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It was a real privilege to spend time with Miss Denmark’s Year 7 English group on Wednesday of this week and see their imagination and creative ideas come to the fore within the...
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It was a real privilege to spend time with Miss Denmark’s Year 7 English group on Wednesday of this week and see their imagination and creative ideas come to the fore within the...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Danielle Bowe
There have been several new members of staff that have joined Bushey Meads School this year and I thought it would be a great idea to introduce each one over the course of the...
Posted by Graeme Searle
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
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
‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ (1886) by Thomas Hardy Arguably Hardy’s greatest work, The Mayor of Casterbridge is the tragic story of Michael Henchard, a man who rises to civic...
Posted by Lynn Court
Wolf Hall’ (2009) by Hilary Mantel Recently recommended as a lockdown read by the Independent, Wolf Hall is historical fiction set in the time of Henry VIII. It follows the king’s...
Posted by Lynn Court
‘Brighton Rock’ (1938) by Graham Greene ‘Heaven was a word: hell was something he could trust.’ This fast-paced thriller is one of Greene’s most famous novels. It tells the tale...
Posted by Lynn Court
It seems that so many aspects of our lives have taken a bit of a hiatus since we all started working from home, and creative writing club has been no exception. Obviously, our...
Posted by Sara-Luise Smith
Encouraging your child to write is an important way to support their development both academically and as a person. As research indicates writing enables young people to express...
Posted by Claire Till
It was a real privilege to spend time with Miss Denmark’s Year 7 English group on Wednesday of this week and see their imagination and creative ideas come to the fore within the context of discussing and writing about monsters in a fantasy setting.
Their knowledge of Greek mythology and considered interpretation of relevant images certainly helped to inspire their thoughts which were captured in a passage of creative writing completed at the end of the lesson.
Their attitude to learning and behaviour was exemplary throughout the lesson; I was very impressed with their effort and determination to succeed.
It was also excellent to have Miss Brandon as the Learning Assistant in the room. She contributed brilliantly in helping to teach the lesson, bring the topic alive and with all her support for the students with their work.
Banned Books Week: The Power of Unsilenced Voices This week (October 1st – October 7th) we celebrate Banned Books Week, an annual event that champions the freedom to read. It’s a...
It is always inspiring to walk around Bushey Meads School during Friday morning’s Character Development Time and visit CDC groups reading together; the whole school silent apart...