Word of the Week
01.05.2024 // English Faculty
Introducing our “Word of the Week” initiative! Each week, our dedicated staff selects a special word to inspire and empower our students. This word is prominently displayed in our classrooms, encouraging everyone to incorporate it into their vocabulary and daily lives. Stay tuned as we unveil a new word every week, helping to broaden our...
World Book Day
09.03.2024 // English Faculty // Uncategorized
Congratulations to our World Book Day winners for the “Get Caught Reading” competition!KS3 Matilda in a wonderful tractor, KS4 Arthur while shoe shopping,KS5 Leoni in red, and Mrs. Redpath in the sauna—what creative and imaginative entries! A huge thank you to everyone who participated in this competition. It’s been a fantastic week celebrating the joy...
CELEBRATING WORLD BOOK DAY
04.03.2021 // English Faculty
To celebrate World Book Day, Mr. Watkins and Mrs. Brayshaw distributed some free books to all of our year 7 and year 8 students who are currently studying in school....
SHORT STORY CLUB SHOOTS FOR SUCCESS
03.03.2021 // English Faculty
A new and exciting Short Story Club has had a successful start, despite the challenges of the Covid pandemic and remote learning. Mr Murphy’s Short Story Club, which is open to all Year 7 pupils, was implemented at the start of January 2021 and has had 8 successful weeks of engagement with students.“Originally, we had planned for the club to start towards the end of the Autumn term and be conducted after school and in-person,” says Mr Murphy, founder of the club,...
WORLD BOOK DAY
01.03.2021 // English Faculty
World Book Day is being celebrated on Thursday 4th March. WBD is a charity founded by publishers and booksellers in the UK and Ireland. Every year £1 book vouchers are given out to students and can be exchanged for especially written books. Details of how to use the digital voucher are in the parents' newsletter. A paper voucher will be given out when students return to school. Although book shops won't be open, most supermarkets stock the £1 books.
STUDENTS IMPRESS WITH COMMITMENT, EFFORT AND EXTROADINARY LEVELS OF DETAIL
23.02.2021 // Academic // English Faculty
Last half term, Mrs Richards focused on the Non-Fiction GCSE Exam Paper with her Year 9 and Year 10 classes and set them some similar challenges. One of the extended writing tasks was to create a ‘Rough Guide to…’.
Winter Creative Writing Competition
15.12.2020 // English Faculty
On 11th December, The English Department crowned Alex B (Year 9) as the winner of the Winter Creative Writing Competition, which was advertised on Instagram @nssfc_english. Alex was awarded some stationery prizes and a £10 book voucher.
Alex created an impressive description using some ambitious vocabulary and told the tale of a pickpocket in Victorian London. It was clear that Alex was inspired by A Christmas Carol that Year 9 are currently studying in class.
Lucie impresses her English teachers with her poem ‘The Witches Spell’.
13.07.2020 // Academic // English Faculty
As part of an exploration of the witches in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', students were given an optional extra task to try and create their own spell using rhyming couplets, regular rhythm and a Shakespearean language style - I am sure you will agree this is an incredibly difficult challenge!
Readers Reviews Rewarded
01.07.2020 // English Faculty
The English department recently dedicated a whole week of learning to reading. As part of this, we set a competition to review any book and opened it up to all students. As usual, the quality of responses was superb and Miss O’Donnell had a difficult time picking the winners.
