Up up and away...

This hot-air balloon was spotted from the Junior classrooms' windows early this morning- we thought Sir Richard Branson might be dropping in, but it appeared to be landing somewhere towards Grandborough!

Bilton Grange in the 1970s...

Part 1-


Part 2- Hockey, playing on the lawns, and Section Cross-Country


Part 3-

Bilton Grange in the 1960s...

More fascinating footage from the cine films made by Joe Richardson- including what may be one of the last Chapel Choir photographs from the era of Mark Pasteur...

Bilton Grange 1961-3

Part 1- including boxing, raft-building and winter fun...



Part 2- the foundations of the Ravenscroft Hall are laid and a Time Capsule is buried in a special ceremony...



Part 3- The Ravenscroft Hall is opened by the Bishop of Coventry. 

BG in the late 1950s...

BG in 1953

Some fascinating historical footage of Bilton Grange in 1953 has emerged. It was taken by Mr Joe Richardson, a long-serving French master at the school, who died earlier this year, and who was remembered at the Chapel Service yesterday, attended by many of his former pupils. He had a cine camera and one of his hobbies was making home movies showing life at Bilton Grange. These are now a valuable historical record, and we have started to upload them to the Internet so that they can be seen by a wider audience than just those who attended the service.

We hope that the present-day children of BG will also find them fascinating- just how has the school changed?

Spreadsheets

The Third Form are starting to learn about spreadsheets this term:

The Shambles site has links to some useful resources and so does the Northumberland site.

WoW 17th September

WoW live, 17th September 2008 from Bilton Grange on Vimeo.

School desk of the future

Newsround are reporting on what might just be the school desk of the future...

Google Docs explained

A new way of sharing documents...

Shift Happens

An influential video about the growth in technology...

Skull or PC?

NS Optimum, who supply BG with computer equipment and support, have built a computer shaped like a skull! Can you even visualise our ICT room equipped with 20 skulls...?

Photography tips- portraits

Two video tutorials with basic tips about how to take good photographs of people.

Digital Literacy II- an anthropological study of YouTube

A fascinating hour-long lecture about the impact of YouTube on the digital world. This is by a University Lecturer of anthropology, Dr Michael Wesch, and presented at the US Congress Library, so is not aimed at younger children, but for staff and parents with an interest in technology, it's a worthwhile way of passing a spare hour!

"If Web 1.0 linked information, then Web 2.0 links people"

Festival Week 2002

In 2002 we made a video documenting Festival Week in June. It's now available to view online.