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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
Posted by Danielle Bowe
A Great Way to Start A Day! Last month saw the launch of the Bushey Meads School paired reading scheme. 25 carefully selected year 10 and 12 reading mentors underwent training and...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
It was great to see James in Year 7 turning up for breakfast club in the LRC earlier this week wearing his new Gryffindor scarf. His mum was so proud of him gaining the very first...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Thursday saw the launch of a new Reading Mentors programme at Bushey Meads. I had the pleasure of running a breakfast training meeting for 25 mentors from years 10 and 12. They...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
It is always so encouraging to see students in the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) quietly reading and improving their literacy and knowledge across the curriculum. Book reviews...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was a wonderful sight to behold in Mr Back’s Year 7 Literacy Lesson in the LRC on Thursday morning of this week. All students were engrossed in their books, competing book...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
With our whole school focus on improving literacy across the curriculum all teachers are supporting students to inculcate a love of reading, none more than Mr Back, our...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Thursday 28th June 64 year 7 pupils and 2 of our outstanding “Community Service” 6th formers Aaron Robinson and Hashim Minhas along with Ms.Bowe, Ms.Razavi, Ms. Mateides, Ms....
Posted by Gary Back
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/
This week, our theme at Bushey Meads has been ‘aspiration’ and Mrs Turton, our fantastic LRC manager, has been celebrating just that with her year 7 and 8 classes....
As many people find themselves looking for inspiration about what to do during extended periods at home, what better than read the books you’ve had on your list...