Wednesday’s recommendation is from Maya who loves this adventure book by Katherine Rundell #BookReview #BookRecommendations

Our final selection this week comes from Abdullah who highly recommend ‘Geek Girl’ by Holly Smale #BookReview #BookRecommendation

We’re excited to celebrate World Book Day this week- even remotely! Reading outside of lessons is so important; it can help to build your confidence when reading aloud, develop your vocabulary and transport you to a new world within every page.

We’re pleased to announce that over thirty pupils’ have had their work chosen to be published by Young Writers. Each will receive a book mark, certificate and the option to get their work published in a book!

Did you know….? #wellbeingweek

We loved seeing this acknowledgement of our pupils (who are now in Year 13) in a published book by author Dean Atta. Thankyou to Metal Southend for a brilliant writer’s workshop, we hope to visit you again soon!

English revision for Year 11 is on every Monday- starting from tonight!

We’re so pleased with the new books we are currently reading in our Year 8 English lessons! #raisetheroof #alwaysagoodday

Here are some wonderful examples of our Year 10 work! #wiselyandslow #romeoandjuliet

Miss Palmer’s Year 11s have been working hard to produce some beautiful revision resources for ‘An Inspector Calls’

📢 PodSquad shoutout! Make sure to have a look at our top tips for English Success here gcsepod.com/wp-content/upl… #morepodsmoreprogress

This week our Year 11s will be receiving revision cards for An Inspector Calls and Romeo and Juliet- just in time for their upcoming mock exams! #revision #tenweekstogo

What a brilliant photo of our revision cards being put to good use!

Good turn out at A Level Lang Lit revision tonight where we dissected an examiner report to see what the examiners are looking for! #contemporaryaudience #accurateterminology #coherentexpression

Preparations are under way for the Walkthrough mock exams next week! This is just a snippet of the resources we will be giving to students! #beprepared

Have a look at some of our brilliant Year 7 poetry work! #daffodils #naturepoetry #acrostic

To mark International Women’s Day yesterday, these Year 7 students composed their very own acrostic poem. Well done to Brendon, Scarlett and Brooke and not forgetting Grace for the illustration! #poetry

Full house today for our English Lit walkthrough mock. Mrs Buck described the students as #fabulous! What a great experience for everyone to get some tips, advice and practice with planning and timing! #RomeoAndJuliet #AnInspectorCalls #proudofourstudents SHS English

Yesterday we revised how to create an effective piece of imaginative writing! Well done to all pupils who attended revision - even after completing a mock exam that morning!

One of our Year 11s made this beautiful revision poster yesterday for Romeo and Juliet. Don’t forget this paper is on Wednesday the 25th of May!