St Gabriel's English

Tweeting from the English department at St Gabriel’s, a successful independent school in Berkshire. For whole school news please follow @stgabrielsnews

[St Gabriel's School @StGabrielsNews]

Year 7 @StGabsLibrary had great fun investigating and solving a #murdermystery last week 🔎 #crimefiction #englishliterature #whodunnit

▶️https://t.co/4v9Mmtsi1A

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Year 7, were gripped @StGabsEnglish as they reached the final chapter of 📔 The Girl of Ink and Stars.
#englishliterature #reading #booksarebrilliant

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@StGabrielsNews They have indeed! Very thoughtful responses exploring the extent to which oppression is subtle and insidious 🧐

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Year 12 have enjoyed working collaboratively to revise ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ this week. Now on to essay writing today to show off their knowledge ✍️

[Dickens Fellowship @DickensFellowHQ]

"The first of May! There is a merry freshness in the sound, calling to our minds a thousand thoughts of all that is pleasant in nature and beautiful in her most delightful form." 'The First of May' 1836

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Help us reach our challenge of donating 100 items per year group to @WestBerksFoodB. In honour of #CaptainTom100 please donate 4 items 🥫 per pupil, next week, to help us reach our target 🎯 Thank you! Find out more: https://t.co/ntGnCWMuqF

[St Gabriel's English @StGabsEnglish]

@FunkyPedagogy @Team_English1 May Malone by David Almond is very short and quite simply written but really engaging.

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Today, year 12 and 13 English Literature students virtually attended a fascinating conference on Othello given by @ShakespeareBT A fab treat for a Thursday afternoon and lots to discuss 🎭@StGabrielsNews

[World Book Day UK 📚 @WorldBookDayUK]

It's April 12th, which means bookshops are reopening all across England and Wales - hooray! Our £1 book token can still be redeemed via many of our bookshop partners while stocks last, so don't forget to use yours if you haven't already, and let us know what you choose 📚❤️

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Year 7 delved into detective mode recently 🕵️‍♀️ @StGabsEnglish in a variety of chilling forms 📓essay writing, audio recordings and more 🩸🖤 Read on if you dare! #murdermystery #crimefiction #englishliterature ▶️https://t.co/umt6HkkejG

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@StGabrielsNews Love it! Amazing work from reception pupils. We can’t wait to explore Shakespeare’s plays with them in the senior school!

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@StGabsHist @wrumbol @StGabsDebating So gorgeous 😍 though I see what you mean about her nose 😂

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@StGabsHist @wrumbol @StGabsDebating How exciting!! This is incredible 😍

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https://t.co/OIR5EZYu8G You can see the full gallery on our website! 📖📚

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Just a few of the amazing costumes in the senior school today. Can you guess the novel? 📚📖#WorldBookDay winners will be announced next week!

[St Gabriel's English @StGabsEnglish]

Just a few of the amazing costumes in the senior school today. Can you guess the novel? 📚📖#WorldBookDay winners will be announced next week!

[St Gabriel's English @StGabsEnglish]

Our belated World Book Day celebrations have filled the school with literary characters, and lots of laughter too 📚📖 It is fantastic to have our school community back together again! Who will win the prizes though?! #WorldBookDay

[St Gabriel's Juniors @StGabsJuniors]

Reception is filled with books and reading and wonderful characters!
#WorldBookDay2021 #LoveAtFirstBook

[St Gabriel's Classics @StGabsClassics]

Belated World Book Day sees three of our Year 12 classicists repping Homer dressed as Odysseus, Telemachus, and Penelope (with varying degress of historical accuracy) #classicstwitter #homer

[St Gabriel's School @StGabrielsNews]

Pupils are invited to dress up as their favourite characters for #WorldBookDay tomorrow. Feeling nostalgic? #ThrowbackThursday visit our #WBD galleries from last year 🎩👑https://t.co/8ASSkJc0Ro
https://t.co/shxKLBSxDW 📚 #booksarebrilliant.

[Miss Hall @MissHallreads]

Four great stories that celebrate strong and inspiring female characters. Happy international women’s day! @moontrug @peterbunzl @emmac2603 #KatherineRundell