Bishopsgate School English

English at @BishopsgateSch, a Co-ed Independent Prep School, teaching ages 3 - 13. ✍️📖

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It was lovely welcome back Oscar Lawson, a past Head Boy at Bishopsgate, to talk to the children about his new book 'Tiger' that he wrote and has had published. The children asked lots of questions and enjoyed listening to him read from the book #bgs_alumni @AustinMacauley

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Having finished reading Refugee Boy, Year 8 are working on their collage of the themes and issues raised by the book #creativereading #culturalawareness #learningwithoutlimits

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Year 7 have been working on understanding how newspaper articles are constructed and then writing a report of their own #buddingjournalists #learningwithoutlimits

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Year 6 wrote spooky Haikus and got into the “spirit” of Halloween!!! #LearningwithoutLimits #creativeEnglishfun

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Year 7 preparing for a debate on the power of education. Inspired by reading “Trash” by Andy Mulligan #educationwithoutlimits

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Emotive, powerful language used in WW1 poems by Year 6 #poetrylovers #learningwithoutlimits

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First clutch of FANTASTIC stories submitted!
#BBC500words #creativewriting #learningwithoutlimits

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Year 7 created some amazing projects about Hound of the Baskervilles. Today they reviewed them and gave each other positive feedback and suggestions for improvement #creativity #psblearning #learningwithoutlimits

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Donation of books by the English department making their way to St Nicholas School, Accra, Ghana to make a HUGE difference there! #learningwithoutlimits #makingadifference

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Success! BGS perform excellently at Public Speaking Competition winning both the team and individual events
#communication #learningwithoutlimits

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Enjoying a wonderful morning of public speaking at Yateley Manor. Really interesting speeches! #publicspeaking #lifeskilllearning

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Year 5 donned their pirate hats and played Port and Starboard to begin their English topic on Pirates today #makinglearningfun #bgsenglish #swashbucklingpirates

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...and now for the pictures! @BGS_EnglishDpt #readingforpleasure

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Year 7 & 8 enjoying their book gift from the English department! @BGS_EnglishDpt #readingforpleasure

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Year 6 wrote some thoughtful precepts this week #BGSEnglish #Wonder

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Year 6 debate the pros and cons of homeschooling #BGSEnglish #debate #homeschooling

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Years 7 and 8 pupils will be choosing their own BookTrust book this week to inspire their reading. Great excitement today while making their choice! #BGS_EnglishDpt #reading

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Year 7 studied the impact of powerful verbs and varied sentence lengths in English this morning. #bgs_english #creatingtension #collaborationintheclassroom