A Summer Term of Lockdown Arts
This week would have seen our more able drama students take part in the annual Bushey Meads Outdoor Shakespeare production supported by a range of artists from across the arts...
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This week would have seen our more able drama students take part in the annual Bushey Meads Outdoor Shakespeare production supported by a range of artists from across the arts...
Posted by Greg Knowles
Audiobooks have attracted much attention over the last few months with sales increasing dramatically since March and the introduction of Lockdown. They are however not new with...
Posted by Claire Till
It has certainly been a strange time as a PE teacher delivering virtual tasks to the students in the school over the lockdown period. However it has been great to see how so many...
Posted by Ashley Cartledge
Posted by Danielle Bowe
‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ (1886) by Thomas Hardy Arguably Hardy’s greatest work, The Mayor of Casterbridge is the tragic story of Michael Henchard, a man who rises to civic...
Posted by Lynn Court
As part of our ongoing drive to support the wellbeing of staff and aid recruitment and retention to Bushey Meads School and the Bushey St James Trust in September 2018 we opened...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Every year, Bushey Meads School hosts a ‘Secondary School Experience Week’ for the Year 6 students in the Bushey St James Trust. During this week, the students spend a week at...
Posted by Graeme Searle
This week has seen our biggest First Lessons Event ever at Bushey Meads. The Sixth Form team have worked hard to welcome all students enrolled into next year’s Sixth Form...
Posted by Matthew O'Kelly
Normally at this time of year we offer a Secondary School Experience Week to all the Year 6 students in our Multi Academy Trust, irrespective of whether or not they are intending...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
This week would have seen our more able drama students take part in the annual Bushey Meads Outdoor Shakespeare production supported by a range of artists from across the arts faculty. It is with sadness that we could not bring you this much loved event this year and instead wondered what we could do instead.
Looking back over this term’s work we realised that the biggest thing that had been missing from the arts curriculum was the opportunity for students to see each other’s work. Watching your peers acting, dancing, singing, playing instruments is crucial to the development of our young artists. It is always the highlight of teaching in the arts when you see students inspired by the work produced in the school.
So we decided we would share some of our favourite pieces of work that have been submitted to us over the last term.
If you can spare just under 15 minutes of your time then it is worth watching the wonderful selection of work in our ‘A Summer Term Of Lockdown Arts’ video below.
After reflecting on some amazing results from last year’s artists, musicians, dramatists and dancers we begin the new academic year with a buzz in the air. Already arts students...