BUH Bulletin March 2026

Dear families,

As we come to the end of another busy and productive term. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support.

For our Year 11 students, this holiday is also an important period of preparation. With GCSE exams approaching towards the end of April, we strongly encourage them to make good use of the time to revise and ensure they are ready for to do their very best in their final GCSEs. Every bit of preparation now will make a real difference in the summer. Exams start on Thursday, 23^rd April and run through to Monday, 15^th June. We are asking all Year 11 students not to book any holidays until the end of June in case we need to implement emergency examinations due to any unforeseen events. Students have been issued with their exam timetable and this is also on our website as well as in the BUH Bulletin out this week.

As we look ahead to the start of the summer term, please could we ask families to check that their child’s school uniform still fits and to purchase any required items in good time for the new term. This helps ensure a smooth and consistent start back for everyone. A quick reminder that students will keep their current tie into the next academic year, so there is no need to replace it. To ensure BUH student uniform is affordable, we will be reviewing our PE kit for September. We will communicate this in the summer term.

In February, we held our inaugural Iftar Ramadhan event in school. It was wonderful to see so many families, local leaders and staff come together, and to share a meal after prayers. The evening was a true celebration of community, and we hope it will be the first of many!

We have been very fortunate this half term to offer a small group of students the opportunity to attend Jamie’s Farm in Skipton. The five-day programme is designed to support students’ wellbeing, increase engagement, improve behaviour, and help them develop key life skills such as communication and self‑awareness.

As you know, we always provide a significant reward each term for students who have met the criteria. This term, students who achieved 100% attendance and had not been in eggs every day. We have a cinema trip for students with the best attendance record and also in-school cinema experience for students who didn’t quite make the cut – but we want to say well done!

In the true sense of our school sentence, ‘the school taught students to act with integrity and kindness so they went on to demonstrate excellence in their chosen field; it was a place where all belonged’, we will be asking all students and staff to ‘Walk to Gaza’ – a sponsored walk to bring our community together in this very challenging time and to raise as much money as possible for children of Gaza through UNICEF .You can help by encouraging your child to collect as many donations as possible using the sponsor forms we have issued. Payments can be made on the JustGiving page https://www.justgiving.com/page/buhwalktogaza?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

On Friday we will celebrate our diverse coomunity by allowing our students and staff to attend school in their cultural dress / non-uniform (please note that we do not allow students to wear hoodies in school). Such events allow the school community to understand more about other cultures and ethnicities. We are asking every student to make a £1.00 voluntary contribution on Friday to raise as much money as possible for our children’s charity, UNICEF.

Coming up after the Easter break, we will be holding our Year 7 Parent Consultation Evening on Wednesday, 29th April, followed by Year 8 on Wednesday, 13th May. Please do everything you can to attend as it is very important that children see their parents/carers positively engaging with the school. Your support and encouragement play a vital role in helping your child achieve their best at school. School will be open to parents from 4pm to 6pm, and no appointment is needed.

Thank you once again for your support throughout the term. Students, staff and families have worked incredibly hard, and I hope everyone enjoys a well‑deserved rest over the holiday period.

I wish all our families a peaceful break and a safe, enjoyable time together.

If you are intending on going abroad this holiday, please could we ask that you return on time so that your child does not miss valuable learning which will impact on their overall progress.

We look forward to welcoming all our wonderful students back on Monday, 13^th April at 8am refreshed, focused, and ready for the term ahead.

Yours sincerely,

Mr B K Dey

Mock Exams Results Day

They have been learning different textile techniques such as stencilling, embroidery, tie dye, batik, vinyl transfers and weaving alongside construction methods. We’re excited to see the hats coming together in time for the summer sunshine.

This half term year 10 Hospitality and Catering students have been tasked with the challenge of cooking a chicken and leaving zero waste.

At the start of the half term, they were all given a full chicken.

Week 1 -they demonstrated their knife skills be jointing the chicken into its separate parts, wings, thighs, drumsticks, breast and the carcass.

Week 2 – they created they designed and created their own marinade and spice mix and roasted the cooked the wings along with learning decorative salad garnishes. 

Week 3 – they roasted the carcass, then boiled the carcass with vegetables and spices to create a chicken stock. They used the stock to make a soup which they designed themselves. They also made accompaniments to go with the soup including fufu and croutons.

Week 4 – they made their own garlic butter using cream from scratch and used this to stuff the chicken breasts, coat in breadcrumbs and make chicken kievs.

Week 5 – they deboned the chicken thighs and minced the meat which they pan-fried with spices and vegetables to create a filling. They made their own pastry, filled, shaped and steamed their own gyozas.

The students have learnt a wide range of cooking skills as well as the cost and environmental benefits of not wasting food. 

Year 8 and 9 Nurture groups have been given the task to design a plan for BUH’s well-being garden.

Students have discussed the purpose for creating a well-being garden and the positive impact this additional outdoor space will have in supporting our school community.

Students have collaborated ideas and suggestions for their designs, researching calm spaces, planning layouts and map keys which have been presented to the Local School Committee. Students will turn their design into a 3D canvas project to bring their ideas to life  – so watch this space!