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I am delighted and excited to announce that all Bushey Meads students and staff now have access to an extensive new digital library collection. With over 2000 titles available,...
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I am delighted and excited to announce that all Bushey Meads students and staff now have access to an extensive new digital library collection. With over 2000 titles available,...
Posted by Teresa Turton
This week’s featured book certainly packs a punch! When we hurriedly gave out the books for Shadowing, on the last day in school, and Archie took Patron Saint of Nothing,...
Posted by Teresa Turton
It’s been fabulous to see students from years 7 and 8 reading for pleasure and completing tasks from their Reading Award booklets. It’s fascinating for me to see the books...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Welcome to our latest Carnegie shortlisted book. The eight books chosen to battle for the Carnegie Award represent the best among the new books written for young people. Some are...
Posted by Teresa Turton
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...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Congratulations to the following students who have completed their Bronze Reading Award: Sharly Harris, 7 Ash Matthew Kram, 7 Sycamore Emma Lujkaj, 7 Oak Gracie Michaelson, 7...
Posted by Teresa Turton
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...
Posted by Teresa Turton
As many people find themselves looking for inspiration about what to do during extended periods at home, what better than read the books you’ve had on your list...
Posted by Lynn Court
Hello, I hope this email finds you and your families well. Thank you for those of you who fed back on ‘The Landlady’– I’m glad you enjoyed the story as...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Literacy is more important now than ever before with business leaders around the world believing that teenagers entering the world of work at this time will be exposed o more...
Posted by Claire Till
I am delighted and excited to announce that all Bushey Meads students and staff now have access to an extensive new digital library collection. With over 2000 titles available, Secondary EBooks NOW offers an exciting collection of premium ebooks and audiobooks available on all types of computers: desktop, laptop, chromebooks, smartphones and tablets, anytime, anywhere!
In-built tools enable you to bookmark pages, make notes, check vocabulary, adjust fonts,(including dyslexia-friendly fonts) font size and colour schemes. You can switch between devices to pick up where you left off- anytime, any place.
Sora is the recommended app and desktop experience to access the school’s digital collection. To get started:
● Simply download the Sora app from your app store or https://soraapp.com.
● Enter the setup code “uksecondary“
● Select Bushey Meads School from the drop down list
● and sign in with your school Gmail address.
There is also a link from Edulink for easy access in future.
To find out more – explore and watch the video on https://meet.soraapp.com
The Pickwick Papers is Dickens’ first novel. It was originally serialised in monthly instalments and quickly became a popular success with sales reaching 40,000 by the final...
Every Friday our school falls silent for 20 minutes and in every CDC Time students are read to by their Character Development Coaches as they carefully follow the texts with...