School News
The two Year 12 students have received discounts on fees for the Summer Campus programmes of study in Oxford and Cambridge.
From September until lockdown in March 2020, our Pre-University CAS students managed to run a range of fundraising activities for Malayaka House, the orphanage in Uganda.
Cognita Connect is our new secure app and web-based parent portal. A fantastic addition to help streamline our home-school communication.
This has been an extraordinary term for the Mentoring and Careers Guidance department at The British School of Barcelona. The current circumstances have made it necessary to adapt the usual annual programme of visiting universities, a situation which has, in turn, made it even easier to connect our students with a diverse range of universities across the globe throughout the first term.
At BSB, we are a community who believes in mutual understanding and respect, compassion and empathy, fairness and inclusivity. We actively celebrate and encourage diversity and we believe in accountability for all.
We proudly congratulate five BSB Nexus Pre-University students for their hard-work and excellent Extended Project Qualifications (EPQ) research, which they have presented this month.
In October thirty students competed in the X Challenge as part of their IB Diploma Programme. As a result of the quality of their work, four Year 13 IB students were selected as the winners and four more as the runners-up.
BSB Bookflix is a brand-new initiative by our Secondary English department to to foster a love of reading among students, parents and staff. It is also a fantastic opportunity to promote creativity through monthly competitions.
This is an award that recognises a school’s efforts to promote and protect positive emotional wellbeing and mental health education and support.
Mrs Emma Overton shares how to implement and maximise the benefits of new online learning technologies, and the potential of integrating CENTURY Tech wherever it enhances or adds value to a subject area.
This was part of our Harvest Festival celebrations, an activity which is linked to our varied, intercultural curriculum.
Linked to our commitment to wellbeing, BSB students, parents and staff have travelled virtually to Colegio Manquecura in Chile by adding kilometres through their weekly physical activity.
Most of our recent BSB Alumni are now studying in the university of their first choice and on some of the most competitive courses.
Fidelma Murphy, Director of Education Cognita Spain, took part in “Teachers: elite athletes”, online forum focused on the emotional and organizational support in times of uncertainty.
BSB has rolled out a new programme to equip students with a personal digital device for use both in school and at home.
BSB students have joined over 55,000 children and young people around the world to draw attention to the vital role of mental and physical wellbeing in education.
We will celebrate our worldwide commitment to physical and mental wellbeing on 25th September. An opportunity for the whole BSB community to raise awareness about the central importance of wellbeing to learning and attainment.
Following our successful reopening in June, we begin the new academic year in the knowledge that our procedures are road-tested and robust. Keeping all members of our community safe remains our number one priority.
After a strange academic year and a challenging couple of weeks of uncertainty after the release of results in the UK, we can finally congratulate our BSB students for having achieved outstanding grades.
This online training was delivered by expert colleagues from Cognita schools in Spain during lockdown to share knowledge and best practices.
Fidelma Murphy participated in the round table “What schools will be like from now on?” where experts addressed the six main challenges that schools must solve in the new normal
Our annual BSB Talent Competition where students' creativity and amazing skills display at its best!
All the way from the United Kingdom, Holland, USA and Spain, BSB Alumni around the world have been a valuable asset in our Pre-University Transition Week
Lucky is a 7-year-old Golden Retriever Red-Cross accredited therapy dog who works at the BSB where she helps children with behavioural or emotional challenges.
Feed Barcelona is the NGO Santiago and his brother Pablo have founded to fight against two of the main problems we have in society today: Hunger and Education.
John Carlin's was one of a series of live talks and career counselling activities for current and future BSB Nexus Pre-University students as as they move on to the next stage of their educational journey.
This is the 2020 publication of this student-initiatied CAS Project which has been edited and released during lockdown.
For many children, the return to school will be a great experience! But for some others, and their parents, this is likely to cause some anxiety. We suggest some ideas to use that will help your children feel ready to go back to school.
When we are faced with stressful situations comparative suffering is triggered, especially during the Covid-19 crisis. What should we do when this happens?
It was a screen-free activity launched among Secondary students in response to learning about the Romantic Movement.
This virtual Olympics-style global lockdown competition brought together over 10,000 students from 67 Cognita schools in three regions around the world
This was an optional global competition during lockdown for students to connect and share their creative flair across the family of schools worldwide.
10 tips to foster sleep when confronting the Covid-19 pandemic, a time when sleep becomes even more essential because of its wide-ranging benefits for physical and mental health
With each of us trying to show kindness to the members of our family, our Wellbeing team stresses the importance of showing kindness towards oneself as well.
Head of Sports of BSB shares some recommendations to stay safe and injury-free when doing sport after this long period of inactivity.
Stemming from the idea of reducing screen time of students during confinement, this initiative has evidenced that unplugging from technology is not only healthy but also fosters creativity.
