Mental Health Awareness Week 18th – 24th May 2020
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place 18-24 May 2020 and is an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of mental health issues and advocate against social stigma. This...
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Mental Health Awareness Week takes place 18-24 May 2020 and is an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of mental health issues and advocate against social stigma. This...
Posted by Kashan Malik
In the past week students have earned an impressive 1707 reward points to recognised their hard work, progress and kindness in the community. R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Year 07 246 196...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Dear students, parents and carers, Here is our fourth STEM Challenge of the Week. Each week, a new challenge will be shared for students and even their families to get involved...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
The English Faculty would like to draw your attention to another competition opportunity: This year’s theme: Where does the chocolate journey begin? The key ingredient in...
Posted by Lynn Court
It is so inspiring to hear from students, and sometimes staff members, about the small, or on occasion big, Acts of Kindness they are participating in during these difficult...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
SUCCESS! I started my MOOC (MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSE) in early April following a couple weeks of being in lockdown. Having started a MOOC the previous year that I did not...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Beloved’ (1987) by Toni Morrison Based on a true story, the work examines the destructive legacy of slavery as it chronicles the life of a black woman named Sethe, from her...
Posted by Lynn Court
BMS motto ‘Aspire to Achieve’ has at its foundation, the idea of resilience. Indeed, as a community, we work hard to develop students who can embrace the challenge and emotionally...
Posted by Claire Till
At this point in our year 8 drama curriculum our students would usually be creating plays to communicate the problems with social media – cyberbullying, lower social skills,...
Posted by Greg Knowles
This week’s focus was on the reign of Elizabeth I which took in the events such as the Spanish Armada and the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. It has been great to hear...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Here is why the The Mental Health Foundation chose the theme of Kindness:
“We have chosen kindness because of its singular ability to unlock our shared humanity. Kindness strengthens relationships, develops community and deepens solidarity. It is a cornerstone of our individual and collective mental health. Wisdom from every culture across history recognises that kindness is something that all human beings need to experience and practise to be fully alive.”
This really highlights how important our school mantra ‘Our school has a mind to be kind’ really is. We advocate kindness in our school community and our local community as it is such an important part of society and research suggests that helping others helps your own mental health.
The Mental Health Awareness Week Challenge
#KindnessMatters
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Don’t forget to tag the Bushey Meads Instagram account @busheymeads so we can celebrate your acts of kindness.
It would be excellent for as many students, parents/carers and staff to get involved.
Below is an image that can be saved and used in your social media posts.
More information on how you can get involved are available at:
https://www.mentalhealth.org.
I would like to thank Mr Malik and all the staff and students who have been involved in all the activities across the school as part of the national Mental Health Awareness Week....
A couple of months ago on Wednesday 26th February, I had the pleasure of taking a group of 50 year-8 students on a trip to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London to see a...