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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...
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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
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
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
Our newly refurbished Main School Reception now proudly exhibits some stunning GCSE and A level art work. Four pieces by talented BMS artists T-Ala Marsh and Abirami Jalajan were...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Wednesday of this week, as part of our ongoing work to ensure the safety of all staff and students at the school in these challenging times, we welcomed Michaelene Holder-March...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
As many of you are aware we have been working hard for a number of months to be able to welcome 800 Prospective Parents to Bushey Meads as part of their important process of...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
I would like to thank all our amazing students for accepting and fitting in to the new routines that we have had to establish at the start of this autumn term with the ongoing...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The highlight of the evening for most of the Year 7 parents was meeting their children’s Character Development Coaches or CDCs. These dedicated and caring staff will see their...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
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.

Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment that was published in 1857. Upon publication it immediately outsold any of Dickens’s previous books. The story is set around...