English Faculty Recommended Reads: Wk beginning 15th June
This week: A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) by Bill Bryson A nonfiction offering: In his quest to provide what the title suggests, Bryson is funny, clear and...
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This week: A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) by Bill Bryson A nonfiction offering: In his quest to provide what the title suggests, Bryson is funny, clear and...
Posted by Lynn Court
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (1960) by Harper Lee This Pulitzer Prize winning novel concerns the essential nature of right and wrong and how good and evil can coexist. Through...
Posted by Lynn Court
Posted by Danielle Bowe
The English Faculty would like to draw your attention to another writing competition opportunity. This one has longer for you to create your masterpiece:
Posted by Lynn Court
Last month, the English Faculty launched a themed Lockdown Poetry Competition. Mr Johnson and Miss Stanton set students the challenge to compose and submit a poem about an aspect...
Posted by Natalie Stanton
‘Things Fall Apart’ (1958) by Chinua Achebe A worldwide bestseller, Amazon summarises ‘Things Fall Apart,’’ as the compelling story of one man’s battle to protect his...
Posted by Lynn Court
Please find another opportunity for our budding writers. It is open to students aged 11-17 and is open until 31st July. The competition welcomes poems on any theme and any length.
Posted by Lynn Court
Bedrock Vocabulary Learning Last month, I wrote about our established Bedrock Vocabulary Learning Programme at Bushey Meads and how busy George Furr, our IT manager,...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Prem Patel, Year 8, sent me a copy of this poem that he found while working on his Silver Reading Award. Written in 1927, it would be easy to believe the poem was written...
Posted by Teresa Turton
This week:
A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) by Bill Bryson

A nonfiction offering: In his quest to provide what the title suggests, Bryson is funny, clear and entertaining. This popular science book explores the history and status of the various sciences from their humble beginnings.
‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ (1886) by Thomas Hardy Arguably Hardy’s greatest work, The Mayor of Casterbridge is the tragic story of Michael Henchard, a man who rises to civic...