World Maths Day!

Wednesday 3rd March saw the whole school throwing its collective mental muscle behind World Maths Day.

This is a truly amazing world-wide competition with children from all parts of the globe competing against each other in a series of graded mental maths challenges.

Everybody had great fun throughout the day and there were some great results from many of our pupils.

If you look carefully you can even see Mr Allan, School Director, having a go!

The day was made possible by the re-launch of our Computer Suite which handled the work load really well.

Our thanks go to Mrs Letchford who organised and set up the whole day.

Special congratulations go to the following pupils:

Name (Year) Number of correct answers

Kirill (Y9) 7210
Ahmar (Y4) 4782
Maksim (Y5) 4023
Alex (Y4) 2911
Daniil (y7) 1328
Faye (Y4) 1043
Maite (Y7) 827
Lucas (Y1) 806
Dylan (Y8) 747
German (Y10) 695

And finally... A quote from the World Maths Day Site. "World Maths Day is all over! Congratulations on a new World Record! 1,133,246 students and 56,082 schools from 235 countries have united to set a new world record by correctly answering 479,732,613 questions."

Brilliant!

The Lower School Celebrates Carnaval

On Friday 12th February, the whole school celebrated the annual fiesta, Carnaval!


It was a day of great colour with wonderful costumes and much fun and merriment.


We will let the photographs speak for themselves.

Year 1 Assembly - The Three Little Pigs

On Carnaval day Mrs Vaughan and Year 1 gave us a wonderful assembly telling the story of the Three Little Pigs.

The children really loved this story and acted it out with great energy and enthusiasm.

The assembly was thoroughly enjoyed by the other pupils, the staff, and the many parents who came in to support the children.

Carnaval - Sierra Bernia Style!

The annual Carnaval Fiesta was celebrated in style on Friday 12th February!

Everyone entered into the spirit of the day with fantastic fancy dress and a wonderful atmosphere.

The Upper School sports afternoon was taken over with some silly fun and games - including limbo dancing and a very wet few minutes with some water bombs, which were mostly aimed at the "lucky" members of staff.

Mrs Letchford in true Fiesta dress and Mr Cowley dreaming of former times when he actually had hair!

The glamourous Mrs Holmes with some of the Year 8 girls.

Year 5 & 6 Writing Assignment "What's In The News?"

As part of our PSHE studies, Year 5&6 have been looking at What’s in the news. We have learnt that people like to read about news that happens in their local area and that articles are written to appeal to a target audience. We have written some articles to appeal to other children in the area who might be interested in what we are doing in our local area. We hope you enjoy reading them!

I go to Sierra Bernia School and next to the school there’s a studio of ballet. I have been going to ballet since 2003. Every summer we practice to do a show in the casa de cultura. I like classic ballet. I go on Tuesdays and Fridays. I like to go there because it’s very interesting. By Ariadna (Year 5).

My name is Ella Mae and I live in La Nucia and I got o Sierra Bernia School. Near my school there is a theatre group called Broadway and we practice at Don Quijote. We did a big performance at the casa de cultura in Alfaz. I was the star of the show, I was Peter Pan. This year will be my third year, it is very friendly and I love it!

Jimbo and Sharon Gaffeny run the Broadway. Sharon was on television when she was younger. We do a pantomime at Christmas and Benidorm’s got talent in February. We also do a summer show, a Hallowe’en show and then back to the pantomime.

The times are Thursday and Friday, 5:30 to 7:30 and on Saturday 10:30 to 2:30. I am ten years old and it’s very fun if you love singing and dancing or acting. By Ella Mae (Year 6).

I am Amalia and when I came to Sierra Bernia School, I made lots of friends and we’ve got kind teachers like Mrs Sweet and Mrs Letchford. You can eat in the comedor or you can bring a packed lunch. I’ve got a friend called Ella, she’s cool. I am a good singer and I like to sing Hannah Montana or Miley Cirus songs, and Camp Rock songs. By Amalia (Year 5).

In Sierra Bernia School we are learning all about spies and the gadgets they use. In Maths we are learning about area and perimeter and in science we are learning about planets and the Sun. I have learned that it takes a year for the Earth to go around the Sun. By Joe (Year 5).

Lower School Visit To Jungle Book

On Thursday 14th January Years 1 - 6 were taken on a wonderful day out to see a production of Jungle Book in Alicante.

The performance was in Spanish with English songs, and was visually stunning.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable day with lunch in the park after the performance.




Matthew and Emma enjoyed the park!







Excellent costumes and a great production!

It's Father Christmas - Look It Really Is!

The end of term is always an enjoyable time for all the students at SBS.

The excitement in the Infant block was amazing as rumours of the arrival of Father Christmas spread! It was some party and everyone received their own special gift from Old Nick!

The party went with a real swing and it was a fitting reward for all the hard work everyone has done this term. We'll let the pictures speak for themselves.......