Key Stage 3 Assessment Summaries
Our Monday Magic Moment was delivered by Miss Stanton and focussed on her explaining some recent developments in the English Faculty to support teachers and students in capturing...
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Our Monday Magic Moment was delivered by Miss Stanton and focussed on her explaining some recent developments in the English Faculty to support teachers and students in capturing...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our Friday Faculty Focus at the end of last week was led by English Leader and Coordinator Miss Smith who shared with all the staff how impacting David Didau had been on the...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our Monday Magic Moment at the start of the week was delivered by Mrs Jackson, our hard working Leader in English and Media. She officially launched our first Marking and Feedback...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On 1st November 2021, the Bushey St James Trust held a Staff Conference for all teaching and associate staff. There were a range of workshops and we were encouraged to investigate...
Posted by Siew Young
Older students can be excellent role models for younger students and often the learning they have gained can help to shape the progress and achievement of their younger peers in...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Reading to improve our strong culture of learning was reinforced by two of our top teachers on Monday morning in our Staff Briefing meeting. The ‘Monday Magic Moment’...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to hear from one of our top teachers in our Friday Faculty Foci last week. Mrs Paddick shared a simple but highly effective ‘top tip‘ she uses to mark work smartly....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
This week it has been a real privilege to observe some of our outstanding Learning Assistants in action in classrooms across the school as they support the teachers and of course...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Head of House and Teacher of Geography Mr Mitchell provided an inspiring Friday Faculty Foci at the end of last week. He demonstrated how to powerfully use the voice recording...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our Monday Magic Moment was delivered by Miss Stanton and focussed on her explaining some recent developments in the English Faculty to support teachers and students in capturing accurate assessment data and measuring the students’ progress through Key Stage 3.
The summary assessment sheets have been carefully crafted to highlight areas of strength and those for development and enable staff and students to complete them smartly to support their purple pen improvement work.
They can be easily used for self and peer assessment opportunities and are effectively supporting the development of greater independence in learning. The presentation sparked discussion across the staffing body and reinforced an effective approach that a number of different faculties are currently developing.
It was inspiring to hear from IT Manager Mr Furr and top teacher Mr Gray as we move as a school to the next level with our remote learning. The latest government U-turn made last...
Our most valuable resource at Bushey Meads is without a doubt our outstanding staff: teachers, learning assistants and all our dedicated and talented Associate Staff. On Monday...