Developing ‘Executive Functions’ in our Learners
Even in this last week of term, staff were sharing best practice in our usual morning Staff Briefings and we were privileged to hear from Mr Chalkley, Head of Design and...
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Even in this last week of term, staff were sharing best practice in our usual morning Staff Briefings and we were privileged to hear from Mr Chalkley, Head of Design and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Even in these challenging times it has been good to see staff and students bring some Christmas cheer to the school environment. The Year 7 French and Spanish Christmas Card...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Acting Deputy Headteacher Mr Searle’s assemblies this week have really helped to end the most challenging of terms on a really positive note. Encouraging all students to...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
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Posted by James Felix
Despite the continued challenges we are all experiencing, it was good to start the week with our usual focus on teaching and learning. Head of Biology Mr Gall was sharing with...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
This time last year I arranged for Boy Blue Entertainment, a professional dance company used on the GCSE specification, to visit Bushey Meads and run a practical workshop for the...
Posted by Eliz Noyan
The PE and Health Faculty continue to embrace the challenges presented by the covid situation by still making sure that all students can access their 2 hours of physical activity...
Posted by Ashley Cartledge
This term the Year 8 students have been studying the Indian traditional dance, Bollywood. It was amazing to have Krisha volunteer to show her peers a video as well as present her...
Posted by Eliz Noyan
Our first fiction D.E.A.R event took place Monday 7th December with both students and staff engaging in 20 minutes of reading. This designated reading session reminds us all of...
Posted by Claire Till
Even in this last week of term, staff were sharing best practice in our usual morning Staff Briefings and we were privileged to hear from Mr Chalkley, Head of Design and Technology share how he is developing greater independence in their learning with all his students. Encouraging them all to develop ‘executive functions’ to find their own solutions to problems they may encounter and ensuring that they have a packed toolbox of learning characteristics is key. He also showcased the online platform Seneca which we would encourage all our students to be using on a daily basis and work on achieving those marginal gains – a 1% improvement every day for a year secures nearly 40% improvement overall – worth aiming for!
Some last minute issues nearly prevented team Spectrum and team Tron from being at the Vex Robotics Nationals in Telford. However, some people are made of tough stuff and none...