Demonstrating the Impact of INSET Training
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...
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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
Head of IT and Computing Mr Besisira showcased best practice at the start of this week in Staff Briefing on Monday morning to launch our second Marking and Feedback Fortnight of...
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 English team at BMS.
David was the thought provoking keynote speaker who opened our recent annual Bushey St James Trust Conference held at the start of November and certainly helped support a continued momentum of curriculum development within the English team.
Following the conference the English teachers led by Miss Smith have been mapping the content and skills development throughout the key stage 3 curriculum to ensure continuity and appropriate challenge for all students enables them to progress and achieve over time.
CDCs had training on the Unifrog Software, a career package that we have been using successfully with our older students. We will be rolling the programme out with our younger...