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On Monday 1st June, Year 7 and 8 language learners participated in a virtual Mandarin session and learnt how to greet each other in Chinese as well as finding out interesting...
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On Monday 1st June, Year 7 and 8 language learners participated in a virtual Mandarin session and learnt how to greet each other in Chinese as well as finding out interesting...
Posted by Hilarie Charles
Keeping busy and occupied during lockdown has been challenging with the usual leisure activities curtailed. It is therefore wonderful to hear about this week’s Act of...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Looking Forward As June 15th gets closer, the day for the return for Year 12 students to school is fast approaching. Next week we will be welcoming back our Year 12 students for...
Posted by Matthew O'Kelly
Every year at this time we ask all of our students to complete a survey, based on the Ofsted parental survey, giving their opinions about the school. This data is then analysed...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Students across all year groups are maintaining their positive commitment to their work and being recognised for their efforts. In the past week 1,804 rewards were issued by staff...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Everything starts with a thought (and that’s great news because you are in charge of them)! Do you have those days when it takes every ounce of motivation just to stick your toe...
Posted by Lauren Wright
I am so proud of the students in our first shadowing group who have been working really hard to read as many of the shortlisted books as possible, despite not being in school to...
Posted by Teresa Turton
I made my hoop from some scrap wood and cut it down to the measurements I needed.Then took some 80 sanding papers and sanded down the backboard, after that was complete I painted...
Posted by Michelle Penny
I am delighted and excited to announce that all Bushey Meads students and staff now have access to an extensive new digital library collection. With over 2000 titles available,...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Last month, the English Faculty launched a themed Lockdown Poetry Competition. Mr Johnson and Miss Stanton set students the challenge to compose and submit a poem about an aspect...
Posted by Natalie Stanton
On Monday 1st June, Year 7 and 8 language learners participated in a virtual Mandarin session and learnt how to greet each other in Chinese as well as finding out interesting facts about the Chinese culture. The session was led by a SOAS university Mandarin undergraduate who was very impressed by our students’ engagement and participation. An example of their work is below!
We continue to immerse our students in the culture of the languages they are learning and the recent Eiffel Tower building and paella making competitions are testament to this!
Virtual classrooms are a fun way of enabling our students to learn. They simply click on links that take them, for example, to dictionaries, audio books and even Duolingo! (Please try Duolingo if you are keen to practise a language or learn a new one.)
Genially is another fabulous resource recently discovered and tried out by MFL teachers and students. It brings content to life. Just click on the link below!
https://view.genial.ly/5ec4efefbef22b0d764fc74b/presentation-12-un-toit-a-moi
Therefore, even in lockdown, our students are continuing to learn interactively and make enriching virtual journeys that enable them to experience a host of diverse cultures!
The English Faculty would like to draw your attention to another writing competition opportunity. This one has longer for you to create your masterpiece:
It has been an exciting and rewarding half term for the Year 7 MFL pupils. The cognitive, cultural and academic benefits of learning a new language are profound. Year 7 is an...