Redmaids' High English

"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."

The latest and greatest 'gobbets' from the English Department at Redmaids’ High School.

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Which fiction book would you save if the sea began to sweep them away? 🌊
Members of Year 8 Debate Club @RedmaidsHigh battle to save their favourite texts with confidence, persuasiveness, and good humour.
Brilliant to watch their skills develop!

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Year 13 students @RedmaidsHigh got creative with peg dolls this week! 🪆
With the help of peg dolls, they mapped out aspects of character, setting and theme.
As an introduction to Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar', it certainly created lots of interesting discussion!

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It's the final countdown!
Esther, Freya and Tara are looking relaxed ahead of their performance in the NATIONAL FINAL of Rotary Youth Speaks public speaking competition!
After winning 4 fierce rounds this year, we @RedmaidsHigh are incredibly proud of them whatever the result! 👏

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’I don’t want realism. I want magic’ ✨
A Level English students @RedmaidsHigh buzzing after the stunning production of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Paul Mescal.
Captivating performances from the whole cast and a great day out in London! 🎭
#WeLoveTheatre #WestEndMagic

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Yes they can!
Tara, Freya, and Esther take @RedmaidsHigh into the NATIONAL Final on 23rd April after winning again! 🥳
Their topic 'Authentic Casting is Necessary in the Acting Community' thrilled the audience once more - a tremendous achievement against tough competition! 👏

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Year 9 girls @RedmaidsHigh, Esther, Tara, and Freya, are ready for the Regional Final of 'Rotary Youth Speaks: A Debate' competition!
After their scintillating win in the previous District Final (2nd photo), can they wow the judges and audience once more?

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Year 10 students @RedmaidsHigh Megan, Prarthana, Isabelle, Imogen, Safa, and Jahnavi are ready to take on the rest of Bristol in the heats of ESU Churchill Public Speaking competition, on our good friend Zoom 😁
Good luck girls!

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Year 11 students @RedmaidsHigh, Hattie and Ella, were so inspired by the poem they studied, 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci', that they found her! Here they are with their discovery at the Bristol Museum - a Frank Dicksee painting depicting the femme fatal and knight in Keats' poem.

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Our Year 12 team of Catherine, Mitusha and Ellen, pictured at QEH Theatre after the Bristol Round of the Rotary Youth Speaks competition last night. Their topic "Beauty Pageants Should be Banned" was a critique ofmodern beauty standards - were one of the close runners up! 👏

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And now for the Intermediate team of Year 9 students @RedmaidsHigh consisting of Esther, Freya and Tara... With their topic "All Gendered Schools Should be Abolished", they gave an outstanding performance to win the event and go through to the District Round in February! 👏👏👏

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Here is the other Year 12 senior team in action! Maddy, Muznah and Ffion's topic was "Space Exploration is a Waste of Money" - an intriguing take on the use of resources. An electric performance filled with Star Trek puns, they came a very close 2nd place with 95/100 points! 👏👏

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Hello, it's me (the English department @RedmaidsHigh). Rumour has it @Adele you'll study for an English Lit degree?! All I ask is that our girls follow the footsteps of someone like you. Good luck! I send my love ❤️ #LifelongLearning #setfiretotherain 🔥 https://t.co/miZqYbN3yQ

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Thanks also @LeylaJosephine1 (we were in the 'love' camp for your final poem), @Words_and_weeds and @CalebParkin (we sat next to you), and @RovingRoshi (and all the other performers whose Twitter handle I can't remember) for making it a memorable evening ❤️

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Thank you Danny @rtbspokenword for another spectacular show at Arnolfini on National Poetry Day!
Our sixth formers loved it (as always) and saw spoken word poetry at its contemporary and innovative best 👏
Great to see you again Harry @harrybakerpoet you were truly 'unashamed' 🙌

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Outdoor Ed is changing to...
Outdoor Adventures! ⛰️🏞️🏃🏼‍♀️🏄🏽‍♀️🚣‍♀️🚵🏼‍♀️🧗🏾‍♀️🤿♟️
And here's the latest venture - tell all your friends! Starts next week 🤙

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Lights, camera, action! 🎬🎥
Year 8 students Daisy, Amelia, and Chloe are enjoying the ‘Global Journalism’ activity this afternoon as part of @RedmaidsHigh’s activities week. Their report on LGBTQ+ issues in Croatia fits in with Pride month - it’s sure to be headline news! 🏳️‍🌈

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Year 12 creative writing class @RedmaidsHigh are busy writing during their final lesson this afternoon with Mr Kim - talking to someone or something that can’t talk back. What a fabulous group they are!
#WriteIt #WeLoveWriting

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Congratulations to Esther in Year 8 @RedmaidsHigh who has won the Daunt Books Children’s Short Story Competition 2022! 👏👏👏
Esther’s story, ‘The Robin’, is about an old Jewish lady who looks back on life whilst with her family at Christmas. Read more - https://t.co/P95dbXKNOX

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Spellbinding performance from 'Earthworks' at @stgeorgesbris today as part of the "Poetry Aloud" @poetrybheart collaboration with @LyraFest!
Combining poetry, storytelling, and music, the tale of the beast of Bristol in 'Croc in the Docks' will live on long in the memory! 🐊

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Thank you for signing my books! 🙏 @JohnMcCullough_ @abipalmer_bot @InuaEllams

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It was another fantastic evening of poetry at Bristol Poetry Festival @LyraFest with John McCullough, Abi Palmer, and Inua Ellams tonight - Mr Kim's students can look forward to reading their poems in his lessons next term! 😁 #LyraFest #PanicResponse #Sanatorium #WhatTheActual