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Carnegie Shadowing Group News This week’s featured book, also available as an ebook through the local library, has been greatly in demand with our shadowers. Eagerly awaited by...
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Carnegie Shadowing Group News This week’s featured book, also available as an ebook through the local library, has been greatly in demand with our shadowers. Eagerly awaited by...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Whilst remote teaching and learning during a lock down situation is never completely ideal, I have been thoroughly enjoying some rather unexpected plus points. Never has there...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Congratulations to the following students who have completed their Bronze Reading Award: Sharly Harris, 7 Ash Matthew Kram, 7 Sycamore Emma Lujkaj, 7 Oak Gracie Michaelson, 7...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Despite these difficult circumstances, students in our shadowing group are reading vigorously and discussing the books. In these updates, we hope to share our thoughts so far on...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Posted by Danielle Bowe
As many people find themselves looking for inspiration about what to do during extended periods at home, what better than read the books you’ve had on your list...
Posted by Lynn Court
Hello, I hope this email finds you and your families well. Thank you for those of you who fed back on ‘The Landlady’– I’m glad you enjoyed the story as...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Literacy is more important now than ever before with business leaders around the world believing that teenagers entering the world of work at this time will be exposed o more...
Posted by Claire Till
The English Faculty continue to suggest weekly reads, but we don’t want to miss the opportunity to promote writing activities too. The National Writing Project sums up the...
Posted by Lynn Court
As many people find themselves looking for inspiration about what to do during extended periods at home, what better than read the books you’ve had on your list...
Posted by Lynn Court
Carnegie Shadowing Group News
This week’s featured book, also available as an ebook through the local library, has been greatly in demand with our shadowers. Eagerly awaited by fans of Angie Thomas’s first book, The Hate U Give, her second, On the Come Up, is equally engaging and thought-provoking. Whilst not a sequel to The Hate U Give in the true sense, this book is set in the same town and in the months following the events of THUG. As Bri struggles with a sense of injustice, and make herself heard, Thomas falls upon her own background as a child rapper to give her a voice. This is another socially important book while the inclusion of Bri’s raps, reflecting her inner strength, make it even more gripping and far from bleak or without hope.
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
Bri Jackson has big ambitions to become one of the world’s most famous rappers. Alongside her dreams, Bri has big shoes to fill, as her father was a formidable underground rapper whose life was cut tragically short as a consequence of gang warfare. Home life is challenging for Bri and her family whose daily life is battle against the backdrop of poverty and discrimination.
What Bushey Meads Shadowers say:
“This book is about how Bri wants to become a rapper and her journey. She goes through a lot of things that jeopardise her relationship with family and friends but always finds a way to solve it. I loved this book even though it had some swear words because it talked about things that actually happen in real life so it’s not all fictional.” Anastasija Yr8
The English Faculty continue to suggest weekly reads, but we don’t want to miss the opportunity to promote writing activities too. The National Writing Project sums up the...
Last week saw (and heard!) the first DEAR event of this academic year. Firmly established as an important part of practice here at Bushey Meads, DEAR events (Drop Everything And...