Due to exams, The Hub will be closed at break and lunchtime for the whole of this week. For those who attend Oasis, you are welcome to come to Room 31 however there is a NO FOOD policy. Please eat your snacks/lunch before you arrive. Thank you.
Due to exams in G38/39, The Hub will be closed at break-time for the whole of this week (4th – 8th November 2019). Oasis has been re-roomed to G31 for break-time only.
Lunch time – The Hub will be open for Oasis as normal however, due to the mess left on Friday 1st November 2019, NO food will be allowed in the area. Students must eat their food in the dining hall.
Thank you.
Mrs Tointon/Mrs Pratt
Benevolent
(adj) well meaning and kind
Synonyms: kind, good, gracious, helpful, decent
Examples
To analyse: The writer suggests that the character is benevolent using the metaphor ‘a heart of gold’.
To describe: A genuine and glowing smile stretched across her benevolent face.
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Write a sentence using this word, put your name on it and hand it in to Miss Chapman in the English office for a chance to be this week’s Word Warrior and win a prize.
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The Word Warrior for week commencing May 21st ‘Abhorrent’ is Lewis Rae, 7IKN. Please see Miss Chapman on Tuesday morning to collect your prize.
Mrs Dawsons’s Lifeskills year 8 group 8XC. P.2 please go to G34 and not the usual room. G34 please !
Exam Clashes
Some students will have noticed from their original timetables that they have exams scheduled on the same day in the same sitting. The total length of these exams affects how they can be scheduled:
- If the total time is 3 hours or less – you will sit the 2 exams one after the other with a short supervised break between them.
- If the total time is more than 3 hours – you will sit the second exam in the morning or afternoon session that day. In this instance you will need to be supervised between them and therefore will need to bring a packed lunch with you and possibly revision notes to work on for the duration of the lunch break. You will not be able to use a phone or laptop during this break.
Any queries, please come to the exams office.
Thank you
Mrs Fitzgibbon
Abhorrent
(adj) something that causes extreme disgust
Synonyms: hateful, loathsome, disgusting, revolting, repugnant
Examples
To analyse: The writer uses imagery to create an abhorrent image in the reader’s mind.
To describe: As I looked around the filthy apartment, I had to wonder who could live in such abhorrent conditions.
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Write a sentence using this word, put your name on it and hand it in to Miss Chapman in the English office for a chance to be this week’s Word Warrior and win a prize.
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8XC please go to Brookvale room 3 for your lesson lesson 2 today and not to your usual room. Thankyou.
Word of the Week is a weekly competition for all KS3 and KS4 students. This week’s word is…
Insinuate
(verb) to suggest or imply something negative in an indirect and unpleasant way.
Synonyms: hint, suggest, imply
Examples
To analyse: In Animal Farm, Squealer insinuates that the other animals are stupid because they question the pigs decisions.
To describe: Joe waited until Ellie wasn’t looking. He caught my eye, pointed at his own head and circled his index finger round and round, insinuating that she was crazy.
Word Warrior: the winner for last week’s word (clarity) is Keira Parmar, 7IKN – find Miss Chapman in G1 to receive your prize.
To be in with a chance of becoming this week’s Word Warrior just write a sentence using this word, put your name on it and give it to Miss Chapman (in G1 or the English office).
Hello,
Room swaps for the following groups period 1 on Monday 14th May:
- Miss Kharaz’s Science group 9×1: GM1 to G21
- Ms Angell’s Science group 9×2: G21 to GM1
Thank you,
Miss Kharaz
Congratulations to Rhianne Kotadia, year 8.
Your story has been chosen as the winning entry for the April competition; fairy tales.
Please see Miss Chapman in the English department to collect your prize.
Well done to all other students who entered. There was some tough competition this month. Keep an eye out for posters around the English department and in the Brookvale library for the May competition; detective stories.
