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Classic Literature Reading Challege

Read a classic over the holidays.

 

1)     Improve your vocabulary

2)     Increase your knowledge

3)     Read something of value

4)     Understand history and cultural context

5)     Enrich your own life

6)     Challenge your brain

7)     Knowledge is power

8)     Share in the human experience

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BBC Bitesize - GCSE English Literature - Macbeth

Guardsman Tromans Simon Armitage's 'Remains'

Revise All the Themes of Macbeth to Improve Your Grade

Year 7 Childhood and Adventure - Week 3: reasons why reading is important

poetryarchive.org | Poetry archive

Teacher of English - (Maternity cover)

'London' analysis

Top 10 Notes: Animal Farm

'Storm on the Island'

Animal Farm, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4

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December Mock Examinations

Photography Competition

Our curriculum

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Pan's Labyrinth Analysis

Chicago marketing & front of house team

January 2026 Examinations

Local Governing Body Information

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English Literature English Challenge Literature Reading Year 9 Frankenstein Drama GCE Videos Chicago Curriculum Documentation Parent Heaney Film Studies Evening ZEN Cultural Year 8 Sixth Form

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