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The most interesting literary news and retweets from the English Department at STAHS #ScholarshipAdventureIntegrity

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Future architects and designers in action! As part of our Big Book Bonanza, Year 7 and 8 were exploring how to make school spaces more accessible by designing their very own classroom; great to see our brilliant creative thinkers and problem-solvers at work!

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As part of our Big Book Bonanza, Year 7 were learning all about the science behind conjoined twins. A great example of how literature can open up exciting conversations!

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As part of the 'Making the Leap' programme, our Year 13 English students were tasked with updating a myth into a new form of literature. Mia and Niamh created some absolutely beautiful poems inspired by the Greek myth of Aphrodite and the Irish myth 'The Children of the Lir.'

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Congratulations to Anoushka Sood in year 9, whose brilliant poem 'Imagine a World Without Sight' was selected as a winning entry in the Young Writer's National Poetry Competition! Anoushka's poem will be published in an anthology, kept in the British Library. Well done, Anoushka!

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We were absolutely thrilled to welcome STAHS alumnus and YA author Rachel Churcher to join our Year 7 Creative Writing Club yesterday lunchtime. A huge thank you to Rachel for inspiring future STAHS authors! @Rachel_Churcher

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Inspired by 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde, Year 8 have been writing their own sitcoms and designing some fantastic production posters too!

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Year 10 have been delving into the dark side of the Victorian era, in preparation for their study of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'...

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A huge thank you to Professor Emma Smith (@OldFortunatus) for an incredibly stimulating online talk and Q+A today. Lots of food for thought regarding how Shakespeare's texts can speak so strongly to our contemporary society #Othello #BLM

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8T have been creating some fantastic magazines for a new generation of young women as part of their Non-Fiction Writing Mini Project. They voted for winner to go into publication: well done Ria and Komachi!

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Year 8 have been busy this week creating their own magazine covers and articles as part of their Non-Fiction Writing Mini Project. And what fantastic work they have produced. Check out just of them a few below:

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A huge thank you to @owensheers for his wonderful online reading and Q+A with our students, and our guests from @SandringhamSch1. What a lovely way to bring in the long weekend with a good old chat about poetry! Diolch!

[T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize]

Here’s the fabulous 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist, which is extremely varied and diverse: Anthony Anaxagorou, Fiona Benson, Jay Bernard, Paul Farley, Ilya Kaminsky, Sharon Olds, Vidyan Ravinthiran, Deryn Rees-Jones, Roger Robinson and Karen Solie. https://t.co/AmLXG27Vbq

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Fantastic to see not one, but two female writers in the spotlight this year! What an inspiration for any budding young authors out there.

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

We’re delighted to announce that the winners of The #BookerPrize2019 are @MargaretAtwood with The Testaments @ChattoBooks and @BernardineEvari with Girl, Woman, Other @HamishH1931 #FinestFiction https://t.co/SQurx2Ky4u

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@NicoletteShhh And a big congratulations to Eleni in Year 8 whose winning entry into the National Literacy Trust's Story Explorers Competition enabled us to host Nikki this afternoon. Well done Eleni! #adventuresinreading #adventuresinwriting @Literacy_Trust

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What a fantastic afternoon Year 8 had crafting stories with YA author Nikki Sheehan. In just one hour they invented a whole other realm, a likeable dis-likeable hero, and even a wise old 'rabbit-man'. A huge thank-you to Nikki for her wonderful workshop. @NicoletteShhh

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Phew! What a busy start to the year we have had in the English department! So much has been going on that we have barely had time to catch our breath or, indeed, Tweet about it! Watch this space for future updates of all our goings on...

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Cressida Cowell: ‘Books are better than films at teaching children creativity and intelligence' | Cressida Cowell | The Guardian https://t.co/vk4ZJGR6Ql

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Well done @STAHSDrama and our brilliant, creative pupils. 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Some great summer reads here, many of which we have in the amazing ⁦@STAHSLibrary⁩. Take them out now before the rush on Friday. These are the 15 Best Young Adult books according to The Independent. https://t.co/MinPjs5iJq