Bayside School was awarded the Cyber School of the Year 2020 in the National Cybersecurity Awards on Wednesday evening. We were shortlisted along with another three schools from the UK.

Our nomination was based on our successes in the Cybercenturion competition over the past five years, along with our efforts to close the gender gap, our work with children who are on the autistic spectrum and the rolling out of the first Gibraltar Cyber Challenge, Rock Defenders. The partnerships formed with the tech industry in the private sector has played a huge part in Bayside being recognised as one of the top schools developing cybersecurity skills.

Sponsors of the event include National Police Chief's Council, (NPCC) KPMG and Amazon Web Services. Our award was sponsored by KPMG. Judges including former Defence Minister Geoff Hoon, Professor Dresner of Manchester University, along with representatives from BAE, HSBC and the UN.

  https://thenationalcyberawards.org/2020-finalists/  

We are proud to announce that Bayside School has been nominated for three upcoming awards;

Cultural Awards 2020 - Best Educational Project
Bayside School is recognised for it's Headteacher's Portrait Exhibition, which paid tribute to the 10 head teachers in our school's history. The project also served to highlight changes in schools.
Also, a number of Bayside students have been nominated for individual awards in the Junior and Youth sections.
Phone lines open on Friday to cast votes.

Gibraltar Sustainability Award 2020 - Technology for Sustainability
Bayside School is recognised for its cybersecurity education work and specifically for closing the skills and gender gap in digital skills education locally and being at the forefront of inclusive technology education.

The National Cyber Awards 2020 - Education and Learning - The Cyber School of the Year
Bayside School is recognised for its continued extracurricular educational program in cybersecurity along with the strong partnerships made with experts in the field. Also recognised is the creation of the first Gibraltar Cyber Challenge, Rock Defenders, which will be delivered to all Key Stage 3 students in both Comprehensive Schools.
          www.rockdefenders.com
          https:/thenationalcyberawards.org/2020-finalists/

We would usually have invited you to a presentation in June/July before the school closed for the summer to talk to you about our school. We know that it is not quite the same but we have posted a presentation for you to look at (audio included in some slides) to give you an idea of what Bayside is like.
It's in our pastoral section together with our handbook and some other information you might find useful.

• Tuesday 1st September  - staff only
•  Wednesday 2nd September 1030-1215  - Year 11 
• Wednesday 2nd September 1030-1215  - Year 13
• Wednesday 2nd September 1100-1245  - Year 9
• Thursday 3rd September 1100-1245  - Year 8 
• Thursday 3rd September 0900-1045  - Year 10
•  Friday 4th September 0900-1245  - Year 7 

All students will then begin lessons on Monday 7th September at 0900

•  Monday 14th September 0900  - Year 12

There's a global issue with attachments and the GCSE results are delayed in going out. Apologies for this. It is outside of our control.

Further to the statement made by Roger Taylor, Chair of OfQual, who said 
"We have therefore decided that students be awarded their centre assessment for this summer – that is, the grade their school or college estimated was the grade they would most likely have achieved in their exam – or the moderated grade, whichever is higher".
We will be issuing new statement of results as soon as we receive them from the exam boards.
In the meantime we will still be responding to CAG requests via baysideapplications@baysideschoolgibraltar.gi.
Please address all queries to this email rather than contacting your teachers directly. 

Check out our Parents' Handbook 2020-21 https://www.baysideschoolgibraltar.gi/pastoral.html