D.E.A.R Events at BMS
On Thursday 23rd September we had our first of six calendared D.E.A.R events this year. As many of you will know, this is an established part of our celebration and promotion of...
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On Thursday 23rd September we had our first of six calendared D.E.A.R events this year. As many of you will know, this is an established part of our celebration and promotion of...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Mythology with year 7 at the start of a new academic year is one of my favourite things to teach! All the students thoroughly enjoy learning the meaning behind myths, how they’re...
Posted by Natasha Collins
How many people speak English? There are over 840 million people who speak English as a first or second language. This makes it the second most spoken language after Mandarin. It...
Posted by Lynn Court
It was inspiring to read an email on Monday morning of this week and hear about one of our new Year 7 students literally living out our school mantra ‘Our School has a Mind...
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
In our Year 10 assembly this week, Ms Smith, Pastoral Manager for Year 10, shared some words of wisdom to help our Year 10 students embark as positively as possible on the 18...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
Posted by Danielle Bowe
It was great to see so many parents and carers attend this week’s Year 12 Parents’ Information Evening, engaging with the important subject information talks across...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
In this week’s Year 13 assembly, our outstanding Head of Sixth Form, Mr O’Kelly, spoke to our Year 13 Students about what a crucial time lay ahead. If they...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
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
On Thursday 23rd September we had our first of six calendared D.E.A.R events this year. As many of you will know, this is an established part of our celebration and promotion of all things reading here at Bushey Meads School.
Our D.E.A.R events provide everyone, from teachers to office colleagues, a 15 minute oasis of calm and quiet where we drop everything we’re doing, recharge, tune out from the outside world and focus on a good book. There aren’t many moments in the life of a busy school where we just stop…and what better than to remind us all that reading is so beneficial to not only academic success, but our overall well being.
Reading is a gift for life!
It was great to see so many Year 10 English lessons taking place with students actively engaged in their learning journey. Students were being encouraged to complete DIRT...