The New Year has well and truly started. Whilst most people
use this time of year to de-clutter, stash bust or turn over a new leaf, for us
at Blackhen Education, it is a time to reflect and celebrate the year that has
just finished.
So
what did our students do in 2016?
We ran several successful competitions, starting
Valentine’s Day. This is always a popular competition and the entries were
lovely.
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In September, students entered our Roald Dahl Day
competition. As one of our best loved authors, we feel this is always an
important day to celebrate.
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To celebrate Christmas, students were asked to write a
ghost story or design a new sledge for Father Christmas. We had a lot of fun
looking at the wonderful entries and choosing our winner.
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IGCSE
English Exams
In May and June our IGCSE English students sat their final exams,
(despite industrial action and travel disruption). And in August we received
the brilliant results. Our students had achieved 100% A-C grades, including an
A* and 2 A’s.
New
Courses
In September, we were very excited about launching two new
English courses at Blackhen Education. A Foundation English course for 4-5 year
olds and Key Stage 1 (5-6 year olds) course. Both courses were written by Karen Crichton, one of our specialist English tutors at Blackhen Education.These now complete the series of
14 courses we offer for age groups 4 –16 yrs. Students can now start with us at the age of 4 and continue up to and including IGCSE. We also launched our new one year 14+ English course. After Key Stage 3 (11-14 yrs), students can now opt for 14+ English, without sitting any exams at the end.
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New
Tutor
In October we welcomed Bernadette Whiteley to the team,
making us up to 5 tutors. Bernadette is a KS2 ( 7-11 yrs) specialist teacher
and has been an invaluable addition to Blackhen Education.
Our
Students
Of course we cannot finish the year without mentioning the
impressive standard of work our students produced, from the youngest aged 4
through to the eldest ages 16. Considering our students complete their Blackhen work along side their French school work ( and other countries), it is truly amazing what they produce!
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Our History students continued to produce excellent work.
The course, now in it’s second year, covers Anglo Saxon Britain through to post war
Britain.
What
does 2017 hold in stall for Blackhen Education?
Competitions
New Charity to support
IGCSE English Language & English Literature exams
Monthly blogs and more……
For more information about any of our courses, visit our
website at: www.blackheneducation.com
or contact me at: sue@blackheneducation.com
