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During today’s 4th Drop Everything And Read event, the whole school had a wider reading non-fiction focus. My year 12 A level English Language and Literature class are studying...
Our A Level students were researching and revising in preparation for their PPEs, going over some of the complex concepts related to Anthropometric Data and its use in real life...
They say that we can learn from the past to shape a better future so it is always good to visit history lessons at BMS and see students so interested and engaged. In Mr Dowty’s A...
Over the past four years we have worked hard as a school to refine year on year our raising achievement strategies that have so effectively supported our students to achieve their...
Thirteen KS5 Maths students recently attended the Maths In Action event at the Emmanuel Centre. There were five guest speakers, talking about topics such as the Mathematics behind...
On Friday 30th November students of A Level Spanish visited the British Film Institute where they attended a study day on the celebrated film director, Pedro Almodóvar,...
The academic year started this week with all staff celebrating the school’s outstanding A level results and ‘best ever’ GCSE measures for 5+ A*- A grades, 5+ A*...
Many of you will know that Amira Izhar, Head Girl, has secured a place at Oxford University to read English. Over the last two years, the faculty have put various interventions...
During today’s 4th Drop Everything And Read event, the whole school had a wider reading non-fiction focus. My year 12 A level English Language and Literature class are studying ‘The Great Gatsby’ so I prepared three different critical journal articles for us to read. One explored ‘Is The Great Gatsby the right title for the novel?’ Another was titled, ‘The Alienated Individual- a theme in American prose texts.’ However, after reading them all, we voted our favourite as ‘The Great Gatsby on Film- Capturing the Mystery, Making the Concrete the Intangible.’
Wider reading, particularly at A level, is a vital part of student study and an important habit to get into right from year 7. It allows students to broaden their thinking, test their own ideas and apply other critical viewpoints to their writing. All essential skills for those top grades.
Happy reading!
Ms. Bowe
