Blended Marking
Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and...
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Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
In these challenging times we are often seeing very polarised opinions and attitudes – the very best and sometimes the worst of people’s characters. What has been inspiring...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Last Friday morning outstanding Business Studies Teacher Mr Malik provided an excellent start to the day and shared some superb best practice related to setting the standards to...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was inspiring to hear from IT Manager Mr Furr and top teacher Mr Gray as we move as a school to the next level with our remote learning. The latest government U-turn made last...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Despite the continued challenges we are all experiencing, it was good to start the week with our usual focus on teaching and learning. Head of Biology Mr Gall was sharing with...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was a fitting end to our autumn term marking and feedback fortnight to hear from Advanced Lead Teacher Mr Symeou and be informed about some of the tried and tested strategies...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Top Lead Practitioner for English and Whole School Literacy Ms Bowe reminded all staff in our Monday Magic Moment at the start of the week to build in a focus on literacy when...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Staff at Bushey Meads School are always thinking of creative and innovative ways to increase student engagement in lessons and on Monday at Staff Briefing science teacher Mr...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
As we grapple with the complexities of remote learning taking place at the same time as providing real time lessons, it was great to hear from our hugely talented and enthusiastic...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
There have been several new members of staff that have joined Bushey Meads School this year and I thought it would be a great idea to introduce each one over the course of the...
Posted by Graeme Searle
Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and final Marking and Feedback Fortnight of the year, she was highlighting the concept of ‘blended marking’ and encouraged us to build on some of the smart ways that staff have developed in their different approaches to marking and providing feedback this year, as we have all had to get to grips with remote, online learning.
All teachers across the Bushey St James Trust met at Hartsbourne on Wednesday 20th November for the first Teacher Toolkit session, the theme of which was well-being. Although only...
It was great to hear from Mr Dowty at the start of our week and his Monday Magic Moment linked perfectly with our Theme of the Week Independence. He outlined to staff his...