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As a teacher who has been teaching for the best part of two decades, I can quite confidently say the current year has been the toughest for me. I’m pretty sure I’m not...
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As a teacher who has been teaching for the best part of two decades, I can quite confidently say the current year has been the toughest for me. I’m pretty sure I’m not...
Posted by Greg Knowles
It was inspiring to start another week at Bushey Meads School with a continued focus on sharing best practice. This week Head of Faculty for Performing and Visual Arts Mr Knowles...
Posted by Greg Knowles
Drama has its challenges for remote learning. A subject that traditionally relies on extensive group work and plenty of close interaction was always going to provide us with...
Posted by Greg Knowles
Over the last two weeks we have been busy auditioning students for our exciting school production this year – School Of Rock!!!. To date we have auditioned years 7 and 8. By...
Posted by Greg Knowles
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
Usually at this time of year in the arts faculty we would be finishing off end of year assessments; moderating the high quality GCSE and A-level art work and finalising...
Posted by Greg Knowles
Lockdown has been a trying experience for us all in many ways, but watching ‘College Behind Bars’ (BBC TV) might make you look at lockdown very differently. The programme was...
Posted by Greg Knowles
During lockdown the Arts faculty student leaders have come up with a series of arts challenges for all students and staff to complete. Even though the challenges have only been...
Posted by Greg Knowles
At this point in our year 8 drama curriculum our students would usually be creating plays to communicate the problems with social media – cyberbullying, lower social skills,...
Posted by Greg Knowles
In such ‘interesting times’ I am so proud of the staff in the arts faculty and the work they are doing to keep our students at the forefront of arts education. A range...
Posted by Greg Knowles
As a teacher who has been teaching for the best part of two decades, I can quite confidently say the current year has been the toughest for me. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this. I know many of our students have found the arts particularly challenging when faced with lockdown interrupting their studies. Our arts students have missed working in groups, lost access to creative working spaces, and had time spent on creating art limited. However, our students have continued to produce great work and have taken every opportunity to use what we have offered in the arts to find enjoyment in their work.
We are delighted to share with you our Spring term celebration video of some of our favourite work submitted during the last term.
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...
It was a real privilege to see the GCSE practical Art Exams take place on Thursday and Friday last week. Students had to spend 10 hours in exam conditions preparing their final...