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Teaching my Year 10 boys PE class on a Wednesday afternoon is one of the highlights of my week. The students are well behaved, enthusiastic and eager to learn. After finishing our...
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Teaching my Year 10 boys PE class on a Wednesday afternoon is one of the highlights of my week. The students are well behaved, enthusiastic and eager to learn. After finishing our...
Posted by Graeme Searle
We were lucky enough to appoint Mr Carter to teach English at Bushey Meads School from September and he has made a superb contribution to the English faculty and is liked by...
Posted by Graeme Searle
As you are probably aware, I am a husband and father of three boys (aged 5, 7 and 10) and as much as I enjoy my job and take it seriously, it is my family that I love and care for...
Posted by Graeme Searle
There have been several new members of staff that have joined Bushey Meads School this year and I thought it would be a great idea to introduce each one over the course of the...
Posted by Graeme Searle
It was always going to be an impossible task for Acting Deputy Headteacher Mr Searle to do justice to the the Theme of the Week ‘Equality and Diversity’ in the short 10 minute...
Posted by Graeme Searle
The first students started back at Bushey Meads School on Thursday 3rd September. These were the Year 7 and external Year 12 students so that they could familiarise themselves...
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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...
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As I have mentioned in my previous articles, it is wonderful to see so many students back at Bushey Meads School and learning in class. Due to family commitments in these strange...
Posted by Graeme Searle
From Friday 12th June small groups of students from Years 7, 8 and 9 have been attending school between 9am – 3pm to catch up with their school work. Numbers were small on...
Posted by Graeme Searle
Every year we send out a student survey so the most important stakeholders of BMS – the students – are able to tell us what they think about the school. The Senior...
Posted by Graeme Searle
Teaching my Year 10 boys PE class on a Wednesday afternoon is one of the highlights of my week. The students are well behaved, enthusiastic and eager to learn.
After finishing our fitness unit in the multi-gym, we started a table tennis scheme of learning. The first couple of lessons consisted of allowing the students to familiarise themselves with the bat and ball and trying to sustain a rally comfortably and then we covered the rules of both singles and doubles competition. The video shows George and Benji sustaining a rally during the warm-up.
This week we looked at how to impart spin on the ball – both topspin for attacking shots and backspin for defensive shots. After completing a few specific drills, the students tried to apply these newly acquired skills into a game situation. Many students did so with high levels of success.
I was lucky enough to play against two students myself. After coming back from 3 points behind I narrowly beat Alvin. I then played Owen twice. The first game ended in a closely fought victory for me. You’d better ask Owen what the score was in the second game.
With the Year 11 Pre Public Exams or PPEs in full flow, it was inspiring to see how well these important exams at this time of year started last week. The two day art exams gave...
CRICKET Year 7/8 Cricket v Croxley Danes (Division 1) Date : Thursday 9th June 2022 Score : BMS 61 for 8 off 15 overs, Croxley Danes 62 for 4 off 14.5 overs Result : Croxley...