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English News
Drop Everything And Read – Helping students to achieve their full reading potential.
Author trip: Adam Baron – Students meet the children’s author Adam Baron.
Supported summer read trip – Students from Year 8 went to Leicester Race Course for the supported summer read event.
Author Visit – Author Tamsin Winter does a workshop with Year 8 students.
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Reading Rampage Award Ceremony – Year 8 students attend Reading Rampage Award Ceremony.
World Book Day – New College Leicester take part in World Book Day 2018.
Author week – Year 7 students meet authors Andy Briggs and Ali Sparks.
Author workshop – Students from Year 7 and 8 got to meet author Mitch Johnson and participate in workshops with him.
Author Workshop – Year 7 and 8 students attend author visit by Joseph Delaney.
Big Summer Read Trip – Year 8 students attend the Big Summer Read event.
Reading Rampage Awards – Year 8 students attend the Reading Rampage awards ceremony.
Josephine Feeney
Josephine Feeney, writer, recently visited New College Leicester and wrote about her fantastic visit on her blog – please click here to see her entry.
The Poetry Games
35 students from year 9 and 10 had their poems published in “The Poetry Games: Poets from the East Midlands” after taking part in a poetry writing competition. The poems were based on The Hunger Games, a topic that is studied in English. Students had the opportunity to express themselves in a range of themes including poverty and education. Here are some of the creative poems that were published…
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The BangIt’s happening, Feel the wind dodging my hair, Waiting, I’m on the floor, Hear the footsteps coming, I take my last breath |
Nature and AnimalsThe birds are singing high and low |
Perfect PeoplePeople are prejudice, |
PovertyOne billion people starving Loneliness and death Imagine it was you |
UnfairSome people can just afford bread Rich people have everything I feel sorry for the poor Some really poor people are homeless Oh no the day this one’s had |
The whole of the English department are very proud!