National Poetry Day: Thursday 8 October 2009: Heroes and Heroines
Pupils and staff shared lots of poems on the theme of heroes and heroines, plus some music and film too at this year's Poetry Café in the Library.
The day also saw the launch of a ‘Heroes and Heroines’ Poetry Writing Competition, with prizes for the most original and creative entries. Closing date: 5th November.
~ Ideas could be written without worry on the paper poetry café tablecloths!
~ Or ideas experimented with using magnetic poetry...
National Poetry Day: Thursday 7 October 2010:
Pupils visiting the Poetry Cafe held to celebrate National Poetry Day let their imaginations and ideas flow, adding thoughts and ideas to their tablecloths and creating lines to add to a poetry collage.
What's On, New and In
- Well done to winners of our recent Hunger Games event who tested their knowledge, skills & creativity in tough HG challenges #shoutabout 08:45 PM
- Congratulations to our new Head Boy and Head Girl, their deputies & the rest of the Sixth Form Leadership Team 08:45 PM
- Good luck to our Head Girl & Head Boy candidates in their interviews today! 08:45 PM
Have you seen?
- If you love The Hunger Games, now try one of fantastic dystopian reads now on display in the Library. Pick up a copy of the bookmark to and find more books you might enjoy!
Take a look at the trailer on our Screen Reads page.
Word of the Week
This week's English and Welsh words are:
sustainability
Ffagl Olympaidd
Thanks to Mr S for this week's words!
Tell us what either or both words mean and you can choose a word for next week!
Funky Fact
- A snowflake can take up to an hour to land.
Funky Fact from How to Survive a Wombat's Bum by Mitchell Symons (find it on the Funky Facts spinner in the Library!)
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