Learning through Making and Playing Games
Year 10 GCSE History students have been making great progress recently in their study of the Norman Conquest. This has allowed time to explore the topic of rebellions against...
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Year 10 GCSE History students have been making great progress recently in their study of the Norman Conquest. This has allowed time to explore the topic of rebellions against...
Posted by Roger Newbold
With talk being such an important focus of Bushey Meads school this year the Geography department have got together to show how they are promoting talk in their lessons. Mrs...
Posted by Sarah Dunsby
A Level psychology students have been working hard throughout lockdown and now in the return to class. They are preparing for an upcoming assessment and by using creative revision...
Posted by Sarah Dunsby
During Flair week, alongside guests, students showed their flair and engagement through the completion of independent projects on an area of interest, presented in writing or...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
As part of ‘Flair Week’ law A level students were invited to carry out some independent work on an area of their choice. Jesse Harry-Brown read the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
Law students took part in a wide programme of activities this week during ‘Flair Week’. Students were invited to challenge themselves with a piece of independent work and guests...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
Our More Able agenda took centre stage this week, with a multitude of activities taking place across the school with a focus on this year’s theme of Flair. The Business...
Posted by Kashan Malik
Hannah Barry, year 12 law student, has ‘Stepped up to the Challenge’ by researching the strangest cases in law.
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
At the end of the Spring term, teachers in the humanities and social sciences faculty like to look back at what has been achieved so far this year. It may be a more unusual year...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
The Spring term is coming to an end, a term where Humanities, and other departments have had to experiment and explore lots of different ways of learning. Throughout these few...
Posted by Sandra Kinghorn
Year 10 GCSE History students have been making great progress recently in their study of the Norman Conquest. This has allowed time to explore the topic of rebellions against Norman rule through making games and quizzes. Students have been making board games, Top Trump cards and devising multiple-choice Kahoot quizzes.
Whilst there may be speedier ways of getting to know a topic, this makes a fun change of learning style which students very much enjoy and appreciate. Ethen said. “It gets people more involved- you’re learning whilst having fun”. Maria echoed this saying “It’s learning in a fun way- you want to make it good so it’s not boring”. Henna agreed commenting that it was “interesting” whilst Lily simply said “it’s good”.
GCSE results at the popular, heavily oversubscribed school in Coldharbour Lane (ranked 10th most popular in Hertfordshire – School’s Guru) indicate once again that the school is...
Flair Week saw all the subjects of the faculty hosting a range of different activities and opportunities for students to enjoy, engage with and show off their learning. There were...