Students Donate Books to Primary Schools
Back in March, for the World Book Day competition, some of our amazing students baked book-themed cakes and held a bake-sale so others could enjoy their creations. The proceeds of...
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Back in March, for the World Book Day competition, some of our amazing students baked book-themed cakes and held a bake-sale so others could enjoy their creations. The proceeds of...
Posted by Teresa Turton
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of taking 60 students from Year 7 to visit Warner Bros Studios for the day. Students were invited in recognition of their sustained commitment to...
Posted by Teresa Turton
For the second year running we entered two teams in the Regional Heat of the National Reading Champions Quiz. Competing with around 30 other schools from the region, our students...
Posted by Teresa Turton
As part of our annual World Book Day celebrations we are holding a Book Bake-Off competition, open to all students in the school. The challenge is to bake a cake or series of...
Posted by Teresa Turton
We are extremely lucky to have such a dedicated team of student librarians, led by Owen and Nathan from Yr13, who give up a breaktime each week to help manage the ever-increasing...
Posted by Teresa Turton
In our school library we have a range of resources to support study of set texts covered in both GCSE and A Level English; some are physical copies, others in our eLibrary via the...
Posted by Teresa Turton
For our dedicated Carnegie Shadowers, who’ve been reading furiously for the last three months, the Awards Ceremony provided the conclusion to this year’s events. Along with groups...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Last Wednesday, eight of our enthusiastic Year 7 students took part in the National Reading Champions Quiz run by the National Literacy Trust. It’s the first time...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Before half term our ‘eager readers’ met to vote for their favourites from the eight books they’ve been reading for the Carnegie Award. To mark the occasion, the library was...
Posted by Teresa Turton
In addition to the Carnegie award, the Kate Greenaway medal is awarded for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people. In library studies we often...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Back in March, for the World Book Day competition, some of our amazing students baked book-themed cakes and held a bake-sale so others could enjoy their creations. The proceeds of that sale have now been used to purchase 52 books, many nominated by the ‘bakers’, to be given to our primary schools for their young people to enjoy. Special book- plates have been added so readers know the books come recommended by Bushey Meads students. Let’s hope the primary students enjoy them!
This is a lovely extension of the regular cross phase projects that take place across the trust. I look forward to continuing my work with the primary schools, offering support with their libraries and guidance on texts.
After the success of our CDC time reading project for years 7 and 9 in the summer term, all year 7,8 9 and 10 CDCs met this week for the launch of our newly expanded scheme. Each...
Last Friday Mr Booth Head of Willow House and Senior IT Technician led our important Friday Faculty Focus which centred around Cyber Security. I am sure all of us have experienced...