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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

Documents

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A Level English Literature: A Glossary of Technical Terms poetry

Frankenstein context

Academic challenge and independence; attainment

Animal Farm Key Quotes POWER part 1

Alexander Gordon Smith

Literary Devices - Literary Terms, Techniques, and Elements

Victorian Christmas - Make Your Own Victorian Christmas Cards

'London' analysis

A Level English Literature: Prose Criticism

A Level English Literature: moving towards a critical vocabulary

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Parking - Hartismere Hospital

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Open afternoons

Summer 2026 Examinations

Change of Head of Year 7

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

LAMDA Performance and public speaking exams 2026-2027

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English Literature English Challenge Literature Reading GCSE English Computer Science Afternoon George Orwell Year 9 Schools Animal Farm Year 5 Test Assessment BBC Competition Writing GCSE Drama March Link

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