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As we celebrate Black History Month I want to throw light on several amazing black explorers who made their mark in history. Over centuries, the world has been blessed with...
October began for our students with our first inspiring enrichment day for all year groups. At the top end of the school, year 13s spent the day finalising their next stage...
At the start of our hugely important Black History Month at BMS it was so good to listen to the key messages provided by Assistant Headteacher Mr Varsani and be reminded of so...
Enrichment day for Year 10 MFL students comprised a role play activity, a treasure hunt and an interactive film clips session. The day started with students conducting role plays...
On Wednesday after school it was great to join a good number of Year 7 parents and carers enjoying watching their sons play in the Year 7 football match against Reach Free. Once...
Sunday 10th October is World Mental Health Day. The theme for this year, as set by the World Federation for Mental Health is: Mental Health in an Unequal World. It is only by...
This week saw our year 7 students engaging in online tests. The purpose of these tests is to ensure that all students are in the appropriate sets for each of their core subjects....
Across our curriculum we are proactively participating in the annual observance of Black History Month. While our inclusive curriculum covers pertinent issues and role-models...
On the first of October, students at Bushey Meads School had an Enrichment Day. This meant off curricular learning for the day- a chance to gain experience & knowledge in new...
What are imiscable liquids? Predict at what temperature denaturation occurs. What food enables liquids to gelatinise? Develop a way to prove if coagulation is reversible? Just a...
As we celebrate Black History Month I want to throw light on several amazing black explorers who made their mark in history. Over centuries, the world has been blessed with courageous explorers who tirelessly went the extreme lengths to discover new lands, people, riches, animal history, among others.
Often, when talking about such expeditions, names like the following are mentioned: Ferdinand Magellan of Portugal who sailed around the world to prove the world is round; Vasco da Gama who commanded the first European ship around the southern tip of Africa to reach India by sea, and Christopher Columbus, noted as the principal European discoverer of the Americas.
But just like any other historical roles in the world, black people also made perilous journeys to the far reaches of the earth and were pioneers of exploration. This week’s focus is on Abubakari II, Mansa (King) of the Mali Empire in the 14th century.
Abubakari II, Mansa (King) of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, led Malian sailors to the Americas, specifically present-day Brazil, almost two centuries years before Columbus arrived.
Abubakari II ruled what was arguably the richest and largest empire on earth – covering nearly all of West Africa. In 1311 Abubakari left to explore across the Atlantic ocean almost 200 years before Columbus arrived in America. Confirming the current widely accepted fact that Columbus did not indeed discover the Americas when he landed in the Caribbean in 1492.
