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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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SparkNotes: Macbeth

Academic challenge and independence; attainment

Year 9 Poetry research

BBC - GCSE Bitesize - Frankenstein

Remains by Simon Armitage - Revision 1 - GCSE English Literature - BBC Bitesize

Victorian Christmas - Make Your Own Victorian Christmas Cards

William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' Act 1 Scene 1: Translation (1 of 60)

Revise All the Themes of Macbeth to Improve Your Grade

Twelfth Night

Frankenstein context

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Little Elephant (Jessop)

Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

Summer 2026 Examinations

Parents Evening :: Year 9

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Vacancies

Artist in Residence for 2026

Teacher of Mathematics

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