Friday CDC Time
Our school always falls silent at 8.40 am on Friday morning every week as we dedicate 20 minutes in the busyness of our lives to reading. Some CDC groups read a set text together...
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Our school always falls silent at 8.40 am on Friday morning every week as we dedicate 20 minutes in the busyness of our lives to reading. Some CDC groups read a set text together...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Word of
Posted by Danielle Bowe
This week saw the launch of some new strategies focused on reading and encouraging students to invest time developing their reading further to complement the existing Friday...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
Posted by Danielle Bowe
For the next two week the LRC is running a big Book Amnesty. Did you know that we have over 270 books that are over 900 days overdue from the library? That’s approximately...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Last week saw (and heard!) the first DEAR event of this academic year. Firmly established as an important part of practice here at Bushey Meads, DEAR events (Drop Everything And...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
The importance of reading quality materials on a regular basis is key to success not only in school examinations but the wider world. Being able to understand and use a wide range...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
It was brilliant to hear one of the student class-readers helping to engage his peers (and indeed CDC Miss Dunsby and Learning Assistant Mrs Malik) in Friday morning’s CDC session...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It is always inspiring to walk around Bushey Meads School during Friday morning’s Character Development Time and visit CDC groups reading together; the whole school silent apart...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
In recent weeks KS3 students have been taking part in a worldwide online competition with other schools, called Word Mania. Students had to make up as many words as they could in...
This week we held our first non-fiction D.E.A.R event. Non-fiction texts being seen as those about existing things and as informative. Described in a TED talk as ‘healing...