Remote learning from a student perspective…
With the latest news from the government regarding all students in all year groups returning back to school, we might be thinking this will be the end of the impactful live...
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With the latest news from the government regarding all students in all year groups returning back to school, we might be thinking this will be the end of the impactful live...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
On Monday 16th November it was a real privilege to welcome Head Boy Jack, Head Girl Zuzanna and Head Prefect Jenna to the Senior Leadership Team’s weekly strategic meeting....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Each half term, our SLC’s meet with Mrs Pattni and Mr Symeou. Our Student Learning Consultants have many responsibilities and one specific element of their role is to meet with us...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
Project ECO (Environmental Challenge Organisation) are this year’s new eco-leaders and will be working towards gaining a green flag for Bushey Meads School. The initiative...
Posted by Sarah Dunsby
Since her appointment at the start of the year, Jenna Statham, our Head Prefect has been rising to the challenge of her Senior Student Leadership role and leading the whole...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
Despite all of the challenges in our first half term, we have remained strong and successfully managed to deliver many of our wonderful initiatives across the school. One of the...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
On Tuesday afternoon, approximately 150 students were presented with their student leadership badges as they commence their privileged roles in the school community. The school...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
Our most prestigious BMS Senior Student Leaders for 2020-21 were appointed at the start of this week. It is with great pleasure, I announce the successful appointment of our Head...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
One of our most impactful student leaders, Jhanavi Tiwari, was elected to take over the leadership of the debating society from one of our BMS legends, Leon Hirsh. Leon is...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
This week, the maths leaders were instructed to give a presentation to other classes about the links between maths, projectiles and space! The presentation addressed what...
Posted by James Donovan
When it comes to the online school day, I find it the most useful to stick to my routines. I wake up an hour before my first lesson so that I have enough time to get ready and have breakfast. This is similar to when I would be going to school as I would wake up an hour before leaving home. As I’m in sixth form, I have study periods which I try to make the best of.
Being completely honest, my productivity isn’t always 100%, but taking advantage of these study periods has definitely changed how early I can finish for the day. I am also finding that writing down my tasks for the day and the evening just helps me to ensure that I’m not forgetting anything and that everything is submitted on to the Google Classroom on time. It’s also important to ensure that I am spending time away from work and the screen. For this, I usually play board games or cards in the evenings with my family. It’s a bit of time for all of us to be away from our laptops. I also make sure that I don’t work after 6 in the evening.
This gives me the evening to myself to enjoy some mind numbing Netflix, catch up with friends on FaceTime or read a few chapters of a book. It also ensures that I am well rested for the day and a good way to avoid getting burned out. To make sure this happens, I only set myself around 3 or 4 tasks for the day, aside from the live lessons. They keep me occupied and on the ball, but don’t fatigue me too much. It would be a wasted opportunity to submit a piece for the newsletter without thanking all of my teachers for their continued support and persistence through this time.
Khushali Pabari, Year 13
In my opinion at first I found it very difficult to adjust to doing lessons at home. I would hate waking up so early to do work as I had fallen out of routine due to being at home and isolating for so long. As the weeks go by I am sort of starting to enjoy doing these lessons online. I would rather be at school, however, for safety, online school is the only way to keep safe at the moment. I am in year 12.
The subjects that I study are Law, Psychology and Economics. My law lessons have been the most interactive. For example, we played Kahoot as a starter for one of our lessons. I thought that it was fun and it was a great way for my class and I to revise. I’m sure that I wasn’t the only person who was struggling with starting up online school. To this day, I still feel unmotivated to get up some days and do my work. So to anyone else who is struggling with online learning, just know that you’re not the only one!
Overall, I just wanted to say that online lessons have been a new and hopefully wonderful experience for everyone and well done to everyone for waking up early, joining the classes and submitting work on time. We will hopefully be back to school shortly. Lastly, I hope everyone is keeping safe.
Nehal Pabari, Year 12 (Deputy Head Girl)
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