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Create a Positive Learning Environment A quiet, well-lit, and clutter-free space for studying can make a big difference in your child’s focus and productivity. Make sure the area...
On Thursday 1 May we welcomed Year 6 pupils, parents and carers to visit with SEND leaders to learn about the support in place for when they join in Year 7. Mrs Seed, SENDCo, Mrs...
This term in English, Year 10 has been studying Power and Conflict poetry for our GCSE English Literature Paper 2. We’ve been learning the context of the poet and the poem, the...
The Study Saturdays for the ‘Class of 2025’ got off to a great start last Saturday with Raed in Year 11 and Head Boy Tom the first to arrive even before the 10.00 am...
EFT tapping, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is a self-help technique that involves tapping specific points on the body while focusing on emotional issues or stress. It’s a...
Last Friday morning our Year 11 and 13 students gathered in the main hall for a very powerful and poignant assembly and one of the last ones they will have altogether as the main...
One of the best ways to learn and develop new pedagogical practice as a teacher is to watch others teach. In our school we have some amazing classroom practitioners and want to...
With the many and very high-profile cyber attacks being reported in the media we continue to take cyber security very seriously at Bushey Meads. A number of schools in...
GCSE and A-Level Art & Photography Trip to Barcelona Over the spring term, a group of our GCSE and A-Level Art and Photography students enjoyed an exciting four-day trip to...
The A level law class visited London on Wednesday to visit the Old Bailey criminal court and some other sites that we study in the OCR A level law course. The first place we went...
The A level law class visited London on Wednesday to visit the Old Bailey criminal court and some other sites that we study in the OCR A level law course. The first place we went to was the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court in the centre of London. It is one of the most famous courts and handles some of the most serious and high profile criminal cases. The security is very strict so it took a bit of time to get through but once inside the court we were able to go into the public gallery and watch a live criminal case. The most interesting was a murder trial where a person had been stabbed and later died. The prosecution was summarising the case for the jury before showing pictures and cctv evidence.
After this we walked to Lincolns Inn which is where barristers have their places of work called ‘chambers’. It is a unique place in the centre of London, a bit like Oxford or Cambridge university. It is very close to the Royal Courts of Justice where we went to next. This is very awe inspiring and was built to impress people. When you go in, it is very like being in a cathedral. We did a mini tour of these courts before heading back.
The visit to the Old Bailey was a very good way for students to understand how a criminal court works because you can see all the things that you learn, going on in front of you. The prosecution and defence barristers were in front of the judge who is on a raised platform. The 12 jurors were to one side and the defendants in the secure dock area. Seeing this live will help understand the crown courts and jury part of the law course.
Written By: Adrian Ruffhead
