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Last Friday morning I visited an inspiring textiles class and saw excellent engagement in the practical task set which involved designing and making pencil cases. There were lots...
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Last Friday morning I visited an inspiring textiles class and saw excellent engagement in the practical task set which involved designing and making pencil cases. There were lots...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Last week in Design and Technology Year 7 students were being challenged to create electrical circuits and were using the soldering irons carefully to solder components together...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
At Bushey Meads School our curriculum is very carefully tailored to ensure success for all and our AQA Awards are a great way of supplementing and enhancing the qualifications on...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
At Bushey Meads we are continuing to develop all aspects of our learning environment to support and aid engagement and progress. Our outdoor education programme, which was only...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Technology and active recall continue to play an important part of learning at Bushey Meads School. Teachers and Learning Assistants are always trying to find the latest tools to...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to see students in technology lessons on Tuesday of this week developing their CAD design skills. Using chromebooks to access the software program, they were...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
This week, our Sixth Form Student of the Week is Emma L in 12O, who has been recognised by several staff members for her excellent start to Year 12. Emma has approached her...
Posted by Jonathan Harris
Name: Rahat House: 10Elm Reason for nomination: In recognition of outstanding academic achievement, exemplary behaviour, and a positive attitude that inspires others....
Posted by Daniel Mitman
This week in Sixth Form, I’ve spent time visiting several classes during CDC time and have been impressed with the high standard of teaching and learning taking place. It’s been...
Posted by Jonathan Harris
Students in maths lessons this week have been completing their important End of Half Term Unit Assessments. The Year 10 class pictured here were taking things appropriately...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Students in maths lessons this week have been completing their important End of Half Term Unit Assessments.
The Year 10 class pictured here were taking things appropriately seriously and saw it as a very good preparation to practise for their upcoming End of Year Pre Public Examinations (PPEs) and GCSE Examinations in August 2026.
Many of them have been revising over the last few weeks and completing additional work on the various online learning platforms made available to them, watching media clips to strengthen their understanding of those ‘problem questions’ which, if mastered, can make the difference between 1 or 2 grade boundaries at this level.
Others have gone out of their way to attend the Maths Masterclasses offered by staff in the Maths Faculty on a weekly basis to further improve their attainment and progress.
In our school library we have a range of resources to support study of set texts covered in both GCSE and A Level English; some are physical copies, others in our eLibrary via the...
On Tuesday morning I visited several Year 7 lesions and was incredibly impressed with the engaging learning taking place. In Science, Mrs Bevin-Gahan, Lead SEND teacher, was...