Loudoun English

Official Twitter account of Loudoun Academy’s English department.

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Our upcoming Online Tutor Sessions for National 5 and Higher English for the academic year 2019/20 have been scheduled.

For more information please visit https://t.co/kZmcB7UiBV

#nat5english #national5english #higherenglish #english

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@MissSzula @ajcorrigan What a lovely task ❤️

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

-Maya Angelou

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@ya_habbibi @amlangenfeld @anne_theriault Although surely some critics would argue that it was intended to be pronounced ‘Sinjin’ to allude to the idea of singeing(fire) as there is obviously an elemental theme running through many of the characters names: Helen Burns (fire); the Rivers family(water); Jane Eyre (air)...

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It’s time...for the East Ayrshire Readers’ Cup @LoudounAcademy1!!! Wish us luck! #teamloudoun #defendingchampions

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Some fantastic new LGBT+ fiction and non-fiction resources in the library. Just in time for #pride! 📖 🏳️‍🌈

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Sunday Funday for English teachers at Boswell Book Festival @bozzyfest @ChrisKelso5

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S2 pupils involved in our football literacy workshops developed their skills in a press conference with former @loudounacademy1 pupil @gregkiltie! We even got a tour of the @kilmarnockfc stadium! Thank you to Paul and @EAClynseyH for organising!

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Good luck to all our Higher and Advanced Higher pupils in their exams today. Read questions carefully, match examples to number of marks available and watch your timing. YOU CAN DO THIS!!! 📝 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

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Thank you very much to @KALibraryWMC for hosting a writing workshop with the wonderful @kirstylogan. Pupils and staff had a great day... so many creative writing ideas thanks to the storydice! Thanks Kirsty!

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National 5 Media have completed some excellent revision posters ahead of the exam! #montheexamweareready

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Big shout out to Sara Barbour for donating the entire Beast Quest collection to the school library! Thank you Sara! 👍🏻 📚

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This information will be in tomorrow’s pupil bulletin #mentalhealthmatters

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S1 and s2 pupils visited Grange Academy this morning to meet author @mcfall_claire, author of the popular Ferryman trilogy and Black Cairn Point. Claire spoke about her books, inspirations and the ways our budding writers can get their own books published! 😀📖🖊

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@LoudounRRSA Excellent dog puns 🐕 🐶 🤣

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World Book Day fun organised by Ms Livingstone! #worldbookday19 #readingmatters #readingisthekeytomanydoors

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@LoudounAcademy1 were delighted to welcome author Martin Stewart as part of the EA school libraries Spring Read. Pupils were given a creative writing workshop where Martin gave them tips and ideas on how to create stories, edit and redraft their work. Thanks @martinjstewart 📚👏🏻

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Just some of the amazingly helpful books available from the mental health first aid kits available in the library #childrensmentalhealthawarenessweek #itsoknottobeok