Category: Academic News
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Heaven for Bookworms – Pop-up Scholastic Shop in the ABC
MISS TINA CULORA, TEACHER OF ENGLISH The Scholastic Book Fair has been a great success this week in its celebration of reading. Reading for pleasure is transformative for pupils’ academic……
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Drop Everything and Read! An Update
Queenswood pupils continue to ‘Drop Everything and Read’ in tutorials. At least once a fortnight, time is set aside in tutorial for silent reading, and the transformative effect on the……
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This Week I Am Reading… The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page
The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard as she cleaned a sink? Before long……
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Maths Week England: Year 7 and 8 Tackle Perplexing Puzzles
MRS GEORGINA BROWN, TEACHER OF MATHS This week the Year 7s and 8s have been taking part in some of the activities and puzzles set by the Maths Week England……
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Read All About It: Media Students Explore the Newspaper Industry at the BFI
MR NICK KELLEY, TEACHER OF MEDIA STUDIES Media students in Years 12 and 13 visited the British Film Institute on London’s South Bank on Tuesday 14 November for an intensive……