HeadofEnglish

No human being, since the dawn of recorded time, has ever become a more perceptive reader and/or analyser of literary texts because they can spot Peripateia and Anagnorosis at fifteen paces. And they wonder why there's a crisis in A level English recruitment. 2/2

Wow, what a night! 👏👏👏 With two more fully booked nights to come, we didn't want to give too much away... ...needless to say, tonight's opening of The Comedy of Errors was fantastic. Well done to all the cast and crew for putting on such a enjoyable evening! 🎭 🎶 🍸

Year 7 pupils have had a great day hearing from author Matt Dickinson, eager to read his books and to try out some creative writing for themselves. Also challenged and inspired by his stories of climbing Mount Everest! @Dickinson_Matt @Tormead_Eng @TormeadYear7

…Special congrats to Liv, the overall winner, and huge thanks to author Nikki Smith for coming in to talk to the girls and to judge the entries. @Mrssmithmunday @Tormead_Eng

Congrats to all participants in last night's inaugural Toubkin Cup Creative Writing Festival to celebrate the truly impressive entries in this year's competition...

Quotation quest! Year 7 on a mission to locate descriptions of the lovers in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"!

Year 8 holding up a selection of their fantastic creative work for their reading project. The effort and invention on display was a joy to see! Well done to the girls below who all received commendations!

Well done to all the budding authors who produced some brilliant 'flash fiction' for this year's Toubkin Cup creative writing challenge, and congratulations to the winning entries. What a variety of style, plot and characterisation can be achieved in just 150 words! @Tormead_Eng

And a HUGE thanks to Mr Campbell for all his help! He IS legendary!

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We are enjoying some interactive YET online drama workshops on Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet in Year 10 English lessons this week... Let’s get the bard off the page and on the stage! Thanks to @streathamspace ! #shakespeareinperformance

Hopefully you'll enjoy this one @Tormead_Eng

Miss Sheridan very much enjoyed the abridged 25 minute Hamlet written, directed and performed by our U6! She gave it 5 stars and dubbed it 'hilarious!' #remoteworking #tormeadtogether #empoweringeverygirl

I enjoyed the AMAZING presentation on John Donne’s “Love’s Growth” by Alecia and Thalia today! Sophisticated and impressive work, girls! #remotelearning #sixthformfun #empoweringeverygirl #tormeadtogether

We would like to recommend some books for you to pick up this half term! Ms Stevens recommends: The Midnight Library by @matthaig1 A magical library where you can relive and mend your past mistakes and choose your perfect life? Too good to be true... or are things that simple?

Year 8 enjoying curling up with a good book. A welcome break from those screens! #tormeadtogether #empoweringeverygirl #readers

Screenshots inspired by ‘Skellig’.  Great to be reading this novel with Year 7 in these difficult times.  A book full of hope and possibility. #tormeadtogether #remotelearning #empoweringeverygirl

We are playing Book Bingo for this term's House Reading Challenge. My first book will be The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff - not sure which category it will go in, at this stage there are several possibilities. Let us know what you're reading for #TormeadBookBingo21

Thank you to our Sixth Form English and Reading Mentors for their reading recommendations. You can view them in more detail on our library web page. @Tormead_Eng @Tormead_6thForm

And last but not least, Jemima’s vision of a better world, and Nicole’s brutal world of a chess piece... remember the winning poem will be announced on Thursday! (3/3) #empoweringeverygirl

Followed swiftly by Eve and Jasmine’s intimate poetic portraits... (2/3)

Today it is Year 8’s chance to shine: well done to Emily, Eloise and Estelle, whose poems are showcased below... (1/3)