4th Drop Everything and Read event with a non-fiction focus
During today’s 4th Drop Everything And Read event, the whole school had a wider reading non-fiction focus. My year 12 A level English Language and Literature class are studying...
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During today’s 4th Drop Everything And Read event, the whole school had a wider reading non-fiction focus. My year 12 A level English Language and Literature class are studying...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
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Posted by Ashley Cartledge
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Posted by Danielle Bowe
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Posted by Jeremy Turner
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Posted by Jeremy Turner
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Posted by Paula Gregory
Our year 10 Prince’s Trust class are currently working on the Community Project Unit. During our lessons, we have discussed many projects to get involved with and what we can do...
Posted by Emma Denton
On Tuesday, 12 March 2019 the Business Studies Department’s Year 12 OCR students attended an informative presentation at David Lloyds, Bushey by the General Manager, Neil...
Posted by Sandra Kinghorn
Posted by Danielle Bowe
During today’s 4th Drop Everything And Read event, the whole school had a wider reading non-fiction focus. My year 12 A level English Language and Literature class are studying ‘The Great Gatsby’ so I prepared three different critical journal articles for us to read. One explored ‘Is The Great Gatsby the right title for the novel?’ Another was titled, ‘The Alienated Individual- a theme in American prose texts.’ However, after reading them all, we voted our favourite as ‘The Great Gatsby on Film- Capturing the Mystery, Making the Concrete the Intangible.’
Wider reading, particularly at A level, is a vital part of student study and an important habit to get into right from year 7. It allows students to broaden their thinking, test their own ideas and apply other critical viewpoints to their writing. All essential skills for those top grades.
Happy reading!
Ms. Bowe
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