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Congratulations to Charles Pavlou in year 8 who has completed his Silver reading award. Between May and November he had to read six books of different genres, plus a book of...
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				Congratulations to Charles Pavlou in year 8 who has completed his Silver reading award. Between May and November he had to read six books of different genres, plus a book of...
Posted by Claire Till
 
				On Friday I spent Character Development Coach (CDC) time in the Maths Faculty area and was delighted to see so many students really focussed and engaged with our now embedded...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
 
				We believe that reading underpins everything for our students. Confident readers can access the curriculum in all subject areas, understand key concepts, write to a good standard...
Posted by Graeme Searle
 
				On Thursday we embarked on our first Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R) event of the academic year. “Drop Everything and Read, is a “national celebration of reading...
Posted by Claire Till
 
				On Thursday 23rd September we had our first of six calendared D.E.A.R events this year. As many of you will know, this is an established part of our celebration and promotion of...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
 
				I am delighted to announce the winners of our ‘Summer Reading Challenge Bingo’ competition are Angelina Leung 8 Beech and Lisa Qarib 8 Willow. This is the second year...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
 
				At Bushey Meads School all staff and students fully understand the importance of reading and how it underpins everything we do and all learning and achievement. We are very lucky...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
 
				This week, our theme at Bushey Meads has been ‘aspiration’ and Mrs Turton, our fantastic LRC manager, has been celebrating just that with her year 7 and 8 classes....
Posted by Danielle Bowe
 
				For our dedicated Carnegie Shadowers, who’ve been reading furiously for the last three months, the Awards Ceremony provided the conclusion to this year’s events. Along with groups...
Posted by Teresa Turton
 
				For the last two months a group of keen readers from years 7,8, and 11, have been reading the eight books shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Medal. The CILIP Carnegie...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Congratulations to Charles Pavlou in year 8 who has completed his Silver reading award. Between May and November he had to read six books of different genres, plus a book of poetry and one of short stories. Finally completing written evaluations on each text which he did to a very high standard. Charles demonstrated great resilience in expanding his range of reading material and determination in completing this award.
 
						Despite these difficult circumstances, students in our shadowing group are reading vigorously and discussing the books. In these updates, we hope to share our thoughts so far on...
 
						The importance of reading quality materials on a regular basis is key to success not only in school examinations but the wider world. Being able to understand and use a wide range...