Filter by Category
Filter by Author
The English Faculty would like to draw your attention to another competition opportunity: This year’s theme: Where does the chocolate journey begin? The key ingredient in...
It is so inspiring to hear from students, and sometimes staff members, about the small, or on occasion big, Acts of Kindness they are participating in during these difficult...
SUCCESS! I started my MOOC (MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSE) in early April following a couple weeks of being in lockdown. Having started a MOOC the previous year that I did not...
Beloved’ (1987) by Toni Morrison Based on a true story, the work examines the destructive legacy of slavery as it chronicles the life of a black woman named Sethe, from her...
BMS motto ‘Aspire to Achieve’ has at its foundation, the idea of resilience. Indeed, as a community, we work hard to develop students who can embrace the challenge and emotionally...
At this point in our year 8 drama curriculum our students would usually be creating plays to communicate the problems with social media – cyberbullying, lower social skills,...
This week’s focus was on the reign of Elizabeth I which took in the events such as the Spanish Armada and the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. It has been great to hear...
A couple of months ago on Wednesday 26th February, I had the pleasure of taking a group of 50 year-8 students on a trip to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London to see a...
When Mr Knowles reminded me that it was my turn to write an article I initially panicked. What could I write about? The articles in the newsletter have been stories of...
In the maths department, we are constantly impressed by the work ethic displayed by our A Level students. It is no secret that A Level maths is difficult and comes with a lot of...
The English Faculty would like to draw your attention to another competition opportunity:
This year’s theme: Where does the chocolate journey begin?
The key ingredient in chocolate is cocoa. Most of the cocoa you eat comes from the rainforests of West Africa, where farmers tend their cocoa trees on small family farms. This is where the chocolate journey begins.
Click here for the Poetry Competition Guide
If you are interested in finding out more, the details of what you need to do can be found here: https://www.divinechocolate.com/news/poetry
Who can enter?
The competition has three categories:
Closing dates
The deadline for poems is 5th June 2020.
Prizes
A film of your poem being read by this year’s guest judge, Onjali Raúf, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019. PLUS Divine Chocolate goodies and book tokens!
Submit your poems. The deadline for poems in English is 5th June 2020.
Hopefully some of you will take up the challenge.
Good Luck
