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48 Hour Scares

Enjoy the winning entries to our 48 Hour Scares competition.

Year 7 to 13 students were given a scare, character and verb to include in a story that was no longer than 400 words.

They had 48 hours to write their story.

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William Blake

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

How to write scene transitions

A Level English Literature: Prose Criticism

'Remains' - Armitage's reading of the poem

Alexander Gordon Smith

Animal Farm Key Quotes POWER part 1

Attack the Block revision 2

Simon Armitage - 'Remains'

Frankenstein context

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Summer 2026 Examinations

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

The Misleading Ending of Whiplash

January 2026 Examinations

Head of Department - History

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Whiplash Final Scene - Andrew Neyman's Performance

Spring Term Sports Club

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48 Hour Scare Computer Science Competition Winners English English Literature ZEN Creative Writing ICT Phillip Van Macbeth George Orwell Literature Coursework Careers Old Hollywood Theory BBC Dracula Context After School Clubs Hitchcock Duke Of Edinburgh Revision

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