The Power of Collaboration!
“It’s easier to concentrate.” “I get less distracted.” “I heard from my friends how useful last week’s Study Saturday was and wanted to come today to get some maths work done.”...
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“It’s easier to concentrate.” “I get less distracted.” “I heard from my friends how useful last week’s Study Saturday was and wanted to come today to get some maths work done.”...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was a privilege once again to profile our great school at the national By Leaders for Leaders summer conference which took place in Central London earlier this week. Following...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to see our talented Year 11 Drama GCSE students perform under the lights and the additional scrutiny of a visiting GCSE examiner on Wednesday evening of this week....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
As many of you are aware throughout the year, every half term, each faculty is asked to nominate one student from each year group to receive a prestigious High Achiever Award...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was good to visit a number of Character Development Groups last Friday morning and once again see all students making the most of the dedicated 20 minutes of silent reading....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Head of House Mr Piper and Associate Leader Mr O’Kelly led the Friday Faculty Focus last Friday to prepare all staff for this year’s vertical tutoring fortnight. In mixed age...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
I would like to thank Mr Back, our dedicated Learning Resource Centre Manager, for once again facilitating the hugely important Study Saturday revision sessions which take place...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was very powerful to see so many Year 11 students attending the focussed English GCSE revision sessions last Saturday and hear all the very detailed, poignant advice and clear...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to see the real focus of our hard working Year 11 and 13 students at a variety of special classes and revision sessions taking place over the Easter holidays. The...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Student voice is very strong and active at Bushey Meads and students’ ideas and opinions are always really valued as we all work together to improve our fabulous school. Besides...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
“It’s easier to concentrate.”
“I get less distracted.”
“I heard from my friends how useful last week’s Study Saturday was and wanted to come today to get some maths work done.”
“It’s better to work with others around you.”
“My best mate is really good at maths and he helps me.”
“It’s a nice quiet space to work.”
These were just some of the incredibly powerful comments made by a cross section of Year 11 and 13 students who attended this week’s Study Saturday session in the LRC.
A few of the 75 students arrived as early as 9.30 am and were waiting keenly for our dedicated LRC Manager Mr Back to arrive and start the session which officially runs every Saturday from 10.00 am until 2.00 pm.
These powerful images show some of the students working both collaboratively and independently – completing past papers, creating revision cards, working on Mathswatch or one of the many other online learning platforms provided for free by the school.
Our Study Saturday Initiative continues to be very popular with many students in Year 11 and 13 and one of the most powerful strategies to create momentum and encourage even more...
Following the PPE results assembly on Thursday 9th January many Year 11 students were eager to act immediately and start preparing for their GCSE’s. One opportunity for them...