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[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

From next week all of your work, including for English, can be uploaded to Class Charts. Keep up the great work!

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

From next week all of your work, including for English, can be uploaded to Class Charts. Keep up the great work!

[Children's Bookshow @ChildrensBkShow]

We are unbelievably excited about our writing 📝 competition for 7-11 yr olds, supported by @thesundaytimes😄

Pls RT

🤩AMAZING prizes!🏆

Send in an illustrated letter📨about life in lockdown.
For inspiration, read #LettersFromLockdown📮 on our website
https://t.co/TFX8Kh5MlP

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

What a brilliant effort from a Year 7 student; writing a poem from the perspective of a Victorian factory worker! Keep it up all - we love receiving your work!

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

A great thing for our students to access!

[Leicester City Council @Leicester_News]

We have a playlist of children's stories being read by @leicesterlibrar staff.

These videos have been created to give the young people of #Leicester something educational to watch while the #Coronavirus situation continues.

Watch here: https://t.co/1tCZwEVFTq

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

Another fantastic piece of virtual learning received by the English team from a Year 7 student. Thank you to our students - keep it up!

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

The English team are so pleased to receive all of your virtual learning efforts. What a great piece of work from a Year 7 student!

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

A great watch tonight for KS3 students who study Macbeth in Yr 8!

[Shakespeare’s Globe @The_Globe]

Something wicked this way comes…

This year’s production of #Macbeth, created especially for young people thanks to @dbCitizenship, will be available on YouTube for free from 11 May, 7pm.

Will you be joining us?

⏰ Set a reminder: https://t.co/mjs66eLW52

#PlayingShakespeare

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

Year 11 - a great opportunity here to extend your learning beyond what we are setting on Classcharts!

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

Home learning lessons will resume on Monday at 12pm. There will be a free worksheet, video, and one hour of feedback on student work. We’ll be starting anthology poetry, with separate videos & worksheets for each cluster. https://t.co/1tfmYOvs7B

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

Don’t forget to watch! Monday 20th at 7pm!

[Shakespeare’s Globe @The_Globe]

Our next Shakespeare movie night is fast approaching!

Join us for Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers #RomeoandJuliet 💔 from our glorious Globe Theatre. Streaming for free on Monday 20 April, 7pm via YouTube.

⏰ Set a reminder: https://t.co/aNCigDMKso

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

FREE worksheets to accompany my most popular Youtube videos: https://t.co/D74xBe5dW4. Ideal for homework. Answers to numbered questions can be found through watching the video, whilst the extension & exam questions are more challenging, so set your class any or all of the tasks.

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

A great revision tool from Mr Bruff...

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

All of my revision songs in one playlist: https://t.co/F4C7WnOtJ8

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

Save the date! A great way for students to enhance their study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

[Shakespeare’s Globe @The_Globe]

Next up in our series of free #GlobePlayer films will be Shakespeare's most famous story of love at first sight, #RomeoandJuliet, streaming on our YouTube channel from Monday 20 April, 7.00pm.

Subscribe to our channel to make sure you don't miss it!
https://t.co/rLkCJyUWp8

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

What a great way for us to experience Shakespeare’s Globe from home!

[GEA English @ges_english]

How exciting! Follow the tips in the thread to recreate that authentic Globe experience! #Hamlet

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

What a great way for our students to access additional learning...

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

BBC to deliver biggest push on education in its history - 14 weeks of educational programmes and lessons to every household in the country - whatever your child’s age, beginning on 20 April: https://t.co/Jhm4ANUjpR

[Orchard Mead Academy @OrchardMead]

Today our premises team delivered vital PPE to the Facilities Mgt Team @ LRI. They will redistribute to all our hospitals, care homes & GP surgery’s in Leicestershire. Items were gratefully received. If any schools still have PPE please donate. PM us for contact details. Thanks

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

What a great opportunity for our KS4 students, who have studied A Christmas Carol, to engage in further virtual learning!

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

I’ve just added 5 worksheets on ‘A Christmas Carol’ and another 5 on ‘Jekyll & Hyde’. The answers to numbered questions can be found in the videos, whilst extension & exam questions are more complex. There are now 50+ worksheets, all FREE at https://t.co/D74xBe5dW4

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

Today we'll have a senior examiner giving feedback on student work! The video goes live at 12pm, with feedback for one hour. Here is the link: Home learning lesson 7 - AQA English Language https://t.co/PKRX1BYpxK

[Orchard Mead Academy - English @OrchardMead_Eng]

What beautiful work from a Year 7 student! We are so pleased with the engagement with Virtual learning! House Points will be rewarded for work received. Keep it up!

[Mr Bruff @MrBruffEnglish]

Well that's the first week of home learning videos complete. This week's videos have had 21,000 views and the worksheets have been downloaded 5000 times! Next week we look at English Language paper 2. Every weekday at 12pm at https://t.co/VZElLFuLTY