Well, here we are, another academic year at Bushey Meads School. A fresh start for all, a clean slate, a level playing field. It’s all for the taking and I, for one, am eager to take it.

To say that I have been spoiled since taking over as the head of Elm House is an understatement. There is an abundance of wonderful, kind, polite, and dedicated students wearing the navy blue stripes in their ties. A quick look at the rewards report tells me that every single student in Elm House has contributed in terms of reward points which is absolutely exceptional.

Eleven of those students have already accumulated 60 or more reward points and we haven’t even made it to half term! That’s more than 10 a week! A special thank you goes out to:

Chaudhry Shamas, Aahil

Dempster, Lucy

Herman, Hollie

Reynolds, Walter

Gillett, Ellie

Lesworth, Beatrice

Kerai, Maya

Millar, Adam

Dempster, Jack

Griffin, Emily

Sanga, Anish

You are leading by example and your contribution to Elm House is greatly appreciated and is rightly recognised.

We narrowly missed out on retaining the house cup last year and it would be amazing to see it returned to us in the summer. You can help by continuing to follow the ‘3 Rs’ and having a positive attitude to learning but if you really wish to go above and beyond then you should consider participating in extracurricular activities and events.

One such event is the upcoming House Arts Event which takes place on

The theme this year is ‘teamwork’ and there are 7 categories for entries. These are:

• Art
• Drama
• Dance
• Music
• Photography
• Poetry
• Videography