Head's Newsletter 12 February 2021

In collaboration with the Young Reporter Scheme, the English Department was pleased to host an online mentoring session delivered by Diana Jarvis, a journalist and the scheme’s organiser, for participating students. It was a session filled with tips and advice for keeping safe as a journalist and guidance on how to write sharp and informative news articles. Some of the legal issues that journalists face in the field were also discussed giving our students an excellent insight into several aspects of the career. Here’s what a few of our students had to say about the session: “I thought the mentoring session was most definitely useful, for me and my future article writing. The guidance was enlightening, beneficial, convenient and applicable, with the most helpful thing being the queries answered by Miss Jarvis on the security and format of our / my articles.” - Armaan 10LF “ The mentoring session gave us insights into deeper issues in journalism, such as defamation and quotations, and was also really helpful for the future.” Ben, 10MJG When the scheme reaches its conclusion in April, participants will have an opportunity to compete for prizes. Winners will receive an undergraduate day at a London University and top thirty-three students will attend a Media Award Ceremony. The English Department is hopeful that a number of our students will become successful competitors; we wish them all the best of luck.

As the year of 2020 came to a close, the English Department marked the year with a collection of microfiction written by the students at Tiffin. In addition to compiling the best stories in collaboration with the Creative Writing Club, we offered the author of the winning story a £50 Amazon voucher as their prize. The Department and the Club are pleased to announce Marcus Vilay-Underhill (11CC) as the winner of the competition - congratulations, Marcus! The English Department would like to thank the Creative Writing Club reps - James Baker, Marco Forlin, Jai Patel (Y7), Kripa Prasad (Y8), Toby Perot, Pranav Sharma (Y9), Sanmay Parkhi (Y10) and Linus Alpsen (Y12) - who had the responsibility to choose the top 3-5 stories from their year group. A special thanks to Linus, who helped with Y11 and Y13 in addition to his own year group. The team’s shortlisted stories along with all the entries received have now been published online and you can read them here. We offer our warmest thanks to all our entrants, and hope you enjoy reading the collected stories.