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North Somerset English department. We re/tweet followers tips, news and info for both GCSE & A Level. Hello. (Students: please protect your tweets.)🎓

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Wyedean English@WyedeanEnglish6 Dec 2022
Replying to @wills_memorial @backwellengdept @OrchardEnglish @StJosephsCC
We were delighted to attend! Thank you. What a brilliant event to showcase the importance of Classics as part of a wider curriculum.
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Happy National Poetry Day! Here is a Haiku inspired by a rainbow over the school buildings yesterday: Big, dark stormy clouds A ray of colour and light Reminds me there's hope #NationalPoetryDay
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Queen Elizabeth II: Poet laureate Simon Armitage marks death of monarch

Queen Elizabeth II: Poet laureate Simon Armitage marks death of monarch

The first letter of each line of Floral Tribute spells out Elizabeth, in honour of the late monarch.

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Thread by @electra_rhodes on Thread Reader App

@electra_rhodes: Tube on strike, I dawdled to Paddington on Friday. Passing the old wrought iron sign for Pizza Express, I was reminded of an event 30+ years ago, when I got caught up in a drama...

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Over the pond, the list of English graduates includes Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Stephen King etc etc even scientists and astronauts have English degrees! The possibilities are only limited by your attitude. – at Saint Georges, England
Backwell English (@backwellengdept) profile pictureBackwell English@backwellengdept14 Aug 2022
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What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more

What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more

As universities close their English literature courses, we celebrate 40 influential British graduates

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What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more

What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more

As universities close their English literature courses, we celebrate 40 influential British graduates

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As part of her Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) one of our Yr12 students has made a short film reflecting on how lockdown affected the mental health of young people. It is a really fantastic insight into her experience. You can take a look here: youtu.be/wKaG-SHwxHc
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Clever! 👏🏻
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Well done to all those who took part! Great job! Congratulations to @HeathfieldTA2
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To close our Somerset and North Somerset Safer Streets Media Challenge, we can now announce the judges' winners - these were powerful, creative and important messages - first place goes to @HeathfieldTA2 👏👏 and runners up are @Backwell_School 👏👏- congratulations to you both!
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Lazarus Theatre Company (@LazarusTheatre) profile pictureLazarus Theatre Company@LazarusTheatre1 Jun 2022
#DramaMatters that's why we are keeping our education group rate at just £10 per student. Call the box office to book your group in now. 🗡️🩸🔥 rb.gy/9vodhd #DramaTeachers #DramaEducation #EnglishLit #EnglishTeachers
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Remembering our friend and colleague Taj Manku-Scott on her 60th birthday.
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Bit of background to "Macbeth" and beliefs surrounding witches in the 1600s: The secret history of witches bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/the-s… via @bbcideas
What was it like to be accused of witchcraft in the 17th Century?

What was it like to be accused of witchcraft in the 17th Century?

Persecution, torture and swimming ‘tests’ - what it was like to be accused of witchcraft in 17th Century England.

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Poet laureate Simon Armitage writes Ukraine war poem Resistance

Poet laureate Simon Armitage writes Ukraine war poem Resistance

Armitage calls his piece a ‘refracted version of what is coming at us in obscene images through the news’

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Resistance by Simon Armitage

Here is the laureate’s poem about the invasion of Ukraine, written in solidarity with those under fire

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URGENT: Backwell School will be closed on Friday 18 February 2022. backwellschool.net/news/?pid…
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When, lo, there came about them all a great brightness and they beheld the chariot wherein He stood ascend to heaven. And they beheld Him in the chariot, clothed upon in the glory of the brightness, having raiment as of the sun, fair as the moon and terrible that 1/2 #Ulysses100 – at Saint Georges, England
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2/3 for awe they durst not look upon Him. And there came a voice out of heaven, calling: Elijah! Elijah! And he answered with a main cry: Abba! Adonai! And they beheld Him even Him, ben Bloom Elijah, amid clouds of angels ascend to the glory of the brightness at #Ulysses100 – at Saint Georges, England
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3/3 an angle of fortyfive degrees over Donohoe's in Little Green Street like a shot off a shovel. #Ulysses100 – at Saint Georges, England
Happy 140th birthday James Joyce! #JoyceEveryDay – at Saint Georges, England
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Happy 100th anniversary "Ulysses"! #Ulysses100 – at Saint Georges, England
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