A Key Focus on Oracy across the Bushey St James Trust
Staff at Bushey Meads are working hard in the ‘new normal’ we are having to operate in to ensure that we all keep safe. Our Staff Briefings used to be held in our Staffroom but...
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Staff at Bushey Meads are working hard in the ‘new normal’ we are having to operate in to ensure that we all keep safe. Our Staff Briefings used to be held in our Staffroom but...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to be able to cover such an engaging lesson for Mr Malik on Thursday of this week. Students were thinking about what they knew already about the concept of being an...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
September 26th marks the European Day of Languages and it was superb to listen to our inspiring and talented Language Leaders at Bushey Meads take all our Main School Assemblies...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Following the hugely encouraging visit to our school by Michaelene Holder-March, Senior Infection Protection Control Nurse working within Public Health and her detailed report...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our LRC has a slightly new look and feel this year with new COVID measures in place. As in classrooms, students sanitise their hands and clean their workspaces before use. When...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Ensuring our high profile focus on the importance of inculcating excellence habits of reading in all our students continued this week with our first DEAR (Drop Everything and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
This academic year our YC Hertfordshire service is now up and running. Our regular Personal Adviser is: Heidi Snowdon – in school every Monday and Tuesday Heidi will be offering...
Posted by Di Mcildowie
Our new year 12 Photography students experimented with slow shutter speeds in the dark space of the drama studio. All students really enjoyed creating beautiful visual light...
Posted by Sam Cole
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Staff at Bushey Meads are working hard in the ‘new normal’ we are having to operate in to ensure that we all keep safe. Our Staff Briefings used to be held in our Staffroom but now take place in our large Main Hall, ensuring that all staff keep at least 1 metre from each other and facing the front for the important meeting that lasts no more than 10 minutes – all compliant with Public Health England close contact guidance.
She provided some really good tips for all classroom practitioners that could be used straight away, including different ways to approach questioning with students that is more inclusive and engaging with all learners and opens up and encourages even more opportunities for debate and discussion.
How many people speak English? There are over 840 million people who speak English as a first or second language. This makes it the second most spoken language after Mandarin. It...