Going for Greatness-recruiting more examiners!
Last month, as part of Bushey Meads’ strive towards greatness, Ms. Connell and I delivered a Monday Magic Moment to teachers on the benefits of becoming an examiner in your...
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				Last month, as part of Bushey Meads’ strive towards greatness, Ms. Connell and I delivered a Monday Magic Moment to teachers on the benefits of becoming an examiner in your...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
 
				On Saturday 17th March Miss Skevington, Mr Knowles, Mr Malik and Mr Hawkins travelled to Bath for the World Challenge Summit Meeting. This was fantastic opportunity for staff to...
Posted by Sam Hawkins
 
				The house volunteers have completed a ‘dementia friend’ training session, to help them with the amazing volunteer work they are doing at Bushey House. The session was...
Posted by Hannah Budd
 
				All students in Years 9-13, together with their parents/carers were invited to attend the Queens School Careers Fair which was held on Tuesday 20th March 2018. The aim of the Fair...
Posted by Di Mcildowie
 
				Year 12 students had the opportunity to visit Brunel University where UCAS held a Higher Education Convention. A record number of Universities were represented with passionate...
Posted by Di Mcildowie
 
				Traditionally, one of the most exciting times in a student’s education is when they get to choose which GCSE subjects to follow, culminating in one of the most exciting...
Posted by Bill Fisher
 
				On Friday 9 March, fourteen Year 7 to Year 13 students set off with support staff on two buses for a visit to the Palace of Westminster Education Centre and a tour of the Houses...
Posted by Rupinder Ahluwalia
 
				Bushey Meads welcomed The Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year Russell Bateman into the Food Preparation and Nutrition classes this week. He holds the head chef position...
Posted by Alison Hanbury
Posted by Des Timotheou
Last month, as part of Bushey Meads’ strive towards greatness, Ms. Connell and I delivered a Monday Magic Moment to teachers on the benefits of becoming an examiner in your subject. The aim was to share how the English Faculty benefits from three colleagues who are also summer GCSE examiners. As teacher-examiners, we have been able to run several training and standardisation support sessions for the faculty in the last year; enabling us to offer invaluable insight into the skills and marking process for each of the English papers. This, in turn, has had a positive effect on the experience students have in lessons, especially as they prepare for their exams.

 
						Our attitude and behaviour can really affect our learning and at the start of the week one of our top teachers and Advanced Skills Leaders Ms Knowles shared some superb tips to...
 
						Exit tickets are a great strategy to employ that help capture the learning journey at the end of a lesson. Students complete them highlighting what they have achieved and asking...