JUNIOR SCHOOL ENGLISH
Loving Literature My first year at Exeter School has been nothing short of amazing. I absolutely love teaching here with this incredibly talented team of staff and children; and I am so proud to lead English and drama in the junior school. by
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his year has had many wonderful events. The first was National Poetry Day and the theme was Vision. This inspired the children to write about the world and their concerns for the environment; as well as more abstract ideas. The standard of writing was outstanding and it was very difficult to judge and choose the following Poet Laureates:
UPPER TWO
Isobel Cann; James Biddick; Luke Westley
LOWER TWO
James Warhurst; Isabelle Creek; Iris Bone; Chloe Jenkins
UPPER ONE
Emma-Rose Swana; Oscar Shields
FORM ONE
Gregory Amiet; Wilfred Collard, Elena Greenwood The next big event was Youth Speaks. Every child in Upper Two prepared a speech in teams of three on a topic of 36 The Exonian 2021
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interest to them. The finalists spoke in front of Ms Simpson, Mrs Van, and Mr Brough on the following subjects: • Are the Covid restrictions around sporting events too strict? • Should our education system be amended to fit in more with the modern world? • Are we spending too much time on social media? • Why explore space rather than research our own planet? The winning team consisted of: Chairperson: Eva van Schalkwyk. Speaker 1: Evie Handley. Speaker 2: Alice Kotting. Vote of Thanks: Isobel Cann. All the children were very impressive, persuasive, and entertaining speakers. In March, the children enjoyed the wonderful activities led by Mrs Hardy and Mrs Handley in the junior school for World Book Day. The loo roll competition was a great event, leading to so much creativity; as was the Through The Keyhole idea of peeping inside a work of literature and
illustrating what you might see there. Throughout the year, Mrs Hardy has encouraged all the children to film themselves giving book reviews, which has only added to the love of literature in our school. It’s been very busy inside the classrooms, with too many things to list; but here are a few highlights:
FORM ONE
Form One have created wonderful similes and metaphors, proudly displayed on the walls of their beautiful classrooms. They have studied the Mousehole Cat and Fantastic Mr Fox, The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, and Zeraffa Giraffa. This term they embarked upon the crosscurricular topic of The Romans. They have completed work based on their book study: Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit. They have enjoyed writing diary entries, forming conscience alleys in drama, and exploring vocabulary. The skills they have acquired have been employed in their narrative writing, newspaper reports, and Roman research using topic boxes from the School Library Service.
