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Here we are again at the start of another busy academic year at Bushey Meads School. A fresh start for all mixed with numerous new opportunities to succeed can only mean one...
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Here we are again at the start of another busy academic year at Bushey Meads School. A fresh start for all mixed with numerous new opportunities to succeed can only mean one...
Posted by Andrew Burnell
On 29th September 2023, Bushey Meads School had the first Enrichment Day for this academy year. The computing department took the opportunity to do the Dragon’s Den project with...
Posted by Siew Young
FOOTBALL Year 9 Boys v St Joan of Arc (County Cup) HOME Mr Harris Date: Thursday 12th October 2023 Result: Won 5 – 1 Scorers: R. Cooper, K. Gibson, H. Neal, N. Walters (x2)...
Posted by Ashley Cartledge
Calling our young chefs in Year 8,9,10 or 11 Can you prepare in two hours, a two-course healthy meal comprising a main course and dessert for two people and costing up to...
Posted by Alison Hanbury
If you study Spanish and you are in Year 9, you have TILL 30TH OCTOBER to sign up for the Spanish trip which this year will take place in Seville! Seville is one of the most...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
This week, our students took part in the science club. They used a variety of ingredients, including baking soda, citric acid, essential oils, and food colouring, to create their...
Posted by Maryam Razavi
Posted by Donna King
Head of Standards, Safeguarding and SEND, Mrs Ash led a series of main school assemblies this week to promote the importance of leadership and those hugely significant character...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We have all been aware of the emerging topic of AI and its growing influence within our society. In education AI has its benefits, but it does need to be used cautiously. On...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We are very fortunate to have an amazing IT Team at Bushey Meads who work incredibly hard within our school and across all three institutions in our Multi Academy Trust to...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Here we are again at the start of another busy academic year at Bushey Meads School. A fresh start for all mixed with numerous new opportunities to succeed can only mean one thing. An extremely exciting year ahead for all members of Maple house.
I think it is fair to say that I have been very lucky since taking over as head of Maple house. There is a plethora of exceptionally, respectful, responsible, kind, hardworking and dedicated students within the house who are proud to wear the orange colour of Maple. Being the head of house I have the privilege of hearing all about the fantastic achievements the students in my house have accomplished across various aspects of school life. Even from a quick glance at the reward points table I can see that so many of the house have already contributed towards our ever accumulating total. Diving deeper into the numbers there are 28 students who have already achieved over 60 reward points, which equates to nearly 9 reward points per week. I think everyone would agree that this is a fantastic start to the year. Below you can see a list of the top 10 achievements so far this year in Maple House.
Name: | Total reward points for this academic year. |
H. Bate | 91 |
Y. Kahn | 91 |
Y. Loku Galapaththige | 87 |
A.Twigger | 77 |
Z. O’Brart | 76 |
Z. Butler | 75 |
M. Collins | 74 |
C. Whitlock | 70 |
D. Mason | 69 |
E. Bird | 68 |
A new academic year means fresh opportunities to succeed in house competitions. The first major one being the interhouse cross country. Throughout this week students form years 7,8 and 9 have been competing against each other to earn points for their house. Maple house have lived up to their expectations as E. Rumney won the year 7 boys race and K. Mistry won the year 8 boys race. L. Bird also came second with M.Rumney and M. Oleksy coming third in the year 9 and year 7 girls race. These results were the cherry on top of the cake as there were many more top 10 finishes throughout the house. Overall the effort and determination everyone showed was fantastic to see and something that everyone can take into the next house competition.
Alongside sporting success we also have academic success in the form of this outstanding piece of work produced by H. Bate. This piece was completed for Mr Cox’s English lesson where the students were asked to design a labyrinth on paper as they are studying mythology. H. Bate clearly went above and beyond by actually building one. This is a real example to all of the house to show what can be achieved when time and effort is spent on something that they are passionate about.
Finally, just as a quick reminder to all, the House Arts event has been launched recently in CDC with the following categories on offer this year:
The theme this year is on teamwork. I personally think that this theme is an excellent one as it offers an abundance of ideas that can be applied to all of the categories. I really look forward to seeing all of the amazing entries on the 30th November when the competition will be judged. Get creative Maple house and good luck.
Every Friday, the CDC Activity is CDC led reading of a set text for students in Years 7-10 and silent personal study for students in Years 11-13. It is a lovey way to start the...
Students in Maple House had a great start to the day last Thursday in their motivational House Assembly led by their Head of House Mr Burnell. Reflecting on the Theme of the Week...