Last night, over 100 Year 9 and 10 students enjoyed a fantastic trip to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre to watch J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. The play, which they will be studying as part of their GCSE English Literature course, was brought to life in an intense and gripping performance. Students were completely absorbed in the …
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After diving into the thrilling world of crime fiction in their English lessons, Year 8 students were challenged to put their own detective skills to the test by writing original crime stories. The winners of the competition were announced last week, with Sophia Curtis (8SC) claiming the top spot for her gripping crime saga, The …
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The Old Vic’s live-stream production of A Christmas Carol brought Charles Dickens’ immortal classic to Year 7 and 8 students at a theatre event held in school today. The play follows the original story of the miserly and solitary Ebenezer Scrooge, a businessman who hates Christmas – and anyone who loves it – and does …
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To mark today’s National Poetry Day, Head of English, Mr Butler, shares a reading of ‘The Road Not Taken’, a famous poem written by the American poet, Robert Frost. In school this morning, all students are looking at the poem and discussing it with their teachers to appreciate one of Frost’s best-known works and understand …
Despite the lockdown, Head of English, Mr Butler has continued with his quest to introduce poetry into the daily life of the school through video broadcasts on the English department’s blog. After finding inspiration from a book called ‘A Poem for Every Day of the Year’, he decided to adapt his plan of bringing more …
In these interesting and problematic times, our students have been making the most of the cultural delights that have been provided by some of the finest theatre companies in the world. To build on their study of Romeo and Juliet, Year 8 students have been treated to a mix of different performances of the infamous …
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Macbeth, starring Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack, was beamed live to Year 10 and 11 at a broadcast event held in school last Thursday. Students hailed the performance as exceptional and left the school sports hall feeling inspired and full of new ideas for their responses to GCSE exam …
Last Tuesday, English literature students from Bridgnorth Endowed’s Sixth Form visited the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for the chance to experience the Bard’s work first hand. The Year 12 A-Level students, joined by a group of Year 13s that recently left school, were taken to watch a superb RSC production of Measure for Measure. …
Last week, Year 13 student, Aidan Clark, received the exciting news that his poem had made it into the top 10 per cent of entries in a prestigious competition run by Tower Poetry, which is based at the University of Oxford. Emma-Jane Hampsheir-Gill, from Tower Poetry, wrote: “We wanted to let you know that the …
A group of Year 10 and 11 students enjoyed a night out at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre to see the National Theatre production of Macbeth earlier this month. As a key GCSE text, the play provided wonderful dramatic insight into Shakespeare’s work and gave students an illuminating evening of theatre. A contemporary twist was added to …
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