Journal

My Little Zen for Schools

by Bushbells Online April 19, 2023

More connections! More thanks ! And this time to Luke – who has been volunteering at the school for 6 weeks and he has two more weeks still to go....

by Bushbells Online March 21, 2023

Brush up your latin! As you well know, Ex Oriente Salis means ‘safety’ or ‘health from the east’. And academic quality, health and breadth of cha...

by Bushbells Online February 10, 2023

We LOVE our volunteers and they always bring so much ‘added value’ to the strict learning-by-rote curriculum, which exists, due to the limited res...

by Bushbells Online January 20, 2023

The two month’s holiday break over Christmas and the New Year is a perfect time for the school to take stock and break from their busy schedule. I...

by Bushbells Online December 20, 2022

2022 has been a year of smiles, my parent’s platinum anniversary and joyous tears, To the loss of our great Queen and I am sure many inward fears ...

by Bushbells Online December 09, 2022

With the school now closed until the 23rd January – it’s a good time to build and repair. The wish list this year included putting in proper wi...

by Bushbells Online November 25, 2022

We’ve got the Egyptians to thank for the tradition and the Greeks for the cake. The birthday tradition dates back to the ancient Egyptians, who be...

by Bushbells Online November 04, 2022

I have a confession to make! I don’t like shopping and so it’s something of a paradox to me, to persuade you to ‘buy Bushbells’. For any newcomer...

by Bushbells Online October 07, 2022

Aren’t you glad that we live in world that has Octobers? As I write, the sky is blue, the balmy sun warms, the leaves are turning into earthy r...

by Bushbells Online August 04, 2022

Over the last few months, Jax has kindly offered me some hours helping her out at the Bushbells home headquarters so I can complete my Silver D ...

by Bushbells Online August 01, 2022

It’s almost a year since we lost our Master Tailor Sammy – a day that I will never forget. His memory lives on in everything we do, and all that ...

by Bushbells Online July 19, 2022

We’ve had three fantastic volunteers this July – Briony, Oscar and Harry and it just so happened they were all there together at the same time. T...