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A book makes a fantastic present at Christmas time. The gift of a healthy reading routine is also invaluable. Here at Bushey Meads we continue to foster a love of reading across...
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A book makes a fantastic present at Christmas time. The gift of a healthy reading routine is also invaluable. Here at Bushey Meads we continue to foster a love of reading across...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
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...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
Every now and then, an opportunity arises for a hard-working teacher to take some well-earned rest from the challenges of school-life. And so, on Friday 22nd June, I missed out on...
Posted by Liam Lester
As Y10 work hard in preparation for their end of year PPE exams, the students have been looking back over the work they have produced over the past year to review their learning...
Posted by Fazana Farook
On 26th April, 20 students from across Year 8 had the opportunity to watch the live broadcast of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Macbeth. Bushey Meads School was one...
Posted by Liam Lester
At Bushey Meads, our year 11 English students have been working exceptionally hard over the last month. This has undoubtedly set them up nicely for that all important final...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
GCSE English students weren’t the only ones working hard over Easter. Our A Level English Literature, Creative Writing and Language & Literature students were all in over the...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
As part of the English Faculty’s ongoing commitment to supporting our most able students, we were excited to take 10 Y7 students to a poetry workshop being run by the Authors...
Posted by Fazana Farook
The 9th of February was just an ordinary day, but not for Bushey Meads. We had a visitor: Harry Bibring. One of the few Holocaust survivors left in the WORLD. He delivered us a...
Posted by Holly Levitan
Our Year 11 students are working really hard in all lessons post their Pre Public Exams or PPEs last week. Many of them are aiming to improve already very good GCSE levels but...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
A book makes a fantastic present at Christmas time. The gift of a healthy reading routine is also invaluable. Here at Bushey Meads we continue to foster a love of reading across the school from year 7 students, teachers and right up to support staff. Strong reading skills will carry students through all their studies in school, and reach far beyond that.
Every year the English and Media Centre publish a great holiday reading suggestion list. We are sharing some of the edited highlights of that, along with a few more added for good measure-all organised in age groups. The KS5/adult readers are also good treat options for us parents!
You can also get recommendations and guidance about suitable books for specific ages here: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/bookfinder/





Joining a Year 11 English lesson this week I found myself immersed in the world of Scrooge. Our GCSE English gains students two GCSEs: one in English Language and the other in...
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...