Becket Keys Church of England School 24th April 2020 A LEVEL & GCSE RES IN THIS ISSUE Mr Scott-Evans writes… was attributed to Bill Gates but actually was written anonymously Matthew 5 v 4: and passed round the internet purporting to be from him when it In my last article I wrote about was not! the sense of grief that I was feeling and how I was trying to Meet the New Staff Whatever you make of what I deal with it. Thank you for your Although we cannot meet them in write here I would encourage you comments about the usefulness person, we are welcoming some new all to pray and to reflect on what of the article. Towards the end of staff to Becket Keys! God may be saying to you it I wrote about a final part of through this time. I have the Page 3-4 dealing with grief being finding pleasure of writing an article each meaning in it. week and it certainly helps me to Food Glorious Food! think! What are you doing to Today, I want to write a little The school community have been more about that. I hope that this reflect and meditate? Marilyn busy in their kitchens during the past Monroe said in one of her poems, resonates with you and proves few weeks. useful. Perhaps Becket Keys “Think in ink.” As I said before, Page 8-11 please feel free to write to me if it families can think about what our longer term response to the helps you! I cannot promise to Biblical Pause write back to everyone, but I will Walk with Us. The Road to Emmaus. Coronavirus is going to be. How do my best. Writing my thoughts will we find meaning? In what Page 16-17 helps me and seems to help some ways will our lives be changed? Community Assistance of you! All of the following 7 points (in If you, or anyone you know, needs assistance then there are local groups one form or another) come from various things I have read and able to help. ……..Contd on Page 2 Page 20 pondered including a letter which 9/9/2016 BECKET KEYS CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL 24TH APRIL 2020 Volume VIII – Issue XXVII ……….Contd from Page 1 Point 4. It is reminding us of the much time together without a shortness of life and of what is break before?! Point 1: The Coronavirus is most important for us to do, reminding us that we are all which is to ‘love our neighbour’ Point 7. We have to choose equally fragile when it comes to and care for those who are old or whether to be patient or panic. fighting it. Perhaps we will come sick. Our purpose is not to earn The response is in our hands. We out of this more aware of the more than our neighbour, pass can either understand that this fragility of life and remembering more exams than our neighbour type of situation has happened that we are all human. We are all or buy more toilet roll than our many times before in history and part of the same family. Our neighbour! Love your neighbour! will pass, or we can panic and community mourns with each of constantly imagine every awful you whenever you lose someone Point 5. On a similar note, the potential outcome and, close and special. We have prayed virus is reminding us of how consequently, cause ourselves for Archie Mowatt’s family this materialistic our society has more harm than good. How we week as they lost a much-loved become and to consider the respond to the crisis is what will Grandparent. essentials that we need (food, define us - not the crisis itself. water, medicine) as really Point 2. The virus is reminding us valuable as opposed to the I would encourage you to think that we are all connected; luxuries that we sometimes about what 7 lessons the virus has something that affects one unnecessarily give value to. taught you. What meaning are person has an effect on another. you making out of this? Like me, It is wonderful to see how Point 6. It is reminding us of how you might want to read around Brentwood is pulling together in important our family and home and see what other lots of ways through the crisis. I life is. The virus has us pushed commentators are saying and love the ‘C-19’ nod that we give back in our houses. We say, then try writing your own list. when we see another person and ‘home is where the heart is’, but it Maybe share it with your family. make a wide berth! The nod says, helps to be there too! For some of See what they think. What do the “Even though we are making a 2 us it really is not easy! My own children think? metre distance between us – we three children are having to find are closer together because of ways to get along and through Through finding meaning we find this.” the power of board games, the a way forward. May God bless garden and the sharing of you as we continue in lockdown Point 3. Covid-19 is reminding us precious IT equipment we are and search for meaning. of how precious our health is. I learning to support each other! have become much more Mr Scott-Evans - Headteacher When have we ever spent this protective over my one form of outdoor exercise each day! Many of us are thinking more carefully about what we eat, and we are cooking with more fresh ingredients. One of our parents James Hillery has produced ‘isolation bakes’ – well worth checking out: https://www.youtube.com/chann el/UCwCDw1b43N278qTPbBj3Ae A Page 2 of 19 BECKET KEYS CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL 24TH APRIL 2020 Volume VIII – Issue XXVII National free school After you have redeemed your meals voucher eCode, you have the timescales If you need any further help noted in the table in which to use please follow this link - scheme - Update the eGift card. https://www.edenred.co.uk/Docu ments/DfE/DfE_FreeSchoolMeals All parents entitled to claim Free Aldi has confirmed this week that _ParentCarerFAQs.pdf School Meals should now have it has signed up to the national received two separate emails with voucher scheme. The Department There are a number of online an e-code to claim your eGift for Education continues to work to resources available to support card. The next one is due to be get more supermarkets to join the families in preparing healthy and sent out on Monday 4th May and scheme. nutritious food, including the will cover the last 3 weeks of this NHS Eat Well website. term. If you have not received any of these emails, please contact the school. If you are having any other issues please contact Edenred at - freeschoolmealsparentscarers@e denred.com Your eCode will expire after 1 month so please ensure you have claimed your eGift card by then. The first code sent will expire on 7th May. Page 3 of 19 BECKET KEYS CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL 24TH APRIL 2020 Volume VIII – Issue XXVII Welcome to New Becket Keys Staff on my passion for business by really ‘arty’ but my grandmother was teaching this to the younger a dressmaker and would encourage generation on a full-time basis by me to draw and cut patterns and going into schools. Once I was create. My grandmother was the given this opportunity, I have not person who inspired me to follow my looked back since. I was then based love of art into a career. From in two schools in London, which School I went on to study a were very challenging but Foundation Course in Art, Design & rewarding and allowed me to work Textiles, where my love for art and with a variety of students and get multi-media really grew. I then went them to reach their full potential. onto study for my degree at Mr Ioannou Joining Becket Keys will allow me Somerset College of Arts & to spur on even more students and Technology on a course of Textiles, Head of Business & get them excited about Business Art & Surface Pattern. During my Economics and Economics. Seeing students final year at University, I designed succeed and take on Business interior fabrics for Next and I am very excited to become Head related courses in the future will Monsoon. This gave me the of Department in Business and not only make me very proud, but opportunity to explore textiles as a Economics at Becket Keys this should also be celebrated in our career and ultimately decide that I year. I have always had a keen community as we have the wanted to become an Art Teacher! interest in Business since studying potential to create future I have always enjoyed learning and this at GCSE & A Level and have economists and entrepreneurs at wanted to work in a career that was always had the aspirations of Becket Keys. passing on my passion and exciting, different every day and a knowledge to students. place I could use and develop my love for art to inspire others. I I’m originally from London and completed my teacher training in read a degree at Brunel University Essex and then began my career at a in Politics and History, which may Brentwood School where I stayed for cause you to question why am I 16 years and built up a successful art now teaching Business and department and met some Economics? I have always had wonderful students along the way.