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It was great to see Elaine, Kara and Pilar lead a stretch and challenge True/False starter activity that engaged all students in revisiting prior learning covered during their...
On Wednesday on this week it was great to see so many parents and carers in the Main Hall for the two Year 9 Options Evening talks provided by Deputy Headteacher Mrs Ash, Work...
Our latest Marking and Feedback Evaluation Fortnight is focussing solely on the power of verbal feedback and how this constant teacher strategy is being employed across our...
Mr Dowty’s Year 9 CDC group are participating in guided reading sessions in CDC time on Friday mornings as part of our continued focus on improving literacy and reading at...
Our Friday morning silent reading sessions in Character Development Time (CDC Time) are now becoming an embedded part of the way we are strengthening our key literacy agenda at...
It was great to walk through a real variety of superb English lessons earlier this week and see how well all teachers were enabling students to capture the detailed verbal...
Our annual Health and Fitness Week has gone really well as usual at Bushey Meads. Led by our superb Head of Faculty Mr Cartledge it has once again involved all staff and students...
It was great to see the focus and achievements being made in Monday evening’s rehearsal of the newly formed Bushey St James Trust Dance Academy. Led by our inspirational Head of...
Verbal feedback from teachers is one of the most common forms of feedback given in classrooms across the school. In this video we capture Mr Chalkley providing constant verbal...
Our Friday Faculty Focus at the end of another busy and productive week at Bushey Meads highlighted the strong and embedded culture of kindness that exists within our great...
It was great to see Elaine, Kara and Pilar lead a stretch and challenge True/False starter activity that engaged all students in revisiting prior learning covered during their GCSE studies over the last two years.
They asked supplementary questions to tease out understanding and also explained any misconceptions. 
Students clearly enjoyed the start of the lesson and one student even said “we should do that more often!”
The lesson went on to focus on a very helpful structure strip which clearly showed the students how to plan a good examination answer and include the elements that enable them to get the top marks.
The whole lesson was about supporting students to get the maximum marks possible, stretching and challenging them to reach and even exceed their predicted aspirational GCSE levels. 
