Historic Reflections
Seventy-five years ago, we celebrated Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) when fighting in Europe against Nazi Germany came to an end in World War Two. To allow the country to reflect...
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Seventy-five years ago, we celebrated Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) when fighting in Europe against Nazi Germany came to an end in World War Two. To allow the country to reflect...
Posted by Claire Till
As we all get more and more used to our online community and remote learning, we are able to bring a bit more excitement and fun in to our new learning experiences. Staff and...
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
In the past week we students have accumulated an impressive 1837 reward points! R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Year 07 189 239 88 1 517 Year 08 278 153 96 2 529 Year 09 97 259 124 0 480 Year...
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Bushey Meads students have been invited to learn Mandarin in an online live language and culture workshop run by student ambassadors from the University of London. Those who...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
Whilst remote teaching and learning during a lock down situation is never completely ideal, I have been thoroughly enjoying some rather unexpected plus points. Never has there...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Congratulations to the following students who have completed their Bronze Reading Award: Sharly Harris, 7 Ash Matthew Kram, 7 Sycamore Emma Lujkaj, 7 Oak Gracie Michaelson, 7...
Posted by Teresa Turton
What do you see whilst you’re on your daily walk? What have you NOTICED about how the views are developing on a daily basis. I have been particularly grateful for being able to...
Posted by Lauren Wright
The school closure hasn’t stopped me from hosting a weekly game of QUIZLET LIVE! This is a fun resource which enables students to embed and recall key vocabulary in French or...
Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
Seventy-five years ago, we celebrated Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) when fighting in Europe against Nazi Germany came to an end in World War Two. To allow the country to reflect on the legacy that this event left behind the May Day Bank Holiday moved this year from the 1st to the 8th of May. A historic event that has only occurred once before. It was moved in 1995 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of V.E Day. In a year of unprecedented events this change in date seems unsurprising and yet it is important not to lose sight of the significance of V.E Day. Millions of people lost family members while others remained prisoners of war abroad. The expense of the war meant that hardships not known before endured for months if not years following this day through clothing and food rationing.
It would be unforgivable to undervalue the lasting significance of the heroic people who were involved with V.E day however, it is also an opportunity to reflect on parallels between now and then. A timeline embodied by Colonel Tom a World War Two veterans who raised over £29m for the NHS by doing lapse of his garden. As V.E day is kept alive in our collective memory so will the circumstances of the present for future generations. The course of history may not change long term as it did after World War Two but the impact on our daily lifestyle and freedoms both short-term and intermediate as we embark on lockdown relaxation are being felt by many and will be critically looked back on in the future. From all significant events arise heroes and emotional times. The heroes of today being our key workers especially the NHS who we unite to recognise every Thursday and who prevents the sacrifices we make and feel from being higher than it already is. As we partially keep alive the end of World War Two to ensure it never happens again, we will on a worldwide scale examine this time in the hope of preventing a pandemic in the future. Lastly, as V.E Day marked the milestone of victory for Europe it did not mean the end of World War Two nor does the relaxing of lockdown mean the end of the coronavirus. Words from Winston Churchill’s speech on V.E day remain relevant today: “We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead.”
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