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STUDENT LIFE

The student experience at BSK is designed to provide the structure, opportunities and encouragement each child needs to explore their passions and reach their potential.
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OUR SCHOOL DAY

Our school days are packed with activity.
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Morning Times

Supervised access to the campus is available to students of all year groups from 06.45 onwards. All students should be in school by 07.30.

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Morning Times
Please input description here.At 07.32 a bell sounds to invite students from Year 1-13 to move to their line-up position, ready for the National Anthem.

All Lower Phase students line up in Wembley. Junior Phase students line up in the Outer Courtyard and Middle Phase students in the Inner Courtyard. Upper Department and Sixth Form students line up in Marble Arch.

At 07.35 a second bell sounds and all students respond to a customary chant offering best wishes to the people of Kuwait, the ruling family and the people of Arabia. The chant is followed by the singing of the Kuwait National Anthem.

Following the National Anthem, students move to their tutor rooms for Morning Tutor Time.
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Lessons and Break Times

Separate timetables are in operation in the Primary and Secondary sections of the school, details of which can be found in the student planner documents held in the Parents Essentials area of the website.

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Afternoon Times

Students who travel by school bus move directly to their buses upon the conclusion of their final lesson of the day, with younger students being escorted and older students doing so independently. 

Afternoon Times
For students who do not travel by school bus, parents can access the campus from 14.30 onwards to collect their children at the end of the school day.

All Lower Phase students and their siblings in Junior, Middle, Upper and Sixth Form that do not take school buses are to be collected from Wembley.

Any students who have not been collected by 15.00 move to the Gate G collection point.
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Afternoon Activities

Those students not attending afterschool activities are required to leave the school premises by 14.45. Those students who are involved in afterschool activities are collected from Gate G.

SCHOOL HOUSE SYSTEM

Please input description here.The House System provides opportunities for students to develop all aspects of their growth and learning: personality, morality, creativity, knowledge and skills. It also promotes values of fair play, teamwork, citizenship, mutual responsibility, self-discipline, initiative, perseverance and resilience.
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STUDENT LEADERSHIP

The purpose of the Secondary School Councils (SSCs) is to give all Secondary students a stake in the managerial decision-making process and the opportunity to advise senior managers on practical, day-to-day matters.

The Middle Phase Student Council (MPSC) is made up of student representatives from Year 6-8. Towards the end of Term 1 students are given the opportunity to apply for a position on the MPSC and places are given to students whose written application shows the relevant maturity and commitment to the school community.

The MPSC meets weekly with the Middle Phase Head Teacher and is responsible for the running and implementing of a number of Middle Phase initiatives, in the past these have included the MP Football Tournament, the Litter Monitors and the MP Variety Show.

The Higher Phase Student Council (HPSC) comprises two representatives, one male and one female, from each Year 9-12 tutor group, plus one representative from each Year 13 tutor group.
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Student Leadership: Elections, Responsibilities, and Prefect System

  • Student Council Elections
    Elections take place annually, within each tutor group, during the third or fourth full week of the first term. The process for elections is that male and female students must be nominated and seconded by members of their tutor group. Nominated students may accept or decline the nomination. If more than one student of either gender is nominated, seconded and accepts the nomination, a secret ballot will be held. The class tutor will count the votes. In the event of a tie, the class tutor will have a casting vote. Students who are also Senior Prefects or House Captains may not be nominated as representatives.

    Each councillor is presented with a badge of office, which they should wear when at school. The Head Boy and Head Girl (as well as their deputies) are ex officio members.
  • Student Council Responsibilities
    Once appointed, councillors should not normally resign their positions before the end of the academic year. However, if any councillor does not fulfil their responsibility to the Coordinator's satisfaction, or whose behaviour is judged by the Coordinator to be below the standard expected of a councillor, they may be removed from post and a by-election will be held in their tutor group for a replacement councillor of the same gender.

    The councils meet weekly, usually starting in Week 6 or 7 of the academic year. The relevant Coordinator chairs the meeting. The Head Teacher and/or the Assistant Head Teacher attend these meetings on a regular basis. The Principal and the Public Relations Manager sometimes also attend. Each Year 6-11 councillor attends to represent their tutor group every other week. If the councillor whose turn it is to attend is absent, the other councillor in their tutor group should attend in their place. If neither councillor is present, no student from the tutor group should attend that week. Year 12-13 councillors attend every week.

    Issues frequently discussed include school events, charity ventures, facilities, uniform and catering. Minutes of each meeting are distributed to students and staff. During the next PSHE lesson after each meeting, Year 6-11 councillors are required to brief their tutor group about matters discussed. Councillors are also given an opportunity to poll their tutor groups for new issues to be added to the agenda and discussed at the next meeting.

    In accordance with the Secondary Housepoint System, councillors (as well as Senior Prefects in attendance) receive one housepoint for each meeting that they have attended and for which they have ticked the attendance register.
  • Higher Phase Prefects
    A vertical prefect system operates within the higher Phase. Prefects are appointed in Years 9-13.
  • Appointing Prefects
    All prefects are appointed following a formal application procedure. In Sixth Form, some students are interviewed before appointments are made. Students who are new to the school may become Sixth Form prefects. Some Year 13 prefects are appointed to the Senior Prefect Team, from which the Head Boy, Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy(s) and Deputy Head Girl(s) are selected.
  • Prefect Responsibilities

    Prefects are expected to model the best possible standards of attendance, punctuality, work, uniform and behaviour. Prefects are expected to attend and perform their duties reliably. Sixth Form prefects have additional responsibilities which are explained on their application form.

    In addition to the normal duties of a Prefect, Senior Prefects are expected to:

    • perform the role of prefect in an exemplary manner
    • train, monitor and appraise the Prefect Team.
    • deal with day-to-day administrative tasks, such as duty absence cover.

    The Deputy Head Boy(s) and Deputy Head Girl(s) assist the Head Boy and Head Girl in fulfilling their responsibilities, and deputise for them as required. Member of the Senior Prefect Team attend student council meetings.

    Once appointed, prefects should not normally resign their positions before the end of the academic year. However, any prefect who is judged by the Coordinator or the Head Teacher not to be meeting the required standards may be removed from the Prefect Team, with or without warning. Should it be deemed necessary, the removal from post will also extend to the following academic year.

    The Sixth Form Coordinator is authorised, at his or her sole discretion, to appoint additional Sixth Form prefects throughout the year and to promote Year 13 prefects to the Senior Prefect Team.

    Additional prefects in Years 9-11 may be appointed as required and at the discretion of the relevant Coordinator or Head Teacher.

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