Exam stress tips

EXAM STRESS TIPS!!!

Now with all of our essentials, end of year tests, formal assessments and GCSE's looming over us it seems like there has never been more of a need for finding ways to cope with the stress and techniques in exam preparation.

Don't compare yourself to your friends and their abilities, everyone has different strengths.

• Don't leave exams prep until the night before
• Make lots of revision notes
• Try not to compare your answers to other peoples because it makes you worry even more

Finally always trust in yourself and don't overthink or panic about exams just keep calm. 

English Experts of the Week ~ Molly Wood 8E

English Stars Of The Week

Mrs Robinson awarded:

Tyler Jesson

Holly Crawford

Miss Higgs awarded:

Eve Wagstaff

Jessica Johnson

English Stars Of The Week

Mr Duncan awarded:

Olivia Fletcher

Mrs Robinson awarded:

Josh Cahill

Morgan Caldwell

Harry Pickervance

Mrs Tierney awarded:

Ellie Callaghan

Mr Bentham awarded:

Aaron Turner

Miss Higgs awarded:

Anna Corkill

Natalie Dennis

Matthew Silvester

Mrs Armstrong awarded:

Charlotte Fawcett

Mrs Sweeney-Jones:

Jessica Carrington

English Stars of the Week ~ Molly Wood 8E

English Stars Of The Week

Mr Duncan awarded:

Olivia Fletcher

Mrs Robinson awarded:

Morgan Caldwell

Josh Cahill

Harry Pickervance

Mrs Tierney awarded:

Ellie Callaghan

Mr Bentham awarded:

Aaron Turner 

Miss Higgs awarded:

Anna Corkill

Natalie Dennis

Matthew Silvester

Mrs Armstrong awarded:

Charlotte Fawcett

Mrs Sweeney-Jones:

Jessica Carrington

English Experts of the Week ~ Molly Wood 8E

English Stars Of The Week

Mr Duncan awarded:

Molly Wood

Mrs Robinson awarded:

Jessica Pilling

Rebecca Bright

Abigail Kerner

Owen Tagg

Alex Griffin

Mrs Tierney awarded:

Molly Jones

Eva Blyth

Mr Bentham awarded:

Joshua Marshall

Alisha Roger

Ellie Houghton

Jade Thomas

Miss Higgs awarded:

Danielle Schoezel

Adam Smith

Mrs Howard-Sinclair awarded:

Nathan Turner

Athens Lloyd

Mrs Armstrong awarded:

Callum Peel

Also Awarded:

Jessica Leach

Tongue Twisters and Riddles ~ Molly Wood 8E

Tongue Twisters 
and Riddles

Tongue Twisters

Betty Botter bought some butter

But she said the butter’s bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

Red lorry, yellow lorry,
Red lorry, yellow lorry,
Red lorry, yellow lorry.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked,
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Stupid superstition,
Stupid superstition,
Stupid superstition.
 
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood.
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Riddles

1. I'm simple for a few people but hard for them to hear, I live inside of secrets I bring people's worst fears. What am I?
2. The more you add the less it weights. What is it?
3. What does a cat have that no other animal has?
4. What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing at all?
5. What starts with an E, ends with an E but only has one letter in it?

 

Answers to Riddles

1. Whisper

2. Holes

3. Kittens

4. An Elephant's Shadow

5. An Envelope

National Shakespeare Week- Emma Johnson 8E

National Shakespeare Week

This week it's National Shakespeare Week, the annual celebration of Shakespeare's work.

'Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.' ~ William Shakespeare.

Some of the most famous lines from Shakespeare's sonnets, plays, poems are:

• "To be, or not to be" 
•  "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"
•  "I'll not budge an inch"
•  "We have seen better days"
•  "A dish fit for the gods"
•  "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
•  "T’is neither here nor there."

Some famous films based on Shakespeare are:

• Gnomeo and Juliet-2011
• Romeo and Juliet-1996
• Hamlet-1996
• Macbeth-2015
• A Midsummers Night's Dream-1935
• The Tempest-2010
• West Side Story-1961
• Plus 50 more!

English Expert of the Week

Each week, every English teacher nominates a student as their 'English Expert.' These are students who have gone above and beyond, had outstanding achievement or generally stood out from the crowd. 

Drum roll, please...

Mrs Howard-Sinclair awarded

KIAN HAMPSON

Mrs Twist awarded

DECLAN REID

Mrs Daniels awarded

JADE BLUNDELL

New and Popular LRC Books by Alanya Dagnall 10S

BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE

If you're a fan of the hit TV mystery thriller series, Petty Little Liars then you might want to go to the LRC which is now supplying some of the books including; Wicked, Flawless, Killer and more. This link can give you more information of the order of books and what they are based on.

Or if you prefer a comedy book there is always the Diary of a Wimpy Kid novels that will make you laugh or the hilarious David Walliams novels.

 

 

Also there is always room in our hearts for the infamous Jacqueline Wilson novels and Roald Dahls books of wonder.

Another great section in the LRC is graphic novels with a wide range of super hero novels and action packed magazines you will have a great time.





English Expert of the Week

Each week, every English teacher nominates a student as their 'English Expert.' These are students who have gone above and beyond, had outstanding achievement or generally stood out from the crowd. 

Drum roll, please...

Mr Benthan awarded

PATRICK HAND

MISS HIGGS awarded

CALLUM REID

Mrs Daniels awarded

OLIVIA DENTITH

English Expert of the Week

Each week, every English teacher nominates a student as their 'English Expert.' These are students who have gone above and beyond, had outstanding achievement or generally stood out from the crowd. 

Drum roll, please...

Mrs Armstrong awarded

EMILY JOSEPH-HUGHES

Miss Sweeney-Jones awarded

KITTY BRIERS

Mrs Daniels awarded

LUCY RAMPLING

Year 7 Book Study - Over the Line

In chapter 14, Jack takes the first watch over No Man’s Land.

A soldier he knows in the next section of trench winks at him and soon after is shot.

Jack composes a letter to his parents in his head before MacDonald is shot.

Task: Write a letter from the front line as if you were Jack

Primary English Day

Abram Bryn Gates' Year 5 visit Cansfield

Pupils from Abram Bryn Gates visited Cansfield today to take part in an English morning with Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Howard-Sinclair.

The year 5 students became detectives for the day, using evidence to inform their conclusion. They assessed a crime scene and interviewed suspects before finally writing who they thought had killed Mr. Finch.

Cansfield staff were really impressed with the behaviour and the attitude to learning of Abram Bryn Gates'  pupils. Well done!

Here are some photos from our morning...