Head of English tweeting about highlights from the department at Portland Place School!

London, England
Joined January 2019
Welcome back everyone and happy Halloween! πŸŽƒ πŸ¦‡
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Happy half term everyone! You’ve all worked so hard and deserve a break - happy reading, revising and relaxing! πŸ‚ πŸŽƒ πŸ“š
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Lily and Catherine are hard at work - they have an assessment tomorrow before half term! πŸ’ͺ ✍️
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Starting to look rather spooky here in PPS ahead of #hauntedhouse this evening!πŸ¦‡ πŸŽƒ – at Paddington, London
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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay πŸ’š Did you know that reading for just 10 minutes a day is a great way to improve wellbeing? Take a look at our β€˜Looking After Yourself’ reading list for some brilliant mood-boosting book recommendations: worldbookday.com/reading-rec…
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Passionate debates today in Year 11 English Language - just what we like to see! #literacy πŸ—£πŸ‘‚ – at Paddington, London
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Congratulations to Clara in Year 6 for winning our competition with this beautiful poem and call to action #NationalPoetryDay πŸƒ – at Paddington, London
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As we celebrate #NationalPoetryDay, new research from @Literacy_Trust reveals that poetry helps young people learn new words (67.7%) & learn about new things (65.8%) Proof that poetry is a brilliant tool to help nurture young minds!
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay! – at Paddington, London
It's #NationalPoetryDay! πŸŽ‰ A day to enjoy and share poetry with family and friends. Tell us what you're doing to celebrate & remember to tag us into your posts and use #NationalPoetryDay
We’ve been having so much fun in our #Blackhistorymonth2022 lessons! Yesterday Year 7 learnt about #ninasimone and #tracychapman in their English lesson. Then they researched other Black female artists and shared their findings with the class! – at Paddington, London
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October is #Blackhistorymonth2022! Keep an eye out for some special goings on in your English lessons and the competition we are running! Also check out @PPSLibrary for some brilliant reads! – at Paddington, London
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Congratulations to Stan and Nicky whose combined logo design is donning the PPS Paris hoodies ahead of their trip in half term! πŸ‡«πŸ‡· @ThomasLalandePP – at Paddington, London
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Happy birthday Lawton! 16 today and working as hard as ever on Language Paper 1 skills πŸ₯³
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Postcards home for some wonderful pupils to congratulate them on a wonderful first week πŸ’Œ
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So lovely to meet our new Year 7 pupils today and play this fantastic creative writing game with them! 🎲
Congratulations to all of our brilliant GCSE English students on their results - we are very proud of you! πŸŽ‰ – at Kensington, London
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Now that the winners have been announced and the dust has settled come and check out our new display in @PPSLibrary and read some student reviews! @CILIPCKG πŸ“š πŸ‘“
Happy Friday! It’s all about Dragon’s Den this afternoon with Year 8 competing to come up with the best product whilst using AFOREST techniques! πŸ‰ 🌳
Lemonade during break on this extra hot day! Thanks @ThomasLalandePP ! πŸ‹ πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹πŸ‹
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What an exciting day of announcements! Our group really enjoyed this beautiful, empathetic read πŸ‚ – at Paddington, London
And the 2022 Yoto Carnegie Medal goes to October, October! Congratulations @katyabalen @KidsBloomsbury! #CKG22