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These past couple of months we have been celebrating the lockdown learning of the students and staff, including all the wonderful extra-curricular activities that have been taking...
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These past couple of months we have been celebrating the lockdown learning of the students and staff, including all the wonderful extra-curricular activities that have been taking...
Posted by Michelle Penny
‘Things Fall Apart’ (1958) by Chinua Achebe A worldwide bestseller, Amazon summarises ‘Things Fall Apart,’’ as the compelling story of one man’s battle to protect his...
Posted by Lynn Court
Please find another opportunity for our budding writers. It is open to students aged 11-17 and is open until 31st July. The competition welcomes poems on any theme and any length.
Posted by Lynn Court
Across the Multi Academy Trust that we are part of the Headteachers and Senior Leaders have been working incredibly hard to ensure that all the well thought out and detailed plans...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The wider Dance community have been very inventive during lockdown, whilst we can’t watch live dance or take part in dances. There have been many projects showing...
Posted by Lauren Dolan
Bedrock Vocabulary Learning Last month, I wrote about our established Bedrock Vocabulary Learning Programme at Bushey Meads and how busy George Furr, our IT manager,...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Hola! During this half term, students have learnt Spanish from the cultural perspective, we travelled “mentally” to Spain to visit Barcelona and to taste paella, the most famous...
Posted by Monica Palenzuela
It has been so great to welcome back to Bushey Meads School a small but significant number of dedicated Year 10 and 12 students who have taken up the offer of working in a well...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Prem Patel, Year 8, sent me a copy of this poem that he found while working on his Silver Reading Award. Written in 1927, it would be easy to believe the poem was written...
Posted by Teresa Turton
These past couple of months we have been celebrating the lockdown learning of the students and staff, including all the wonderful extra-curricular activities that have been taking place. I, myself have been doing my own lockdown learning – learning a new job!
I joined the Pastoral Team at BMS on 20th January and almost 2 months to the day, lockdown happened. I was in the midst of getting to know staff and students when the school closed. How could I continue my learning under the new circumstances? Well firstly, when covering a shift on the reception desk, I took time to study the staff photos and start to memorise names and faces. Secondly, and most fulfilling for me was making welfare calls home to Year 9 families and introducing myself as the new Year 9 Pastoral Assistant Manager, what a great way to get to know the year group. I have been able check on the well-being of students and their families and also to congratulate some for the learning they have achieved so far. Here are a couple of responses to congratulatory emails:
“Firstly I would like to say thank you very much for this kind message. It made my day! Thank you for recognising the hard work and effort I have put in my work these past 2 months, it makes me so happy!
Keep safe also and kind regards,”
“Thank you so much for your email! I have been getting a little bit too much homework, so I’m sorry if some haven’t been completed, but I’m trying my best to get those done too.
Thank you,”
I have been inspired by making these phone calls and will continue to make them over the coming weeks, be patient if you haven’t had a call yet, there are 196 students in Year 9
At Bushey Meads School we have a very eclectic and embedded culture of sharing best practice across all levels of the organisation to promote strategies related to improving...
Our week at Bushey Meads School started with Acting Lead Practitioner Mrs Hoskins and Acting Advanced Lead Teacher Miss Pattni being joined by Miss Dolan, one of our talented...