English Subject Leaders
This week, I have had the pleasure of meeting with our new subject leaders for English. Luka Kovalevskyte, Prisha Tapre, Aagarsan Velautham and Myfanwy Taylor-Bean brought some...
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This week, I have had the pleasure of meeting with our new subject leaders for English. Luka Kovalevskyte, Prisha Tapre, Aagarsan Velautham and Myfanwy Taylor-Bean brought some...
Posted by Jade Denmark
It was great to see two ends of the reading spectrum from Year 7 to Year 12 on the last Friday of half term with the CDCs choosing an appropriate age-related text to read to their...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
This week we held our first non-fiction D.E.A.R event. Non-fiction texts being seen as those about existing things and as informative. Described in a TED talk as ‘healing...
Posted by Claire Till
Coinciding with the Jhalak Prize 2020 for Writers of Colour our LRC is recognising classical and contemporary literature by such authors. With a remarkable range of...
Posted by Claire Till
It is so good to see how embedded our whole school reading agenda is across all year groups and wonderful to see so many students choosing books for a variety of purposes whether...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Despite the trials of homeschooling coinciding with the launch of this year’s Carnegie Shadowing Scheme, our students did themselves proud, reading around 40 titles between them...
Posted by Teresa Turton
It was a very positive start to the week at BMS to listen to a presentation from two of our superb Advanced Lead Teachers at the school Miss Pattni and Mr Symeou. They were...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
A definite positive ‘side-effect’ of lockdown was the valuable extra time we found for personal reading. As you will know from July’s newsletter, Mrs Turton, our...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Summer Holidays are here and we are delighted to be launching a Summer Reading Bingo Challenge for all students and staff! Make the most of your free time during the summer and:...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
The final three books in the Carnegie Shortlist demonstrate the range of content that is considered the best of the newest children’s literature. While Black Flamingo offers an...
Posted by Teresa Turton
This week, I have had the pleasure of meeting with our new subject leaders for English. Luka Kovalevskyte, Prisha Tapre, Aagarsan Velautham and Myfanwy Taylor-Bean brought some fantastic ideas to the meeting and we started to discuss some exciting plans to share the ‘Love of Lit’ across the school. Their enthusiasm and commitment to their student leader role has demonstrated why they are such great ambassadors for our English faculty and I am really looking forward to working with them throughout the academic year.
We will be meeting regularly to discuss ideas and develop existing ones. We have already started to discuss plans for introducing a Literature wall to display student ‘recommended reads’ and have some exciting plans to share the love of Literature across Bushey Meads School.
Watch this space…
Carnegie Shadowing Group News This week’s featured book, also available as an ebook through the local library, has been greatly in demand with our shadowers. Eagerly awaited by...