English at Winstanley

Twitter account for the English Department of The Winstanley School; 11-16 Academy, Leicester. #WideningHorizons #EnablingExcellence #SHINE

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

Help us win £1,000 for our school's library! Nominate our school and you could take home £100 of National Book Tokens just for you: https://t.co/JxnmZE5pxM

[Stuart Pryke @SPryke2]

Anyone fancy an early copy of ‘Ready to Teach: A Christmas Carol’? Give this a RT and someone will be chosen at random on Thursday! Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎅🏼 #shamelessplug @teachals @JohnCattEd

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

@danpowfiction Thank you for running the session, Dan!

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

Avi (Year 7):

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

We ran a creative writing workshop for @FirstStory's National Writing Day Challenge yesterday. Our students loved it! Take a look at some of the fantastic pieces that they wrote. #NationalWritingDay #FilltheBox

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

Diya (Year 7):
"Consider me
As one who loves reading
And is a writer."

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

Great to be involved with @MidlandsCLS #CLS9for9 event with @simonjamesgreen @WinstanleySch

[World Book Night UK @WorldBookNight]

New book release alert!

Stories to Make You Smile, the #WorldBookNight commissioned book in partnership with @Specsavers is available NOW as a FREE eBook and audiobook.

Feel-good stories guaranteed to make you smile are just a click away...https://t.co/3zI2Qa6N8k

#ReadingHour

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

So pleased to be able to distribute copies of #storiestomakeyousmile for @WorldBookNight to our local community. If you receive a book please let us know your favourite story! #WorldBookNight #reading #SHINE

[Winstanley School @WinstanleySch]

Ads, Nile, Ashton and Marc have been out delivering books to members of our local community. It's a book of uplifting tales from bestselling authors - #StoriestoMakeYouSmile, donated to us by #WorldBookNight.
We hope it brightens up the day for anyone who receives one.

[Winstanley School @WinstanleySch]

On the news...
If you missed us being featured on BBC East Midlands news last night, here is the clip. Well done to everyone involved and thank you to @SLRC_DMU for your ongoing support and collaboration.
https://t.co/6SSeht6j1k

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

@WinstanleyEng are gifting #storiestomakeyousmile to our community today for @WorldBookNight #WBN2021 #WorldBookNight #reading #SHINE

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

Happy #WorldBookNight! 1 in 3 people don’t regularly read for pleasure. We want to change this by encouraging everyone to read a book today to celebrate #WorldBookNight from @readingagency in partnership with @Specsavers. What will you be reading?

[The RSC @TheRSC]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE🎉

#PartyLikeIts1564
#HappyBirthdayShakespeare
#ShakespearesBirthday

📸Lucy Barriball (c) RSC

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

Happy birthday to the wonderful William Shakespeare #ShakespearesBirthday #EnglishLanguageDay

[English at Winstanley @WinstanleyEng]

Happy World Book Night #WBN2021 #Worldbooknight

[World Book Night UK @WorldBookNight]

The #WorldBookNight 2021 theme is Books To Make You Smile, in partnership with @Specsavers, but which ones bring a grin to lead ambassador @sanditoksvig's face?

Join us for a very special #WorldBookNight tomorrow. It's our 10th birthday! 🥳

[dmuleicester @dmuleicester]

💬 #BecauseOfStephen I can pursue my dreams 💬 - Vanessa

Pupils and staff from @WinstanleySch will be marking #SLDay21 today by wearing orange in commemoration 🧡🖤

[World Book Night UK @WorldBookNight]

📢BOOK COMPETITION📢

Do you want to #win a seriously entertaining collection of #BooksToMakeYouSmile? For the chance to win ALL the #WorldBookNight 2021 books (a copy of all 22 books pictured below 😍) simply follow us & retweet. Closes 6pm. UK only.

[Winstanley School @WinstanleySch]

Stephen Lawrence Day 2021
Great to see so many staff and students wearing orange today in memory of Stephen Lawrence, celebrating our diversity and our mission to make a fairer and more inclusive society.
#BecauseOfStephen #StephenLawrenceDay #LiveYourBestLife
@SLRC_DMU @sldayfdn