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The latest news and developments impacting Briteschool, the students, and other stakeholders will appear here ... 16th April 2008 Briteschool-branded merchandise available (at cost) here: www.cafepress.com/briteschool and here (8% mark-up): www.cafepress.com/domshouse Tell Dom your VOTE for which item(s) should be sent free to the students - a uniform ?!
29th February 2008 Daisy is in the news again - here (she proposed to her partner in school assembly, and got onto national news) :-)
6th January 2008 Daisy is very sad that she is leaving Briteschool - to go to Canada for a few weeks, so we will be joined by Anne who will take over the teaching of English from Tuesday 15th January, 2008.
07:10-07:15, 4th December 2007 Dom talked briefly about what Briteschool does on a programme on BBC Radio Somerset about Homeschooling in the UK.
3rd to 6th December, 2007 Activities Week - including Art, Japanese, Talent Show and Storytelling went very well and was enjoyed by all. The Talent Show recording is available after your log in if you wish to see it again.
2nd October 2007 Elaine Connell Elaine, Briteschool's English teacher until July 2007, passed away peacefully on Monday 1st October, 2007. Our thoughts are with her partner, Chris, and her son and daughter.
7th September 2007 Des will be joining us to teach French and Spanish - his details are on the Teachers page.
30th August 2007 Ever seen a Briteschool student ? No, neither have I. But you have a chance on CBBC on Sunday 16th September, at 08:30. The BBC phoned Briteschool asking for volunteers to appear on "SMArt", and Josh was lucky enough to get through the selection process. The programme sequence was recorded today. (Further students may be selected for future programmes - contact Dom for more details).
30th August 2007 Daisy will be joining us to teach English - her details will appear on the Teachers page over the next few days.
21st August 2007 Elaine has decided that the treatment she receives for her cancer means she will no longer be able to teach on a weekly basis at Briteschool. Elaine will, however, be the judge of a Creative Writing competition (details to follow).
18th August 2007 Laura has found a full-time job from September: lucky school that she's going to ! We know she will be a success, and hope that she remains in contact with us, perhaps adding more materials to the www.ouifrench.co.uk part of the Briteschool site.
11th July 2007 Laura Stewart was voted Briteschool Students' Teacher of the Year, 2006-2007. Congratulations, Laura, and thanks for all your hard work, and for making it so enjoyable for the students ! Her prize is Growing Herbs from Multiple Organics, featured on one of our student-managed websites glamorganics.
2nd - 6th July 2007 Briteschool students are sitting End-of-Year Exams this week.
July 1st 2007 A new high for monthly page hits on this site - 18,023 total page hits for June, surpassing the previous high of Jan 2007:16,478 hits.
Tuesday 19th June 2007, 19:30-21:30 BST / WEST The second Briteschool Parents' Evening took place in the Demonstration Classroom (in private, soundproof and secure Breakout rooms for the one-to-one discussions). There was also chat between parents, and virtual refreshments available in the Main Room - the virtual pizza and virtual organic "Orange Crush" went quickly ! The "cooking whisky" was untouched.
July - August 2007 The Students' Section of this website will be expanded to include the BESTimes student newspaper, and a Resources section has been included for adding materials for Home Educators to access for educational purposes and to use on a non-commercial basis.
30th May 2007 The first ever issue of The BESTimes (a newspaper written by the students at Briteschool) is released to students, staff and families. The Chief Editor and his team have worked hard to produce copy for almost the entire issue, and reviewers were "mightily impressed". Editorial highlights of the first two issues will appear on the Briteschool website in the very near future.
May 2007 Total Visits to this website passed the 60,000 mark earlier this month (whilst most of you were sleeping)
April16th 2007 Briteschool hopes to be offering the Cambridge University Pre-U post-GCSE qualification from September 2009.
Thursday January 4th 2007 Spring Term started with two French classes, then Maths for some, and IGCSE Physics for others.
November 28th 2006 Briteschool Parents' Evening and virtual Cheese and Wine, 19:30 onwards. All the teachers and many of the parents attended, with private rooms set up for individual chats; the subsequent virtual cheese and wine resulted in some parents being politely asked to leave by the virtual caretaker at about 1am (2am Spanish time !)
