The Key to Outstanding Progress
Research shows that responding to high quality marking and feedback is one of the real keys to making outstanding progress in learning. It was therefore really encouraging to see...
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Research shows that responding to high quality marking and feedback is one of the real keys to making outstanding progress in learning. It was therefore really encouraging to see...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On the 28th September, Year 12 and 13 business students visited Thorpe Park Resort for the ‘Student World of Business Conference’. Lucy one of the marketing managers...
Posted by Marian Lewis
It was great to see so many students engaged in such a variety of exciting, extended learning activities during last week’s highly successful enrichment day. Pictured here...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Mrs Razavi was leading a great verbal discussion with her Year 7 science group. With plenty of students volunteering their answers following completion of a worksheet based...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was really impressive to see students so focussed in their personalised study Going for Greatness lessons, supervised by some of our top teachers that allow them to push their...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
With over 250 Student Leaders appointed every year at Bushey Meads School, it is no surprise to find out that other schools are acknowledging our best practice in this important...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
This academic year our YC Hertfordshire service is now up and running. Our regular YC Hertfordshire Personal Advisers are: Lisa Cunningham – in school every Thursday and/or...
Posted by Di Mcildowie
It was excellent to drop into Miss Booth’s Year 11 Science class and see such an effective dialogue of learning and feedback – through self-assessment, verbal and written...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
It was a real joy to be in my first official Elm House Assembly on Tuesday of this week. As the new link Senior Member of Staff to the House it was great to listen to our...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Research shows that responding to high quality marking and feedback is one of the real keys to making outstanding progress in learning.
It was therefore really encouraging to see such detailed and varied examples of feedback in Maz Dokelman’s Year 7 Science book earlier this week.
With all the worksheets neatly stuck into the book, titles underlined and diagrams effectively drawn and labelled carefully, there were peer, self and teacher feedback stickers, evidence of green pen teacher feedback from Miss Nugara and purple pen responses from Maz himself. Orange stickers also captured some excellent verbal feedback and a nice personalised cover had been provided for his well maintained book.
Friday 28th September saw our first whole school Enrichment Day of the academic year. The students either had the opportunity to go on trips linked to their learning or immerse in...
Social Sciences ran a year 7 enrichment day. Lily Fields in 7 Ash tells us about her day. What an amazing day this was for all Year 7s! It helped us explore various choices of...