Friday CDC Reading
As a school we continue to place a big emphasis on encouraging all students to read regularly and develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. Reading we all know underpins...
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As a school we continue to place a big emphasis on encouraging all students to read regularly and develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. Reading we all know underpins...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Students in KS3 have been enjoying using the Learning Resource Centre, LRC, for reading lessons as part of their English curriculum. Miss Denton, Advanced Lead Teacher for...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
It was great to drop into 8 Oak and 8 Ash’s CDC rooms and see Miss Sumpter and Mrs Wilson’s Character Development Groups on Friday at the end of last week. Exemplary...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The Sixth Form Centre was buzzing on Thursday, with a gathering of staff and students from Bushey Meads, Kings Langley, Ashlyns and Tring schools who met to celebrate the Yoto...
Posted by Teresa Turton
It was a privilege to join 10 Beech last week on Friday morning and read with them during the whole school silent reading programme that takes place at Bushey Meads every Friday....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to be able to join a few different CDC Groups last Friday morning and see all the students engaged so well with our Friday Reading programme, aimed at developing and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Once again Bushey Meads students excelled in the World Book Day Bake-Off 2023. Tasked with creating one or more cakes, large or small, to celebrate books, our students produced...
Posted by Teresa Turton
On Monday morning, just before breaktime, our school fell silent and we all participated in a Drop Everything and Read or DEAR event across all lessons and office spaces in the...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Therapeutic Benefits of Reading and Writing Creative writing has reading at its core. The benefits of reading and writing (including journals and letters) have been referenced in...
Posted by Lynn Court
How Healthy is Reading? 19th century newly literate women were considered vulnerable and there was a fear that they could be manipulated by fiction! Similarly, newly literate men...
Posted by Lynn Court
It has been a delight for me, during these strange times, to receive students’ Reading Award work and see what they’ve been reading – I have certainly added a few books to...
The first Ash House assembly of the academic year was held this week, delivered by Head of Ash House Mrs Hughes. The theme of the week was based on one of the school core values...