October 1st 2006 An newspaper article about bullying and how it affected the life of David (not his real name), one of Briteschool's students, and his reasons for joining Briteschool appeared in the paper edition of today's "Sunday Post"
September 7th 2006 Dom chatted to Radio Wythenshawe host Mike George for twenty minutes about Briteschool (and Dom's voluntary work reading the Trafford Talking News for the Blind).
August 25th 2006 BBC TV North-West are to chat with us, and may be filming over the next few weeks - more details to follow ... Volunteers for appearing in the classroom welcome !
Listen to news on BBC Radio Manchester to hear Dom speak about Briteschool (28/8/06).
See Briteschool in action on Manchester's Channel M TV news on 18/08/06 9pm, click to view recording (10MB, 3.5min@56kbps).
Manchester Metro Newspaper article from 17/08/06 here.
Other news: Briteniteschool offers four evening courses:
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or problems regarding this web site should be directed to [enquiries1{at}briteschool[.]co[dot]uk].
Commentary: Briteschool (TM) is a live, online school following closely the British National Curriculum as a means to help students who may wish to go back into mainstream education at any time, or who wish to go on to do IGCSEs at Briteschool. At present, Exam students started the International General Certificate of Education courses (IGCSEs) in September 2007 for two years. Places are limited to twelve students. Students who wish to join only one or two subjects may do so, as long as there is available space in the class. We encourage children who are having a Home Education and who want part-time extra Maths assistance to apply. In particular, the lessons taken by children of Upper-Years Primary age are designed in this way. This suits flexi schooled students in particular. Students who are undertaking correspondence courses from other providers (for example, with Primary Home Education UK) may also wish for extra support for their studies. Briteschool, the British E-school, caters for those who wish to prepare for the Common Entrance examinations. For students wishing for post-16 / post-IGCSE provision, Briteschool plans to adopt Cambridge University's Pre-U programme from September 2008 or 2009 depending on numbers. As well as being a virtual high school (VHS), Briteschool is a virtual primary school (VPS), and a virtual night school (VNS) - the first college in the UK to offer virtual synchronous pedagogy to this range of pupils.
Students have already started coursework for the ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence). This means we may find some thirteen year-olds with Driving Licences ! ECDL courses have been running in the Briteniteschool since April 2007. Registration with your local BCS centre is necessary for testing and certification - we suggest you follow the online testing regime, if it is available. We also offer an increasing range of "extracurricular activities", including an hour a week of Japanese, a Digital Photography course, our Activities Week every December, and the students run a Newspaper and have put on short "radio" plays. As we grow, the number of these activities should increase.
Many of the students at Briteschool are being Home Educated, and their geographic location is diverse. A few attend for only one hour per week; other homeschooled children and young adults attend in the afternoons (GMT) for private lessons - one-to-one, or in small groups. We hope to extend the range of subjects available to all students, and also the numbers of courses available by tuition and at the Briteniteschool Distance Learning Centre. As well as being qualified and experienced educators familiar with the education systems in England, Scotland and Wales (as well as overseas systems, including the USA, Africa, and the Middle East), two of our teachers have been Examiners and Moderators for their subject areas; two teachers / lecturers have NVQ Assessment Qualifications, D32 and D33, for Vocational Skills Assessment; we also have a range of other qualifications including Counselling, Online Mentoring, TEFL / EFL and an MBA between us. See our online CVs for further details. Oh, and one more thing - save £1,300 - don't send your child to ordinary school.
Please browse the website under the page headings, and feel free to contact us with any issues, comments or ideas ! If you wish to work with us, or provide us with a service, please fill out the same contact form. * NOTE: These prices are VAT EXCLUSIVE. We have to register for VAT once turnover exceeds the turnover-threshold (£61,000). ** NOTE: Tuition may be more than £24.50 for certain subjects or levels - "A"-level, for example, will be more than £24.50 / hour; significant discounts are available for pairs or small groups of students being taught together (four students = £8 each/hour, for example). |
