The books they have been reading in DEAR time include Trash by Andy Mulligan, Into The Darkest Corner By Elizabeth Hayes, and A Long Walk of a Short Pier by Stephanie M. Holland. 📚

They are working on projects about a problem, issue or situation in the world. It has helped students understand more about research and general knowledge about things happening around the world.  They were using critical literacy skills in the research project. 🌏

Their advice to students going into Level 1 English next year is: Pay attention, and it is best to ask questions if you don't understand something. 

Some of the Senior English students' favourite parts of this subject are: finding something they are good at, playing learning games, researching new bits of information, and learning new things and fun facts.📝

An example of Senior english work is this poem based off an image:

You 

You stand
somewhat aloof, frustrated and silent
Poised - so still on pointe - white mirages floating beyond
a crowd of coats, hats, boots - wrapped in tissue
Protection from cold repressive restrictions

You embody
expression, assembly and association
Beauty and grace
Proud to protest emblazoned on your chest

You rise
White doves against a grey, grey city
White doves against a red, red army
A bird, spring, hope, soaring to the sun itself.

You ignore
Concrete jungles that struggle to contain, angry men who can’t explain,
Ignore and assemble, associate and resemble, freedom of expression,
Petition of the masses
Freedom and power

You dance
You unleash

A poem inspired by images of ballet dances taken at a 2014 protest in Russia against the repressive laws restricting the right to freedom of speech, expression, assembly and association.  The activity was undertaken in Y12 Senior English as part of a creative writing assignment.