ENGLISH WEEK AT WHSC
English Week
This year’s English Week was a real page turner. Across the college, we embraced the week by participating in Book Week celebrations and workshops. Thank you to Sol Larson and Kelly from Grin & Tonic for providing so many enriching experiences for our students.
Book Week
This year’s theme was “book an adventure”, it was great to see so many students dress up as their favourite characters. Well done to everyone who participated this year.
(Thank you to our Secondary Media Arts Crew for taking these great photos.)
Authors Workshop
The author’s workshop, facilitated by Sol Larson, inspired fabulous short stories and showcased our students’ imagination and writing skills. It was fantastic to see them embrace this creative writing challenge.
Grin & Tonic Workshops
Another highlight of the week was our Grin & Tonic workshops, where the introduction to Shakespeare proved a favourite among the Year 10 cohort.
See our student feedback below:
In English this term, my year group is reading Romeo & Juliet as our introduction to Shakespeare. My class recently went to a workshop on the play run by Grin and Tonic, led by an amazing actress named Kelly. She got us to read scenes from the play and explained well how Shakespeare’s language shows the love and drama between Romeo and Juliet.
My favourite part of the workshop was getting into groups and acting out the play with my friends in a relaxed environment. I really enjoyed being able to participate and share my own thoughts and opinions in the group discussions.
This experience helped me enjoy Shakespeare’s play much more and also understand the language in Romeo & Juliet way better
Rose MacDonald – Year 10 English
The English Department