Wednesday Wisdom
Each Wednesday, the Learning Support Faculty hold their staff briefing between 08:25 – 08:40. This provides an opportunity to share important information and ensure everyone...
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Each Wednesday, the Learning Support Faculty hold their staff briefing between 08:25 – 08:40. This provides an opportunity to share important information and ensure everyone...
Posted by Graeme Searle
Dear all, Please find below the SEND ‘Tip of the Month’ for October 2021. As a school we have a number of students with a diagnosis of Autism and Pathological Demand...
Posted by Roa Dillon
It was lovely to welcome so many parents and carers to our Learning Support Information Evening hosted in the Main Hall by our outstanding SENDCo Roa Dillon who is one of the key...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We are delighted that our alternative curriculum has started again. All our students happily set-off for their weekly trip to Aldenham Farm thanks to Mrs Ellicott, Mrs Davies and...
Posted by Roa Dillon
Dear all our parents and carers, It is fantastic to welcome all our old and new faces to Learning Support. We have made some significant positive changes in Learning Support over...
Posted by Roa Dillon
Following on from the last fishing article, Mitchell was determined to catch a Pike and this has been the main conversation for the last few weeks. So you can imagine his...
Posted by Shirley Ellicott
Anxiety and Mental health in SEND As we all know COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the anxiety of all our young people and this has been particularly difficult for our SEND...
Posted by Roa Dillon
We welcomed our wonderful students back at our new breakfast club that started this week in Learning Support. B – Breakfast M – Mind S – Study We are focusing on...
Posted by Roa Dillon
Year 11 Arts Award students have worked so incredibly hard for the past two years. They haven’t had the easiest ride with COVID19 disrupting both their year 10 and year 11...
Posted by Hannah Smart
At Bushey Meads we are always looking for exciting ways to further develop our already rich and diverse curriculum which offers a whole range of in-school courses at all levels,...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Each Wednesday, the Learning Support Faculty hold their staff briefing between 08:25 – 08:40. This provides an opportunity to share important information and ensure everyone is ready to support the students in our care. Every week, a different member of the faculty presents a ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ – a 3 minute presentation to share good practice.
Last week, Miss Booth covered lots of useful information on Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). All of the Learning Assistants learned about new aspects of DLD and are now in a position to support specific students even more thoroughly.
The second Marking and Feedback Fortnight took place recently and the theme was ‘Marking to Move Forward’. Staff were asked to mark a set of exercise books or test...
On Monday 6th December a group of students from Learning Support were very fortunate to take part in a football session run by Chid from Hertfordshire Learning Disability...