Penketh English Department

All things wonderful and literary here at the Penketh English department! Follow us for news, celebrations and more!

[Stuart Pryke @SPryke2]

NEW RESOURCE: I’ve been experimenting with @Xris32 style ‘phrase banks’ over the past term to much success! Here are the AIC ones I’ve used in my class. Great discussions had over what each phrase means and how we can use them appropriately and effectively in our writing. Use/chuck: https://t.co/xPMxPC5FyI

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

📚📚📚We have an Instagram page! Give us a follow for updates about the department, reading recommendations and revision tips! Maybe your work might feature on a post one day… 📚 @PenkethSchool

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

We loved seeing Romeo and Juliet at the Epstein Theatre today! @EpsteinTheatre our pupils particularly enjoyed the actors using the audience space during scenes. Wonderful! @PenkethSchool

🗡️Parting is such sweet sorrow!

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

8S1 worked wonderfully when exploring the concept of illusions in Macbeth this week! They’ve been working really hard on linking academic understanding to the tyrannical story of the Scottish play! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👊🏻🤓📝 @PenkethHigh

[Penketh High School @PenkethSchool]

Next week, we launch our new KS3 Reading Diary initiative 📖

Timed for World Book Day and the National Year of Reading, this project aims to boost wellbeing, confidence, and attainment. Reading for pleasure is a superpower - let’s help our students find their next favorite book.

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

A huge well done to our year 11 cohort who sat their first English mock today! We can’t wait to read the amazing responses based on the wonderful work completed in EPS yesterday afternoon!👊🏻😎📝👏@PenkethHigh

[Mrs Mollatt @MollattMrs]

8P1 LOVED their lesson today. Working in groups perfecting scenes and then presenting them to the class - An Oracy focus, which was fantastic to see them all participating! @PenkethSchool 🎭🗣️ @EnglishPenketh 🙌

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

Our Year 8 pupils making us proud with our new Shakespeare’s tyrants unit!

[Mrs Mollatt @MollattMrs]

Year 8 making me proud! We are loving Macbeth and cannot wait to go and see it live! 🏆🎭👏👏 @PenkethSchool

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

We had a fantastic time watching Ginificent’s A Christmas Carol with Year 11 today! We also filled ourselves up at the Christmas markets 🎄🎅 @PenkethHigh

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

9H2 were using their oracy skills today to prepare for the ultimate debate: ‘Which short story is the best?’ based on our current short story anthology! @PenkethHigh 📚

[Mrs Mollatt @MollattMrs]

Looking at pre-mock revision, tracking themes through quotes and sentence stems utilising tentative language. R&J, ACC & AIC 👍😍😍😊 https://t.co/wcEhgrlxK0

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

Congratulations to all of our Year 11 cohort for their hard work and determination this year. Go and enjoy it all now and keep the stories with you! 📖📚

[Penketh High School @PenkethSchool]

A day of celebration at Penketh High School! 🎉

We're incredibly proud of our students for their outstanding achievements on this year's results day. Their hard work and dedication have paid off, and we're so excited to see what the future holds ✨

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

What’s in the box…?

Watch this space to enjoy Year 7 being inspired by the sense of nostalgia and belonging in The Bone Sparrow! Thanks to Miss Potter for capturing this in her lessons this week! 🐣🪽 @PenkethSchool

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

Time for 8P1 to help us with our brand new display for Scythe… look at this fantastic submission from Daniel N! @PenkethSchool @NealShusterman 🙌😎

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

8H2 explored the concept of ‘Human Curiosity’ before applying their personal understanding to Chapter 2 of ‘Frankenstein’ today. Some outstanding thinking and application! ✨💫 @PenkethSchool

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

A successful evening at the Year 9 options evening today at the English and Film Studies stand! 😎 @PenkethSchool

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

“8P1, you now have silent, independent time to annotate the characterisation of Victor Frankenstein.”

Fantastic work today which was followed by creative writing inspired by Shelley’s methods. @PenkethSchool ⭐️👹

[Mrs Mollatt @MollattMrs]

AM from 7S1 has taken independent revision to the next level! I am so proud of her! Determined to succeed @PenkethSchool 🙌👏👏👏👏

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

Next up… 8H2 exploring psychosis and madness in the Gothic tradition through the ‘Tell-Tale Heart’ 📖 @PenkethSchool

[Penketh English Department @EnglishPenketh]

Beautiful work from 7P3 today. All pupils explored the concept of symbolism through their brand new novel, The Bone Sparrow. Just look at those books! @PenkethSchool