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One of our top teachers and leaders in the school Head of Faculty for MFL Mrs Charles led our Monday Magic Moment in Staff Briefing at the start of our week and shared some great,...
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One of our top teachers and leaders in the school Head of Faculty for MFL Mrs Charles led our Monday Magic Moment in Staff Briefing at the start of our week and shared some great,...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
To help the Y11 GCSE students with their speaking practice in French, we set up the speaking club which runs Monday lunchtimes. Students work in pairs or small groups to practise...
Posted by Vandana Pandya
I am pleased to tell you about an exciting collaborative project that we are piloting between Bushey Meads and our feeder schools of Little Reddings and Hartsbourne Primary...
Posted by Keren Crespi
A major advantage of learning another language is the ability to access other cultures. Our Spanish club uses our language skills to follow La Liga, one of the most globally...
Posted by Duncan Harrop
During the week of 26th September, students across the school celebrated the rich linguistic diversity of Europe, which comprises 200 European languages, 24 Official EU languages,...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
by Lily-Rose (Year 10). On the Year 10 option subjects enrichment day, I had a really lovely time learning in greater depth about the language that I study. The first task was...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
MFL staff and language leaders welcomed visitors to our French and Spanish classroom with a treasure trove of interactive games which included bingo, colour by numbers, play dough...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
It was great to see Mr Harrop effectively supporting our Year 9 Spanish students in preparation for their end of year exams. After reading key Spanish phrases on the interactive...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
My year 8 class were delighted last week to receive their second letters from their French penpals. Since 2017 Bushey Meads has been twinned with a school just outside Paris,...
Posted by Nicola Paddick
In KS3 French lessons just before half-term, we were looking at the French festival of “la Chandeleur” which is held every year on 2nd February. Unlike our tradition...
Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
One of our top teachers and leaders in the school Head of Faculty for MFL Mrs Charles led our Monday Magic Moment in Staff Briefing at the start of our week and shared some great, well-practised strategies to increase engagement and enjoyment in learning. Some ‘Magical Ideas’ to inspire us all included Pop Reading and Spin the Wheel games which could be arranged for the whole class or in small groups across the room. It made for a very positive start to the week.
We reached the center at around 9 o’clock after a lengthy yet fun coach journey. When we arrived, we were taken to a classroom where we were split into four groups of seven....
It made for an inspiring start to the week to hear from three of our key leaders in the Learning Support Faculty at Bushey Meads School on Monday morning. We have a number of...