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Engaging English Experiences

It was great to see so many Year 10 English lessons taking place with students actively engaged in their learning journey. Students were being encouraged to complete DIRT...

Posted on 3rd October 2019 by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher

Staff Development

DIRT is Good!

At Bushey Meads School we all know what DIRT is – Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time. On Monday in our Staff Briefing meeting Miss Smith reminded us all in her Monday...

Posted on 6th December 2018 by Jeremy Turner

Science

The Key to Outstanding Progress

Research shows that responding to high quality marking and feedback is one of the real keys to making outstanding progress in learning. It was therefore really encouraging to see...

Posted on 5th October 2018 by Jeremy Turner

Science

An Impressive Dialogue of Learning

It was excellent to drop into Miss Booth’s Year 11 Science class and see such an effective dialogue of learning and feedback – through self-assessment, verbal and written...

Posted on 5th October 2018 by Jeremy Turner

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Engaging English Experiences

Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher

Posted on 3rd October 2019 by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher

It was great to see so many Year 10 English lessons taking place with students actively engaged in their learning journey. Students were being encouraged to complete DIRT (Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time) in their purple pens, responding to the written feedback on their work. Research proves that this is the most powerful tool to aid student progress so it was lovely to see it in action in GCSE English lessons.