BCIS actively meets the academic, physical, social, emotional and cultural needs of our community in a safe a caring learning environment that stretches beyond four classroom walls.  Students are provided opportunities to reflect on their own personal and social development; recognize the commonalities and differences in personal and social development, both in their peers and in others around the world; develop a suitable vocabulary to deal with the issues and relationships they will encounter; approach new and sometimes challenging situations within a safe environment. Working together with our community, BCIS’s caring and dedicated staff nurture academic achievement, physical well-being and personal success of students.

Middle and High School homeroom classes meet for a short time at the start of each day and for 3 Pastoral Care periods every two weeks. Homeroom and Pastoral Care are important times for students and their two homeroom teachers to be together. Homeroom teachers welcome their homeroom students each morning and have the opportunity to get to know them outside of their academic subject areas. They serve as mentors and advocates for their students, celebrating student successes and providing guidance and support to help their students find solutions to issues or concerns. The homeroom teacher is the main point of contact for general communication between home and school.

A key focus for Pastoral Care is on building relationships between teachers and students as well as relationships between students. Pastoral Care also provides the opportunity to address important social and emotional issues that may not always fit neatly into other curricular areas, e.g. teenage health, puberty, sex education, relationships, bullying, peer pressure, substance use and abuse. The Pastoral Care programme is flexible and responsive, enabling teachers to adjust the focus to meet the needs of their homeroom students as and when issues arise. Pastoral Care lessons also allow teachers to reinforce organizational and time management skills and help students to set personal and academic goals.