We love Padlet - WW1 style!

Year 9 students such as Eleanor, Jacob and Emma use the brilliant Padlet.com to create information walls exploring the classic war poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen. Incredible audiovisual guides in one click! Click on the images below to check it out.

Eleanor:

Jacob:

Emma:

And here are some more brilliant efforts by Year 9 students. Click on the names to see the walls!:

Sophia; Chloe; Lynn; Eleanor; Amelia; Emily; Jesse;  Anna; Bill

Castle students rock Somerset Story Fest!

A fine evening's work from students from The Castle... taking over the open mic session at Somerset Story Fest's 'Beat It, Speak It, Tell It' event at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in March. Thanks to Liv Torc and Michael Loader for hosting!

Using Marginal Gains to explore war poetry!

A great effort by Alice from 9R - using Marginal Gains to prepare for poetry exploration. Well done!

Year 9 war poetry analysis - outstanding writing

Two wonderful examples of writing comparing war poetry. Congrats to Jack from 9M2 and Holly from 9Y - outstanding work!