Head's Newsletter 17 June 2022

ENGLISH

Young Reporter Winner 2022

The English Department is pleased to announce that Theo Richards 12MKY has been selected as one of this year ’ s winners for the Young Reporter Scheme. The programme offers students in KS4 and 5 the opportunity to experience writing articles for a live newspaper, giving them an insight into working in the world of Journalism. Through the scheme, Theo has interviewed a mental health charity CEO to discuss the stigma around mental health and how support can be offered to friends when they are struggling, and interviewed the Green Party Baroness in the House of Lords (Jenny Jones) around how issues around climate change in London can be addressed. Theo also attended a press release for homeless charity Centrepoint's new modular housing unit which offers a brighter future for young people without somewhere to call home. To read Theo ’ s article on Centrepoint, please do follow this link. The English Department warmly congratulate Theo on his success and offer their praise to all the students who participated this year. We look forward to running the scheme again in September. During the Spring Term, the Creative Writing Club launched an internal competition to promote creative writing across the school. The Club received a variety of entries and the judging process was challenging in the face of such excellent storytelling. Judging concluded this term, and the Creative Writing Club are proud to announce the winners for the competition: Congratulations to Dylan Anton 12MKY, Oscar Clement 11MJG, and Praneeth Lakshman 10DO! To read their entries, please follow the link to the Creative Writing Club ’ s website. We also want to give a special mention to the following students for being the best entrant for their year group: Tanmay Konda 7OB, Aaron Dutta 8HXB, Rephel Fonseka 9SPM, Luke Schwikkard 10JE, Aadi Deepchand 11KBA, Marcus Vilay - Underhill 12MT and Jude Ferguson 12MS. Well done to them! The Creative Writing Club would like to praise all the students who participated and extend our sincerest thanks to all the representatives across the school who helped with the judging process. A special thanks to Pranav Sharma 10SE, Barnaby Mepham 10SE and Praneeth Lakshman 10DO for taking on the role of Lead Student Representatives for the Creative Writing Club this year. The club couldn ’ t run without them, and such competitions and promotion of writing wouldn ’ t be possible without the help and enthusiasm of our students. Creative Writing Club Competition