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RGS Worcester English Department.
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@RGSWLibrary @RSGWLitSoc
ISI reports 'Excellent and Outstanding' all areas.

[Thinking Reading @ThinkReadHQ]

1. We have been struck by the number of schools using coloured paper / overlays as standard interventions for children with reading difficulties. We did an informal Twitter poll & at the time of writing, 74% of the 1,120 respondents said that their school uses this approach.

[RGS English @RGSWEnglish]

Y7 and Y8 RGS Book Clubs have just enjoyed a fantastic trip to @MalvernTheatres to see a production of their shared novel #holes as part of #WorldBookDay2020
Look at those happy faces!

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Y7 and Y8 Book Club groups have been busy writing and recording their acrostics on the theme of Truth for National Poetry Day. #NPD #Y7BookClub #Y8BookClub #RGSBookClub

[RGS Literary Society @RGSWLitSoc]

Thank you @dodderhill for coming to see us today! A fantastic session with your Year 10s. Who knew Rossetti and cookies went so well together! @RGSWEnglish @RGSWorcester

[RGS English @RGSWEnglish]

Ibsen, Rossetti and sweets #revision

[RGS Literary Society @RGSWLitSoc]

Join @RGSWLitSoc in the Library this week for Mrs B and Mrs V talking ‘Women in Shakespeare’. Mrs B’s Ophelia vs Mrs V’s Desdemona, plus some other excellent women!

#teaandshakespeare

[RGS English @RGSWEnglish]

A Level Students had an excellent Study Day in Stratford yesterday. The sun was shining and students not only learnt about The Tempest but also had some time for Larkin' around.

#Shakespearebirthplacetrust #TheTempest #Stratford #PhilipLarkin

[Kate Nation @ReadOxford]

For #InternationalWomensDay with nod to #WorldBookDay 📚

[RGS English @RGSWEnglish]

On #WorldBookDay2019 our authors of the future submit their short stories to Radio 2’s 500 Words Competition #Y7BookClub #500words

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Ahead of WBD #Y10BookClub receive Fowles’ ‘The Collector’.
First decision: which one of the three Vintage Classics cover designs sent to us did we like the most, and what might be the link between butterflies and the psychological thriller we were about to read?#WorldBookDay2019

[RGS Worcester @RGSWorcester]

Congratulations to all of the GCSE pupils here at Royal Grammar School Worcester #worcesterisgreen #gcse2018 Great results and good luck with the next step.

[BBC Radio 4 @BBCRadio4]

🧛‍♂️ Something to sink your teeth into...
Dracula - Bram Stoker's disturbing vampire tale of horror reimagined into a thrilling ride through the dark psyche of Victorian England:
https://t.co/STi1PExYRK

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

A pretty etymology for the day: the word ‘daisy’ is a shortening of ‘day’s eye’, because the flower opens its petals at dawn to reveal its yellow disc, and then closes them again at night.

[RGS Worcester Drama @RGSWDrama]

@RGSWLitSoc @RGSWLibrary @RGSWEnglish https://t.co/4Di2LrPND2

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day: philodox - someone who is entirely and exclusively in love with their own opinions (adjective is 'philodoxical' if you need it).

[Birmingham Lit Fest @BhamLitFest]

We're all about 2018: The Year of Publishing Women today, having just confirmed @LeilaR is joining @catherine_mayer, @sianushka & Tara Tobler from @andothertweets for our event on Sat 28 April. Come and hear the debate and share your ideas: https://t.co/vynrb7F0aL

[RGS Literary Society @RGSWLitSoc]

BBC adaptation of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Very excited! #WilkieCollins #TheWomanInWhite

[RGS English @RGSWEnglish]

Thank you to all the pupils who took part in the first #RGSWPoetrySlam
The standard was incredible, especially the original round. Thank you to Mr Phillips - he had a tough job judging! @RGSWorcester #Poetry

[RGS English @RGSWEnglish]

#Y7BookClub get creative! A few entries ready to send off to the #WorldBookDay competition. Perhaps one of our book token designs will be in the book shops by Christmas!

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Year 7 English boardroom meeting #magazinejournalism #editors #reportwriting
keep a look out for 7AD-EN's group magazine.