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Our Friday morning silent reading sessions in Character Development Time (CDC Time) are now becoming an embedded part of the way we are strengthening our key literacy agenda at...
This month we launched an exciting new initiative at Bushey Meads involving all year 7 and 9 Character Development Coaching groups. Here at Bushey Meads the promotion of reading...
This year the Reading Agenda at BMS has gathered speed. The reason being, is that we believe literacy underpins success in every element of education. For example, the recent...
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Briseis was a queen until her city was...
n line with our current drive to encourage all students to read for pleasure, widen their vocabulary and develop their literacy skills, on Wednesday of this week we held our first...
The Crystal Stair by Catherine Fisher Life in the Settlement is not as perfect as Caz and Will had hoped – they live apart in the Boys’ and Girls’ Towers and...
It was so good to supervise one of the weekly reading lessons in the Learning Resource Centre or LRC this week and see so many of our Year 7 students clearly making the most of...
The school fell silent again last Friday morning during Character Development Time as students read quietly with their Character Development Coaches and Teaching Assistants. At...
Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a...
Our Friday morning silent reading sessions in Character Development Time (CDC Time) are now becoming an embedded part of the way we are strengthening our key literacy agenda at Bushey Meads. I was really impressed with Mr Burnell’s Year 10 CDC group all reading silently along with him as their Character Development Coach.
Mrs Kinghorn’s Sixth Form CDC group were also making the most of the 20 minute session, making for a really calm and focused start to their day of learning. 
