Friday Faculty Focus
Developing our students to be independent learners is an ongoing focus at Bushey Meads School and we are constantly sharing best practice and honing our craft in this hugely...
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Developing our students to be independent learners is an ongoing focus at Bushey Meads School and we are constantly sharing best practice and honing our craft in this hugely...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Another excellent ‘Monday Magic Moment’ was shared at the start of this week – this time by Mrs Selliah, one of our hard working teachers in our flagship Maths...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Exit tickets are a great strategy to employ that help capture the learning journey at the end of a lesson. Students complete them highlighting what they have achieved and asking...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to pick up some top literacy tips from Mrs Cooper our hard working and enthusiastic Head of Girls PE at the start of this week in our latest Monday Magic Moment in...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
At Bushey Meads School we all know what DIRT is – Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time. On Monday in our Staff Briefing meeting Miss Smith reminded us all in her Monday...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Wednesday 21st November 2018, all teaching staff across the Bushey St James Trust (BSJT) convened at Hartsbourne Primary School. The BSJT in its current form –...
Posted by Graeme Searle
On Monday 5th November 2018, BMS hosted the Bushey St James Trust Staff Conference on ‘Establishing a Culture of Stretch and Challenge’. As the reformed GCSE, A-Level and...
Posted by Graeme Searle
The final Final Friday Faculty Focus to mark the end of our latest Marking and Feedback fortnight was a really positive way to end an excellent period of time at BMS where we have...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
At Bushey Meads School we have a very eclectic and embedded culture of sharing best practice across all levels of the organisation to promote strategies related to improving...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Advanced Lead Teacher Miss Lindau led a really concise and useful Monday Magic Moment at the start of the week, sharing some smart advice for marking and providing useful feedback...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Developing our students to be independent learners is an ongoing focus at Bushey Meads School and we are constantly sharing best practice and honing our craft in this hugely important area. Last Friday morning our inspirational Head of IT and Computing Mr Besisira led a concise but powerful Friday Faculty Focus based around a colourful visual aid that he personalises to lessons on the Interactive Whiteboard that highlights the planned learning journey for the students in his class.Outlining every step within a scaffolded lesson plan, but presented in a very student friendly way, it encourages students to move through the lesson with greater independence and at their own pace – freeing up the teacher to effectively support with stretch and challenge at every level as required.
Mr Besisra’s lessons are always superbly organised and the progress of learning is effectively monitored to ensure maximum achievement for all; all staff were encouraged to drop in and see this for themselves over the next half term to up-skill their own strategies for developing greater student independence.
On Monday of this week we welcomed highly acclaimed keynote speaker Isabella Wallace to Bushey Meads School as part of our annual conference across the Bushey St James Trust....
On Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd February staff enjoyed a conference based on Positivity and Wellbeing. We listened to an engaging keynote speech from motivational speaker Gavin...