The British School of Beijing, Shunyi is delighted to join the celebrations worldwide in honour of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla on 6th May 2023 at Westminster Abbey. 

On behalf of everyone at BSB Shunyi, our congratulations to King Charles III and the Queen Consort!

Our school has been celebrating with many exciting activities throughout the day!

Time Capsule 

Secondary students are marking this special day by putting together a Time Capsule to be buried in the ground for 20 years. They hope that when people open it in 2043, the contents can give an insight into our daily life in 2023 and inspire others to look ahead at the next 20 years.

Here are some of the special items that students put together themselves!

• A letter from our Principal Mrs. Jayne Needham

• A letter from our Head of Secondary Mr. Bevan Graham

• A school tie, a new Nord Anglia badge and a swim cap.

• Mandy Chen Year 7 - Artwork

• Maria Matthews Year 7 - A long letter about life in China

• Emma Van Dillen Year 7 - Chinese currency and a note

• Anastasia Arnarsdottir Year 7 -  A letter, pictures of the school and Chinese currency

• Lina Kallenberg Year 9 - Poem “Family is a Treasure”

• Gabriella Wilson Year 9 - A letter about life in China

• Jeremy Baxter Year 9 - Predictions for the future

• Emma Reimann Year 9 - Predictions for the future

• John Sun Year 10 - Chinese poetry written about his Duke of Edinburgh’s International Awards trip

Thank you for all your brilliant contributions towards the time capsule and thank you Ms Jessica Smith for organising this!

Celebration & Learning Activities

Students learn interesting facts and history about the British monarchy. In Year 5’s English lessons, students are writing letters to King Charles III. See Terrence’s lovely letter and artwork. He congratulates King Charles III on his coronation and said that “I know you are a very good King, you like the environment protect the nature” and “I will be very happy if you can come to China!”

All Year 3 students become kings and queens wearing their own creative royal crowns.

Students designed commemorative coins and created different arts and crafts to celebrate the occasion.

Wear red, white and blue for charity

Students are invited to come to school wearing red, white and blue or “royal” attires and donate to the Future Thinkers, a charity building a library in a migrant school to benefit disadvantaged children.

In preparation for the big British Tea Party this afternoon to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla, students made flags and bunting for decorations, baked biscuits and making sandwiches in British flavours of course!

Thank you all the Secondary students for helping to set up the Big British Tea Party for the Secondary School!

Big British Tea Party

Now, we’re ready to celebrate with our big British Tea Party!