It may be the 11th January but Happy New Year regardless! Hello in 2021 to all our Youth Club members. If you didn’t catch it, here are the London fireworks, they were pretty special. Quite different to previous years. See if you can spot any key moments. When we…

How’s the (home?) schooling going? Hope it’s not too bad or boring or lonely. Some of you will be going to school, I’m sure. That must still be strange. Hang in there, things are (very) slowly going to get better. In the meantime shall we have a little local history…

Merry Christmas Everybody! I can finally say this with conviction as we enter the last few days before the big day on Friday. I would also like to wish you all a very merry one. I really hope you get to enjoy it as much as you can, and in…

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid….” There probably are plenty of reasons to be afraid at the moment, I don’t think I need to explain that. However, at this time of year I’m most afraid when I hear Band Aid’s “Do they know it’s Christmas?”. Mostly because…

It’s Ok to be… https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/ I’m so glad there is a trend towards allowing people to be what they want to be. There is a long long way to go, but I optimistically think we are heading in the right direction. The idea that you are allowed to be something, and…

Deathtrap Blankets Mousetrap Games Another wild week in BS3, with swirling wind and rain and cold. Have you put the heating on yet or are you told to put on another jumper? Here is genuine thing that we used to use to keep ourselves warm in the winter. Cosy eh…

Joe Sims, another lockdown and another US president? Hello again. What an incredible week. Just when you think things couldn’t get nay stranger, then lots of interesting, scary and fascinating things are going on all around us. First the good news. You may not know the name Joe Sims, but…

Lived Experience. Marcus Rashford. MPs. All opinions contained in this and all other blogs are personal and do not reflect those of BS3 Community. Ok, so I’ve been a bit silly in this blog before, but this week I’m feeling more serious. …

“Fun” and games. Counting the weeks! Good morning, I do hope you are all well. What a complicated and confusing situation we are all in. I hope you are managing to settle in school and that we will soon be letting you settle into the new look BYC. I keep…