Year 11 Taster Day – Friday 3rd December
Friday 3rd of December was the taster day for the year 11s and we had a great turnout for our photography A-level Taster lesson with 26 students. Students discussed what makes a...
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Friday 3rd of December was the taster day for the year 11s and we had a great turnout for our photography A-level Taster lesson with 26 students. Students discussed what makes a...
Posted by Aya Speker
This term has been a key term for self evaluating our school (an ongoing annual process of asking the simple questions: ‘what’s working well and even better if?’...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our Monday Magic Moment was delivered by Miss Stanton and focussed on her explaining some recent developments in the English Faculty to support teachers and students in capturing...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Friday 3rd December, year 11 students donned their best clothes and joined the BMS outstanding 6th form for the day. Several students opted to experience lessons in the...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
Our week started with a superb Monday Magic Moment delivered by Head of Geography and teaching and learning lead in Humanities and Social Sciences Miss Dunsby focussing on...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was fantastic to see all the year 11 smartly dressed and working enthusiastically during their taster day. The faculty put on all the subjects offered post 16. I managed to...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
Jake in year 10 kindly worked with Eric, year 8, on his maths work. Working in my office for 45 minutes they successfully worked through mental subtraction and addon-agons. Jake...
Posted by Claire Till
Deputy Headteacher Mr Searle led some inspirational assemblies focussing on the Theme of the Week Challenge this week. A short video clip of an olympic athlete who chose to...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Posted by Danielle Bowe
This week we recognise Charlotte Boother Dominguez as our Reader of the Week. Currently reading ‘Cinder’ by Marissa Meyer means that she is exploring not only the...
Posted by Claire Till
Friday 3rd of December was the taster day for the year 11s and we had a great turnout for our photography A-level Taster lesson with 26 students.
Students discussed what makes a successful photograph and were given a quick introduction into understanding some of the key elements of photography including aperture and fast shutter speed. Students were then given the task of taking photographs ensuring they captured examples of the rule of thirds, pattern, texture, leading lines and unusual angles. The results were highly impressive and captured some glistening wintery scenes of the Bushey Meads grounds following the morning rain.
It has been very heartwarming to see groups of Year 11 working so hard so early in the term. They have had a lot to deal with and the work ethic and attitude to learning of many...
On Friday 10th December, Councillor Lawrence Brass visited BMS to speak to law and politics students about his political and legal career. Councillor Brass explained how his...