01:54Yes, we're going to be meeting our young science ambassadors,

01:56so those are children that have got a particular interest in science

02:00and they will be showcasing science across the school,

02:04they take part in lessons, go around all of the different age group lessons,

02:09they do investigations and experiments for the younger children

02:14and they talk through their science lessons as well.

02:16We're also huge STEM advocates here,

02:18we've taken part in a lot of STEM activity days,

02:22we've done a lot of online workshops,

02:24we've had a lot of ladies in STEM who work in STEM industries talking to the school as well

02:31because we're really, really trying to promote STEM for girls at school as well.

02:35For those that are in the know, just fill us in on what STEM is.

02:38So, it's Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

02:42I understand there might be a few musical instruments as we walk around,

02:45you've got, what's it called, a something buzz?

02:47Yes, so today we've got children having their P-Buzz lessons,

02:51which is almost a precursor to anything that you, like a woodwind instrument,

02:57it's all to do with the mouthpiece.

03:00So, they're all having their P-Buzz and then we've got our Year 5s and 6s having their Cornet lessons.

03:06One, two, three, four.

03:17What happened if you were going for four?

03:20Four! It was fantastic!

03:22And you'd like to put a little appeal out to the community,

03:25you've got some plans there, do you want to flash up the plans?

03:28So, this is for an area of your school that you'd like to improve, isn't it?

03:32Fill us in on what you'd like to do.

03:34So, outside the Key Stage 1 area is a little bit dismal at the moment,

03:38not very child-centred at the moment and we've got some beautiful plans.

03:44Unfortunately, they come with quite a hefty price tag,

03:47so we are looking for any businesses out there that would like to sponsor

03:51some of the items that we're hoping to have out there,

03:54or if anybody can make any donations towards the cost,

03:57that would be gratefully received.

03:59Great stuff.

04:00Well, we wish you good luck with that and we'll have a look around the school.

04:03Thank you, Sally.

04:04Miss, this is one of the nice colourful displays you've had as well,

04:07making learning very colourful.

04:09Absolutely.

04:10So, what's going on here then?

04:11So, a lot of children don't understand where Bohemia Heath sits in the world,

04:14so this hopefully shows us exactly where it is.

04:17So, you've got a lovely globe here showing where Great Britain is

04:20and obviously shows you what Great Britain actually looks like.

04:24You've got obviously the compass points on it

04:26and then we've got it as a stretched out map

04:28so you can see all of the tropics and caps there, Capricorn, the equator, etc,

04:33so you can see all of the different continents

04:35and then we can zoom in on Bohemia Heath

04:37and actually see what's in our locality as well

04:40and obviously lots of places that you can go and visit.

04:43So, we've got some budding scientists here, have we?

04:46Yeah.

04:47I'm science-y.

04:48You're science-y, cool.

04:50And whose favourite lesson is science?

04:54It's one of them.

04:55Yeah, wow, that's cool.

04:56Would you like to be a scientist when you're older then?

04:58Yeah, also a mathematician.

05:00Wow, okay, you've got some clever ones here.

05:02And what are you doing here?

05:04Are you learning about the body and about organs?

05:06No, we're learning about sounds.

05:10Sounds, ah, okay, interesting.

05:12And migrations.

05:13Okay, very interesting.

05:15Yeah.

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