LHS Team English

English Department at Longdendale High School 📚

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

@aliceoseman’s Heartstopper series has been such popular choice in our library lessons. Both Lily and Lois in Y8 have been reading them this week. If your child struggles to get into reading, I’d highly recommend trying a graphic novel as a way back into find a love of books!

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Ah amazing! Our students engage so well with @tompalmerauthor’s writing! We’ve used ‘After the War’ in our reading intervention and have had some incredible improvements in students’ comprehension - they’ve really enjoyed it!

[Mel Wicks @mel_mwicks]

⁦@tompalmerauthor⁩ Thanks for sending all these goodies through, they will make a great addition to ⁦@LHS_HighSchool⁩ library. Our students across ⁦@StamfordTrust⁩ are excited to read the next chapter of Angel of Grasmere #reading

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Exactly what we’ve been focusing on in our English lessons this year to improve writing quality - really helpful tangible strategies from @AlexJQuigley forming the basis of our departmental Curriculum Development Time. Really helpful - thank you!

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

*** Crafting Great Sentences ***

Four key approaches:
1. Sentence combining
2. Sentence shrinking
3. Sentence expanding
4. Sentence signposting

https://t.co/AlPaK08vJc

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Literacy never stops, even at the weekend! This little one loves a Saturday morning trip to the library - got to get ‘em started young! Working her way through the @Booktrust #BookstartBearClub

[🍃📚Mimi Thebo📚🐾 @MimiThebo]

I hope you like it, Orla!!! 😍😍😍

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Orla in Y7 has shared @MimiThebo’s ‘Dreaming the Bear’ with me today in our library lesson - a really intriguing book making us ask interesting questions about the protagonist’s connection with the bear. Can’t wait to find out more next time! 🐻‍❄️

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Our Y10 Book Club have chosen to read George Orwell’s ‘1984’ to supplement their study of ‘Animal Farm’ in class - great choice! Any Y10s keen to join, see Mr Baxter! There are two more copies in the library if you’d like to read along… Enjoy!

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Lucky to listen to Jazmine in Y7 read the opening chapters of @mattfoxwriter’s ‘The Sky Over Rebecca’, starting with captivating imagery of a mysterious snow angel... a story of two Jewish WW2 refugees mysteriously appearing in modern-day Stockholm. Intrigued to find out more…

[Mel Wicks @mel_mwicks]

Huge thanks to ⁦@johntomsett⁩ for inspiring our Disciplined Inquiry Champions across ⁦@StamfordTrust⁩ today. Looking forward to seeing how the Inquiry process questions develop over the next few weeks #CPD #leadership

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Delighted to see a few more copies of Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ have arrived today ready for tomorrow’s KS4 Book Club. It’s never too late to order another copy if you fancy joining! See Mr Baxter if you’re interested! #BookClub @LHS_HighSchool

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Y11 - if teachers can benefit from re-reading Animal Farm, you all certainly can! Took about two hours on the train from London - not a big task but very beneficial! You’ll pick up lots of finer details in a re-read! See your teacher if you need to borrow a copy! 🐷🐴🐑🐓🐐🫏

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

@MrsNLParker Aaaah Natalie! 🥰🥰🥰

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Proud of every single one of the strong women in Team English, today on #InternationalWomensDay, and every other day for that matter. Inspiring students, changing lives, and generally excelling every single day. Couldn’t do any of it without you ladies! 🤩🫶

[Longdendale High School @LHS_HighSchool]

We're proud to #InspireInclusion every day for students, staff and the wider community. We want to encourage everyone to break down barriers and fulfill their full potential. Thank you to all our staff and students who allow us to do this! #IWD2024

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

@Longdendale_PE They’ve done us proud! Thank you! 🥳

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Well done 7S! The library was looking fabulous today! 👏 🎉

[Longdendale High School @LHS_HighSchool]

We have been busy celebrating World Book Day today with a scavenger hunt to show students our teacher’s favourite books. There have also been fantastic #WBD activities in the library. Congratulations to 7S who were voted as winners of the library bunting decoration competition.

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

@TamsinWrites @LHS_HighSchool Aah! Lucy will be delighted to hear from her fave author! Looking forward to passing this on tomorrow! Happy World Book Day! ✨🤩📚

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

Tense listening to Lucy in Y8 reading @TamsinWrites’s ‘Bad Influence’ - a painfully real depiction of enduring teenage bullying. Thanks to Lucy’s recommendation, we’ve added this one to the @LHS_HighSchool library! Thanks Lucy!

[Jodie-Anne Dearden @jodieadearden]

Today was a good day! This is just half of them 🤣 we love books 💚
That’s my boy all ready for world book day at school. @LHS_HighSchool @LHSTeamEnglish @WorldBookDayUK @Louiestowell #WorldBookDay2024 #books #BookTwitter

[LHS Team English @LHSTeamEnglish]

With a Wonka inspired prize of a trip to @CadburyWorld, we’re running a creative #WorldBookDay competition to write a descriptive piece about a chocolate bar of your own design! Collect entry forms and submit your writing in the Library! Good luck! 🍫✍️📚