LRC Recommended Read – Issue 38
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Briseis was a queen until her city was...
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The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Briseis was a queen until her city was...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
MFL Faculty have recently set an exciting homework for Years 7-10. All students have been busy writing a story of up to 100 words in French or Spanish on a topic of their choice....
Posted by Hilarie Charles
Our inspirational Pastoral Manager Mr Malik led the assemblies this week on the theme of cooperation and gave some superb examples of Bushey Meads students cooperating effectively...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Erase Bullying Campaign I hope you all had a good rest over half-term. The week before we broke up the Anti-Bullying Ambassadors launched the ‘Erase Bullying Campaign’. The...
Posted by Helen Mateides
With all the anticipation building up for this year’s ski trip, there was no surprise to see all of the students arrive at school early ready for our annual ski trip. With a...
Posted by Michael Besisira
Key Stage 3 Katie 9 Elm – Katie is a hard working and conscientious student, with high ATL grades and good attendance. Katie has been awarded many reward points for her...
Posted by Kashan Malik
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
On Friday 8th February, sixth form students were delighted to welcome two Bushey Meads alumni. Jayne and Julie – who studied at Bushey Meads from 1978 to 1983 – spoke...
Posted by Alison Crayden
On February 6th our community leaders visited the residents at Bushey House care home once again. The students have now formed some lovely friendships and they had fun playing...
Posted by Aya Speker
February 4th was World Cancer day and all week the community leaders managed to sell hundreds of bands at school and also in the local community. We have now raised £450 for...
Posted by Aya Speker
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now.
Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?
Discover the greatest Greek myth of all – retold by the witness history forgot.
This is in the KS5/adult section of the LRC.
Ensuring our high profile focus on the importance of inculcating excellence habits of reading in all our students continued this week with our first DEAR (Drop Everything and...
This week we held our first non-fiction D.E.A.R event. Non-fiction texts being seen as those about existing things and as informative. Described in a TED talk as ‘healing...