English Faculty

Year 7 – War on Waste

7N and 7W have been working on a passion project with Mrs Suters, where they research an environmental issue of their choice and present a solution. The presentations have developed students' use of persuasive language and have produced some fantastic work!

Ella G 7N (Water Pollution)

Tatum D 7W (Food Waste)

Creative Writing Club

Mrs Sinclair has been working hard with our budding authors to refine and edit their work. Below is a piece from year 12 student Harrison M.

Emission

Flowers wilted

Air unfiltered

Health plans gone askew and tilted

Gas just billows

Smoke filled pillows

People hiding in shells like armadillos

No advancing tech

World’s a wreck

But government keeps society in check

Population decrease

But still, companies won’t cease

Unleashing the deadly planet-ending beast

Unending blindness

No-one can find us

All that remains is cold unkindness

The world is warming

Temperature forming

Yet people still stay under their spell, conforming

Greenhouse gases

In lethal masses

They didn’t stop and kiss their grasses

Goodbye.

If you are interested in joining, Creative Writing Club meets at lunchtime (second break) every Friday in H.10!

Year 12 English

In preparation for their trials, Ms Bendeich’s Standard English class have been working together to improve the quality of their written responses. They have worked in pairs and small groups, with a focus on word choice and sustained analysis to create a series of exemplar paragraphs.

Macbeth Excursion

10L1 and 10R1 attended a production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth as part of their upcoming study next term. They visited the Seymour Centre and experienced an engaging interpretation of the play set in post-war Britain.