Miss Evans(Middle School English, Short Film Competition Coordinator)
Ms Reynolds (High potential and gifted education (HPGE) coordinator))
Ms Blakemore (Middle School and HPGE Head Teacher)
Ms Pellow (Public Speaking and Debating Coordinator}
Mrs Gordon (High Achieving Targeted Students (HATS) Program Teacher)
Activities
English Faculty Breakfast Club (Years 7-12)
Kickstart (Year 12)
Year 10 Extension Taster Program
Entry in external public speaking and debating competitions
Entry in external writing competitions
Entry in Premier’s Reading Challenge (Years 7-9)
Faculty wide regular reading program for all students in Years 7-10
Creative writing workshops with published authors (Year 11 and 12)
Picture book writing and illustrating workshops with published authors (Year 9)
School based performances: Poetry in Action (Year 7) and Bell Shakespeare (Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet: Year 9 and 10)
Opportunities to experience theatre performances for Drama
Workshops at NSW State Library for Extension 2 students
Opportunities to experience theatre performances of HSC Texts: Waiting for Godot (Extension 1), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Standard), The Crucible and The Tempest (Advanced) and Othello (Year 11 Advanced).
Features
Several staff with over 15 Year of NESA HSC marking experience (Standard and Advanced)
Staff with NESA HSC Judge marking experience
Staff leading the state with Stage 6 Programming. Several units written by the faculty for the Department of Education
Staff leading Hunter wide English KLA professional learning
Ms Holding – finalist in the Education Rising Star of the Year category for the 2021 Australian Education Awards.
English study is mandatory in NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12.
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