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For our first unit of study in English at Bushey Meads School, we have been looking at Mythology. During our first lesson, we had the chance to create our own mythical creatures...
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For our first unit of study in English at Bushey Meads School, we have been looking at Mythology. During our first lesson, we had the chance to create our own mythical creatures...
Posted by Saina Asadi
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy’s Progress was Charles Dickens’ second novel, following The Pickwick Papers, and was published as a serial in the magazine...
Posted by Natalie Stanton
Posted by Danielle Bowe
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...
Posted by Natalie Stanton
On Friday 22nd April our Time2Sh9e group attended their first ‘Gaining the Very Top Grades’ workshop – how to Shimmer in English. This was the first of four workshops...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
During Charles Dickens’ birthday week, all of KS3 and KS4 took part in a special lesson on Dickens’ Ghost Stories. In year Seven we have been creating our own ghost stories. We...
Posted by Natalie Stanton
You may recall my article back in November 2021 in which I threw the spotlight on our fantastic learning platform ‘Bedrock vocabulary’ which we use in the English...
Posted by Lee Cox
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
On Tuesday morning this week it was really impressive to join Mrs Famili’s Year 10 GCSE English class and listen to the high level discussion, thoughtful reflections and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Shaheel Mehta
For our first unit of study in English at Bushey Meads School, we have been looking at Mythology. During our first lesson, we had the chance to create our own mythical creatures and created a story to tell the myth our creature was involved in.
For example, Zoe Spanbok (7Beech), created a magical fairy that is able to spread kindness for all.
The myth we have been currently reading is Theseus and the Minotaur and as part of our study of the myth we completed a question and answer interview with the half man, half bull character of the Minotaur. This gave us a chance to think about the Minotaur’s unspoken perspective and gave his character the chance to justify his evil actions.
We performed our questions and answers in the form of a TV chat show interview. This was particularly fun as some groups made their performances quite humorous and engaging to watch and listen to.
We are all really enjoying our English lessons so far as they are fun and challenging.
Article by: Lily Fields (7Ash), Iris Johnson (7 Sycamore) and Ophelia Valente (7 Beech).
Year 7 have been studying Frankenstein, a modern play adapted by Philip Pullman, based on the gothic novel by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein is a story about what it means to be...
At Bushey Meads, the English faculty has recently been trialing Sparx Reader, an innovative tool designed to engage students with reading and promote a love for books. The results...